Jose Antonio Aguilar was born on 7 August 1968, in San Antonio, Texas USA, and is a singer, songwriter, and actor, best known through his Grammy Award-winning music career. He’s also won multiple Latin Grammy Awards in particular, and all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Pepe Aguilar? As of mid-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through a successful career in the music industry, in which he’s found success playing pop, mariachi, and ranchera genres. He’s released multiple albums over the years, and as he continues his career it is expected that his wealth will increase.
Pepe Aguilar Net Worth $10 million
Pepe is the son of singing stars and actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, and started singing at the age of three, making an appearance during the concert of his father at Madison Square Garden. When he was a teenager, he became influenced by rock music, and then formed the band “Equs”, which was short lived but it led to his first recording. As he grew older, he went back to Tejano music, and started mixing traditional music with modern pop influences. Thanks to this, he became very successful and also started building an acting career, setting the basis for is net worth.
His first CD as a solo artist was released in 1989 and it was entitled “Pepe Aguilar Con Tambora”. Three years later he released his first album entitled “Recuerdame Bonito”, mainly mariachi; the album would reach the top spot of many countries and it would significantly boost Aguilar’s popularity. In 1993, he then released “Que Bueno” and the following year, he worked on “Chiquilla Bonita” which was made with Banda – he also released a few singles as promotion for the album. It took him five years to release his next album due to legal disputes, but he eventually released “Por Mujeres Como Tu”, which would reach the topof the charts and sell more than two million copies in less than a year. The following year, he worked on “Por El Amor De Siempre”, which was mostly filled with songs of the ’70s done in a more modern style. The album became another success, and later in the same year he released “Por Una Mujer Bonita” which many consider as his best album. This won him his first Grammy and would win numerous music awards, plus boosting his net worth.
In 2000, he released “Lo Grande de Los Grandes” as a tribute, and then worked on “Lo major De Nostoros”. Three years later, he released the album “Y Tenerte Otra Vez” which marked the first time he released an album through his own recording studio. He also produced the tribute “Con Orguyllo Por Herencia”, and the following year released “No Soy De Nadle” of which “El Autobus” is a part of. In 2005, he got another Grammy for his album “Historias De Mi Tierra”, and the following year he would release “Enamorado” which was a successor to “Por el amor de Siempre”. His net worth was climbing steadily.
Aside from music, Aguilar has also delved into business, with his own record label called Equinoccio Records, which is considered as the most advanced studio in Latin America,
In 2009 he also released a fashion line, called “Pepe Aguilar Linea de Calzado”. He also released the Pepe Aguilar Signature Collection through Warehouse Show Sale (WSS).
For his personal life, Pepe is married to Irene, and they have four children who are also singers.
