Dick Carlson Net Worth

His son Tucker Carlson, a conservative political analyst who has hosted the weekly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016, currently has an estimated net worth of $16 million. In the 1990s, he also started working as a print writer, contributing to publications like The Weekly Standard. There is no information on Richard’s net worth.

Who Is Dick Carlson?

Richard Warner Carlson is an American former journalist, who was the director of the Voice of America during the last six years of the Cold War. He oversaw Radio Marti, which aired in Cuba, and served as the director of both the USIA Documentary Film Service and the USIA Information Agency.

Dick Carlson Age

As of 2023, Richard Warner Carlson is 82 years old. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1941.

Dick Carlson Family

He was a child of Dorothy Anderson and Richard Boynton. Just six weeks after his birth, The Home for Little Wanderers in Boston received him because his mother was just sixteen years old. He spent his first three years of life in a foster home before being adopted by the Carlson family.

Dick Carlson Wife

Lisa McNear Lombardi, born on June 4, 1945, was his wife. She was also the US ambassador to Seychelles and a former journalist. Three children were a blessing for them.

Dick Carlson Children

Three children, Tucker Carlson, Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson, and Lisa McNear Lombardi are a blessing to Richard Warner Carlson and Lisa. Since 2016, the Fox News program Tucker Carlson Tonight has been presented by the American conservative political analyst Tucker Carlson.

Carlson became a print journalist in the 1990s, writing for the magazine The Weekly Standard and others. He was born on 16 May 1969 in San Francisco, California, United States.

Dick Carlson Grand Children

He has grandchildren, Hope Carlson is the first daughter of the famous TV personality, Lillie Carlson, Buckley Carlson, Dorothy Carlson.

Dick Carlson Education Background

He attended the University of Mississippi and after his schooling, he became a U.S. ambassador to Seychelles. 

Dick Carlson Career Background

After his return to the country, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which was responsible for managing federal funding for public broadcasting in the country. He held this position for six years.

After succeeding, he was appointed president and CEO of King World Public Television, a division of King World Productions, the syndicator of popular TV shows like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Oprah.

He also contributed a weekly newspaper column to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Charleston Mercury, where he frequently wrote about terrorism and national security. He previously wrote political columns for the Washington, D.C., publication The Hill.  He has also been privileged to be a newspaper and wire service reporter, a magazine writer, a TV and radio correspondent, and a documentary filmmaker.