FRED ROGERS | EDUCATOR | $3 MILLION

Fred Rogers is an American teacher, TV-host, and songwriter, to name a few. Fred McFeely Rogers was born on March 20, 1928, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He enrolled in Latrobe High School and graduated with a degree in musical composition from Rollins College in 1951. He also graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary where he took theology. Later in his life, he was hired by NBC to work as a music-centered programmer. After his split with the network, he became a puppeteer at a public station in Pittsburgh.

He transferred to Canada, signed a contract with CBS, and debuted in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the show for which he will always be remembered. It was an educational series for kids, and it ran for decades. The show was so successful that it aired 912 episodes from 1968 to 2001 in the U.S. Fred Rogers passed away at the age of 74 with a net worth of $3 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.