Editing Jerry Seinfeld (section)

=== Wealth and charity ===
In 1999, Seinfeld auctioned a [[Breitling SA|Breitling]] Chronomat watch as part of the "Famous Faces, Watch Auction For Charity" event in New York City. This watch sold for $11,000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 28, 2021|title=What watch does Jerry Seinfeld wear? – Almost On Time|url=https://almostontime.com/what-watch-does-jerry-seinfeld-wear/,%20https://almostontime.com/what-watch-does-jerry-seinfeld-wear/|access-date=April 8, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2001, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld created the charitable organization [[Baby Buggy|Good+Foundation]] after their first child was born. Good+Foundation grants donations of products and services to programs that have demonstrated a capacity to address family poverty in three focus areas: supporting new mothers, investing in early childhood, and engaging fathers. GOOD+ Foundation has donated over $42M worth of items through its partner network across the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.foundationguide.org/philanthropists/jerry-seinfeld/|title= Jerry Seinfeld – Comedian, Actor, and Philanthropist|website= foundationguide.org|access-date= May 6, 2020|archive-date= August 2, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200802021922/https://www.foundationguide.org/philanthropists/jerry-seinfeld/|url-status= live}}</ref> Seinfeld has also participated in [[Jon Stewart]]'s charity event, ''[[Night of Too Many Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://press.cc.com/press-release/2014/10/13/press-night-of-too-many-stars-2015|title= COMEDY CENTRAL® TEAMS UP AGAIN WITH JON STEWART'S BUSBOY PRODUCTIONS AND NEW YORK COLLABORATES FOR AUTISM FOR ON-AIR CHARITY SPECIAL "NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS: AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS"|website= [[Comedy Central]]|access-date= May 6, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150706051457/http://press.cc.com/press-release/2014/10/13/press-night-of-too-many-stars-2015 |archive-date= July 6, 2015 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, Seinfeld's cumulative earnings from ''Seinfeld'' as of 2004 was $267 million, placing him at the top of the celebrity earnings list that year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/home.jhtml?passListId=53&passYear=1999&passListType=Person |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116135244/http://www.forbes.com/lists/home.jhtml?passListId=53&passYear=1999&passListType=Person |archive-date= January 16, 2010 |title=''Forbes'' list |access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> He turned down $5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the show for a 10th season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/26/seinfeld/|title=Seinfeld to end show|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=December 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206054243/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9712/26/seinfeld/|archive-date=December 6, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld earned $100 million from syndication deals and stand-up performances in 2004, and $60 million in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/Compen_Salary.html |title=The Celebrity 100 |magazine=[[Forbes]] |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123175904/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/Compen_Salary.html |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_EarningsPrevYear.html |work=[[Forbes]] |title=The Celebrity 100 |date=June 14, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730101800/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_EarningsPrevYear.html |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also earned $10 million for appearing with [[Bill Gates]] in [[Microsoft]]'s 2008 advertisements for [[Windows]].<ref>''TV Guide,'' September 7, 2008.</ref> Between June 2008 and June 2009, Seinfeld earned $85 million, making him the world's highest-paid comedian during those 12 months.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/top-earning-comedians-business-entertainment-top-earning-comedians.html |work=Forbes |first=Lacey |last=Rose |title=The Top-Earning Comedians |date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135746/https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/top-earning-comedians-business-entertainment-top-earning-comedians.html |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, ''Forbes'' documented Seinfeld's annual income as $32 million.<ref name="Jerry Seinfeld annual income Forbes">{{cite magazine|title=Jerry Seinfeld annual income Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jerry-seinfeld/|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001132350/http://www.forbes.com/profile/jerry-seinfeld/|archive-date=October 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In mid-2013, Seinfeld disputed ''Forbes''{{'s}} claims regarding his income and net worth on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2013/06/27/jerry-seinfeld-talks-comedy-for-90-minutes-with-howard-stern/ |title=Jerry Seinfeld talks comedy for 90 minutes with Howard Stern |website=The Comic's Comic |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822090349/https://thecomicscomic.com/2013/06/27/jerry-seinfeld-talks-comedy-for-90-minutes-with-howard-stern/ |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld was ranked by ''Forbes'' the highest-paid comedian for 2015, the second-highest-paid in 2016, and the highest-paid again in 2017.<ref name="forbes2017">{{cite magazine|title=The Highest-Paid Comedians 2015|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/21/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2015/|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022030036/http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/10/21/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2015/|archive-date=October 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Berg|first=Madeline|title=The World's Highest-Paid Comedians 2017: Jerry Seinfeld Returns To The Top Spot|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/07/27/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2017-jerry-seinfeld-returns-to-the-top-spot/|access-date=July 28, 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 27, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727170235/https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/07/27/the-worlds-highest-paid-comedians-2017-jerry-seinfeld-returns-to-the-top-spot/|archive-date=July 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld's income between June 2016 and June 2017 was $69 million.<ref name="forbes2017" />

In 2024, [[Bloomberg Businessweek|''Bloomberg'']] declared Seinfeld a [[billionaire]], with a net worth standing at more than US$1 [[billion]], thanks to various syndication deals his sitcom signed, with $465 million coming from those deals,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bloomberg - 'Get Out!': Jerry Seinfeld Is a Billionaire |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-22/jerry-seinfeld-net-worth-tops-1-billion-thanks-to-sitcom |access-date=2024-03-23 |newspaper=Bloomberg|date=March 22, 2024 }}</ref> making him one of the [[List of celebrities by net worth|richest celebrities]].