As one of the most talked-about figures, Donnie Wahlberg has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.
What Is Donnie Wahlberg's Net Worth?
Donnie Wahlberg is an American actor, singer, and producer who has a net worth of $25 million. Donnie Wahlberg first became known as a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. He is also an actor and entrepreneur.
Early Life
Donnie Wahlberg was born Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr on August 17, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew up in the primarily Irish-American neighborhood of Dorchester.
Donnie is the eighth out of nine children born to Donald, a teamster and delivery truck driver, and Alma, a nurse's aide. His younger brother is fellow actor/singer/producerMark Wahlberg. On his mother's side, Wahlberg is distantly related to Nathaniel Hawthorne. While Donnie was growing up, the family was tight-knit and went to church together every Sunday. Having such a big family did not come without its problems though; the siblings frequently fought and the family was often strapped for cash. Their parents divorced in 1982 when Donnie was 12 years old. He and Mark chose to live with their mother while the rest of the siblings were either out on their own already as adults or had gone to live with their father.
When Donnie began elementary school in the '70s, Boston was deeply entrenched in controversy over mandatory busing to enforce public school desegregation. Wahlberg was bused for nearly an hour a day to the mostly African-American William Monroe Trotter School. Donnie developed a deep love and affection for the soul and rap music that was popular amongst his African-American friends. His idol growing up wasMichael Jackson. Wahlberg recalls being bused to school as one of the greatest things to ever happen to him and his career, as he'd spend his time on the bus in the afternoons composing rap lyrics among his friends–his biggest influences.
New Kids on the Block
Wahlberg and his close friendDanny Woodwent to Copley High School. It was here that they formed a rap group, The Kool Aid Bun. At the age of 15, Donnie auditioned for music producerMaurice Starr. He was holding open auditions to create America's first big boy band. Starr was impressed by the triple threat of Wahlberg's singing, dancing, and rapping skills and immediately enlisted him for the group. Donnie recruited his brother Mark and friend Danny Wood, along withJordan Knightand Knight's older brother Jonathan. Mark was not happy with the band's artistic direction and left very soon after.
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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
