Jerry Taft net worth and salary: Jerry Taft is an American meteorologist who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Jerry Taft was born in March 1943. He served as the chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois. Taft served in the United States Air Force and graduated with a degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
He worked for Chicago NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV for seven years after working at NBC affiliate KMOL-TV in San Antonio, Texas. Taft joined ABC 7 in 1984 and has also done radio work for WMAQ-AM and WLS-AM. He is known for his "no-nonsense delivery" and was named one of the Chicago area's favorite weathermen by The Chicago Tribune. His niece Evelyn Taft does weather for CBS 2 Los Angeles.
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