| Real Name/Full Name | Daymond Garfield John |
| Nick Name/Celebrated Name: | Daymond John |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York City, United States |
| Date Of Birth/Birthday: | 23 February 1969 |
| Age/How Old: | 55 years old |
| Height/How Tall: | In Centimetres – 167 cm In Feet and Inches – 5′ 6’’ |
| Weight: | In Kilograms – N/A In Pounds – N/A |
| Eye Color: | N/A |
| Hair Color: | N/A |
| Parents Name: | Father – N/A Mother – Margot John |
| Siblings: | N/A |
| School: | N/A |
| College: | N/A |
| Religion: | N/A |
| Nationality: | American |
| Zodiac Sign: | Pisces |
| Gender: | Male |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Girlfriend: | N/A |
| Wife/Spouse Name: | Heather Taras |
| Kids/Children Name: | 3 |
| Profession: | Businessman |
| Net Worth: | $380 Million |
| Last Updated: | April 2024 |
Daymond Garfield John, also known as his business and public figure name Daymond John is a successful American Businessman, Investor from Brooklyn, New York City, a place in the United States. John also is the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU.
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Biography and Early Life
Daymond Garfield John, also known as Daymond John, was born on February 23rd, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York City, United States but ended up growing in the Queens neighborhood of Hollis.
At the age of 10, he witnessed one of the saddest things that a child has to go through in his years of childhood which was, his parents got separated, his parents divorced when he was ten years old, and since then he started working on small pays, one such job was handing out the flyers which earned him approximately $2 an hour.
Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement
So, how old is Daymond John in 2024 and what is his height and weight? Well, Daymond John’s age is 55 years old as of today’s date 24th April 2024 having been born on 23 February 1969. Though, he is 5′ 6’’ in feet and inches and 167 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about N/A lbs in Pound and N/Akg in Kilograms.
Education
Not much is known about John’s education as he never felt like discussing it, but he still thanks his schooling programs that developed an entrepreneur skill in him.
At the early age of 10, he started working to earn some to pay the bills as his parents got divorced; his rating was mainly based on a $2 job per hour which was to hand out flyers in public.
Later on, in high school, he took part in a program that allowed him to work a full-time job and attend school on a weekly basis, due to which he credits the school to help him build his Entrepreneur skills.
Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids
John, born on February 23rd, 1969, had a very unpleasant childhood as he witnessed his parents getting divorced.
John in 2016 got engaged to Heather Taras, and then in 2018, they both married to each other and together gave birth to a daughter naming her Minka Jagger John, who was eight months old when the two married.
Apart from this, he has two daughters naming Destiny John and Yasmeen John from his earlier marriage.
Is Daymond John Gay?
As far as the orientation is concerned, putting a light on his relationship events, he was straight as he married to Heather Taras in 2018 while got engaged to her in September 2016 and gave birth to a daughter; before his second marriage, he has two daughters from his earlier marriage.
Professional Career
John’s professional career was something that started at an early age, oh 10, just 10. At ten years old, when he went through a challenging phase where his parents got divorced, he started to work, work in; he used to hand out hand flyers to fellow pedestrians for $2 per hour.
From there onwards, he participated in a high school program that gave him an opportunity to work as a full-time job and attend school on a weekly basis, till this very date, he thanks that decision as he developed his Entrepreneur skills during that time.
After graduating, he worked as a commuter van service and waited tables at Red Lobster.
Daymond is also the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and he also appears on Shark Tank (a Television series on ABC)
During the period 1992-1994, Daymond received $300,000 and an offer to participate in Macy’s (M) at the Las Vegas fashion trade show. The order to taken down by a second mortgage of his Mother’s house. His Mother played a preeminent role in the deals of FUBU as after being turned down by almost 27 banks for loans, his Mother used the last of her savings to publish an Advertisement in the NY Times, and as a result, FUBU made deals with Samsung Textiles which made it easier for them to complete the orders.
His entrepreneur skills worked for him when he sold homemade hats for around $10 and made $800 in a single day in 1992 because he thought that the same hats selling at $20 back then were overpriced. After this incident, confidence was gained, and he began to sell screen-printed shirts. To make ends meet, alongside FUBU, he worked for a full-time job at Red Lobster.
In 1993, $100,000 was mortgaged on his Mother’s house as this potential made them think that they can generate a start-up with this capital. He recruited his long time friends J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin into business and began sewing hockey jerseys from scraps for their music videos and got product placement in about 30 videos, witnessing this they perceived as a large clothing brand with being a small company and the best part was stores started to request for their brand. For the promotional campaign in the same year, he convinced LL Cool J, his neighbor, to wear FUBU T-shirt and filmed a 30-second advertisement with the line “for us, by us.”
Awards
A cabinet full of Awards and Recognition lives with this inspirational Motivational Speaker as Daymond John is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the best-selling author.
Receiving numerous awards, Brandweek Marketer of the Year, the NAACP Entrepreneurs of the Year Award (which he won twice), the Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, the Essence Award, Crain’s New York Business Forty Under Forty Award, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Brandeis University International Business School’s Asper Award for Excellence in Global Entrepreneurship, Details 50 Most Influential Men and won the Congressional Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship twice.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Daymond John in 2024
Daymond Garfield John has achieved so much from an early age that his company FUBU has given in all the limelight as years of efforts were put into it by him and his Mother, estimating his net worth to $380 million as of 2024.
Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know
John never actually auditioned for Shark Tank; he is a believer in Prenups, being divorced having two children.
A story of a person such as Daymond John is prevalent not what makes it familiar and uncommon at the same time is belief and try. Many people, due to their conditions, never actually believe and try, but John here at a mere age of 10, tired and succeed and reached a height that he dreamt of.
