Pete Gustin Net Worth – $5 million
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Introduction
Pete Gustin is an American voiceover artist. He is best known for his extensive voiceover work for commercials and movie trailers, and is the self-described ‘voice of Fox News’.
The Origin Story
Pete Gustin was born on June 21st, 1975, in Massachusetts.
As a child, he was diagnosed with a rare condition known as Stargardt Disease.
The condition causes macular degeneration, which results in a loss of main vision for sufferers.
This meant that, though Gustin had perfect vision until around the age of eight, the condition quickly rendered him almost completely blind.
“I was actually born with what eventually became named macular degeneration, and we didn’t notice until third grade because it’s a slowly progressing disease,” Gustin explained in 2014.
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“I was born with perfectly fine eyesight, but I was also born with a genetic disorder called, now it’s called Stargardt Disease,” Pete said in another interview. “When they diagnosed me in 1985, it was broadly called macular degeneration, so I had that perfect eyesight for all of a hot minute, and it started crapping out immediately.”
He added: “We noticed it by the time I was eight, they thought they gave me glasses. I mean, the technology just wasn’t there in 1985, they didn’t know what the heck to do with it.
People were like, ‘Well, you probably just need some glasses,’ so they gave me glasses, and that really wasn’t doing the trick, and as time went on, it kept getting worse and worse, and technology caught up, they figured out I had a genetic chromosomal disease that caused my eyesight to deteriorate at a relatively steady rate.”
Gustin credits his mother with his unflappable optimism and can-do attitude.
Not long after his diagnosis, his mother started working at his school, and patiently reminded teachers to ensure that their classes were more inclusive for visually-impaired students.
Her stoicism and perseverance inspired Gustin, and he states that he carries his mother’s mentality with him to this day.
