Rank #1395
John Paul DeJoria
Net worth $3.1B
Hair products, tequila · United States
- Born
- Apr 13, 1944
- Age
- 82
- Source
- Hair products, tequila
- Residence
- Austin, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 6
- Education
- Diploma, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Paul DeJoria is the founder of tequila maker Patron Spirits Co. and cofounder of hair care company John Paul Mitchell Systems.
- He slept in his car and sold shampoo door-to-door before he teamed up with Paul Mitchell in 1980 and turned $700 into John Paul Mitchell Systems.
- In 1989 DeJoria and partner Martin Crowley acquired a stake in Patron, then sold it to Bacardi in 2018 in a $5.1 billion deal.
- DeJoria launched a line of 3D cellphones under his ROK Stars brand in March 2019.
- Since 2021, at least six companies under his ROKiT brand have filed for bankruptcy.
- DeJoria supports a number of charities, including anti-poaching group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who named a vessel after him.
- DeJoria bought a former McDonald's campus for $40 million in June 2019.
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