Joe Francis has and estimated net worth of $50 million
Joe Francis is an American entrepreneur and film producer with an estimated net worth of $50 million. He is 6’2″ and weighs 189 pounds. Joseph R. Francis was born on April 1, 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia. Francis was raised in Newport Beach, California. He graduated from Corona Del Mar High School. He matriculated to the University of Southern California where he studied in the school’s Business Administration program. In addition to his business studies, Francis took several film and television courses. He graduated from USC in 1995 with a Bachelor’s degree from the university’s Entrepreneurial Program.
After college, Joe Francis went on to work as a production assistant for Real TV. Real TV, is a reality program that airs extraordinary events that are not covered on mainstream news programs. While working for Real TV, Francis got the idea for Banned Television. He licensed footage from Real TV and sold it through Banned Television which he marketed on television commercials. While scouring for footage for Banned Television, Joe Francis came across footage of college girls flashing their breasts during Mardi Gras and Spring Break. This sparked Francis’ next business venture with Girls Gone Wild.
In 1997 Joe Francis created the Girls Gone Wild Franchise. The videos featured college-aged women willingly exposing their breasts and other body parts at various events. In the first two years, Girls Gone Wild made more than $20 million. He sold the videos via infomercials which were broadcasted on all major U.S. networks. By 2002 Joe Francis had produced 83 different Girls Gone Wild videos.
In 2005, Girls Gone Wild donated 100% of its gross sales from its Mardi Gras-themed videos to the Red Cross fund to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Joe Francis has enough net worth to buy:
1. 35,842.2 Burberry London Stacy Lace Dresses ($1,395 each)
2. 12,500 Waterford Bluebell 6-Arm Chandeliers ($4,000)
3. 71,942.4 Gucci Brooklyn Black Leather Studded High-Top Sneakers ($695 a pair)
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