Emilio Estefan was born on 4 March 1953, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, and he is a successful musician, actor producer and much more. Emilio is a Cuban-American and has Spanish, Lebanese and Syrian ancestry. Estefan became notable as a founder of the Miami Latin Boys group.
So how rich is Emilio Estefan? According to various sources, his net worth is estimated to be over $500 million as of early 2016. His assets includes a home in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, worth $1 million. No doubt that Estefan has accumulated his wealth from business interests along with his wife, developing new talents and of course, his musical career.
Emilio Estefan Net Worth $1 Million
Group Miami Latin Boys was founded in 1975 and became very popular two years later, just after Gloria María Fajardo García joined the group. In 1978, the group was reorganized and renamed to Miami Sound Machine. Meanwhile, Emilio Estafan had started his other career as a talent hunter and producer of many celebrities in the music industry. He has also directed many television events, especially on Hispanic television, such as Nuestra Navidad, Showtime, The Latin Grammy’s, The Hispanic Heritage Awards and many others.
Emilio debuted as a director and producer of documentaries in 2008. He continued to produce other full-length documentaries and even the Broadway musical “On Your feet!”.
Not only is Estefan a musician, he’s also an author; his first book “The Rhythm of Success – How An Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream” published in 2010 became extremely popular. One year later, co-operating with writer Carlos Pintado and journalist Carlos Alberto Montaner, he released another book “The Exile Experience: A Journey to Freedom”. Both added to his net worth.
Moreover, Emilio is a businessman, since he runs Cuban-themed restaurants and bars in the Miami Beach, and three hotels – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, The Cardozo in Miami Beach, and Costa d’Este in Vero Beach with his wife. Also, he has casinos in Hollywood and Miami, and Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney in Orlando.
It’s worth mentioning that Estefan and his wife Gloria became the owners of the American football team the Miami Dolphins in 2009 and that made them the first Hispanics to buy ownership in an NFL team. More, in 2014 Emilio became a Miami Dade Special Ambassador.
Estefan has received many awards and honors but the most impressive are doctoral degrees from the University of Miami, Barry University, Florida International University and Berklee College of Music. Also, he was rewarded with President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities by President George W. Bush in 2002 and together with his wife was honored by President Barack Obama with Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
In his personal life, Emilio Estefan met his future wife Gloria María Fajardo García, when she joined the group Miami Latin Boys, of which Emilio was the band leader. The couple started dating in 1976 and married two years later, and they have a son and a daughter.
Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album, Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album, Latin Gramm...
Nominations
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Bad Boy, Conga, Falling In Love
Movies
, El Gordo y la Flaca, The Specialist, An Unbreakable Bond
Uncle of Spanish-language talk-show host/celebrity Lili Estefan.
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Together with his wife, Gloria Estefan, won the court case for the right to use the name Bongo Cuban Cafe for the cafe they own in Disney World. They were sued by makers of Bongo blue jeans for trademark infringement. [February 1998]
TV Movie writer: "Trough The Fire / Coming Out Of The Dark Medley"
Operación triunfo
2002
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Original Sin
2001
arranger: "You Can't Walk Away from Love" / producer: "You Can't Walk Away from Love" / writer: "You Can't Walk Away from Love"
Music of the Heart
1999
producer: "Baila" / writer: "Baila"
Rosalinda
1999
TV Series writer: "Rosalinda"
Holy Man
1998
writer: "Oye"
Dance with Me
1998
writer: "Fiesta pa'los rumberos", "Echa pa'lante - Cha Cha Mix"
Evita
1996
producer: "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" end title version - uncredited
Gloria Estefan: Everlasting Gloria
1995
Video documentary writer: "Con los años que me quedan"
Pocahontas
1995
producer: "If I Never Knew You" 1995, "Si No Te Conociera If I Never Knew You - Spanish Version" 1995
María la del Barrio
1995
TV Series producer: "MARÍA LA DEL BARRIO"
The Specialist
1994
producer: "Slip Away", "Mental Picture", "El baile de la vela", "El duro soy yo", "Love Is the Thing", "Que Manera de Quererte", "Turn the Beat Around", "All Because of You", "Jambala", "El Amor", "Shower Me with Love", "Real" / writer: "Jambala"
The Cowboy Way
1994
writer: "Sazon"
Made in America
1993
producer: "Go Away"
Cobra
1986
producer: "Suave"
Top Gun
1986
producer: "Hot Summer Nights"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Change of Heart
2017
producer completed
Evan Charles: Broken People
2015
Short producer
Dale con Ganas
2012
TV Series executive producer - as Emilio Estefan
Con los pies en el cielo
2009
Documentary producer - as Emilio Estefan
Frecuencia
2005
TV Series executive producer
Tributo a nuestros héroes
2004
TV Movie executive producer
2004 Hispanic Heritage Awards
2004
TV Special executive producer
Live and Unwrapped
2004
Video executive producer
Nuestra Navidad 2003
2003
TV Movie executive producer
Gloria Estefan: Que siga la tradicion
2000
Video documentary executive producer
Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop
1998
Video documentary executive producer
Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour
1996
TV Movie documentary executive producer
Gloria Estefan: Everlasting Gloria
1995
Video documentary co-executive producer
Gloria Estefan: Going Home
1992
TV Movie executive producer
Hurricane Relief
1992
TV Movie documentary executive producer
Gloria Estefan: Into the Light World Tour
1992
TV Movie executive producer
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Con los pies en el cielo
2009
Documentary as Emilio Estefan
Chasing Papi
2003
Gloria Estefan Intimate Portrait
1996
TV Movie documentary original music by
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
90 Millas: El Documental
2008
Documentary as Emilio Estefan
Hurricane Relief
1992
TV Movie documentary
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dale con Ganas
2012
TV Series creator - as Emilio Estefan
90 Millas: El Documental
2008
Documentary written by - as Emilio Estefan
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Evita
1996
music producer
The Specialist
1994
music supervisor
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Specialist
1994
Piano Player
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997
TV Movie production team - as Emilio Estefan
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ochéntame... otra vez
2016
TV Series documentary thanks - 1 episode
Music of the Heart
1999
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jane the Virgin
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Big Interview with Dan Rather
2016
TV Series
Himself
The 70th Annual Tony Awards
2016
TV Special
Himself / Presenter
Live from the Red Carpet: The Paley Center Tribute to Hispanic Achievements in Television
2016
TV Movie
Himself
Today
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself
Ochéntame... otra vez
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
CBS This Morning
2016
TV Series
Himself
Good Morning America
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The View
2008-2015
TV Series
Himself
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Interviewee / Musician / Producer
Entertainment Tonight
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself
The Insider
2015
TV Series
Himself
Miss Universe 2014
2015
TV Special
Himself - Judge (as Emilio Estefan)
The 68th Annual Tony Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: The Last Ship
Santana Corazon: Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014
TV Movie documentary as Emilio Estefan
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
Susana Giménez
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Oprah's Next Chapter
2013
TV Series
Himself
Mario Lopez: One on One
2012
TV Series
Himself
Airport 24/7: Miami
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Wendy Williams Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Latino List
2011
Documentary
Himself
Lopez Tonight
2010
TV Series
Himself
Rachael Ray
2010
TV Series
Himself
The 8th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards
2009
TV Special
Himself - Honoree
Con los pies en el cielo
2009
Documentary
Himself
Marley & Me
2008
Himself (uncredited)
Celia: The Queen
2008
Documentary
Himself
2006 ALMA Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself
Premio lo Nuestro a la música latina 2006
2006
TV Movie
Himself
2005 Billboard Latin Music Awards
2005
TV Special
Himself
La tierra de las 1000 músicas
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
El gordo y la flaca
2004
TV Series
Himself
Premio lo Nuestro a la música latina 2004
2004
TV Special
Himself
Operación triunfo
2002-2003
TV Series
Himself
2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
2001
TV Special
Himself
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards
2001
TV Special
Himself
Céline Dion: All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video