Who is Ben Baller? net worth, wife, age, family

Wealth can be built through different means and Ben Yang, popularly known as Ben Baller, is a person who has hacked into the multiple income streams of lifestyle with the work he does as a jeweler, producer of music and disc jockey. He is a big name in the music industry and in the jewelry world, and this is simply the result of his unique approach to his designs. For more on Ben Baller, keep reading.

Who is Ben Baller? (Age)

Ben Yang was born on January 27, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. Of Korean origin, he is the youngest of three children and can boast of a childhood lived in comfort. He was raised in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

Her father is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA while her mother owned a factory making jeans. Baller’s elders, including a sister and a brother, are also very successful in their respective fields. Her older sister, Jeanne Yang, is a celebrity stylist and has worked with a number of celebrities. David Yang, his other brother is a well-known video game developer.

For his secondary education, Ben Ballera attended the prestigious Beverly Hills High School and continued his studies at the University of California. He then transferred to the University of California at San Francisco State University where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematography.

Ben Yang is called Ben Baller because of the sports he played in college. During his studies, he played football and basketball. At the time, he was among the first Asians to play the sport at university level.

After graduation, he started making music and DJing at parties. Meeting Dr. Dre was the gateway to the music industry for him, Dre offered him a job at his studio and his successful career in the music industry officially began.

However, the music was not enough for him; As a producer, he worked for Aftermath Entertainment and he became the Vice President of Record for A&R’s Priority Record, but he got tired of working for other people and so birthed the idea of ​​himself. engage in jewelry making. In 2004, in collaboration with an uncle and a cousin, the company IF & CO. Was born.

Ben Baller has been the custom jeweler for many celebrities for over ten years. His clientele includes Jay Z, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, the late Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Mariah Carey and even tech billionaire Elon Musk. Ben Baller’s pieces are highly sought after, which has made him one of the top celebrity jewelers.

Ben Baller also had small roles in some movies which are Like I Am: Life and Hours of DJ AM (2015), Cake (2004) and Jin (2011).

wife and family

On February 25, 2012, Ben Baller receivedmarried to Nicolette Lacson. The ceremony was small and had only 87 guests, including celebrities. it was a beachfront wedding and happened at Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. Although the venue staff were rude and her wedding was ruined, the ceremony was a success.

Baller had lost his best friend/best man and the wedding originally scheduled to take place in September 2011 was pushed to the following year.

Nicolette Lacson is a Filipina American who has a career as a model, actress, and a swimmer. In 2002, she participated in the Miss Philippines USA pageant and placed second. She attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles, California. Lacson credits most of the success as a designer and entrepreneur in the fashion industry to his time at the Institute.

She is an animal lover and has been involved in animal rescue and adoption efforts. She has 3 Yorkshire Terriers herself and continues to advocate for pet adoption. She is a petite lady and targets her swimwear designs at petite ladies, as she mentioned that her frustration was due to her inability to find a sufficient supply of swimwear that she could fit into properly.

Ben Baller’s wife is very particular about what she eats and says she never touches beef, so she never visits steakhouses. Ben Baller offered Lacson a ring specially designed for her in 2012.

The couple have three children, London, Ryder and Kaia. The first two are boys and the last is a girl. It was at the wedding that Baller announced their first child would be born in August 2012.

Net value

Ben Baller’s estimated net worth is pegged at $30million. This net worth is one he has built up over his years of producing music, but owes much of it to his jewelry. Yang has a collection of very expensive cars, and in December 2009, a Forbes article revealed that he had a collection of 1,800 sneakers. The 2009 collection was valued at $1 million.