Lara Spencer met her husband, Rick McVey, on a blind date and never looked back. The TV personality is best known for her hosting duties on Good Morning America and HGTV's Flea Market Flip, but when she's not on the air, she's catching up with the tech and finance entrepreneur.
Wow! TV personality Lara Spencer has amassed an impressive fortune of her own, but it pales in comparison to her husband, Richard McVey's. The Good Morning America and HGTV host, 54, is worth a cool $20 million, while the American entrepreneur has a staggering net worth of $600 million — an astonishing 30 times hers.
Spencer first met McVey after a mutual friend set them up on a blind date. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of MarketAxess, a publicly traded financial technology company. On September 1, 2018, Spencer and McVey married in an outdoor ceremony in Vail, Colorado.
Has two children with her ex-husband David Haffenreffer - a son David Huffard Haffenreffer III (b. 2002) and a daughter Katherine Paige Haffenreffer (b. 2004).
Lara Spencer Is BACK With New Show After Flea Market Flip Cancelation
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Spencer's double-foot operation after she posted about a torn plantar plate and ligament that had been “slowly getting worse and worse," in January 2023. "Not the boot I was hoping for this Christmas!!!" Spencer wrote at the time. "BUT I did get some shiny new wheels (swipe to see my sexy scooter!!).
Lara Spencer, born Lara Christine Von Seelen, grew up in the shadow of New York City, which soon became the hub for her career. After attending Penn State University in the late '80s, Spencer took her broadcast journalism degree to the Big Apple, becoming an NBC page.
However, a source tells E! News that simply is not true. "Lara and Michael are very close friends," the insider said. Thursday morning, his GMA co-anchors, including Spencer, George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts offered him a warm congratulatory welcome.
As of 2026, it's Kim with a cool $1.9 billion to her name. She's followed by youngest sis Kylie with $670 million, then it's a big step down to the rest of their relatives. Mom Kris Jenner is worth about $170 million. The rest of the Kar-Jenner kids haven't even hit nine figures in overall net worth yet.
Jenna Bush Hager, along with her husband Henry Hager, have a combined estimated net worth of $14 million in 2026. Much of that has likely come from Jenna's NBC salary and book profits, as she's authored/co-authored three titles.
As per The Washington Post, Scott met Jewett at Seattle's Lakeside School, where Jewett was a teacher. The elite private school boasts Bill Gates as one of its alumni. At the time of her marriage, Scott also updated her Amazon author bio and added Jewett's name there.
Jesse Spencer, who played Matthew Casey, married Dr. Kali Woodruff Carr, a research scientist at Boston Children's Hospital, in 2020. The pair met at a music festival in Chicago in 2014 and got engaged during a hiking trip in the Peruvian Andes in 2019.
Now, for those who don't know, this isn't the first time Lara has starred on a lifestyle show outside of GMA. She was previously the face of Flea Market Flip, which aired on HGTV for 14 seasons from 2012 to 2019.
At the time, she told fans that she had a "torn plantar plate and ligament in my foot." Lara is no stranger to surgeries and had a hip replacement at 47 too. "It was so upsetting," Lara said on GMA after her diagnosis.
The rift between Ripa and Strahan famously arose when Ripa was blindsided by the news that Strahan would be moved to the network's marquee show, “GMA,” without any heads-up from her co-host or ABC News execs. She was told of the change an hour before it was publicly announced.
Lara recently underwent two surgeries on her feet. "If I look a little groggy it's thanks to this guy who just gave me a new pair of boots," she captioned her post. "My right foot was easy—just had [a] plate removed from surgery last year. The left is a bigger deal from a very old college diving injury.
A wheelchair user, Lauren chooses to see herself as much more than a person with a disability. Instead, Lauren shares how she lives an active life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) as an actress, model, social media influencer and author of a new book.
Lara Spencer is back on the air, and back on both feet, after undergoing dual surgeries. “All is well” after the two foot procedures, Spencer told her “Good Morning America” co-hosts as she returned to her post Friday. She added that she has been “just kicking back” and “relaxing” as she heals, People reported.
Each team of two is given $500 to buy furniture at a flea market. They are then given $100 to refurbish the items before trying to resell them for a profit at a different flea market. The team that makes the most profit wins $5,000.
Personal life. Benitez is openly gay; he became engaged to his partner Tommy DiDario on September 17, 2015, in Paris. They married in a Miami ceremony on April 16, 2016.
Prior to that, McVey attended Miami University and Indiana University — Kelley School of Business, where he received his B.A. and M.B.A. respectively. McVey's efforts with MarketAxess tech have paid off tremendously, as he's worth a staggering $600 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
