Rank #2591
Dick Wolf
Net worth $1.5B
Law & Order · United States
- Born
- Dec 20, 1946
- Age
- 79
- Source
- Law & Order
- Residence
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 5
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Pennsylvania
Net worth over time
Biography
- Dick Wolf is best known as the creator of Law & Order, which is now the second-longest running network drama in television history, behind only its spin-off Law & Order: SVU.
- .His Wolf Entertainment has had a profit participation deal with Universal Television since 2004, allowing him to retain nearly half of his shows? profits when they sell into syndication.
- Wolf is one of the pioneers of the "linear binge," putting shows from a shared universe back-to-back on a single night of television
- The company now oversees seven network shows and a streaming show on Amazon, producing nearly 150 episodes of television per year and overseeing more than 3,000 writers, actors and producers.
- Dick Wolf began his career as a copywriter, and is credited with the slogan, "You can't beat Crest for fighting cavities."
- Wolf's shows have employed more than 35,000 actors, serving as the launching pad for dozens of stars including Timothee Chalamet, Adam Driver and Chadwick Boseman.