According to ABC, Sarah Palin was paid a whopping $7 million to write her first book after making just $125,000 a year as Alaska's governor. ABC also estimated that she earned a total of $12 million between 2009 and 2010 between speaking engagements, her book deal, and television appearances.
From 2010 to 2011, Palin and her family also landed a reality series with TLC called "Sarah Palin's Alaska" in which she took viewers on adventures in her home state (via IMDb). Time as a Fox News contributor also added to her vast fortune. In addition, Palin took the success of "Going Rogue" and penned five other books in the years following her exit from public service (via Thrift Books).
Although her long marriage to Todd Palin ended in 2020 (via People), the pair made a series of smart real estate investments during their time together. They made a relatively modest profit when they sold their first Scottsdale, Arizona home. They then spent less than $1 million for land in Scottsdale to build another home that was never completed. When they sold the property and half-built structure in 2019, the they made more than $5 million, bringing the former governor's total net worth to $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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