Real Housewives of Beverly Hills added Jennifer Tilly as a friend of the group in season 14. When Jennifer joined the cast on a group trip, she revealed that she was previously married to Sam Simon. After learning Sam was the creator of The Simpsons, fans are dying to know about his net worth.
What Was Sam Simon’s Net Worth?
Sam passed away in 2015 after a years-long battle with cancer, but his net worth just before his time of death was $100 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. However, Sam had no children, and after he received his cancer diagnosis in 2012, he spent the next few years donating his entire net worth to charity.
How Did Sam Simon Make Money?
Most of Sam’s earnings came from The Simpsons. The wildly popular animated series first debuted in 1989 and it’s still running on Fox as of 2024. Before teaming up with James L. Brooks to create the world of Bart, Homer, Lisa, Marge and Maggie, Sam had plenty of experience in the world of entertainment.
Sam was hired as a storyboard artist for Filmation Studios after he graduated from Stanford and he worked on well-known series like Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. In 1981, he wrote a spec script for a comedy that eventually came to fruition as the sitcom Taxi. The show, which starred Danny DeVito, Andy Kaufman, Tony Danza and more, ran for five seasons. By the series’ final season, Sam had been promoted to showrunner at just 30 years old.
After Taxi, Sam worked as a writer for the first three seasons of Cheers before moving on to The Simpsons. Even though Sam only worked on The Simpsons for four seasons, he’s considered the creative force behind the long-running cartoon. Because of the negotiations he made when he decided to quit the series, Sam still made $20-30 million a year from The Simpsons.
What Is Jennifer Tilly’s Net Worth?
Jennifer’s net worth is estimated to be $40 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Sam and Jennifer were only married for seven years from 1984 to 1991, and she opened up about her divorce during her time on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
“My ex-husband was Sam Simon, who created The Simpsons. I was married to him for seven years. We were together for about 10 years. And then when we got divorced, I got a piece of The Simpsons in the divorce settlement, and nobody knew that The Simpsons was gonna go on for trillions of years. So, every day, honestly every day, I’m like, ‘Thank you, Sam,’” Jennifer told her costars in episode 3 of season 14.
Fans went wild after learning about the Bride of Chucky star’s connection to The Simpsons, especially as to how it helped out her bank account.
“There’s rich, there’s rich rich, there’s Kathy Hilton rich, then there’s SIMPSONS rich,” wrote one user via X.
Another added, “Jennifer Tilly owning part of The Simpsons because of her divorce and that show is never ending. What a fkn flex.”
