Ernie Johnson Jr is an American sportscaster who has a net worth of $16 million dollars and annual salary of $5 million.

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Ernie Johnson Jr. was born in 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was Ernie Johnson Sr., an MLB pitcher who later became a play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves.

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Following his father's retirement from professional baseball in 1959, Johnson moved with his family to Atlanta, Georgia.

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He went to the private Catholic school Marist School in Brookhaven, graduating in 1974.

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Subsequently, he attended the University of Georgia, where he was first baseman on the baseball team during his freshman year. Johnson graduated summa cum laude in 1978 with his bachelor's degree.

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