Jazz Jennings was born on 6 October 2000 in South Florida to Greg and Jeanette, into a family of Jewish ancestry, and is best known as an American YouTube content creator whose channel has almost 400,000 subscribers. In addition, she is a reality television star famous for her series ‘’I Am Jazz’’.
So just how rich is Jazz Jennings, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this American reality star and actress has a net worth of over $200,000, accumulated largely from her over six years long career in the previously mentioned fields. Being active on YouTube, she earns money every time an ad is displayed in one of her videos.
Jazz Jennings Net Worth $200,000
Jazz was born as male, but at the age of four in 2004, was diagnosed with gender identity disorder, being one of the youngest individuals to be so diagnosed, and additionally, her condition has been featured in several television shows. Jennings has stated that, ever since she was aware of herself and could speak, she knew she was female, despite her family dressing her in gender neutral clothing. At a young age, she began appearing in television shows, on which her family discussed the challenges of growing up transgender. In 2007, she made an appearance in ‘’20/20’’, a documentary series, and in 2009 appeared in ‘’60 Minutes’’.
As she was getting more exposure in the media, Jazz was gaining fame and recognition, despite being young, and so adding to her net worth. In 2011, the audience saw Jazz alongside Chaz Bono in ‘’The Rosie Show’’, and in the same year she was the subject of ‘’ I Am Jazz: A Family in Transition’’, a documentary movie which followed the lives of Jennings and other members of her family. She continued appearing in television series throughout the early and mid-2000s, but most importantly, in 2015 was the star of ‘’I Am Jazz’’, a reality television series nominated for two awards, including the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program. The series had three seasons and received acclaim from the transgender community. As of 2017, Jazz has had several projects, but most importantly was a guest in ‘’The Larry King Show’’.
When it comes to her acting career, Jennings hasn’t been too active in that field, but made her debut in 2010 in ‘’Bella Maddo’’, portraying Angelica. In addition, Jazz is also an author and has written one book so far. The mentioned book was her autobiography entitled ‘’ Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen’’, which received praise and was noted as ‘’touching book that serves as a rallying cry for understanding and acceptance’’. Jazz also uses her YouTube channel to spread her message, but additionally posting videos of other themes, such as makeup tutorials and vlogs to her more than 350,000 subscribers.
When it comes to Jazz’s personal life, being a reality television star and appearing on television from an early age, she naturally shared a lot of information on that topic. She has one older sister, Ari, and two older brothers Sander and Griffen, who are twins. She is active on social media websites including Twitter and Instagram, and is followed by more than half a million people on the latter.
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