Nick Lachey Net Worth (Money & Salary)

Salary and Net Worth of Nick Lachey

Discover the net worth and salary of Nick Lachey. An American singer, actor, songwriter, television personality, and host, Nick Lachey and his wife, model/actress Vanessa Minnillo, share a net worth of $30 million. Nick Lachey gained fame as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees in the late 1990s. The group achieved remarkable success with multi-platinum albums and hit singles such as “Because of You” and “The Hardest Thing.”

Following his highly publicized marriage to pop star Jessica Simpson and their reality TV show “Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica” (2003-2005), Lachey pursued a solo music career with albums like “What’s Left of Me.”

Aside from his music releases, Lachey explored television hosting and acting, hosting NBC’s acapella competition “The Sing-Off” (2009-2014) and appearing in various TV shows and made-for-TV movies.

More recently, Nick Lachey has become a well-known television personality, co-hosting Netflix’s popular reality dating show “Love Is Blind” with his wife, Vanessa Lachey. He has also hosted other shows like “The Ultimate Playlist” and “America’s Most Musical Family.”

Early Life

Nicholas “Nick” Scott Lachey was born on November 9, 1973, in Harlan, Kentucky, to Cathalyn and John Lachey. His brother Drew Lachey is also a singer and actor. Nick attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, before continuing his education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and later at the University of Southern California starting in 1992.

Music Career

In the mid-1990s, Lachey began his singing career by performing at Kings Island with his friend Justin Jeffre. They, together with Drew Lachey and Jeff Timmons, formed the boy band 98 Degrees. Discovered by music manager Paris D’Jon, the group signed with Motown Records. 98 Degrees released several albums, including “98 Degrees” (1997), “98 Degrees and Rising” (1998), “This Christmas” (1999), “Revelation” (2000), “2.0” (2013), and “Let It Snow” (2017). After a hiatus from 2003 to 2012, they returned.

Lachey’s debut solo album, “SoulO” (2003), did not perform well commercially. However, his second album, “What’s Left of Me” (2006), fared much better, debuting at #2 on the “Billboard” 200 chart and selling over 500,000 copies in the US, earning a Gold certification from the RIAA. After leaving Jive Records in June 2010, he released “A Father’s Lullaby” (2013) and “Soundtrack of My Life” (2014), featuring his covers of songs from movie soundtracks.

Television Career

In the summer of 2003, Lachey starred with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson, on the MTV reality show “Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,” which ran for three seasons and 41 episodes until March 2005. He was also part of the show’s theme song with his track “This I Swear.” The duo also appeared in the television special “The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour” in 2004.

Lachey appeared in the seventh season of The WB series “Charmed” as Leslie St. Clair and featured in “One Tree Hill” as a singer at Red Bedroom Productions. In 2009, he produced the MTV reality show “Taking the Stage,” showcasing the lives of students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. He hosted the NBC competition “The Sing-Off” from 2009 to 2011 and has hosted shows like “Big Morning Buzz Live” on VH1, “America’s Most Musical Family” on Nickelodeon, and the Netflix series “Love is Blind” with his wife, Vanessa. Nick competed on NBC’s “Stars Earn Stripes” in 2012 and “Dancing with the Stars” season 25 in 2017. He won season five of “The Masked Singer” as Piglet in 2021. Lachey has since appeared on reality shows like “Alter Ego” (2021), “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” (2022), and “Perfect Match” (2023).

Other Ventures

Besides his music and TV work, Lachey is a known sports enthusiast, part owner of the American Basketball Association team Hollywood Fame, and part of an ownership group for the Tacoma Rainiers. He threw the first pitch at the MLB Opening Day game in Cincinnati in 2009 and sang the National Anthem at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in Kentucky in 2011. Lachey was part of a cannabis investors group that supported a marijuana legalization initiative on the Ohio ballot in 2015, advocating for it in a TV ad. He is also on the Entertainment Council of Feeding America.

Personal Life

An introduction at a Christmas event in December 1998 by their shared manager led to a relationship between pop singer Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. They started dating in January 1999, got engaged in February 2002, and married in October 2002 in Austin, Texas. After announcing their separation in November 2005 and finalizing their divorce in June 2006, Simpson reportedly had to pay Lachey $12 million due to the absence of a prenuptial agreement, which she had refused to sign before their marriage.

In 2006, Lachey started dating Vanessa Minnillo, who appeared in his “What’s Left of Me” music video. The couple got engaged in November 2010 after a brief separation in 2009 and married in 2011. They have three children together.

Real Estate

In 2002, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson bought a $1.685 million home in Calabasas, California. This propertyFollowing the breakup, Nick, the primary owner of the house featured on their reality television show, sold it in August 2009 for $3.495 million.

An 8,134-square-foot home in Encino, California was purchased by Nick and Vanessa in 2011 for $2.85 million. The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom property was later sold for $4 million in June 2016. After listing it for sale, they bought a bigger Encino home, nearly 10,000 square feet, for $4.15 million, previously owned by the late Mexican singer Jenni Rivera. In October 2019, this home was listed for $7 million, eventually selling for $6.6 million in December 2020.

In December 2020, while selling their Encino property, Nick and Vanessa acquired NFL player Randall Cobb’s mansion in nearby Tarzana, California, for $4.8 million. This mansion was later sold in February 2022 to tennis star Naomi Osaka for $6.3 million. Watch a video tour of the property here:

May 2022 saw Nick and Vanessa purchasing a home in Honolulu, Hawaii, for $8.795 million. Coinciding with Vanessa’s role in “NCIS: Hawai’i,” they listed the property for sale in June 2024 for $9.75 million. By July 2024, they made their way back to the US mainland with the acquisition of another Encino mansion. The most recent Encino abode, costing $6.795 million, is an 8,300-square-foot estate set upon 1.5 acres at the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac.