Karen Gravano was born on 8 May 1972 in Brooklyn, New York USA, into a notorious crime family. She has become famous by participating in the reality TV show called “Mob Wives”, first launched in 2011. Being 43 years old she is surely famous enough to be recognized on the streets, as well as rich enough to be called a successful businesswoman.
So just how rich is Karen Gravano? Her net worth has been recently estimated to reach $400,000, with her wealth having been accumulated mainly from acting, but also from writing and business interests in the beauty industry.
Karen Gravano Net Worth $400,000
Karen Gravano is a daughter of Salvatore Gravano, also known as Sammy the Bull, one of the former leaders of the Gambino crime family. Salvatore is among the most famous mob family members as well as informants in history. He is now in prison after being sentenced for 19 years. His connections with the Mafia have definitely imposed on the lives of his close relatives, of which one is Karen Gravano.
Karen found herself cast for the somewhat controversial reality TV show “Mob Wives”, a series about women whose family members were arrested for criminal activities linked to the Mafia. Karen participated in three seasons in a row, with the show being watched all over the world, gaining enormous audiences per episode. Becoming that popular implied a noticeable raise in revenues, and Karen Gravano started from $50,000 per season and ended up earning $150,000 per season by the third year, a considerable boost to her net worth.
In the year 2012 Karen Gravano took another important step in her career by writing and publishing the book “Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, and Me”, which ended up on the list of New York Times Best Sellers. Apart from fame and yet another profitable move, Karen became a focus for different crime family members arguing her memoir’s reliability. Surprisingly, these actions did not prevent Karen from moving forward and trying herself in business. In fact, that same year she opened a prestigious spa in Arizona called On the Skinny. Despite some negative forecasts, Karen has recently expanded by opening the doors of another spa in New York City. Of course this project has enhanced her net worth.
Karen is also a noticeable user of social media outlets. Her Facebook and Twitter accounts have plenty of followers all around the world, as she interacts with people on a daily basis. Women, especially, see Karen as a courageous character with her life story being very inspirational.
These are the signs that even though her career as a TV show celebrity is over, she still continues building her career, proving everyone that her family story cannot affect negatively her life. Which is also why her constantly growing net worth is not a subject to doubt about.
Despite her worldwide fame and public life during the show “Mob Wives”, Karen Gravano has always been private enough about her personal life, even publicly castigating another show member for releasing her ‘phone number. However, she was known to date a husband of one of the members of the series, Drita D’Avanzo. Karen has a child named Karina, whose father is David Seabrook.
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