His first business was Orion Trucks. He has since owned a shoe design company, a hip hop record label, and a skate shop. Dyrdek also founded Dyrdek Machine and went on to acquire DNA Distribution, before returning the company to its original founders. Rob Dyrdek has flipped several real estate properties over the years.
He has made profits in some and suffered losses in others. In , Dyrdek purchased a vacant 3. The lot was previously owned by Robbie Williams who sold it after abandoning his plans of building a megamansion there. The 3,square-foot house is located between Laurel Canyon and Coldwater Canyon. Over the past few years, Rob Dyrdek has managed to keep his private life to himself, which makes it a bit difficult to know how he spends his millions.
But so far, we know that he has a love affair for horses. Dyrdek as an entrepreneur primarily focuses on brands that have a clear exit path or partnerships. For most of his investments, he has a large stake within the company allowing him to benefit from dividends. This strategy has created an abundance of cash flow, enabling him to have the capital to find new brands. Below are some of his biggest ventures he either started or is a part of:.
Dyrdek has built an empire and has solidified himself as a successful entrepreneur. Similar to Master P , Dyrdek was able to diversify himself as a business man. He is now one of the more influential skaters of all time and is set to add more millions to his name. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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She is absolute perfection. She is our princess. Dyrdek has admitted that he prefers to maintain a stronger boundary between his business and personal life now than he did in the past — and this change has been a long time coming. After the final season aired in , MTV originally approached Dyrdek with the prospect of shooting an additional season, but Dyrdek knew it was time for something different.
I thought, what if I added a skatepark to my business? The show was a hit, airing from to Dyrdek partnered with DC Shoes at the start of his pro skateboarding career in — the brand was actually called Droors Clothing back then.
He was sponsored by DC until , meaning that they heavily promoted Dyrdek and his career for two decades. Dyrdek was one of the first skateboarders that the brand actually sponsored, and they were one of his longest-running partnerships. For those who have been following Dyrdek's career since he was a teenager, it's hard to imagine him in the skateboarding world without being associated with DC.
While partnering with DC, Dyrdek began learning about shoe design and marketing, and he also got his first real taste of entrepreneurship. He helped the team at DC come up with ideas for their skate videos, which eventually helped him connect with the higher-ups at MTV. That led to meeting the cast and crew of Jackass , and eventually getting into talks about having his own reality show.
Although Dyrdek and DC had a mutually beneficial partnership for over 20 years, things changed when their parent company, Quiksilver , filed for bankruptcy in September The following year, Quiksilver rejected Dyrdek's contract and prioritized forming partnerships with a different team of pro skateboarders instead. Even though Dyrdek was always passionate about skateboarding, over time, he started to feel like entrepreneurship was his true calling. He started his first company when he was only 18, selling skateboard parts under the brand name Orion Trucks.
He thought of the idea, connected with the manufacturer, and began the exciting and challenging process of building his very first business.
Dyrdek has said he didn't make much money with Orion Trucks, and the company was a short-lived endeavor. However, he fell in love with the experience of building a business from the ground up, and he knew it wouldn't be his last attempt. It's no surprise that in recent years, he's returned to his entrepreneurial roots and now devotes most of his time and energy to helping others scale up their businesses.
So if Dyrdek isn't holding down his own reality TV series, and he isn't spending his days skateboarding, then what exactly is he working on right now? Currently, he spends most of his working hours immersed in his venture studio, the Dyrdek Machine. It serves as a legal holding company for all of Dyrdek's different ventures, and he describes it as part branding agency, part venture capital firm. The Dyrdek Machine was officially launched in , and it's basically a business incubator for new companies.
He's typically involved with more than a dozen different companies to varying degrees, while working with others that are still in development. Although he's picky about the brands he takes on, he dabbles in a wide range of industries, and says he's particularly passionate about working with other entrepreneurs who get as excited about brand building. Why did Dyrdek decide to step back from reality TV when it was those same TV shows that really propelled him to mainstream fame and success?
He clearly isn't done with TV appearances — after all, he still has his show Ridiculousness , which he hosts with Sterling Brim and Chanel West Coast and which has been running since
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