A HUGELY popular British stand-up comic is reeling in a staggering £4.5m a year from his successful career.
He previously revealed the huge changes he experienced during his turbulent childhood are what led him to a .
A hugely popular British stand-up comic is reeling in a staggering £4.5m in a yearCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
Romesh Ranganathan hosts the BBC gameshow The Weakest LinkCredit: BBC
Maths teacher turned TV star has still got it when it comes to figures – revealing he made a tidy £2million last year.
Assets in his business Vetty Limited hit £5.4m but after paying creditors, including the taxman, he was left with £4.5m.
That’s up from £2.5m last year.
series two, which became a phenomenon after series one debuted last year.
It sees participating comics held in -style living quarters for six hours, tasked with goading each other into cracking up.
The rules of the game are simple — laugh twice and you are out.
Romesh stars alongside , , and .
Series three is due to start filming in the spring, airing next year, and a special will go out at Halloween.
Romesh can also be seen in the which is based on his 2024 stand-up tour.
The show is a travelogue which features journeying around the globe investigating the work-life balance of people in different countries and cultures within our modern world.
The four-part series also featured footage from Romesh’s debut arena tour, Hustle.
Can’t Knock The Hustle is up for a Bafta along with his other Sky show, Rob and Romesh Vs.
Several high-profile sports personalities have appeared on back in 2019.
In it’s eighth season the comedy duo took on the Winter Olympics as well as Shakespeare and Hip Hop – to name a few of their feats.
But Romesh’s roster also includes on and The Misadventures of Romesh and the gameshow,
Vetty Limited, which Rom runs with wife Leesa, channels income from his TV, stand-up, writing and film career.
The funnyman’s separate TV production company, Ranga Bee Productions, is worth £468,000.
that a turbulent childhood led him to a career in comedy.
“Three things happened very, very quickly,” he told DJ Annie Mac on her podcast Changes.
“One was that our house got repossessed because my mum and dad couldn’t keep up the payments anymore.
“My mum also found out that my dad had been seeing another woman for quite a while so their relationship was thrown into turmoil. My dad got arrested and sent to prison.
“Those three things happened very, very quickly. It went from being proper textbook, comfortable childhood.
“And then everything just went very, very quickly. [Everything] kind of got turned upside-down.”
Romesh previously revealed that a turbulent childhood led him to a career in comedyCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Can’t Knock The Hustle? is a four-part series that takes Romesh’s debut arena tour, Hustle into a real-world documentary seriesCredit: Sky UK LTD
Romesh with his first guest, fellow Radio 2 presenter Rob Beckett, during his morning show on BBC Radio 2Credit: PA
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