Any random college + commencement speaker? Here's an article about them: Matthew Mcconughey got $135k for one at the University of Houston; Katie Courik got $1

Any random college + commencement speaker? Here's an article about them: Matthew Mcconughey got $135k for one at the University of Houston; Katie Courik got $110k for speaking at the University of Oklahoma in 2006. Crucially, the article notes that a) fees are often confidential, but can go up to half a million dollars(!) and b) schools try to bargain them down. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/04/02/matthew-mcconaugheys-pricey-commencement-speaker-fee-not-out-norm https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/04/02/matthew-mccon... Many universities also have "lecture funds" with pretty hefty budgets. I was not privy to the exact numbers, but assuming they run at cost, ticket price*capacity suggests some people are commanding six figures.