Who is Kat Von D and what is her net worth?
FAMOUS tattoo artist, Kat Von D, is making the jump from her Los Angeles home to rural Indiana.
Known for her career as a renowned tattoo artist, Von D will be shutting down her famous tattoo parlor ahead of the big move.
Who is Kat Von D?
Von D, whose full name is Katherine von Drachenberg, is best known for her TLC show LA Ink that premiered in 2007.
The 39-year-old was born in Nuevo León, Mexico, and her family “didn’t have electricity or running water for a long time,” she said in an essay to Popsugar in 2016.
At six years old, her family immigrated to California, and she started tattooing when she was 14 years old before dropping out of high school to pursue a career as a tattoo artist.
She opened her tattoo shop, High Voltage Tat, in West Hollywood in 2007 which became the backdrop for her LA Ink TV show.
After opening her shop, Von D broke the Guinness World record in 2007 for tattooing the most people in a single day. She finished the day having tattooed 400 people.
Von D has a net worth of $20million with a list of achievements including launching her makeup line in 2008 but sold her brand to LVMH in 2020.
She went on to publish her first book High Voltage Tattoo in 2009 which made it to the New York Time’s Best Seller list in the number six spot.
She published her second book, The Tattoo Chronicles in 2010 which reached the number three spot on the Best Seller list.
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Why is Kat Von D closing her tattoo parlor?
Von D announced on Instagram Tuesday she will be closing High Voltage Tat on December 1 after 14 years in business.
She is moving from their Los Angeles home to Indiana with her family at the end of 2021 and said she and her family “feel more at home there (in Indiana) than we do here in LA.”
After remodeling their home, she says she “will most likely open a private studio in Indiana.”
Is Kat Von D married?
In February 2018, Von D married Rafael Reyes, a musician in the band Prayers, in a spontaneous celebration, but four months later they held a wedding ceremony with family and friends.
Their wedding was out of the norm, with Von D sporting a red, long sleeve gown with red horns and a matching veil.
The couple met in 2016 after Reyes asked Von D to appear in the music video for his band Prayers.
Von D was previously married to tattoo artist Oliver Peck in 2003 but the two went their separate ways and filed for divorce in 2007.
Does she have children?
In 2018, Von D and Reyes announced they were having a baby and announced the birth of their son, Leafar Von Drachenberg Reyes on December 2, 2018.
Von D posted a photo on Instagram of Reyes holding their newborn son and said, “Meet our beautiful baby boy, Leafar Von D Reyes, adding they would be taking a step back from the spotlight to focus on their family.
“My husband @prayers and I want to take the next 40 days [the 4th trimester] to focus on the baby and our amazing relationship transitioning into amazing parenthood,” Von D said.
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