Ami James net worth
Ami James is an Israeli-born tattoo artist, entrepreneur and TV personality who has a net worth of $5.1 million. Ami James earned his net worth as a tattoo artist. His father, an American, converted to Judaism three years before moving to Israel, where he joined the Israeli army and met James’ mother.
James lived in Israel and Egypt as a child and spent most of his childhood without his father, leaving the family when James was four years old. He moved to the United States when he was 11 or 12, lived with his father’s parents, and then moved to Miami when he was 12. He moved back to Israel as a teenager and completed his military service as a sniper in the Israel Defense Forces. At the age of 15, he got his first tattoo, an experience that made him determined to become a tattoo artist himself. He started tattooing at home. But it didn’t take long for Ami to become an apprentice. In 1992, he started apprenticing with tattooist Lou at Tattoos By Lou. He is best known as the co-owner of the eponymous TLC series tattoo parlor “Miami Ink”. He is the co-owner of Love Hate Tattoos, a tattoo parlor in Miami Beach, Florida. He also co-owns the DeVille clothing company with Nunez and Jesse Fleet, and the Miami nightclub Love Hate Lounge with Nunez and two other close friends. He also designed Motorola’s RAZR V3 phone. He also recently invested in a jewelry line, Love Hate Choppers Jewelry, with Boston jeweler Larry Weymouth. James, who was diagnosed with ADHD, explained that he was drawn to art and tattoos from a young age because his father had tattoos and was also a painter. Armie James was born on April 6, 1972 in Israel.
