Jonathan Cheban Biography
Jonathan Cheban is an American reality TV star, entrepreneur, and former publicist. He has been on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its spinoffs.
How old is Jonathan Cheban? – Age
He is 49 years old as of 21 February 2024. He was born in 1974 in Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Jonathan Cheban Family – Education
Cheban was born as the only child of Galina, a real estate agent, and Mikhail, a diamond dealer who died in 2011. He attended Fort Lee High School before earning a communications degree from Hofstra University in 1995. Cheban is of Russian Jewish descent.
Jonathan Cheban Wife
Cheban met stylist Anat Popovsky while filming Kourtney and Kim Take Miami and started dating her in late 2012.
Jonathan Cheban Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $9 million.
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Cheban originally rose to prominence on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, where he played a friend of the Kardashian sisters. He also participated in multiple episodes of the show’s spinoffs, including Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, and Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons.
Cheban starred in his own reality show, The Spin Crowd, which followed Cheban, Simon Huck, and their firm’s staff. Kim Kardashian, a reality television personality, served as the series’ executive producer. It was canceled after just one season owing to low ratings. Cheban’s association with Kardashian has stayed in the public eye. Cheban created a short film in 2012 mocking himself as someone living in the shadow of Kardashian’s stardom.
Jonathan Cheban Podcast – Career
Cheban began working with publicist Peggy Siegal at her New York agency shortly after graduating. At one occasion, music manager Benny Medina asked Siegal to help with Sean Combs’ 29th birthday party. When Siegal declined the offer despite Cheban’s urging, Cheban took the job himself. Cheban quit Siegal to start his own public relations agency with two other publicists. He left that company in 2001 and founded his own firm, CommandPR.
In 2008, Cheban debuted his own clothing line, Kritik. Cheban also designed jewelry for RichRocks. Cheban opened Miami’s Sushi MiKasa restaurant in late 2012. On November 24, 2013, Cheban co-hosted Coca-Cola Red Carpet Live!, a pre-show for the 2013 American Music Awards. Cheban launched Glam Screen in January 2014, which serves as both a protective cover for a smartphone and a mirror.
Cheban founded TheDishh in 2014, an entertainment and lifestyle website that showcases what he and his team believe to be the best cuisine, gadgets, and entertainment. Cheban founded Burger Bandit, a fast food business in Lynbrook, Long Island, in February 2015. Cheban’s podcast Foodgod: OMFG! was debuted in late 2019.
