Clay Travis Net Worth

What is Clay Travis' Net Worth and Salary?

Clay Travis is an American sports journalist, former lawyer, and conservative radio and television talk show host who has a net worth of $25 million.

Clay Travis has built a career at the intersection of sports, politics, and media. Travis began his career as a lawyer before transitioning to sports writing in the mid-2000s. He gained prominence as a columnist for CBS Sports and later for FanHouse. In 2011, he published his first book, "Dixieland Delight," about SEC football culture.

Travis founded the sports blog Outkick the Coverage in 2011, which evolved into a multimedia platform. In 2016, he became a Fox Sports Radio host, launching "Outkick the Coverage with Clay Travis."

In 2017, Travis gained national attention during a CNN appearance where he made controversial comments. This incident marked his increasing focus on political commentary alongside sports coverage.  In 2021, Travis and former Fox News personality Buck Sexton took over Rush Limbaugh's radio time slot with "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show." That same year, Travis sold Outkick to Fox Corporation.

Travis has positioned himself as an outspoken critic of "woke culture" in sports media and has built a significant following through his willingness to discuss politically charged topics in sports, often from a conservative perspective.

Wealth Claims

Over the years, Clay has made a number of unsubstantiated claims about his net worth. On occasion he has claimed to be worth "several hundred million dollars." While he is clearly extremely rich and very successful, some of his claims appear to be exaggerated. On a March 2024 episode of his radio show, Claimed to own the following assets:

• $25 million in stock
• $40-50 million in real estate in Tenessee and Florida
• "Stakes in 9 or 10 buildings"

According to public real estate records, Clay and his wife own a $2 million condo in Florida and a $3 million home in Tennessee. In March 2023, he reportedly paid $250,000 for an undeveloped plot of land in Tennessee, where he is building a large mansion. If you are curious to learn more, this article has a much more detailed breakdown of the various wealth claims Clay has made over the years.

Early Life and Education

Richard Clay Travis was born on April 6, 1979 in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School as a teenager. For his higher education, Travis earned his bachelor's degree from George Washington University and his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Career Beginnings

Travis began his career working as a lawyer in Tennessee and the Virgin Islands. While living in the Virgin Islands, he gained media attention for going on a "pudding strike" due to his inability to get the satellite television package NFL Sunday Ticket. Travis ate only pudding for 50 days with the aim of forcing DirecTV to carry the package in the Virgin Islands. The effort ultimately failed.

In 2005, Travis started writing online columns for CBS Sports. The following year, he officially gave up his law practice. After leaving CBS, Travis became a writer and editor for the sports blog Deadspin, and then became a columnist for the sports blog FanHouse.

OutKick

Following the acquisition of FanHouse by the Sporting News in 2011, Travis founded the rightwing sports news website OutKick the Coverage. He intended it to be an alternative to mainstream sports media, which he felt was too left-leaning. In 2020, ex-Fox Sports host Jason Whitlock joined the company as a columnist and co-owner, causing OutKick to experience a major increase in popularity. However, he soon got into a feud with the other two owners of the site, and he left OutKick in early 2021. In May 2021, Travis sold Outkick to the Fox Corporation, allowing it to reach a wider audience. Meanwhile, OutKick's YouTube channel grew considerably, reaching one million subscribers in 2023.

While the OutKick sale to Fox was promoted by Travis as a massive windfall, Fox's SEC filings did not classify the purchase as a material acquisition—implying a deal worth closer to $10 million.

Since the Fox acquisition, OutKick has expanded into video and streaming formats. In 2023, Fox Nation began carrying OutKick-branded programming, including OutKick The Show and Tomi Lahren Is Fearless, bringing its content to a wider conservative audience.

Fox Sports

In 2014, Travis was hired for Fox Sports' weekly college football Saturday pregame show. The next year, he signed a deal to license his entire sports media brand to Fox Sports, and launched a national weekly television show. In 2016, Travis started hosting a national radio program on Fox Sports Radio, and in 2018 began a daily sports gambling television show on Fox Sports and Fox Sports 1.

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Other Radio Programs

Among his other radio programs, Travis previously co-hosted the daily sports radio talk show "3HL" on Nashville's 104.5 The Zone with Blaine Bishop and Brent Dougherty. He served as a host from 2010 to 2014. Travis also hosted a national sports radio show on NBC Sports. Later, in 2021, he began co-hosting "The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," which is broadcast on over 400 talk radio stations through syndication by Premiere Networks. The rightwing program is considered the direct successor of "The Rush Limbaugh Show," taking its time slot on many stations.

Political Views

Travis claims to have been a lifelong Democrat prior to 2016. As an undergraduate, he interned for US Representative Bob Clement and in 2000 worked for Al Gore's presidential campaign. Travis said he voted for Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. However, in 2016, he voted for the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson. Travis's political views became more controversial after that. For instance, he criticized his alma mater, Vanderbilt University, for its plan to remove the word "Confederate" from its Memorial Hall building, comparing it to the actions of "Middle Eastern terrorists." These comments cost him a promotion deal he had with Jack Daniels. Travis later drew criticism during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when he called the disease "overrated" and spread misinformation about it.

Travis's political views have evolved significantly. He voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, supported Libertarian Gary Johnson in 2016, and cast his vote for Donald Trump in 2020. Ahead of the 2024 election, Travis publicly confirmed he would back Trump again, citing his dissatisfaction with Democratic policies and his belief that Trump best represents the current needs of the country.

Personal Life

With his wife Lara, a fellow Vanderbilt Law alum and former Tennessee Titans cheerleader, Travis has three sons.

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