Up until relatively recently, there were only a select few ways for someone to become famous. For example, someone who wanted to become well known could become an athlete, actor, musician, politician, or a great thinker. These days, however, there are a lot of new ways for people to become rich and famous, including becoming a successful YouTuber. For example, Jake Paul rose to fame as a YouTuber and he has amassed a $17 million fortune.
For people who aren’t familiar with how far things have come in the digital space, it may seem unimaginable that a YouTuber has become that wealthy. However, these days there are a lot of different YouTubers who’ve become quite rich.
In the case of Jake Paul, there is no question that his main job is producing videos for the internet. Despite that, it should be noted that he has diversified his career a great deal over the years. In fact, it is pretty fascinating to look at all the ways that Paul will likely continue to add to his impressive fortune in the years to come.
Career Beginnings
When most people are in their mid-teens, they spend their free time goofing around with all of their friends. When Jake Paul was that age, he too goofed around with his pals but he chose to record his antics and upload them to Vine. Before too long, Jake Paul amassed a huge fan following that watched all of the videos he would release on Vine. Then, Vine was shut down and Paul’s career was thrown into question.
As it turns out, Jake Paul was able to roll with the punches as he went to create a YouTube channel which his existing fans would quickly follow him to. Once Jake Paul became a YouTuber, the videos he created quickly became some of the most viewed clips on the entire website.
Building A Fortune
On top of creating his own content, Jake Paul also began to create a business empire for himself as he brought together a group of like-minded YouTubers he could produce content with. Calling his new group Team 10, it quickly became clear that Paul and his associates built their entire life around creating videos for their fans to watch. Considering that Paul and Team 10’s videos were all accompanied by ads, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Jake had lots of money rolling in.
Of course, just because Jake Paul enjoyed a huge amount of success at that stage in his career doesn’t mean he didn’t want to push things further. In his attempt to keep the money train rolling in, Paul even began to “date” Tana Mongeau in a “relationship” that most people believe was mostly faked to garner more views for both of their channels. Whether or not you think Tana and Jake were a real couple, the fact remains that both of them made a fortune from their time together.
Making More Money
During Jake Paul’s time in the spotlight, the one thing that has become abundantly clear is that he will do whatever it takes to make money. With that in mind, it is clear that Paul will almost certainly do some surprising things in order to make money in the years to come. For example, nobody could have predicted that Paul would try to garner the world’s attention by having Tiger King’s Carole Baskin record a video he posted on social media.
While Jake Paul tends to be unpredictable, everyone knows some of the ways he will make money in the future. For example, Paul continues to make a lot of money from the videos he posts on YouTube and there is every reason to believe that will continue in the future. In fact, on top of being paid for the advertisements that play on his videos, Paul has become notorious for excessively plugging his merchandise on his YouTube channel. In fact, considering that Paul even released a Christmas video in which he constantly brings up his merchandise, it is clear that is one of his main revenue streams.
In addition to Jake Paul posting vlogs on YouTube, he also has a long history of releasing music videos on his channel. Of course, Paul makes money each time fans watch those music videos on YouTube but that isn’t enough for him. Instead, Paul has also posted his songs on streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify, and Soundcloud so he can make money that way too.
To the amazement of virtually everyone, Jake Paul has also become a professional boxer in recent years. As of the time of this writing, Paul has only fought twice but he remains undefeated and it is very clear that he is trying very hard to convince other celebrities to get in the ring with him. In fact, Paul has even put a lot of effort into getting the famed former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor to box him. Unsurprisingly, the main reason why Paul is interested in more fights in the future is he will make a huge amount of money each time he boxes. After all, Paul’s fights garner a huge amount of attention so promoters are willing to pay him a lot to have him box at their events.