Justin Hakuta is not an actor, nor a comedian, nor has anything to do with show business, but his marriage to someone in that business has made him a topic of media interest. That person is none other than California-born comedian Ali Wong, whose career has only gotten better with each passing year, with a couple of Netflix Specials under his belt. Justin Hakuta’s low popularity in pop culture is explained by his wife Ali Wong, whose material is half made up of jokes about her husband. This is to satisfy your curiosity about what you’ve always wanted to know about Ali Wong’s husband, Justin Hakuta.
Who is Justin Hakuta? (Biography,)
Justin Hakuta may be best known in the media as Ali Wong’s husband, but it’s so much more than his marriage to the ace comedian. The Filipino-Japanese entrepreneur may not be an entertainer, but Hakuta has some artistic genes, as he was born to a father who was a fairly popular TV personality in the 1980s.
Named Ken Hakuta, Justin Hakuta’s father is best known for hosting the popular children’s show The Dr. Fad Show which focused on educating children about scientific inventions. In addition to his duties as an animator, Hakuta’s father also excelled as an inventor and businessman.
He has received numerous awards, including the Inventor of the Year Award from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Ken Hakuta is said to have made a fortune of around $20 million selling the Wacky Wall Walker toys, which were a craze in the 80s. He is also the founder of the e-commerce site Allherb.com, which sells herbal remedies .
Justin Hakuta’s mother is Marilou Cantiller, a Filipina who works for the World Bank where she met Hakuta’s father, Ken. They had both worked at the World Bank before Ken got into the show. At one point, she worked as a research assistant in the legal arm of the World Bank.
Hakuta’s parents got married in 1977 and the day they had Justin on October 18, 1982 and they also had two other children, Kenzo and Aki. All three children were raised near the Washington National Cathedral, where her parents owned a Victorian mansion.
For his education, he attended Sidwell FriendsSchool in Washington, DC and did his college education at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a BS in Decision Science and minored in Spanish. He graduated in 2004 but spent a year at ITESM where he studied cognitive psychology, economics and Mexican history.
Fresh out of college, Justin Hakuta spent a few months as a sales associate at Honest Team before joining the Center for Court Innovation as a research analyst. After becoming a Fulbright Scholar with the Institute of International Education in Manila, Philippines, Hakuta returned to the United States in 2008 to attend Harvard. Three years later, in 2011, he earned an MBA from the prestigious college.
His net worth
Justin Hakuta obviously inherited his father’s strong business acumen and has done very well in his entrepreneurial career. After graduating from Harvard, Hakuta established many companies and organizations that achieved impressive success.
Hakuta, like his father, has a passion for health and general well-being and has tailored his career around his passion. Per his LinkedIn profile, he has worked for health and wellness institutions like; Seventh generation and Patagonia.
He started philanthropic organizations like AllBuffet Day and Human Trafficking Project. For more than two years, he held the position of product strategist at DIRECTV – Digital Innovation Lab. He then worked as a product manager at Cargomatic, Inc. before joining GoodRx in August 2016, where he now serves as vice president of product. Justin Hakuta is also the founder of YogaStart, an online yoga app.
He has never made his earnings public, making it difficult to estimate how much he is worth. However, it’s highly likely that Justin Hakuta has reserved a spot in the Millionaires’ Club. His wife, on the other hand, is said to be worth over $2 million.
Other Facts About Ali Wong’s Husband
• Justin Hakuta’s parents are masters of Japanese cooking and passed down the cooking abilities to him as he likes to cook most meals at home.
• The love agency verifies all of his wife’s documents involving him before releasing them publicly.
• For three years, Justin Hakuta served as Vice President of Young Alumni at the Harvard Business School Association of Southern California.
• He met his wife Ali Wong at a wedding in 2010 and they married on November 27, 2014.
• Hakuta shares two children with Wong.