Adrian Wojnarowski, a renowned American basketball executive, sports journalist, and reporter, recently retired as an NBA insider for ESPN on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.
The 55 year-old journalist joined ESPN on July 1, 2017, just before the NBA free agency period started. He exceptionally served his position as an NBA insider for over seven years.
Likewise, according to the Los Angeles Times, Adrian Wojnarowski’s salary as ESPN’s Senior NBA insider was around $7 million annually, contributing tremendously to his net worth. He also signed a five-year deal worth $35 million with ESPN in 2022.
Similarly, reports state that Adrian made a combined deal worth $80 million with Adam Schefter, who covers the NFL, showing their significant importance to ESPN.
However, with his recent retirement announcement from ESPN, he reportedly walked away with approximately $20 million remaining on his contract.
Considering his estimated salary of around $7 million per year from ESPN over seven years, Adrian Wojnarowski might have amassed a net worth in the millions.
Adrian Wojnarowski has also accumulated considerable earnings from his early career!
In addition to his income from ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski has amassed substantial earnings from his early career as a journalist and reporter.
Moreover, Adrian Wojnarowski began his career working for the largest daily newspaper publication, Hartford Courant, as a high school senior while pursuing his bachelor’s degree in journalism at St. Bonaventure University in the early 1990s.
After graduating from St. Bonaventure Univerisity in 1991, he started writing for smaller papers before becoming a columnist for the Fresno Bee, a three-times-a-week newspaper serving California, Fresno, and surrounding counties in the U.S. state’s central San Joaquin Valley in 1995.
Likewise, with his amazing journalism knowledge and years of experience, Adrian started working for the renowned newspaper company The Record in 1997, where the Associated Press Sports Editors named him “Columnist of the Year” in 1997 and 2002.
While working for The Record, he also contributed to ESPN.Com; in 2007, after serving for over 10 years, Wojnarowski resigned from his position at The Record to join Yahoo Sports full-time and worked there for over 10 years before joining ESPN.
Additionally, in 2006, Adrian Wojnarowski published a New York Times best-seller, The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball’s Most Improbable Dynasty. The book is sold at $14.22 in the market, and the earnings from his book are also added to his net worth.
With over 33 years of experience working with various newspapers and sports channels, Adrian Wojnarowski may have accumulated an estimated net worth of over $6 million as of 2024, and this might increase over time.
Additional Information
- Adrian Wojnarowski was born in Bristol, Connecticut, on March 4, 1969. He grew up in a Polish-American household; his paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland.
- Adrian graduated from Bristol Central High School in 1987. He and his wife Amy have two children, Ben and Annie.
- He has around 6.5M followers on Twitter and around 2.4M on his official Instagram account. In 2019, the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in Michigan awarded him the inaugural Tony Kubek Award for Media Excellence.
