What Is Bo Dietl’s Net Worth and Salary?
Bo Dietl, a retired detective of the New York City Police Department, actor, producer, and television personality, has a net worth of $10 million. He is credited for successfully investigating and arresting some of New York’s most dangerous criminals during his 15-year career in law enforcement.
Dietl is the founder and CEO of Beau Dietl Consulting Services and Beau Dietl & Associates. In 1988, he published his memoir “One Tough Cop: The Bo Dietl Story,” which was later adapted into a film starring Stephen Baldwin as Dietl.
Dietl has over 20 acting credits to his name, including appearances in “Goodfellas” (1990), “Bad Lieutenant” (1992), “Carlito’s Way” (1993), “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013), and “The Irishman” (2019) as well as television series such as “Law & Order” (2004), “Boardwalk Empire” (2013), “Vinyl” (2016), and “The Neighborhood” (2018). He has also produced several films, including “One Tough Cop,” “The Bone Collector” (1999), “The Lucky Ones” (2003), and “Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power” (2005), and the documentary short “Diallo” (2003).
Dietl is the host of “One Tough Podcast with Bo Dietl,” and is a regular guest on Fox News programs like “Geraldo at Large” and “Hannity.” According to his public tax return, Dietl earned $1.8 million in 2015.
Early Life
Bo Dietl was born on December 4, 1950, in New York City. He is the son of Sally and Frank Dietl. Bo has three siblings: Alan, Carol, and Frank Jr.
Bo Dietl’s Background and Career
Bo Dietl started working for the NYPD in 1969 and retired in 1985. After retiring, he founded Beau Dietl and Associates, an investigative and security firm that has a cyber arm and a consulting arm for IT and Business staff. In 1986, he ran for U.S. Congress but lost the election for the 6th Congressional District to Rev. Floyd Flake by 2,500 votes.
In 1989, Dietl was appointed Co-Chairman of the National Crime Commission by President George Bush and in 1994, he was appointed Chairman of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council by Governor George E. Pataki. He has also worked as a Director of Security for the New York State Republican Convention and a Security Consultant for the National Republican Convention.
Dietl published the book “Business Lunchatations: How an Everyday Guy Became One of America’s Most Colorful CEOs…and How You Can, Too!” in 2005. He is the chairman and founder of Bo Dietl’s One Tough ComputerCop, a software that is meant to “significantly increase parent’s ability to protect their children from online predators,” and he was formerly Document Capture Technologies, Inc.’s Chairman of the Board. In 2017, he ran for Mayor of New York City as an independent and finished in sixth place with approximately 1% of the vote.
Bo Dietl’s Acting Career and Media Appearances
Bo Dietl appeared in several films throughout the 1990s and 2000s, including “Goodfellas,” “Bad Lieutenant,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” He also had recurring roles in TV series such as “Vinyl” and “Godfather of Harlem.” Dietl was a frequent guest on the WABC radio program “Imus in the Morning,” and he appeared on several Fox News programs, including “The O’Reilly Factor” and “Fox and Friends.” In 2017, Fox News hired him to discredit harassment claims against Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly. Dietl also appeared in the 2016 miniseries documentary “JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery.”
Bo Dietl’s Philanthropic Activities
In 2007, Bo’s fiancée, Margo Urban, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s and non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Bo supported numerous charitable organizations, such as the American Heart Association, Abilities! Inc., the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Mothers Voices. He received the Humanitarian of the Year Award at an event to raise money for The Cancer Research & Treatment Fund. He has also served as a technology advisor for the company COPsync, which “operates the nation’s only real-time law enforcement information sharing network.”
When NYPD detective Peter Figoski was killed in the line of duty in 2011, Dietl helped raise more than $200,000 to pay for the well-being and education of Figoski’s daughters. Bo married a woman named Regina in 1973, and he is the father of a daughter and two sons.
