Mike Nichols was a German-born film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He has an estimated net worth of $20 million. He was married to ABC News anchor Diana Sawyer. On Nov. 19, 2014, Nichols died of a heart attack at the age of 83 at his Manhattan apartment.

Mike Nichols was born as Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin, Germany. His career started in the '50s after skipping classes while in a pre-med program at the University of Chicago to attend theatrical activities where he first met Elaine May who mocked his acting performance of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. According to The Richest, Mike Nichols has a $5 million net worth.

After the meeting, Mike Nichols and Elaine May became a lovely comedy duo and are known as "the world's fastest humans."

In 1944, Mike Nichols became a naturalized American citizen. He was one of the a very small group of accomplished people who have a remarkable net worth value and who have won an "EGOT" or an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award, as popularized by the sitcom, "30 Rock."

Mike Nichols had received several significant awards in his career as a writer, producer and director. He made his Broadway debut with "Barefoot in the Park" and earned his first Tony award. His first stage play was "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" which was then followed by "The Graduate" where he received an Academy Award as best director. As per Celebrity Net Worth, Mike Nichols has a $20 million fortune.

Mike Nichols had also won best direction of a play Tony Awards in the '60s for "Luv" and "The Odd Couple" and "Plaza Suite." In the '70s, he won another Tony Award for directing "The Prisoner of Second Avenue," "The Real Thing" in 1984 and "Spamalot" in 2005. In 2012, another Tony Awards came for the best director of a play on the recent revival of "Death of a Salesman" that was originally written in 1949 by Arthur Miller. The Broadway production featured acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Since 1988, Mike Nichols has been married to 68-year-old Diane Sawyer, who has an estimated fortune of $80 million as said by Celebrity Net Worth. The couple had no children but Nichols had two daughters and a son from previous marriages.

At the age of 83, Mike Nichols died of cardiac arrest. While Celebrity Net Worth lists his fortune as $20 million, The Richest only lists $5 million.