Judge Judy Sheindlin of Judge Judy is so rich that she can afford anything she sets her mind on.  The question remains who is this Judge Judy Sheindlin?  She started her career as a TV prosecutor and judge and moved up the ladder. Born in New York City on October 21, 1942, Sheindlin started work as a corporate lawyer and went home to take care of her two kids.

She is a lady with a straight-talking and no-nonsense attitude who ended up as criminal court judge before getting the role of supervising judge for all family courts in Manhattan.

She became a national sensation when she was featured on 60 Minutes in 1993 and a profile piece in the Los Angeles Time. Before she retired, she had handled more than 20,000 cases as a family court judge.

Sheindlin started her TV show, Judge Judy in September 1996 and went on to become a family sensation. The ratings were awesome and the cases were intriguing.  Between 2009 and 2010, her show got more viewers than The Oprah Winfrey Show.  Her show became America ’s highest-rated daytime TV show in the United States. She has won multiple of awards and earned a lot of money too.