After launching the Tucker Carlson Network in 2023, the former Fox News host had a series of investors in the project. Two years later, however, it’s solely owned by Carlson himself.
At launch, Carlson secured an estimated $15 million to launch the digital platform, with investors like Neil Patel — who helped Carlson launch The Daily Caller in 2010 — chipping in to get the company off the ground.
But Carlson has now bought out all the investors who had previously been involved with the project.
He told Axios that there was a specific strategy behind why he made the decision to take sole ownership of the digital company.
“It’s hard to claim you’re independent when other people own your company, so we decided not to take investments or loans of any kind,” Carlson said. “Our business is owned by the people who work there. You can disagree with our opinions, but you can’t say we’re paid to have them, and we’re proud of that.”
The report adds that Tucker Carlson Network became profitable earlier than forecasted, allowing the former Fox News host to be in a position to buy out the investors. Those investors reportedly saw a positive return on their investments.
Carlson saw almost immediate success with his Tucker on Twitter — now Tucker on X — program, racking up millions of views on the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. He later branched out into the podcast space, and has seen success there, too. The Tucker Carlson Show has, at times, finished in the top 10 of the most listened-to podcasts in the country according to data from Podtrac.
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