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Cape Town \u2014 Trevor Noah is officially the fourth highest paid comedian in the world.<\/p>\n

The popular Daily Show host, earned a staggering "},"modified":"2019-08-21T07:30:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T07:30:23","slug":"south-africa-trevor-noah-one-of-the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/21\/south-africa-trevor-noah-one-of-the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Trevor Noah One of the World’s Highest-Paid Comedians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cape Town \u2014 Trevor Noah is officially the fourth highest paid comedian in the world.<\/p>\n

The popular Daily Show host, earned a staggering U.S.$28 million between June 2018 and June 2019.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes, which has published a list of the highest-earning stand-up comedians Of 2019, Trevor Noah earned the bulk of his income this year through stand-up comedy. He performed in 70 shows across the world.<\/p>\n

In addition, he made a killing with a second Netflix special, Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He is still making some serious money through his book sales from his New York best seller Born A Crime<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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He was named by The Hollywood Reporter as the “Busiest Man in Comedy” and in 2018 he was on the TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list.<\/p>\n

Sitting pretty on top of that list is U.S. actor Kevin Hart who was the highest-paid comedian, earning U.S.$59 million, followed by Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan. Amy Schumer is the only woman to make it on to the list.<\/p>\n

Next time Trevor, aim for that the number one spot!<\/p>\n

South Africans couldn’t contain their excitement and congratulated one of their own:<\/strong><\/p>\n

@TitoMakave<\/a> – Sho Madjozi had a COLORS performance, Thuso Mbedu bagged an international lead role and Trevor Noah is slowly becoming the most paid comedian, just 3 more spots left. South Africa is taking over!. Join the revolution.<\/p>\n

@yourpartycups<\/a> – This is really a big deal! We are proud of you @ Trevornoah <\/a><\/p>\n

@LesegoMaboya<\/a> – Trevor Noah is the living proof of doing what you love… it is true, money flows where passion goes.<\/p>\n

@TimesLIVE <\/a>– #TrevorNoah<\/a> is rich rich!<\/p>\n

@NzwakeleRSA1<\/a> – Trevor Noah makes so much money in one year, yet I haven’t seen one tweet from him bragging. Haai no he was born for this life he is living right now. I like this.. Stay humble BIG guy, and continue making BIG moves!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n