Trevor Noah is without a doubt one of the world’s funniest personalities and one of the most well-known and accomplished South Africans.
The comedian has amassed a fortune through his successful careers as a comedian, host, and author.
Noah was born on February 20, 1984 in Soweto, South Africa, to a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss-German father. Due to the country’s apartheid system, which officially backed racial discrimination and segregation, the couple’s marriage was illegal.
Despite his parents’ best efforts to conceal their relationship, Noah’s mother frequently served brief prison sentences.
Some of Noah’s early experiences, such as his family’s great poverty, would be the topic of his comedic works, which regularly probed the racial dynamics of his own country.
After appearing in a soap opera in his late teens, Noah began developing his comedic abilities in his twenties, when friends dared him to perform on stage.
Noah’s talent and technique allowed him to become one of the best stand-up comedians in his country. Peers of Noah reported that the young artist, who can imitate accents with ease and speak numerous languages fluently, had ambitious career goals.
Trevor Noah featured in South Africa as part of The Blacks Only Comedy Show, Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, Heavyweight Comedy Jam, Jozi Comedy Festival, and Cape Town International Comedy Festival in 2010.
In 2012, he made history by becoming the first South African comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. He moved to the United States in 2011, and in 2012, he became the first South African comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman.
In 2012, You Laugh But It’s True formally recorded Trevor Noah’s life, and he served as the roastmaster for South African Afrikaans musician Steve Hofmeyr on Comedy Central.
Trevor Noah began regularly contributing to The Daily Show in 2014. In March of the following year, Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would succeed Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show effective September 28, 2015.
In 2017, Comedy Central extended Noah’s contract to host The Daily Show for an additional five years, through 2022. According to sources, Trevor Noah made $16 million every season, which significantly increased his net worth.
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