Juan Pablo Galavis Guinand was born on 5 August 1981, in Ithaca, New York State USA, into a family of Venezuelan ancestry, and is best known as a reality television star who appeared in ‘’The Bachelor’’, and also as a former professional soccer player.
So just how rich is Juan Pablo Galavis as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this reality television persona and former sportsman has net worth of $1.3 million, with his wealth being accumulated from his career in the mentioned fields which began in.
Juan Pablo Galavis Net Worth $1.3 Million
Despite being born in the US, he moved to Barquisimeto, Venezuela at an early age, only to return to US for the sake of playing college soccer for Roberts Wesleyan College. During his time there, he achieved notable results, and having played for the Primera División Venezolana and several other teams, Juan joined Miami FC in early 2008. Nevertheless, he was on the lookout for a career in the entertainment field, thus he left Miami in 2008, and went on to do promotional work for night clubs in Miami. At the same time, Galavis’ his professional paths crossed with Frank Santofimio and Mario Donoso, musicians and songwriters, and the team went on to promote Chino y Nacho. In the upcoming period, Juan Pablo continued participating in commercials, and also served as a television presenter of ‘’Mega News’’, broadcast on Mega TV. He followed by joining the cast of ‘’The Bachelorette’’, a television show focused on one woman on the lookout for her perfect spouse, in which he competed with other male participants, however, Juan Pablo was eliminated halfway through the season. Nevertheless, he then starred in the ‘’The Bachelor’’, looking for his perfect partner in the 18th season of the series. The season premiered in early 2014, and participants such as Nikki Ferrell, Clare Crawley and Andi Dorfman competed for his heart. Juan Pablo was the first person from an ethnic minority to be chosen for the show, however, he stirred serious drama when he harshly spoke about the possibility of the gay version of ‘’The Bachelor’’ being filmed, calling gay people ‘’a bad example for kids’’ and ‘’more pervert’’. His comments were marked as ‘’careless, thoughtless and insensitive’’, and the chairmen of the show and the whole channel stated that Juan Pablo didn’t represent their opinion. However, Galavis apologized saying that he only had problems with translation of the word ‘’pervert’’ as it doesn’t mean what he thought it meant. At the end of the season, he chose Nikki Ferrell as the winner. His career on television ends there, as we don’t have any further information on any further projects.
When it comes to Juan Pablo’s private life, he has a daughter from his previous relationship with the actress Carla Rodríguez. After ‘’The Bachelor’’, he was in a short relationship with Nikki Ferrell, a pediatric nurse from Missouri, however , they ended their relationship. In 2016, he started a relationship with the TV host Osmariel Villalobos, and the couple married in mid-2017.
