- Source of Wealth: Television
- Age: 79
- Birth Place: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Weight: 68 kg (149.91 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married (Jean Currivan)
- Full Name: George Alexander Trebek
- Nationality: Canadian-American
- Date of Birth: July 22, 1940
- Ethnicity: Ukrainian, French-Canadian and smaller amount of English and Irish
- Occupation: Game Show Host, Television Personality and Actor
- Education: Lisgar Collegiate Institute and University of Ottawa
- Children: 2 (Matthew and Emily)
Canadian-American television personality, George Alexander “Alex” Trebek has an estimated net worth of $75 million with an annual salary of $10 million.
Born in Ontario, Canada, Alex Trebek found a career in television right out of college reporting news for the CBC. He eventually began hosting game shows, a job that fit his on-air skills with ease. Over the years, he hosted a number of programs including Battlestars, Double Dare, High Rollers, and Concentration. He rose to fame as the host of the nationally syndicated version of Jeopardy! that first hit the airwaves in 1984, becoming such a cultural icon that he was parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live and was cast as a man in black on an episode of The X-Files. Among other duties, Trebek often acted as host of the National Geography Bee, a contest to find the youngster in America who knows the most about geography. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998.