This Is How Much Ty Pennington Is Actually Worth Today

Ty Pennington shot to fame in the early 2000s, as the hunky breakout of TLC reality show Trading Places, and his subsequent, incredibly personal work on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (via IMDb). For a while there, he was everywhere, but the gorgeous, DIY-savvy star hasn't completely dropped off the radar, either. 

The real reason we don't hear from Ty Pennington anymore is less sinister than you might think, but regardless of some misjudged TV projects or the questions swirling around about his apparent reluctance to marry long-time partner Andrea Bock, there's no doubt the makeover guru has had an extremely successful career to date. Whatever happens next for Pennington, he's got plenty of wealth to fall back on.

Most of it is as a result of Trading Places and Extreme Makeover, naturally, with Celebrity Net Worth confirming his salary per episode of the latter was a whopping $75,000. To date, Ty Pennington has reportedly amassed a $12 million fortune. The TV host, philanthropist, model, and carpenter enjoyed a lengthy run on the hit ABC show from 2003 to 2012, redeveloping properties for low-income families at an alarming rate. 

Pennington grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He designed an impressive three-story tree-house as a youngster, sparking his interest in home improvement. He was recruited as a model during his final semester at the Atlanta College of Art and subsequently appeared in several TV commercials before landing a spot on Trading Places. 

The multi-talented DIY maestro has enjoyed several endorsement deals over the years, too, with the likes of Sears and Pepsi, as well as producing his own line of furniture. In 2014, he built a massive home valued at $680,000, according to The Daytona Beach News Journal, in Flagler County, Florida. The 3,800 square foot two-story mansion boasted six bedrooms and five bathrooms. "Over the years I've built hundreds of homes for other people and decided that finally, now is the time to build one for my family," Pennington said at the time.

In 2003, he wrote Ty's Tricks: Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap and Easy Projects to Transform Any Room, while the first issue of his quarterly magazine, Ty Pennington at Home, followed in 2007. The following year, he published Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories. 

Pennington is well-known for his extensive charity work, too, particularly in spreading awareness of ADHD, with which he was diagnosed at 17. He published his memoir, Life to the Extreme: How a Chaotic Kid Became America's Favorite Carpenter, earlier this year, opening up about his experiences. 

Looking back on his impressive career thus far, Pennington told AJC, "I've lived long enough to understand what's important in life. I've had incredible luck and success. I was the guy who broke his arm every other weekend. It's a miracle I still have all my fingers working with saws over the years. I made it this far."