Who is Alex Wassabi?
Alex Wassabi (born march 28, 1990) is a popular YouTuber, vlogger, and social media personality. He is popular for his comedy videos, parody, reaction, and challenges videos with his friends and girlfriend.
Alex’s real name is Alex Burriss and he started making videos with SQUIRTINGS Fabito his friends on the Wassabi YouTube channel.
Later, his friends left and he was the sole owner of the channel. After his comedy and parody videos, Wassabi started to go viral and generate fans from all over the world.
Currently, Alex Wassabi has almost 15 million followers on all of his social media to date.
Quick Bio
Real Name | Alex Burriss |
Nick Name | Alex Wassabi |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | March 28, 1990 |
Birth Place | Great Falls, Montana |
Age | 30 years old |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Nationality | American |
Profession | YouTuber |
Hair Color | Black |
Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Net Worth | $13.5 million |
Early Life
Where was Alex Wassabi born?
Alex Wasabi was born in Great Falls, Montana. He then moved to Kentucky and finally shifted to North Carolina when he was just 10 years old.
Ales was a comedian and entertainer from his early childhood days. He used to make people laugh and entertain all the time.
Alex was also seriously into basketball and baseball and before joining YouTube was seriously considering his career in baseball or basketball before joining YouTube.
But his childhood was not easy. He was diagnosed with ADHD so he struggled to learn and read quite a lot. However, he did complete his education and also graduated from a very well-reputed college.
Career
Why is Alex Wassabi famous?
Alex was a very good comedian and made people laugh in his school days. He had a comedic partner name Roi Fabito.
They started Wassabi Production in 2006 in January Alex and Roi were friends since their school days also lived really close which increased their chemistry so much.
Initially, they called their channel hoittsoroi but they later changed into Wassabi. They first started their comedic programs to their friends and family but someone shared their videos on social media and it went viral.
The viral video was their comedic parody of the song “Call Me Maybe”. After they became viral there started to share their videos worldwide on social media.
Their versions of Call Me Maybe were so popular it was their most viewed video with over 140 million views. That video made them go viral so much so that they got over 8 million subscribers within no time.
Along with comedy and parody videos they also started doing challenge videos, pranks, and reaction videos quite often. They also introduced two new characters called Rolanda and Richard.
Their first video was titled “Dancing With Wassabi” which also went viral and got them over 1 million views really quickly.
The video gained them quite a lot of attention and generated fans from all over the world.
Some of their other most popular videos are “You’re so Immature with over 100 million views and they also made a Parody of Katy Parry song Roar with over 75 million views.
After some time Foi left Wassabi production and tried to pursue his own channel and Alex was the only owner of Wassabi Productions.
Currently, Alex has just over 11.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
Movies
Along with his YouTube career, Alex has also worked on many other movie projects. Some of the movies Alex starred in were titled Laid in America, Duff, and “This is How we never made out.
Alex is also featured in many television series as well. He starred in Escape The Night in the main role of Aviator. The season has lasted for 2 seasons.
In another series Alex Wassabi started is titled “Light as a Feather” where he played the recurring role in the series.
Awards
Alex Wassabi has never won but has been nominated for many awards, Best Collaboration Awards, Shorty Vlogger of the year awards.
He was also nominated for Streamy Awards, the best ensemble cast for Escape the Night.
Personal Information
What is the height of Alex Wassabi?
Alex Wassabi is 5 ft 11 inches tall and weighs about 78 kg. He has dark brown eyes and his hair color is dark black. His zodiac sign is Aries.
Alex loved baseball when he was young and was really talented in it as well. He was thinking of pursuing a career in baseball but later changed it to become a YouTuber and entertainer.
Alex’s hobbies are traveling, coming up with ideas, reading, playing video games, and much more.
Relationship
Who is Alex Wassabi dating now?
Alex Wassabi is currently dating dancer and Instagram model Lexy Panterra. They have been together since the beginning of 2020.
Nowadays they share their photos every day and feature on each other videos regularly. No one has revealed how they exactly mate.
Before Lexy, Alex was dating Mexican YouTube Caeli. They were a lovely couple but things did not go out like they wanted and they broke up in late 2019.
Alex also dated an Instagram model Lauren Rickami for 4 years, but nothing much has been known about their relationship and why they broke up.
Family
Alex Wassabi’s father’s name is Adam Borris and his mother’s name is Maribel Borris. They are from the Philippines. Alex has not revealed what his parent’s career path is and what they do for a living.
He also has two brothers named Aron and Andrew and similarly also has a sister named Mariah Burriss.
Andrew and Aron are also YouTubers and vloggers, whereas his sister is a businessman and also an Instagram model as well.
Net Worth
What is the net worth of Alex Wassabi?
Alex Wassabi is a very popular YouTuber and social media personality with over 11 million subscribers on his official YouTube channel.
His primary source of income is from his YouTube ads and social media subscription. Alex is also involved in various brand deals which are also his source of income.
His net worth is approximately $13 million as of 2021.
Trivia
- Alex Wassabi was born in Great Falls, Montana
- He started his YouTube channel Wassabi in 2006 along with Fabito Roi his long-time friend.
- His father’s name is Adam Burriss and his mother’s name is Maribel Burriss, whereas his girlfriend’s name is Lexy Panterra.
- Â Alex Wassabi has over 11.5 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel.
- He has a net worth of $13 million as of 2021.
Image Credit – @Alexwassabi Instagram