Don Lemon — $1 million

After cutting his teeth as a news anchor and investigative journalist for local station KTVI St Louis in the United States, Don Lemon worked his way to the top. From KTVI to NBC where he corresponded for NBC Today, Night News, and anchored for Weekend Today and MSNBC.

Don won three Chicago Emmy Awards while working for NBC owned Station WMAQ for stories on the Chicago Craigslist real estate industry and HIV in Africa, respectively. He moved to CNN in September 2006, where he now earns $1 million a year. Don is engaged to his long-time partner and successful real estate agent, Tim Malone.