Rick Harrison Bio (Wiki)

August 2024 · 3 minute read

Who is Rick Harrison?

Rick Harrison is an American businessman, actor, and reality television personality who is mainly popular as the co-owner of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. Rick Harrison also co-owns the pawn shop with his father which they had opened in 1989.

Who are the parents of Rick Harrison?

Rick was born on March 22, 1965, in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is North American.

His birth name is Richard Benjamin Harrison. He was born to JoAnne Rhue Harrison and Richard Benjamin Harrison. His father is a businessman and a reality star.

Rick Harrison spent his early life and childhood in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. He was raised up by his parents along with his younger brother of Sherry Joanne Harrison (who died at age 6), Joseph Kent Harrison, and the older brother of Christopher K. Harrison.

His father was transferred to San Diego, California and all the family relocated with him. At the age of eight, Harrison suffered from epileptic seizures, limiting him only to a bed, and fell in love with books.

Rick HarrisonEducation History

Rick Harrison was quite interested in reading particularly physics and history. Talking about his educational background, he attended Taft Middle School and dropped out during tenth grade.

Rick Harrison: Professional Life and Career

Business-minded Harrison started his career when he opened the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop with his father. He was also known as a pawnbroker having special sports items in Las Vegas in the year 2006.

His business also served gamblers who often came in to pawn something. He was also awarded Pawnbroker of the Year for his contributions to advising the public about the pawn industry. He was featured in the show Insomniac with Dave Attell about a pawn shop in the year 2003.

Rick Harrison was approached in a reality show which was named Pawn Stars later. This show became the highest-rated program on the History Channel in January 2011. He also became a spokesperson for the Micro Touch One Razor.

Rick Harrison also became an author and penned a book. He published a biography called License to Pawn and reached #22 on The New York Times Best Seller list on June 26, 2011.

Rick Harrison: Salary and Net Worth

Rick Harrison has an estimated net worth of $9 million as of 2023, and his salary is $300,000 per season from Pawn Stars.

Is Rick Harrison involved in any rumors and controversies?

Once there was controversy regarding Harrison’s new wife’s ex-husband,  Richard Burditt,  who was arrested in September 2009, posted $18,024 in bail. Harrison said that the whole situation extremely distressed him and his wife.

Rick Harrison: Body Measurement

Rick Harrison has a height of 5 feet 11.5 inches. He has brown hair color and her eye color is blue. His weight and shoe size are unknown.

Social Media Profile

Rick Harrison is active on Instagram and Twitter. He has more than 694k followers on Instagram and more than 223.8k followers on Twitter. He does not use Facebook.

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