Rob Dydek net worth
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What is Rob Dyrdek’s net worth?
Rob Dyrdek is an MTV reality TV star, former professional skateboarder, actor, producer and entrepreneur with a net worth of $100 million. He is best known for his roles on the reality shows “Rob & Big,” “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory,” and “Ridiculousness.”
early life
Dyrdek was born on June 28, 1974 in Kettering, Ohio. He got his first skateboard when he was 11 from pro skateboarder Neil Blender. This sparked his desire to become a professional skateboarder, and that’s what he’s focused on. At school, he thought about all the tricks he was going to try later, and after school he would skate and practice until his parents called him for the night. By the time he was 12, he was sponsored and started his professional skateboarding career. At 16, he left his hometown and moved to Southern California to become a professional skateboarder.
Profession
Soon after moving to California, Dyrdek started riding for DC Shoes. Dyrdek is sponsored by DC Shoes until 2016. Dyrdek is sponsored by Silver Trucks, EA Skate and Monster Energy. Dyrdek founded the Street League skateboarding competition in 2010. The competition has grown into an international event with prize money of up to $1.6 million. The game is the focus of Rob Dyrdek’s documentary “Motivation.” The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013.
From November 2006 to April 2008, “Rob & Big” ran on MTV for three seasons and produced more than 30 episodes. Beginning in February 2009, “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory” ran 70 episodes over seven seasons. “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory” takes place in a converted warehouse known as the Fantasy Factory. Fantasy Factory features a large indoor skate plaza, a foam pit, Dyrdek’s personal office, a “batcave” parking lot, and basketball hoops scattered throughout the complex. Dyrdek opened his first SafeSpot SkateSpot during the first season. Dyrdek made a movie called “Street Dreams” in 2009 and also appeared in the video games Skate and Skate 2.
Dyrdek set 21 personal “Guinness World Records” skateboarding records.
In 2011, Dyrdek appeared in the movie “Jackass 3.5”. That same year, Dyrdek started another show called “Ridiculousness” on MTV. Dyrdek co-hosted the show with two friends, Chanel West Coast and Sterling Brim. In 2012, Dyrdek appeared on the TV show “Punk’d” – an episode of Dyrdek in which Justin Bieber tried and failed to prank the skateboarder. Dyrdek also appeared in the 2012 documentary “Waiting for Lightning,” about his friend, skater Danny Way.
through his production company He produced “Ridiculous,” the CMT series “Perfect Playboy,” and a few other shows.
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personal life
Rob proposed to his girlfriend Playboy Playmate Brianna Noel Flores at Disneyland in April 2015. He came out of the elephant prop and interrupted the production of “Aladdin” to get involved. He pulled Flores onto the stage and got down on one knee begging her to marry him. Rob and Briana have two children, a son named Kodah Dash (born 2016) and a daughter named Nala Ryan (born 2017)
Dyrdek has a younger sister. In December 2011, Dedek became an ordained pastor through Universal Life Church in order to officiate his sister’s wedding. The ceremony is featured in the episode “Rob Decker’s Fantasy Factory”, which takes place at the Fantasy Factory in Los Angeles.
Dyrdek is 5’7″.
He is close friends with his co-star Chanel West Coast.
In an episode of “Fantasy Factory,” Dyrdek rides a racehorse for one of his friends. This resulted in him owning as many as 13 horses at one time in his career. His horses have competed in various events including the Breeders’ Cup.
He has two bulldogs named Meaty and Beefy, and a Pomeranian named Gretchen Weiner.
Salary Highlights
Rob Dyrdek makes $60,000 per episode of “Rob & Big.” He made $100,000 per episode for “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory.”
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real estate
As of this writing, Rob owns three mansions in the gated Mulholland estate above Beverly Hills. On those three houses alone, he spent nearly $25 million. More on each of these homes later. First some Dyrdek real estate sales history –
- In May 2008, Dyrdek paid $2.549 million for a home near Mount Olympus above Laurel Canyon, which sold for $2.125 million in November 2012 at a loss of $334,000.
- In March 2013, after nearly five years in and out of the market at increasingly lower prices, he bought the mid-1960s multi-story modern condo in the Hollywood Knolls neighborhood near Lake Hollywood for $1.395 million in 2005. Lost $220,000. Sold for $1.175 million.
- In 2016, Dyrdek sold his four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,733-square-foot house between Laurel Canyon and Coldwater Canyon in the Laurel Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles for $3.5 million.
Mulholland Estate
In 2015, Dyrdek purchased a 3.1-acre vacant lot in an exclusive gated community called “Mullholland Estates” for $9.9 million. The lot is the largest property in the entire community. It was once owned by singer Robbie Williams, who apparently planned to custom build his own mansion, but then changed his mind. Rob has reportedly submitted plans to the city for a mansion on the site.
Other celebrities who currently own properties in the community include Kendall Jenner, Christina Aguilera, Vanna White, Paris Hilton, Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Mike Shinoda, Tracey Edmonds and Charlie Sheen.
In 2018, Rob Dyrdek and his wife bought a four-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion in the same neighborhood for $6 million. They continued with extensive and expensive renovations.
In December 2019, Rob purchased a third Mulholland Estates home for $8.5 million. The third mansion is 7,500 square feet and has 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms.
