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Wayne Allyn Root - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Wayne Allyn Root net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Wayne Alan Root (born July 20th 1961) is a conservative American author as well as a radio host as well as conspiracy theorist. He is host of the Wayne Allyn Root Show on KBET as well as The USA Radio Network and formerly on Newsmax TV. Root wrote an opinion piece for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In this article, we will discover how old is Wayne Allyn Root? Who is Wayne Allyn Root dating now & how much money does Wayne Allyn Root have?

NameWayne Allyn Root
First NameWayne
Last NameRoot
OccupationRadio Personality
BirthdayJuly 20
Birth Year1961
Place of BirthMount Vernon
Home TownNew York
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignCancer
Full/Birth Name
ParentsDavid Root, Stella Root
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseDebra Root , Victoria Creg-Payne
Children(s)Contessa Churchill Antoinette Root, Dakota Root, Hudson Root, Remington Reagan Root

Wayne Allyn Root Biography

Wayne Allyn Root is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on July 20, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Root was the chairman and founder for Winning Edge International Inc. In the early 2000s He hosted Wayne Allyn’s Winning Edge, a television show that promoted the Root’s betting on sports.

Root was the Vice Presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party in the 2008 presidential election. In 2012, he left the Libertarian Party, rejoined the Republican Party, and endorsed and voted for Mitt Romney.

In 2010, Root ran for the position of chair of the Libertarian National Committee of the Libertarian Party. He was defeated by Mark Hinkle by a vote of 228–281 in the third round. He subsequently succeeded in being elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an at-large member. At the 2012 Libertarian National Convention, Root again was elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an At-Large Member, despite being seen by some LP members as being part of the “top-down faction.” The party’s 2012 presidential candidate Gary Johnson endorsed Root.

Root was a student at in the Thornton-Donovan School in New Rochelle, New York, and was part in the 1983 class at Columbia University, studying pre-law and political science.

Root was a longtime Republican Party member and supporter who claimed to be an Libertarian Republican. He was elected as a member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators in 1983. In 2007 Root quit his affiliation in his Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party. The book that outlined his libertarian beliefs, The Conscience of a Libertarian, came out in 2009.

On May 4, 2007, Root declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s 2008 presidential nomination. On May 25, 2008, Root advanced to the fifth ballot of the Libertarian Party presidential nomination vote at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention before being eliminated and endorsing Bob Barr, who became the party’s presidential nomination. Root then became the Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, securing the nod in the third round of voting for that nomination.

Wayne Allyn Root Net Worth

Wayne is one of the richest Radio Personality from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wayne Allyn Root's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Root was employed by WNBC Radio (now WFAN) in the beginning of the 1980s. From 1989 until 1991, Root was employed by his employer, the Financial News Network before its merger into CNBC.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeRadio Personality
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In September 2012, Root resigned all Libertarian Party positions, re-joined the Republican Party and endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. He predicted Romney would win the election against incumbent President Barack Obama, citing, among other factors, that the “Enthusiasm Factor” for Romney was “huge”.

On March 19–21, 2020, Chief Health Care Bureau Lisa Landau and New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, ordered Root to stop advertising My Doctor Suggests, LLC on KBET and USA Radio Network citing violations of state laws on deceptive acts and practices.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Root was a leading proponent of the conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Root falsely claimed that Obama was not a student at Columbia University. He later stated in a 2012 interview with Sean Hannity that he believed Obama was a “foreign exchange student” there. He has repeatedly described Obama as a “Marxist, anti-American, anti-Israel, globalist, middle class-hating, Muslim sympathizer”. In 2017, he claimed that Obama was gay, called him “Bathhouse Barry” and said that he had info from Obama’s “friends in Chicago” about his “sordid past”. In 2014, he described Obama as a “Manchurian candidate”, possibly hired by the Bilderberg Group to destroy the United States and “kill all of us”.

Who is Wayne Allyn Root Dating?

According to our records, Wayne Allyn Root married to Debra Root , Victoria Creg-Payne . As of January 13, 2024, Wayne Allyn Root’s is not dating anyone.

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Root argued that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is motivated by “penis envy”, because “Mueller’s is smaller than Trump’s.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Root was a board member of Wealth Masters International (“WMI”), a now-defunct global financial services and education company based in Houston, Texas. In 2010 Norwegian authorities suspended WMI’s sales, finding it to be an illegal pyramid scheme. Root was named in the finding.

Root was the opening speaker for Trump’s rally in Las Vegas in late October 2016 during the presidential campaign. At the rally, Root, suggested that he wished ill upon Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin, hoping they met the same ending as Thelma & Louise. The lead characters in the film take their own lives by driving off a cliff. In his speech, Root said “Trump warriors” armed with “pitchforks, jack hammers and blow torches” would violently take over Washington D.C.: “We’re coming to tear it down. We’re coming to rip it up. We’re coming to kick your ass. And we’re coming to put you in prison”, he said referring to a fantasy he had about Clinton and Abedin. Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, later told CNN that Root’s “conduct is completely unacceptable and does not reflect our campaign or our candidate”.

Facts & Trivia

Wayne Ranked on the list of most popular Radio Personality. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Wayne Allyn Root celebrates birthday on July 20 of every year.

Root had announced that he intended to run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nevada in 2016, for the seat held by retiring Democratic Senator Harry Reid. However, he did not run. He supported Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

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