Scott Adams Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Scott Adams Biography

Scott Adams is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on June 8, 1957 in Windham, New York State, United States. Author of the popular satirical Dilbert comic strip, syndicated to over 2,000 newspapers in 25 languages.

He was a fan of J. Michael Straczynski‘s sci-fi series Babylon 5, and appeared on one episode.

Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. His Dilbert series came to national prominence through the downsizing period in 1990s America and was then distributed worldwide. Adams worked in various roles at big businesses before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. He writes in a satirical, often sarcastic way about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in modern business corporations.

Adams graduated valedictorian from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School in 1975 in a class of 39. He remained in the area and received a BA in economics from Hartwick College in 1979. He moved to California a few months after his graduation. Adams earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986.

He was born in Windham, NY.

NameScott Adams
First NameScott
Last NameAdams
OccupationCartoonist
BirthdayJune 8
Birth Year1957
Place of BirthWindham
Home TownNew York State
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignGemini
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseKristina Basham , Shelly Miles
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 1995; the personalities he encountered there became the inspiration for many of his Dilbert characters. Adams first published Dilbert with United Media in 1989, while still employed at Pacific Bell. He had to draw his cartoons at 4 a.m. in order to work a full day at the company. His first paycheck for Dilbert was a monthly royalty check of $368.62. Gradually, Dilbert became more popular and was published by 100 newspapers in 1991, and 400 by 1994. Adams attributes his success to his idea of including his e-mail address in the panels, thus facilitating feedback from readers.

Scott Adams Net Worth

Scott Adams is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott Adams's net worth $75 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He created the Dilbert comic strip in the late 1980s as an outlet for his dissatisfaction with corporate culture.

Although reception for Dilbert was lukewarm at first, he managed by the mid-1990s to quit his full time job at Pacific Bell and devote himself exclusively to the cartoon.

Adams was born in 1957 in Windham, New York, the son of Paul and Virginia (née Vining) Adams. He is of half-German descent and also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch, and a small amount of American Indian ancestry.

Net Worth$75 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeCartoonist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Adams’s success grew, and he became a full-time cartoonist with Dilbert in 800 newspapers. In 1996, the Dilbert principle was released, his first business book.

Adams has received recognition for his work, including the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award and Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 1997 for his work on Dilbert. He had also been climbing the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) rankings of the 50 most influential management thinkers, placing 31st in 2001, 27th in 2003, and 12th in 2005, but fell to 21st in 2007. He did not place in 2009.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Scott Adams height 6 feet 5 inches Scott weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height6 feet 5 inches
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Adams worked closely with telecommunications engineers at Crocker National Bank in San Francisco between 1979 and 1986. Upon joining the organization, he entered a management training program after being held at gunpoint twice in four months as a teller. Over the years, his positions included management trainee, computer programmer, budget analyst, commercial lender, product manager, and supervisor.

In 1998, Dilbert began as a TV series, but was canceled in 2000. By 2000, the comic was in 2,000 newspapers in 57 countries and 19 languages.

Who is Scott Adams Dating?

According to our records, Scott Adams married to Kristina Basham , Shelly Miles . As of December 1, 2023, Scott Adams’s is not dating anyone.

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Logitech CEO Pierluigi Zappacosta invited Adams to impersonate a management consultant, which he did wearing a wig and false mustache. He tricked Logitech managers into adopting a mission statement that Adams described as “so impossibly complicated that it has no real content whatsoever”. That year, he won the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, and Best Newspaper Comic Strip of 1997, the most prestigious awards in the field.

Facts & Trivia

Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scott Adams celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

In addition to his cartoon work, he has written two books on religion, God’s Debris (2001), and The Religion War (2004). God’s Debris lays out a theory of Pandeism, in which God blows itself up to see what will happen, which becomes the cause of our universe. In God’s Debris, Adams suggests that followers of theistic religions such as Christianity and Islam are inherently subconsciously aware that their religions are false, and that this awareness is reflected in their consistently acting like these religions, and their threats of damnation for sinners, are false. In a 2017 interview Adams said these books would be “his ultimate legacy”.

Why was Dilbert Cancelled?

“Dilbert” ran for two seasons, from 1999-2000. UPN went off the air in 2006. As one user pointed out, in the past, Adams blamed the show’s cancelation on low ratings and time slot changes.

Did Scott Adams get Cancelled?

On June 29, 2020, Adams told his followers on Twitter that the show had been cancelled because he was white and that the show’s network, UPN, had made a decision to shift towards African American viewers.

Where does Scott Adams live?

Scott Adams, the 62-year-old creator of the Dilbert comic strip, said he was flipping between CNN and Fox in his home in Pleasanton, Calif., on Sunday when it hit him: His moment had come.

Is Dilbert still being written?

Dilbert
Websitedilbert.com
Current status/scheduleCurrent daily strip
Launch dateApril 16, 1989

Who is the obnoxious character in Dilbert?

Mister Garbage Man. Dilbert’s garbageman is frequently described in the comic as “the world’s smartest garbageman”.

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