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Born on January 17, 1957, to father Jesse Harvey and mother Eloise Harvey in Welch, West Virginia, <a href="/biography/steve-harvey">Broderick Stephen Harvey</a> spent most of his childhood days in Cleveland along with his four other siblings. He completed his schooling at the Glenville High School in Cleveland in 1974 after which his family moved back to his home state. For his college studies, he went on to study at the West Virginia University and Kent State University. He is African as well as American descent. His style and looks are quite attractive. After his studies had ended and before realised his calling, Harvey did many odd jobs and also worked as an insurance salesman for some time. He also did boxing for some time and also worked as a mailman.

He realised his true calling when he got the opportunity to do stand-up comedy at the Hilarities Club in the year 1985. After performing there, Harvey’s struggling days started and he remained homeless for quite a while. A major boost in his career was when in the year 1990 he participated in the Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search and even reached the finals in the competition. His stint in this competition led him to grab a chance of hosting. It’s Showtime at the Apollo. In the year 1996, he started working with the WB network as the host of the show The Steve Harvey Show. The show ended in the year 2002. Before that, he also was a part of the show, Me and the Boys in the year 1994. He then went on to perform on the Kings of Comedy in the year 1997 and later acted in the movie adapted from their comedy act called The Original Kings of Comedy in the year 2000. In the year 2010, he began hosting Family Freud and then Celebrity Family Freud. Along with being a host on television, Harvey is also the host of a radio program called The Steve Harvey Morning Show. He has also hosted several other shows and awards like Essence awards in 2002 and 2003, <a href="/biography/steve-harvey">Steve Harvey</a>’s Big Time Challenge from 2003-2005, BET Comedy Awards in 2004 and 2005, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2010, Praise The Lord in 2012, NAACP Image Awards in 2013 and Little Big Shots in 2016. He also stirred quite a controversy while hosting the Miss Universe 2015 when he announced the name of the first runner-up as the winner. He corrected his mistake few minutes late and apologised to both the contestants.

He has also acted in many movies like The Fighting Temptations in 2003; Love Doesn’t cost a Things in 2004 and Think Like a Man in 2012, etc. to name a few. In the year 1980, he got married to girlfriend Marcia Harvey and two years later their twin daughters Karli and Brandi was born. They also have a son named Broderick Steven Jr. He got divorced from Marcia and then went on to marry Mary Shackelford, and they have a son named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis">Wynton</a> together. He got divorced from Mary also and married Marjorie Bridges in the year 2007. According to his biography, his net worth is around 106 million dollars approximately.

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