Mary Padian – $600K

A live testimony to how reality TV can make one super famous is Mary Padian. The journalist and businesswoman acquired popularity after she appeared on the reality TV series Storage Wars. She has a knack for collecting antique items and that’s the reason she made an appearance on the show. She has a degree in photojournalism and worked with Architectural Digest from 2006 to 2010. Today, Mary runs an antique shop named Mary’s Finds where she sells refurbished furniture, antiques, and other trinkets. She has accumulated a total net worth of $600,000.