- Source of Wealth: Blogging
- Age: 41
- Birth Place: Miami, Florida, United States
- Full Name: Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.,
- Nationality: United States
- Date of Birth: March 23, 1978
- Ethnicity: American
- Occupation: Blogger, TV personality
- Children: 1 (Mario Armando Lavandeira III)
Gossip blogger, Perez Hilton (real name: Mario Lavandeira) reigns supreme over the world of Web celebrity for 3 straight years according to Forbes Web Celeb. He has an estimated net worth of $30 million.
Running “Hollywood’s most hated Web site,” known for posts covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or “doodles.”.The site attracts more than 7.2 million people a month, putting it among the 500 most-visited sites on the Internet, and Hilton has more than 1.77 million Twitter followers.