Jon Lung is going to get his big break this month as the star of the new Mythbusters series. The series will catapult him from unknown to a major star,
Image Credit: DiscoverySo what is Jon Lung net worth in 2018? What are Jon Lung’s salary/earnings? Read on…
Jonathan Lung is a designer and TV personality and currently the co-host of Science Channel TV’s Mythbusters. He received his MFA in products design from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. His college thesis was geared towards promoting innovative ideas and resourceful solutions using common household objects. He claims that a huge inspiration for his kind of work is the TV series MacGyver. Aside from this, he’s also a skilled graphic designer which attributes greatly to his ability to create unique solutions for certain situations.
Being naturally creative, he’s skilled in working with various materials for furniture and various structures. He has an innovative mind which helps him develop different products and designs.
In 2018, he made his first TV appearance on the competition and reality TV show Mythbusters: The Search. The goal of the show was to look for potential hosts for the reboot of the popular show, which ended in 2018, through various challenges. Due to his humor, charming personality, and technical expertise, he was able to impress the panel of judges which eventually landed him the role. Some of his notable achievements during the contest was being able to build a boat out of cardboard, literally finding a needle in a haystack, and picking locks.
He and his fellow contestant, Brian Louden, won the contest and they will be hosting reboot which is set to premiere in November 15, 2018. The show began production earlier in the same year and it will be a 14-part series where they will be attempting to debunk myths, rumors, and other potential scientific fallacies.
Shortly after winning the contest, he’s moved to Los Angeles for his new role.
Jon Lung has not really appeared in anything well known to date. Much of his net worth is from his current work on Mythbusters. Typically, shows like this pay a few thousand per episode. In all, we estimate Jon Lung net worth in 2018 at less than $250,000.