Counting Law & Order Shows? Dick Wolf Adds a Zero to His Net Worth for Each

It's impossible to imagine contemporary primetime television without Dick Wolf, seeing how the numerous shows he has produced have now been on the air for more than three decades, remaining relevant and loved by millions of American fans.

Wolf scored the first major hit of his television career with Law & Order, which premiered all the way back in 1990s and went on to spawn a series of successful spinoffs, including SVU, which draws millions of viewers each week. Add his One Chicago franchise to the mix, and Wolf is clearly one of the most prolific producers working in television today. But just how much money is he worth?

According to various sources, Dick Wolf has an astounding net worth of $600 million as of 2023, earning about $10 million a month from his various shows. While that number is already impressive, Wolf just won't quit and seems dead-set on keeping his net worth growing for years to come by continuing to work with NBC on exclusive deals.

Back in 2020, Wolf and NBC struck a massive $300 million deal for exclusive streaming rights to his series on the Peacock streaming service. While Wolf made a considerable amount of money from that deal, he invested most of it in his company, Wolf Entertainment, and spent more money producing his shows than he did paying his bills.

But that's not all, because, in 2020, Wolf signed another exclusive deal with NBCUniversal that included massive renewals for his shows and significant series commitments from the network, meaning that Wolf can essentially produce any show he wants without worrying about how the network's management feel about it.

While this creative freedom sounds like a great deal, the money NBC reportedly paid Wolf makes it even better, seeing how he reportedly received $1 billion for putting his signature on a piece of paper.

With all of his shows surviving the 2022-2023 season, it seems like Dick Wolf isn't going anywhere anytime soon, producing new shows (including an intriguing one about a satanic church) and keeping his old ones going strong.