Richard Rawlings is an American entrepreneur and television personality. Many people recognize him for having starred in the reality show “Fast N’ Loud” on the Discovery Channel. He also owns the Gas Monkey Garage as well as the Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill and Gas Monkey Live concert venues.

From an early age, he was in the automobile, moreover, he accompanied the workshop of his father. Despite her successful career, the star has failed relationships. Currently, he has been dealing with his personal life where his second wife whom he remarried filed for divorce again. Stay tuned to learn more about his personal life, profession and net worth.

RICHARD RAWLINGS: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The TV star was born on March 30, 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA as Richard Ray Rawlings. From an early age, he was always passionate about cars and their parts. Even he had accompanied his father to car shows and workshops. After working in his father’s business, he managed to buy his first car at the age of 14.

Regarding his education, he attended and graduated from Eastern Hills High School. Subsequently, he worked as a law enforcement officer, firefighter and paramedic. Additionally, he has an older sister, Daphne Rawlings, who is also a business partner in his company. She takes care of the finances and calls herself “Chief Money Wrangler”.

RICHARD RAWLINGS: CAREER AND LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS

After working as an officer, firefighter, and paramedic, he went on to open Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas in 2002. He sold Lincoln Press printing in 2004. The store is all about buying old cars and restoring them. Then in 2012, the shop became the Discovery Channel series ‘Fast N’ Loud’. Additionally, he also hosted the Garage Rehab on Discovery on auto modification shop failures.

In September 2013, he launched Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill in northwest Dallas as well as Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in March 2014. Additionally, in October 2014 he opened a Gas Monkey Live, a place where live music started playing.

He also started a new restaurant business, Richard Rawlings’ Garage in Harker Heights, Texas in 2016. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed permanently in March 2019. The same year he expanded his business and got a trademark licensed by Gas Monkey. energy drinks. As a writer, he released his first autobiography “Fast N Loud: Blood, Sweat, and Beers” in May 2015.

RICHARD RAWLINGS: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Towards his personal life, he married twice and divorced twice, in fact married three times with two wives. You must be thinking how? then he married his second wife, Suzanne Mergele twice. In 1999, the couple married in Las Vegas, Nevada.But having serious problems, they broke up after a few years in 2009. They reconciled again and remarried in 2015 in Cabo, Mexico. But coming in 2019, the media star announced her separation via her Twitter account. She said Suzanne and Rawlings were separating and filing for divorce. But it’s unclear at this time whether they’ve finalized their divorce or not.

On August 17, 2019, he announced and posted some photos of his engagement to girlfriend Katherina Deason on his social media. Deason is the ex-wife of billionaire Darwin Deason and finalized her divorce in 2019. Additionally, Rawlings proposed to her in a bed of sandy rose petals at the Be Tulum Resort in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Previously, he married his ex-girlfriend turned ex-wife, Karen K. Grames in 1993. But their relationship didn’t even last a year and due to issues, they divorced the same year.

RICHARD RAWLINGS: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

From an early age, he gave his time to explore the automobile, thus, this talented and hardworking person who derives a good part of his career. His main source of income is the reality show from which he received a salary of $50,000 per episode. Moreover, he also makes a huge profit from another major source with Gas Monkey Garage and his restaurants. However, his net worth has an estimate of $15 million which is expected to increase over time due to his popularity and the success of his show.

He is very active on different social media platforms with personal and verified accounts. On Facebook, he goes by the @RRRawlings handle with over 3.1 million followers. He has an Instagram account @rrrawlings with 2.2 million followers. On Twitter, he has an @RRRawlings account with 336.7k followers.

RICHARD RAWLINGS: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The TV personality has a fit and athletic body who stands 6ft 1in tall. His body weighs around 86kg but did not reveal information about his biceps, chest and waist measurements. Additionally, he has brown eyes with salt-pepper hair.

Rawlings also got a tattoo on his inner arm when he and Dennis broke the Cannonball Run world record, driving from New York to LA in 31 hours and 59 minutes. He also inked on his hands and arms.