Born Lauren Kobayashi Riihimaki on the 11th August 1993 in Toronto, Canada, she is a YouTube star, best known to the world for her LaurDIY channel, on which she uploads videos related to fashion, makeup, and beauty on the whole.
Have you ever wondered how rich Lauren Riihimaki is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Riihimaki’s wealth is as high as $400,000, an amount earned through her successful career, active since 2012.
Lauren Riihimaki Net Worth $400,000
Lauren, born in Canada, she is of Finnish, Japanese and Ukrainian ancestry, the only child of Greg Riihimaki and his wife Gail. She was quite involved in sports during her growing-up and continued to play various sports while in high school. Though there isn’t exact information which high school Lauren attended, she received an award for proficiency in French through a school program. She enrolled in college after high school matriculation, and it was then that she opened her YouTube channel LaurDIY. Her first video was uploaded in March 2012, entitled “How To: Underside Braid to Bun”, and after gaining views and subscribers, decided to continue posting tips on fashion and beauty. Her videos cover outfit of the day, how to alter clothes, and other clothing fashion topics. She quickly rose to fame, and her channel now has more than 6.8 million subscribers, and her videos have been viewed more than 655 million times, which has increased her net worth to a large degree. Encouraged by the immediate success of her career on YouTube, Lauren started another channel – LauDiy2 – on which she uploads comedy videos, sketches, and also daily vlogs. So far, she has more than 500,000 subscribers on her second channel, while her videos have been viewed more than 13.5 million times. This has also increased her wealth.
To speak further of her accomplishments, Lauren has been sponsored by Etsy, Starbucks and P&G among other successful brands, which has also contributed to her net worth. She has also been featured in Seventeen magazine several times, while she also appeared in the “Today Show”, and in several MTV shows.
In recent years, she launched an acting career; she is The Engineer in the TV series “Escape the Night”, while she portrayed Lisa in the horror-comedy film “Tyler Perry’s Boo2! A Madea Halloween”, both in 2017, further increasing her wealth.
Regarding her personal life, she has been in a relationship with Alex Wassabi since 2015, who is also a popular YouTube personality.
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