Philip DeFranco is a sensation on YouTubefamous for his show – The Philip DeFranco Show, which is often abbreviated as PDS. The internet star focuses on current gossip, news, politics, trending events, as well as pop culture on his show where he usually opines in a satirical manner. Before becoming famous, Philip worked as a waiter in several restaurants until 2007 when he started making videos for the public.
As a former YouTube employee, he owns popular channels Philip DeFranco and Philly D, which have 6.32m subscribers/2.46bn views and 1.28m subscribers/252.49m views respectively. views. The 5-foot-11.5-inch entrepreneur started cashing in on his online business in 2007. Today, he’s become a force to be reckoned with on YouTube, as well as a major inspiration for Budding YouTubers.
The biography of Philip Defranco
The YouTube personality is best known to the world from his professional name, Philip DeFranco, however, his birth name is Philip James Franchini Jr. He was born on December 1, 1985, in Bronx, New York, United States. He is of American nationality and of Italian descent.. His parents divorced around the age of 10 or 11, causing his mother to move with him to Asheville, North Carolina, while his father married another woman who worked at a car dealership.
DeFranco studied at the University of South Florida, after which he went to Asheville – Buncombe Technical Community College to study biology. He was also a student at East Carolina University, but had never earned a bachelor’s degree. He lived in a car until he finally moved in with his father in Tampa, Florida on the condition that he continue his college education, but unfortunately he never returned to the classroom. He lives with a kidney disease called polycystic kidney disease (PKD), inherited from his father and grandfather. According to him, the disease is “slowly killing” their kidneys. In 2017, he shared that a certain James, one of his kidneys, donated one of his kidneys to his father in 2013.
Net value
Due to his thriving online career, PhilipDeFranco has been able to earn and maintain a steady cash flow. His main YouTube channel has over 6 million subscribers and over 1,800,000,000 views. According to sources, his page gets more than 800,000 views a day, earning him $1,200 a day. The vlogger’s most popular video – “Youtube is closing my channel and I don’t know what to do” – was uploaded in 2016 and has over 6,000,000 views. If Philip earns $3 per 1,000 views, that means he will earn $18,000 with just one video.
At some point in his life, the internet sensation decided to expand his career by starting another channel on YouTube. Well, he ended up talking about tech and started DeFranco, however, shut down the channel after a while despite receiving solid feedback from his gigantic fans. He then replaced the channel with a new channel called: DeFranco Fam, a kind of family vlogging page. The channel is growing and is another source of income for the YouTuber and his family.
Since 2018, Philip DeFranco has amassed a net worth of $8 million which has helped him a lot to improve his status both in the YouTube community and in real life.
Wife of the famous American YouTuber
The YouTube royalty is married to his one time girlfriend Lindsay Jordan DeFranco. Philip and his wife met in 2007 on YouTube when their online career was still in its early years. The YouTube star finally proposed to her travel-savvy sweetheart on Aug. 16, 2013, in front of 600 fans in attendance for her “DeFranco Loves Dat AZ” show in Tempe, Arizona.
The couple welcomed their first child together on April 22, 2014, exactly six months after announcing in October 2013 the arrival of their first baby. DeFranco would later reveal that their son’s name is Philip James “Trey” DeFranco III. The wedding took place on March 7, 2015 and was marked by a strong presence from YouTube elites such as AlphaCat, GloZella, Jess Lizama, Shay Carl, Meghan Tonjes and others. The class event, which was widely captured on social media, was officiated by vlogger/comedian/internet personality Michael Buckley.
Philp and Lindsay welcomed their second child, a son named Carter William Defranco, on September 8, 2017. The YouTube royals live happily together in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, with their children. There is no indication that the engaged couple will divorce now or in the near future.