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The world of podcasting can be a pretty lucrative business if you play your cards right, and plenty of people have done pretty well for themselves by mastering that particular realm. That includes Bob Menery, who was best known for his relationship with the Nelk Boys prior to a fairly messy divorce that led to him striking out on his own.
The internet has made it possible to achieve fame and fortune by becoming an “influencer,” and it would be fair to apply that label to Bob Menery, who experienced a meteoric rise that was temporarily hampered by some good, old-fashioned Internet Drama that unfolded in 2022.
The Massachusetts native has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride since attempting to break into the entertainment industry in his early 20s. He kicked off his journey by taking acting classes in New York City before moving out to Los Angeles to try to break into Hollywood, but spent most of his time there working as a caddie at a country club before reaching a point where he was living out of his car.
However, Menery got his first taste of online fame with the help of some viral videos that took the internet by storm in 2017, and he seized on the opportunities that came his way as a result en route to making one hell of a name for himself.
What’s Bob Menery’s net worth? Here’s a closer look at how he’s made his money
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In the summer of 2017, Menery was the star of a couple of viral videos that featured him doing an impression of an archetypical sports broadcaster, and his golden voice turned out to be his golden ticket.
At the time, Menery was in the throes of unemployment and back in Boston after spending five years caddying at L.A.’s Wilshire Country Club, where he had the chance to carry the bag for Aaron Rodgers on multiple occasions. However, he’d soon find himself rubbing shoulders with plenty of other notable names due to the attention he was able to attract.
Menery continued to post videos while amassing a sizeable following on Instagram with the help of the golf content he had a tendency to focus on and eventually found himself in the orbit of the YouTube collective known as “The Nelk Boys.”
That crew was initially comprised of Kyle Forgeard, Jesse Sabastiani, and Lucas Gasparini, who were primarily known for YouTube pranks and related shenanigans before they welcomed Menery into the fold around the same time they launched the Full Send podcast in 2021.
The inaugural episode of Full Send featured Dana White as a guest, and the show continued to grow by attracting other notable figures in the UFC world in addition to high-profile names including Shaquille O’Neal, Mike Tyson, and Donald Trump.
Menery was supposedly raking in $7,500 per episode as part of a pretty lucrative deal that also allowed him to secure a sizeable chunk of advertising and merchandise revenue. However, he was an independent contractor who didn’t receive any equity in the Nelk Boys brand or Happy Dad (the hard seltzer company it uses Full Send to plug), which led to him engaging in a fairly public beef with his former employer in the fall of 2022.
At the start of 2023, Menery sat down for a lengthy interview where he shared his side of the story. He asserted he didn’t get what he deserved for helping to get Full Send off of the ground (he admitted he received $1.2 million for ten months of work) while claiming he was largely responsible for landing their biggest guests thanks to the connections he had.
Menery subsequently decided to strike out on his own by launching his Ripper Magoos podcast while continuing to operate an Instagram account that boasts around 3.4 million followers. It’s a bit difficult to decisively pin down his net worth, but he’s certainly a multimillionaire; a number of online sources that have analyzed his operation believe he could be worth between $5 and $6 million.
Must be nice.