Gretchen Carlson
Net Worth: $16 million*
Gretchen Carlson was a pageant queen from Anoka, Minnesota, before becoming a journalist. In the 1989 Miss America Pageant, she represented Minnesota. She’s married to Casey Close, a former professional baseball player, and sports agent. After hosting Fox & Friends, Gretchen withdrew from Fox in 2016. Now she is the successfully published author of Be Fierce, a novel. She has the distinction of being named one of the “Most Influential People in the World” in 2017 by Time Magazine.