Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones who has a net worth between $70 million and $140 million has been fined $1 billion recently due to the promotion of hoax information.
Despite having a net worth of millions of dollars, Jones has almost become bankrupt after he was charged with defamation by the families of Sandy Hook massacre victims. He got a lawsuit for spreading misinformation about the victims of the deadly elementary shooting.
During his trial in Austin, Texas, it was found that Jones and his companies were worth almost $240 million.
Let’s learn more about some of Jones’s facts and what happened after the $1 billion lawsuit.
[image-1]Some information about Alex Jones
| Date of Birth | February 11, 1974 |
| Place of Birth | Dallas,Texas |
| Occupation | Conspiracy Theorist and Radio Show Host |
| Website | InfoWars |
| Known For | The Alex Jones Show |
| Spouses | Kelly Jones (2007-2015) |
| Children | 4 |
Who is Alex Jones? Know about his Family and Early Life
Alex Jones (Alexander Emerick Jones) is a radio host at far-right radio and is also a well-known conspiracy theorist. He also runs a conspiracy-theory-riddled website called Info Wars.
Alex Jones was born on February 11, 1974, in Dallas, Texas.
As a teenager, he used to spend time reading lots of conspiracy theory-related books which profounded interest in him. He mentioned that one of his favorite books is No Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen.
Even though he was born in Dallas, Texas, he moved to Austin, Texas with his family during his sophomore year of high school. His father was a dentist and his mom was a homemaker. He claims to be of mixed descent.
Jones started his career after dropping out of Austin Community College.
Alex Jones’s Career and Endorsements
Alex Jones started his career by working at a public access cable television program. In 1996, he switched his profession and started radio hosting a show called The Final Edition.
Later on, Jones started to broadcast about the New World Order conspiracy theories as well.
He worked at KJK-FM till 1999 before he was fired for refusing to explain his topics in a broader way. This career started to peak after that.
In 1999, Alex Jones and his then-wife, Kelly Jones founded InfoWars which was initially started as a mail-order outlet for their conspiracy theories-related videos. InfoWars is an American Far-Right conspiracy theory and fake news website which operates under Free Speech System LLC. It has been reported that the site has regularly updated fake stories which were really offensive towards the victims as well.
The owner and publisher of the show, Alex Jones have often been accused of discriminating against and sexually harassing his employees. Talk shows and other content on this website are created in undisclosed locations on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.
In 2017, InfoWars had visitors of more than 10 million which was greater than other mainstream websites like The Economist and Newsweek.
In 2000, he also started his own show called The Alex Jones Show where he started promoting different conspiracy theories which made him connect to other 100 radio stations in 2010, the show attracted around 2 million listeners each week.
Regarding endorsements, Alex Jones used his own brand, InfoWars to select different products like dietary supplements, toothpaste, and even bulletproof vests.
Alex Jones’s Net Worth
The financial expert in the Connecticut trial stated that Alex Jones has a net worth of $900 million.
Forbes even identifies Jones as owning five homes collectively worth an estimated $7.5 million including two condos in the downtown – adjacent South Lamar neighborhood. Other than his personal properties, his company InfoWars averaged $53.2 million in revenue.
In 2021, the company brought $64 million.
The economist even mentioned that, at one time, Jones was paying himself $6 million annually
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Why was Alex Jones ordered to pay $1 billion?
On September 2022, Alex Jones was ordered by the Connecticut Supreme Court to pay $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families, relatives, and an FBI agent.
He spread the information on his website by saying that the deadly school shooting was just a hoax and the grieving families were just used as an acting plot to take away people’s gun rights.
The family members and relatives of 26 victims along with an FBI agent, who was among the first responder, filed a defamation lawsuit. They testified that they were harassed and threatened for years by the people who believed in the conspiracy of Alex Jones. It got worse to the point that the victim’s families were recorded without consent and abusive comments were left on their social media.
Mark Barden, one of the victim’s family mentioned that the conspiracy theorists urinated on the grave of their 7-year-old child and were threatened to dig up their son’s coffin.
Both Texas and Conneiticuit Lawsuits judges found the company liable after Alex Jones failed to provide proper evidence. Due to this, he was restricted from giving free speech during the time of his testimony.
The court awarded different sums to the victim’s family along with $90 million to the FBI agent who described the horrific massacre at the school.
Despite owning so many properties, assets, and a million-dollar website, Alex Jones claimed that he’s worth no more than $2 million and quipped.
Alex Jones has been removed from many social media platforms.
In 2018, many social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and Spotify removed all the channels belonging to Alex Jones and InfoWars.
Twitter on the other hand banned him from creating his own platform too.
The reason why he was removed was due to multiple community guidelines regarding acts of violence, using dehumanizing language, and promoting hate speech.
Before he was removed, Jones had a sizable audience, as seen by the over 10 million monthly visitors Infowars received and the 2.4 million members and 17 million monthly views on his YouTube channel.