| Category | Richest Business › Wall Street |
| Net Worth | $100 Million |
| Birthdate | Dec 7, 1980 (43 years old) |
| Birthplace | Tampa |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Actor, Professional Poker Player |
| Nationality | United States of America |
What Is Dan Bilzerian’s Net Worth?
Dan Bilzerian is a rich and famous guy from America. He wanted to be a Navy SEAL at first, then he acted in some movies, made lots of money playing poker, and now he’s really popular on social media because of his fancy life. Lots of people like him on Instagram – over 33 million!
Dan Bilzerian became famous because he showed off his fancy and sometimes controversial life on Instagram. He likes to throw big parties, show off his money, and post pictures with guns, women, and gambling. Dan says he made a lot of money playing poker with rich people, but some people are not sure about that. Playing poker helped him become popular. Besides poker, Dan tried acting in movies like “Olympus Has Fallen” (2013), “Lone Survivor” (2013), and “The Equalizer” (2014). But more people know him for his social media posts than for his acting career.
Dan’s dad, Paul Bilzerian, was in trouble for doing bad things in business and went to jail. Some people don’t like Dan because they think he treats women badly and encourages living a wild and selfish life.
Early Life
Dan Bilzerian was born on December 7, 1980, in Tampa Bay, Florida. His dad, Paul Bilzerian, made a lot of money in the 1980s. Dan’s family is from Armenia through his dad. When Paul was 36 years old, he had $40 million that he earned himself. But in 1988, Paul got in trouble for doing bad things with taxes and money stuff. Dan was eight years old then. In 2001, Paul said he didn’t have much money left and owed a lot of money too – more than $140 million! Dan’s mom is Terri Steffen and he has a brother named Adam who also plays poker. They used to live in a really big house with ten bedrooms in Tampa until it got taken away because their dad moved to the Caribbean to hide from getting arrested. Before their dad got into trouble, he put some money aside for Dan and Adam but we don’t know how much or if it came from doing bad things like not paying taxes properly.
Dan Bilzerian’s Early Career
Dan joined the Navy in 1999. He did SEAL training in 2000 and finished two tough weeks, but he had a problem with one of his bosses and got kicked out just before graduating. They argued about safety rules at the shooting range. After leaving the Navy, Dan went to the University of Florida and studied Criminology and Business.
Poker Career
When Dan was 29 years old in 2009, he began playing poker for a living. He came in 180th place at the World Series of Poker Main Event that year and won over $36,000. This was his best result in an official poker competition.
Today, people think Dan is a great poker player. He hasn’t won a lot of money in official tournaments, but he says he has won millions or even tens of millions in private games.
In 2011, Dan and ten other famous people were told to give back the money they won from a bad guy named Bradley Ruderman. The bad guy was sent to prison for stealing money from many people in his life. Dan, along with Tobey Maguire and Nick Cassavetes, had to give back the money to help the people who lost their money because of Ruderman. Also in 2011, Dan spoke out in support of Alex Rodriguez when some people said Alex did something wrong by betting on sports games.
During a famous event, Dan won $12.8 million. He won $10.8 million in one poker game with high stakes and then went to Mexico on a private jet to celebrate. In 2014, he says he won $50 million playing poker. However, there were times when he lost more than $3 million three different times. Dan is known as the funniest poker player on Twitter by “Bluff Magazine” and helped start Victory Poker company.
