Rick Harrison Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

You must have recognized the cast of the American reality show ‘Pawn Stars’ if you’ve seen it before. But it’s a popular reality TV show that originally aired on the History Channel. The show featured content from the daily activities of the world famous gold and silver pawn shop. Additionally, the store was originally operated by Richard Harrison and his son Rick Harrison with his childhood friend Austin Russell (Chumlee). The show stars Rick’s son Corey Harrison (Big Hoss) and adult actress Olivia Black was hired in the fifth season as a night shift worker.

In addition to being associated with Pawn Stars, he is also a producer and actor for 2014’s ‘Blood Sweat and Heels’ and ‘Resurrection’. Additionally, for his fondness for historical artifacts and eager to know about valuables, he was given the nickname ‘The Spotter’. For more on the TV personality, let’s scroll together to dwell on her information.

RICK HARRISON: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The owner of the “Pawn Stars”, Rick, was born on March 22, 1965 in Lexington, North Carolina, USA. He has an American nationality and a North American ethnicity. He was born as Richard Benjamin Harrison to JoAnne Rhue Harrison and Richard Benjamin Harrison. Her father was a businessman and reality TV star died on June 25, 2018 and no information about her mother.

He had three siblings: his younger brother, Sherry Joanne Harrison, who died aged 6. His other brothers are Joseph Kent Harrison and older brother Christopher K. Harrison. Moreover, they grew up together in Davidson, North Carolina, United States.

Additionally, he was diagnosed with epileptic seizures when he was eight years old, which led him to be confined to a bed and fall in love with books. Thereafter, he was very interested in reading, especially physics and history. Regarding his education, he attended Taft Middle School and dropped out in tenth grade. He dropped out of high school to boost his business by selling fake Gucci bags.

RICK HARRISON: CAREER AND LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS

The person who had an entrepreneurial spirit from the beginning of his career had a hard time getting what he has today. During his wrestling period, he worked in his father’s shop during the day while retiring cars at night. In his autobiography, he recounts the difficulties of his small store at Pawn Shop and the hardships they went through.

The shop was established in 2006, which brought special antique and historical items for sports. It features the New England Patriots Super Bowl ring of American footballer cornerback Brock Williams. Additionally, he had revealed that most of the items brought to the store would be jewelry

In 2003, his shop was featured on the show “Insomniac with Dave Attell”. However, after that, he pitched the idea of ​​doing the show on his store but it didn’t go well. But in 2008, Brent Montgomery and Colby Gaines approached Harrison to create the show based on his pawnshop. The show aired on the History Channel, originally titled ‘Pawning History’, later renamed Pawn Stars. The show featured his father Richard, his son Corey and his childhood friend Chumlee.

In 2011, as an author, his published biography “License to Pawn” reached number 22 on the New Times bestseller list. In the same year, his show was ranked on the highest program of the History channel. And the second highest reality show behind Jersey Shore. He became a spokesperson for the shaving product, Micro Touch One Razor in 2014.

RICK HARRISON: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

He earned a good reputation in his salon and shop, but he failed to achieve much success in his love life. Moreover, he was married three times and divorced twice. Currently, he is married to his current wife, Deanna Burditt. They exchanged vows on July 21, 2013. Since then, they have shared a strong bond and understanding with each other

Previouy, he was married to Kim during his teenage years after his 17-year-old girlfriend got pregnant. Together they welcomed their eldest son Corey in April 1983. But they separated after the death of their second son Adam. He later tied the knot with his second wife Tracy with whom he had a son Jake. But her second marriage also ended in failure due to a misunderstanding.

RICK HARRISON: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Speaking of the owner of the pawnshop, Rick’s father opened the shop in 1981, in Las Vegas Boulevard South. Since then, the store has done a good business and turned into a Stars reality show pawn in 2003. As a result, it has earned a considerable amount of money from the show as well as the store. The businessman has an estimated net worth of $8 million and a salary of around $300,000 per Pawn Stars season. He resides in the $4 million house in Summerlin, Las Vegas.

He has personal and verified accounts on different social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. He has an Instagram account @rick_harrison with 475k followers. On Twitter, he goes by the @GoldSilverPawn handle with 236k followers. But he does not use any account on Facebook.

RICK HARRISON: BODY MEASUREMENTS

Rick has a heavy body which is 5 feet 11.5 inches or 1.81 meters tall. He has brown hair color and blue eye color. No information found on his weight and body stats.