Revealed: Rick Riordan's Total Wealth & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Full Breakdown of Earnings & Assets

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What is Rick Riordan's Net Worth?

Rick Riordan is an American author who has a net worth of $40 million. Rick Riordan is best known for writing the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" book series, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide to date. At various points in his career, Rick has been one of thehighest-paid authors in the world. For example,he earned $13 millionin 2014 and$11 million in 2017. As of this writing, two feature films based in the Percy Jackson universe have been produced and released to wide critical and commercial success. The two films, which starredLogan Lermanas Percy, have generated more than $400 million at the worldwide box office. A Disney+ series based on the novels began filming in mid-2022 and is expected to debut in 2024.

Early Life

Riordan was born on June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Alamo Heights High School and then enrolled in a music program at North Texas State University. He originally wanted to become a guitarist. However, he later transferred to the University of Texas at Austin to study English and History. He later received his teaching certification in those subjects from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Career

Riordan began his career by teaching English and Social Studies for eight years at Presidio High School in San Francisco. While he was always interested in writing, he didn't actually publish his first book until 1997, when he was 33 years old, after years of being a teacher. His first book was "Big Red Tequila." It was the first book in the series "Tres Navarre" and is a fast-paced crime story. The novel won the Anthony Award for best original paperback and the Shamus Award for Best First Private Investigator novel in 1997.

Over the next decade, Riordan published six more books in the "Tres Navarre" series – "The Widower's Two-Step," "The Last King of Texas," "The Devil Went Down to Austin," "Southtown," "Mission Road," and "Rebel Island." He published the final book in the series in 2008. "The Widower's Two-Step" won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1999.

While working on the "Tres Navarre" series, Riordan also published the first book in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series in 2005. The series focuses on the titular character, a twelve-year-old boy, who discovers he is the modern-day son of the ancient Greek god Poseidon. The first book, "The Lightning Thief," won the Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults award and the Mark Twain Award, in addition to a number of others. Riordan continued publishing books in the series over the next four years – "The Sea of Monsters," "The Titan's Curse," "The Battle of the Labyrinth," and "The Last Olympian." He has also recently written a sixth book, "The Chalice of the Gods," which completes the series.

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.