, who has become a beloved TV favourite after entertaining fans of as 's trusted sidekick, once admitted he earned a pittance. Since the show's premiere in 2021, the duo have formed an unlikely close bond both on screen and away from the Diddly Squat Farm.
As a result of the series' success, Kaleb now rakes in the cash for his starring role on the Amazon Prime favourite. Much of his staggering salary increase comes from the farmer becoming incredibly popular with fans and gaining an influx of followers on social media. In addition to appearing on Clarkson's Farm, the 26-year-old has starred live on stage in a tour about his life and has even released three books. The majority of the TV star's wages from his media work is held in Kaleb Cooper Productions Ltd which filed its annual accounts this week and has revealed the staggering sum the father-of-two earns.
The company's 2024 bottom line before bills is £908,860, including £400,000 in cash-up from £242,000 in the previous year.
A second firm called Kaleb Cooper Holdings Ltd is more than £46,000 up in profits.
This is a major achievement for the Chipping Norton native who previously spoke about only paying himself 50p an hour.
In 2022, Kaleb shared: "When I'm working for myself, when I'm feeding my calves in the morning - I bought eight calves, it's like a little bit of a new business idea that I'm doing, buying calves in and then feed them on milk, which costs me about £200 a calf, then selling them at nine months.
"I'm trying to get a profit and see if it will work. I worked it out the other day, do you know how much my hourly rate is, how much I pay myself? 50p an hour," the farmer revealed.
Kaleb has long spoken about his dream of owning his own farm - something that now seems more achievable due to his newfound fame and making his first million at 26.
The star who shares two children - Oscar, three, and Willa, one - with fiancée Taya, has consistently said that his "one goal in life" is to own his own farm, something he wants "more than anything."
