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Zak Bagans Net Worth: How Rich Is the Television Personality in 2022?

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2 years ago

July 5, 2022

Bagans is an American paranormal investigator, television personality, and author known for hosting the show Ghost Adventures. The Zak Bagans net worth figure is $30 million as of 2022.

Zak Bagans from "Ghost Adventures" arrives for a meet & greet at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas — (Photo by Steven Lawton/FilmMagic)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Zachary Bagans
Birth Date / Age	April 5, 1977 / 45 Years old
Birth Place	Washington D.C., USA
Source of Wealth	Television
Relationship Status	Single
Height	6 ft. 0 in. / 182 cm.
Net Worth	$30 Million

Zachary Bagans was born in April of 1977 in Washington D.C. to parents Larry and Nancy June Knapp. His father was a salesman at the Quaker Oats division of PepsiCo, while his mother worked as a visual stylist in Las Vegas as well as an interior designer.

Meanwhile, Bagans has a sister named Meredith along with a half-brother named Phil and a half-sister named Sky, both of whom came by way of his mother’s second marriage.

Notably, Zak was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois where he attended Glenbard West High School.

Afterward, he enrolled at the Motion Picture Institute in Michigan. Then, Bagans started his journey of becoming a documentary creator.

Aaron Goodwin and Zak Bagans attend the 2012 New York Comic Con at the Javits Center — (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)

Zak Bagans Net Worth and Career

In 2004, Bagans linked with Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin to make a documentary-style film called Ghost Adventures. The movie aired on the SciFi Channel three years later and the Travel Channel picked up a successor series by the same name.

Overall, Ghost Adventures has aired 25 seasons and 231 episodes. Like most ghost hunting shows, the series has been accused of being fake, but the creators insist on its authenticity.

Aside from that, Bagans has hosted, created, and produced shows such as Paranormal Challenge, Paranormal Paparazzi, Ghost Adventures: Aftershock, and Deadly Possessions.

Zag Bagans’ The Haunted Museum is located in Las Vegas and it opened to the public in 2017.

The museum boasts 33 different rooms and visitors are given guided tours. Its most notable artifacts include James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder, Bela Lugosi’s mirror, and the Dybbuk box.

Lastly, Bagans co-wrote a book with author Kelly Crigger titled Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew. Impressively, the book debuted at number 18 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Zak Bagans Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the television personality possesses 937 thousand Instagram followers. To go along with that, Bagans has another 1 million followers on his Twitter account as of July 2022.

I cherish the moment when highly spiritually infused items find me. New exhibit coming soon. @hauntedmuseum
— Zak Bagans 🧛🏻‍♂️ (@Zak_Bagans) July 5, 2022

Personal Life

The television personality was dating model and TV celebrity Holly Madison for two years from 2019 to 2021. Madison is best known for being the former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner.

Nowadays, Bagans is living the single life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prior to that, he was residing in Summerlin, NV. Recently, the ghost hunter is keeping most of his life secretive.

Zak Bagans Net Worth

The Zak Bagans net worth figure of $30 million has been amassed since Ghost Adventures debuted in 2008 on the Travel Channel. Over that span, he has become the most recognizable paranormal hunter on television, hosting and creating several shows covering the niche.