Amy Schumer Becomes First Woman to Make ‘Forbes’ Top Paid-Comedian List

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By Daniel J. Solomon September 30, 2016

Amy Schumer drove home another win this week, nabbing a spot on Forbes’ round up of the ten highest-paid comics—the first time a woman has ever cracked the list.

Racking in an income of $17 million thanks in part to her book, “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,” and movie, “Trainwreck,” Schumer came in at fourth on the list, with Jerry Seinfeld ahead of her in second, at a whopping $43.5 million.

Schumer has garnered attention for her edgy shows, in which she mocks sexism within her industry and larger society.

“I’m labeled a sex comic. I think it’s just because I’m a girl,” Schumer said at a gig at the Apollo Theater “A guy could get up here and literally pull his [penis] out, and people would be like, ‘he’s a thinker!’”

Schumer doesn’t take guff from anyone, and now has the payday to show it. You go, girl!

Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon.

Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.

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