Kodi Lee Net Worth 2023: How Much Money Does He Make?

What is Kodi Lee’s net worth in 2023

As of 2023, Kodi Lee has a net worth between $1-5 Million.

Kodi Lee is a Korean-American singer, composer, and pianist who has a net worth of $1-5 million. Most known for becoming the first blind winner of the popular reality competition show “America’s Got Talent” in season 14. Kodi Lee gained prominence after appearing on the show as one of the thousand contestants and eventually becoming the show’s 14th winner.

Kodi Lee, then a 22-year-old singer and pianist, won the 14th season of “America’s Got Talent” in 2019. At the age of three, Lee was diagnosed with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and was declared legally blind (via SMM Health). Lee was diagnosed with autism a year later, but at the same time, he discovered his love for music after receiving his first piano.

Kodi Lee’s unquenchable love for music pushed him to devote more time to music which led to his decision to eventually compete on –- and win –- “America’s Got Talent.” Lee auditioned for the competition on May 28, 2019, playing Leon Russell’s “A Song For You,” impressing Judge Gabrielle Union, who pressed her golden buzzer for him, giving him the season’s first golden buzzer recipient. In two weeks, his AGT audition video topped with millions of views.

Not only did the young musician receive the recognition, the attention, and the golden buzzer, but he also was given a pretty hefty cash prize of $1 million as all the winners of the talent show do.

Well, it’s quite okay to think that Lee would have been given the $1 million prize money straight out. But this has long not been the case for all winners of the series, thanks to a number of disclaimers that come hand in hand with the prize money.

How Much did Kodi Lee actually receive for winning “America’s Got Talent”?

Kodi Lee’s prize for being the winner of America’s Got Talent Season 14 sounded great on paper, and all of those finalists also hoped they were the ones to nab it. But, as with most things that sound good on paper, they’re not necessarily all of what they seem. So how much money did Kodi Lee make?

As pointed out on Bustle, at the end of each episode a disclaimer pops up that states winners of the show are given a prize that “totals” $1 million, which is paid out “in a financial annuity over forty years” or as “the present cash value of such annuity.”

Meaning, if Lee opted for the first option, he’d get an estimated $25,000 every year for the next 40 years courtesy of “AGT” (and NBC) according to Good Housekeeping. On the other hand, if he decided to go for the “present cash value” option, the winner would take away around $300,000 before taxes (via Forbes), leaving Lee with about $150,000 to $200,000. According to Popular bio, Lee’s earnings currently sit around $1-5 million.

That’s not all, all America Got Talent winners including Kodi Lee get a three-day stay at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (via Talent Recap), and after he departed the stage, he headlined the Paris Las Vegas Theatre and appeared on “America’s Got Talent Live!” Lee also sang with “Glee” actress Lea Michele at the Autism Awareness Gala in Washington, D.C. last November and on the “America Got Talent: Champions” finale in 2020.

The America Got Talent 2019 winner Kodi Lee is well-known for performing a wide range of genres, including rock, pop, jazz, and R&B, and has over 419k followers on Instagram: @kodileerocks. Now he plays cafés, vineyards, and music festivals across the US. On also wanted a Carnegie Hall performance. In 2013 he appeared on the little stage at the Long Beach Aquarium with his sister Kayla and brother Derek.

Along with his success on the show, he had other invitations to perform, boosting Kodi Lee’s net worth by some thousand dollars. 

Kodi Lee was born in Utah, United States of America on July 7, 1996. As of 2023, he is 27 years old. Kodi Lee is his given name. His ethnicity is Korean, and he was born in the United States. Lee is of mixed heritage, and his zodiac sign is Cancer.

Kodi Lee: Bio Summary