Ted Harbert Net Worth, Career, Biography, Facts, Age, Life Story

Ted Harbert is an American broadcasting and television executive who has a net worth of $50 million. During his impressive career Ted served as the President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, Chairman of NBC and Chairman of ABC.

Edward W. Harbert III was born in New York, New York in June 1955. His father was a television, advertising, and publishing executive. He started his career as a student with Boston University’s college radio station where he worked with Howard Stern. He returned to New York and worked for ABC. Harbert then moved to Los Angeles and eventually became president of ABC Entertainment. He worked with popular programs The Wonder Years, The Practice, NYPD Blue, and My So Called Life. Ted helped ABC move up to #1 in primetime programs in 1995 and become the most profitable network for several years. He was a producer for Dreamworks TV for two years, before becoming president of NBC Studios in 1999. In 2004 he became president of E! Networks. He became the president and CEO of Comcast Entertainment Group in 2006 which included E! and Style Network. Comcast acquired NBC Universal and now Harbert is responsible for Advertising Sales, NBC Owned Television Stations, Network Research, Domestic Television Distribution, and NBC Late Night, among others. He married Lisa Medrano in 2011 and has two children from a previous marriage. He was previously in a relationship with comedian Chelsea Handler.

Real Estate: In 2013 Ted paid $7.3 million for a New York City apartment. He listed the apartment for sale in August 2020 for $10 million.

They also own a golf estate in Amenia, New York which was acquired for $1.75 million.

When he was dating Chelsea Handler, the two co-acquired a home in Marina Del Rey, California. Upon breaking up, Chelsea sold her stake to Ted who sold the property a year later for $3.4 million.