Huw Edwards net worth: Fortune explored amid BBC pay rise

Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader at the BBC. He has been a part of the BBC News at Ten, the flagship show of BBC for several years.

Edwards' net worth is reported to be $3 million, and he has earned a lot of wealth from his appearances on various shows on the BBC. However, Huw Edwards' Instagram has seemed to have been deleted after he last appeared on the show on 5th July, 2023.

Huw Edwards also received a £25,000 wage increase last year by the BBC, making him the 4th highest earning presenter at the organisation. Edwards took home a minimum of £435,000 in the last year to March, according to multiple sources.

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Huw Edwards has accumulated a lot of wealth from his successful career as a journalist

Huw Edwards has earned a lot from his appearances on BBC (Image via Rick Pushinsky/Getty Images)

Huw Edwards gained recognition for his appearances on the BBC over the years. This contributed to his earnings every year, and IdolNetWorth reported his net worth to be $3 million.

While he was active on the BBC, he earned between £550,000 and £599,999. However, the payment was affected due to gender pay gap issues that happened at the BBC in 2018, reducing his salary to between £520,000 and £529,999. The reduction continued, and he had been earning £465,000 since 2021.

He first joined the BBC in 1984 as a news trainee and later began to present various shows. He presented various important events and held the position of Chief Political Correspondent at BBC News.

The major events that he covered on the BBC include Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding, Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, and Nelson Mandela's death. Huw Edwards continued to appear on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC World News, and more.

Edwards also presented other radio and TV shows alongside several documentaries, like Bread of Heaven with Huw Edwards. He appeared as a guest on Mary Berry's Christmas Party, which aired in December 2018, and later narrated a show titled Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments, which aired on BBC Four in December 2022.

Huw Edwards also launched the Hoffi Coffi café in the library of Swansea University in 2011. He was a Patron of the National College of Music and the President of the London Welsh Trust. Edwards held the positions of Vice President and Pro Chancellor of Cardiff University and Gwalia Male Choir. He is an expert musician and has played at the Jewin Welsh Presbyterian Chapel.