How much is Johnny Dang worth?
| Net Worth: | $9 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional Jeweler |
| Date of Birth: | November 21, 1974 (age 48) |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.7 m) |
About Johnny Dang
Johnny Dang is a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur, jeweler, and YouTube personality. He’s best known for his exquisite jewelry that can be found in his company Johnny Dang and Co. Often dubbed “The Jeweler to the Stars”, this superstar has been credited for popularizing the grills, diamond, and gold mouthpieces, worn by multiple best-selling artists.
Johnny Dang became famous when he associated himself with many hip hop artists such as Migos, Gucci Mane, and Lil Pump to name a few. Johnny was born on November 21, 1974, in Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam. He spent a few years in a small city located on the south side of Vietnam. Johnny has two siblings and his father was a soldier in the Vietnam War. His family moved to the United States in the early 1990s to reunite with his father with whom they were separated for more than nine years.
During his time in Vietnam, inspired by his father Johnny developed an interest in jewelry. Towards the early years of the new millennium, while living in Houston, he graduated from the Houston Community College. By that time, his father’s small jewelry repair shop had already grown. Shortly after his graduation, Dang met the rapper and entrepreneur Paul Wall with whom he began working. Wall was his first well-known client and the first hip hop artist for whom he created grills.
What makes the jeweler so rich are his truly mesmerizing creations that have been worn by various celebrities and public figures. In 2005, with the help of Paul Wall, he founded his own company – Johnny Dang and Co. He began selling a bunch of jewelry such as rings, necklaces, watches, and grills from which he slowly started to earn money. By the end of the decade, his business boomed and he earned an estimated $5 million. He also began receiving a lot of mainstream recognition for his technique of making grills and was soon contacted by other celebrities. Among some of his first clients are Gucci Mane, Keith Ape, Chief Keef, and Migos.
In 2006, the best-selling rapper Nelly released his song “Grillz”, which is inspired by Johnny Dang and his creations. A few years later, in October 2009, he joined the video-sharing platform YouTube. There, he began uploading various videos, with the first one being Rick Ross at Johnny Dang and Co. Throughout the next couple of years, he continued to upload sporadically on the platform with most of his videos focusing on his clients.
Since the late months of 2015, Dang has been posting videos that highlight some of the most expensive jewelry that he has ever made, with the prices raging from an estimated $100,000 to $1 million. As of now, his jewelry store has a revenue estimated to be over $7 million per year.
Over the last decade Johnny Dang has designed jewelry for some of the richest hip hop artists in the world. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Cardi B, Dababy, Rick Ross, and dozens (if not hundreds) of other big names, according to Forbes.
The success of the Vietnamese entrepreneur comes from his booming jewelry company as well as his diverse videos on YouTube. Concomitantly with uploading over 160 videos, thanks to which his channel now has 547,000 subscribers and a total of 57 million views, Johnny Dang has slowly transitioned into becoming a television personality. His association with hip hop artists and other musicians helped him achieve popularity and soon he found himself receiving offers to star in talk shows and realities.
Ever since his name rose to stardom, the jeweler has starred in many music videos for the likes of T.I., Ace Hood, Machine Gun Kelly, Gucci Mane, DJ Khaled, Migos, and Beyonce. He himself has provided vocals for many songs, with the most notable being Paul Wall’s “Stay Iced Up” from his fifth album The Heart of a Champion. He has appeared in shows such as The Girls Next Door and Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta. He has also been referenced in various musical recordings by Juice WRLD< Keith Ape, YNW Melly, Gucci Mane, and Migos among others.
Summing-Up
Johnny Dang is known as “The Jeweller of the Stars”. His passion for jewelry started in the 1980s, while he was still living in Vietnam. Shortly after he moved to the United States, his name instantly rose to stardom and his talent helped him become a millionaire. Now, from making custom jewelry for celebrities and public figures plus running his own businesses, the Vietnamese-American entrepreneur has earned millions and his net worth continues to rise.
