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Daymond John

Daymond Garfield John, or better known as Daymond John, was born in the twenty third of February, 1969. He is currently 47 years old. He is of African American descent, and is a pretty short guy with a height of 1.69m. He is the only child of his parents, - Garfield John and Margot John, and he was guided / brought up by his mother and grandfather. He went to the Bayside High School, where he was permitted to attend a program that enabled to participate in a full time job, and, he could attend school every other week. He is reported to have later said that this was what inculcated his entrepreneurial strength.

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Personal Life

Daymond John is a secretive person, and like so many celebrities, hates the public knowing about his personal life. He is the father of two children, Yasmeen John and Destiny John They constitute his family. He is not a married man, at least, not to the knowledge of the public. He is generally a pretty silent person, and loves to listen to music. He always had difficulty reading as he was dyslexic.?

Social Media

Daymond John is a good public speaker. He often works with various brands and celebrities to add more to his already vast fortune. Some of his more famous clientele include the song giant Pitbull and the Miss Universe organisation. Other than that, becoming a brand ambassador for Shopify, which is an internet giant, surely did nothing bad to his bank account.

Profit Making Businesses

With the entrepreneurial skills Daymond had from his youth, he developed a variety of profit making business. His earliest encounter with entrepreneurism was at the age of 6. At a time when most children have not yet begun to comprehend the possibilities of entrepreneurism, Daymond John began his first business – selling pencils to girls, with the name of the girl hand painted onto the pencil. This went on for a month, until the principle of the school decided to shut the business down. That however did not clamp down Daymond’s entrepreneurial skills, as he went on to be a hugely successful business man.

He played a major role in the bringing up of his company FUBU into power. He started it by selling wool hats without tops, which were popular at that time. There were such hats in the market at that time, but they were overpriced. He sewed some hats into that style, and began selling them. He sold each one of these for about ( $ 10 ) 10 dollars. These proved to be a huge success, and he made $ 800 within a single day. This was the start of his very successful business. To generate startup capital, his mother mortgaged their house for one hundred thousand dollars. ($ 100,000) This proved to be a very good decision, as he started a business which now has a market value of 6 billion dollars. He is also the proud author of three published books. All of his books deals around with topics of money making and entrepreneurship.

Net Worth

With his huge business success, various ad partnerships and numerous celebrity collaborations, it is no wonder that his net worth reaches a staggering 300 million dollars ($ 300,000,000). With his spirit, Daymond John transformed his life from humble beginning to having a vast fortune. He proves that anyone can achieve anything.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 23 Feb, 1969
Age: 51 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Brooklyn
residence: New York City
Gender: Male
Twitter Id: TheSharkDaymond
Net Worth 2021: 350 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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