| Celebrated Name: | Jimmy DiResta |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Jimmy DiResta |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 57 years old |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1967 |
| Birth Place: | New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Weight: | 66 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Taylor Forrest |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Not Known |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Jimmy DiResta Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | Designer, Artist Fabricator, TV Personality |
| Salary: | $500 thousand |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $10 million |
| Last Updated: | July 2024 |
Jimmy DiResta is a well-known personality in the American industry of design and social media. Best known for his participation in the show ‘dirty money’, fans admire him for his fantastic hosting skills. While being a successful television host, jimmy has also achieved success as a designer, artist, and video designer. Some of his famous television shows include Against the Grain and Hammered with John and Jimmy DiResta.
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Early Life & Biography
Alongside his three siblings, Jimmy DiResta was born in New York, the United States of America, on April 3rd, 1967. However, he was raised in the Five Towns area of Long Island. Though he has not revealed much about his childhood days, it is speculated that Jimmy completed his schooling from the School of Visual Arts in 1986 and graduated from the same in 1990 with a BFA degree.
Jimmy started a career while still teaching at the same place he graduated from by opening a toy design company. He would then go on to host various television shows and a YouTube channel that gained him the popularity he is enjoying today.
Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements
Being born on 3 April 1967, Jimmy DiResta is 57 years old as of today’s date 26th July 2024. His height is 1.75 m tall, and weight is 66 kg.
Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids
Currently aged 54, Jimmy DiResta is married to his wife, whose name is Taylor Forrest. Since not much has been disclosed about his family, it is a speculation that his wife is a designer just like him who also creates homeware and furniture. Whether the couple has had children or not is unknown, and we can assume that Jimmy is quite secretive about his personal life.
Career
Jimmy kick-started his designing career by opening his toy design company in 1993 while he was teaching at the School of Visual Arts. He began his television career when he appeared on the show ‘trash to cash’ on Fox Television, acting as a set decorator and co-host to his brother John DiResta.
He then proceeded to co-host the sow ‘Hammered with John and Jimmy DiResta’ in 2006 and later as a host on ‘Against the Grain’ in 2009. His ultimate fame was gained when he co-hosted the show Dirty Money in 2011. His television career was a significant promoter of his design business.
After he gained this fame, he put it into use by opening his own youtube channel where he posts his work. He is also known to have published his career in the Make Magazine and Core 77 channel.
Jimmy is also for having published his book in 2016 that he named ‘Workshop Mastery with Jimmy DiResta’ that is co-written by John Baichtal and published via Make Magazine. He bestowed the nickname ‘Jimmy Two Shows’ after starting his show and podcast under one name.
His other achievements include creating the Gurglin’ Gutz at his toy designing company. The specialty of the rubber toy was that it looked like a miniature human organ. It can also be noted that Jimmy was given the name ‘the master helper’ after becoming an on-camera helper on the show ‘making it,’ that he rejected the reasoning that he wanted to be remembered by his own name.
Awards & Achievements
It is unknown whether and what awards Jimmy DiResta has received in his career. To count on his list of achievements, he has more than 1.95 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, which is fantastic. He started creating videos in the year 2006, and so far, he has garnered more than 377 million views on his YouTube channel.
Net Worth & Salary of Jimmy DiResta in 2024
As of July 2024, Jimmy DiResta has earned himself a net worth of a whopping $10 million and estimates $500 thousand per year, $32,000 per month, $8,000 per week, and $1,140 an hour per day. Jimmy has a fan following of over 6 million users on YouTube alongside hosting major TV shows and making various things ranging from wooden furniture to jewelry to lamps.
All in all, it can be said that Jimmy is a talented personality with many talents that have gotten him as far as he has reached success in his life. From being a teacher to a toy designer to a YouTuber, Jimmy has shown that you can achieve all the things you want if you put your effort into it and at your own pace.