Chris Nunez is an American tattoo artist, a television personality as well as an entrepreneur, born on 11 April, 1973. Best known for starring in TLC’s reality television show “Miami Ink”, Chris is of Cuban descent and is also the co-owner of famous tattoo shop named “Love Hate Tattoo Shop” based in Miami. Chris is mostly noted for his impressive skills as a graffiti artist and tattoo artist.
One of the most prominent and famous television reality show stars, how rich is Chris at the present? As estimated by sources, Chris counts his present net worth at a decent amount of $5 million in early 2016. Needless to say, being the co-owner of a tattoo shop in Miami has been very significant in earning Chris his present riches. Moreover, he being featured as one of the tattoo artists has also earned him quite well over the years.
Chris Nunez Net Worth $5 Million
Raised in Miami, Florida, Chris attended Chaminade Madonna Prep School. He lost his father when he was still a child, and subsequently travelled several countries such as USA, Brazil and Ecuador during his childhood, and found his interest in tattoos as he got the tattoo of his parents name when he was only sixteen years. Since then, he has become quite famous in the area of tattoo art. Chris opened a tattoo parlor named “Love Hate Tattoo Shop” with his partner Ami James in Miami as a co-owner. However, Chris found real fame when he was cast in TLC’s reality television series “Miami Ink”, which documented Chris’s and the other staff’s daily lives while operating the store.
The show that first aired in 2005 ran through six seasons and inspired three other programs. As the show completed in 2008, Chris went on to become a judge in Spike network’s reality competition show “Ink Master”. In the show, tattoo artists compete with each other in challenges that assess their tattoo making, and other related artistic skills. In the show, he judges the participants’ skills alongside other judges Dave Navarro and Oliver Peck. His net worth was growing steadily.
Along with being a television personality, Chris is also involved in the media corporation named “Ridgeline Empires”, where he is a partner. The corporation operated the subsidiaries Ink Skins and Upset Gentleman while also running an animation studio. Moreover, Chris is also a co-owner of the American clothing company named “DeVille USA”; obviously, being a part of all these projects as an entrepreneur, a judge as well as a subject of a reality show has added significantly to Chris’s net worth over the years.
Regarding his personal life, the 43 year-old tattoo artist now leads his life married to Carole-Anne Leonard, and they have a daughter. A popular television personality famous for his tattoo skills, Chris enjoys his career as a successful entrepreneur as his tattoo shop is one of the most famous in the USA. Although Chris has dated several women, he has not yet settled down with anyone until today and is single. On top of that, his present net worth of $5 million caters to his daily life in every possible way letting him live a life of multi-millionaire celebrity.
