Alexis DeJoria Biography | Alexis DeJoria
Alexis DeJoria (born September 24, 1977) is a retired American drag racer who competed in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Top Fuel Funny Car. She drove a Toyota Camry for Kalitta Motorsports (owned by Connie Kalitta), sponsored by Patrón Spirits Company.
DeJoria began her NHRA career in 2005, initially competing in the Super Gas category, before moving into a Super Comp dragster. Eight months after her NHRA debut, she went on to win the Sportsman Nationals in Fontana, California.
DeJoria spent the next two years racing on the West coast in Top Alcohol Funny Car (TA/FC).
In 2009, DeJoria built her own racing team, Stealth Motorsports. At the 2011 NHRA Northwest Fall Nationals, she won her first ever NHRA national event win in TA/FC, becoming the second woman ever to do so.
She co-owned and operated the team for three years, leaving in 2011 to join Kalitta Motorsports as their fourth member and second funny car driver. This move coincided with her transition to racing a nitro (Fuel) funny car at the 2011 Texas Fall Nationals.
In 2012, DeJoria raced her first final-round appearance at Bristol. That year she also set both a career best for time with a run of 4.032 and speed of 319.07 mph (513.49 km/h) at Reading.
During the 2013 season, DeJoria had 4 semi-final finishes.
In 2014, DeJoria became the first woman ever to make a sub-four second pass, with a 3.997-second e.t., during the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona.
At her next race in Phoenix, DeJoria won her first race in Funny Car. In March 2014, she picked up the second win of her professional career in Las Vegas. That May, she broke a Funny Car track record at Atlanta Dragway (4.012-second e.t.) while earning her the Number One qualifier position.
That summer, she went on to break Brainerd International Raceway’s Funny Car ET record with a 4.010-second pass, then reset her own record with a 3.998-second pass, the first sub-four-second Funny Car pass at BIR.
In September she won the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. On June 7, 2015, DeJoria reached the final round in Top Fuel Funny Car in the NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown.
Alexis DeJoria Age
Alexis DeJoria is a retired American drag racer who competed in the National Hot Rod Association Top Fuel Funny Car. She drove a Toyota Camry for Kalitta Motorsports, sponsored by Patrón Spirits Company. She was born on September 24, 1977, in Venice, Los Angeles, CA, Alexis is 41 years old as of 2018
Alexis DeJoria Father
John Paul Jones DeJoria the father of Alexis DeJoria (born April 13, 1944) is a Greek-Italian-American entrepreneur, a self-made billionaire, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company.
John Paul Jones DeJoria was born the second son of an Italian immigrant father and a Greek immigrant mother on April 13, 1944, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
His parents divorced by the time he was two years old, and at nine he began selling Christmas cards and newspapers with his older brother to support his family.
He grew up in Atwater Village on Garden Avenue and then Revere. He attended Atwater Elementary School and John Marshall High School. When his single mother proved unable to support both children, they were sent to an East Los Angeles foster home.
DeJoria spent two years in the United States Navy, serving on the USS Hornet. After that, he held a series of jobs including janitor, door-to-door encyclopedia salesman, and insurance salesman.
DeJoria entered the world of hair care as an employee of Redken Laboratories. He was fired from this position, he claims over a disagreement on business strategies.
In 1980, he formed John Paul Mitchell Systems with hairdresser Paul Mitchell and a loan for $700 and while living in a 20-year-old Rolls Royce automobile.
DeJoria co-founded the Patrón Spirits Company in 1989, is a founding partner of the House of Blues nightclub chain, and has interests in Madagascar Oil Ltd., Pyrat Rum, Smokey Mountain Bison Farm, LLC, Ultimat Vodka, Solar Utility, Sun King Solar, Touchstone Natural Gas,
Three Star Energy, Diamond Audio, a Harley-Davidson dealership, a diamond company (DeJoria), mobile technology developer ROK AMERICAS, the John Paul Pet Company which does hair and personal grooming for animals, and J&D Acquisitions LLC, the parent company for the Larson,
Striper, Triumph, Marquis and Carver boat companies formed with Minneapolis-based investor Irwin L. Jacobs. In 2008, DeJoria became an advisory board member for The Beauty Channel; a streaming beauty and fashion-focused television station.
DeJoria has been active in the film industry as an executive producer and actor. He made a cameo appearance as himself, in the 2008 comedy, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, and also in The Big Tease as the fictional John Paul Mitchell. DeJoria also made a cameo appearance in the Showtime series Weeds season 2.
He narrated and appeared in television commercials for Patron in November 2011. He appeared on November 1, 2013, broadcast of the ABC reality series Shark Tank as a guest investor, replacing series regular Robert Herjavec.
With a 2017 net worth of US $3.1 billion, he is the 3rd richest “shark” of all time on the show, behind series regular Mark Cuban (2017 net worth: US $3.3 billion) and fellow “guest shark” Sir Richard Branson (2017 net worth: US $5.1 billion).
Alexis DeJoria Husband
Alexis DeJoria her husband name: Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and former CEO of Austin, Texas-based Austin Speed Shop. Read also about Tracy Pollan
James was the host of the reality TV shows Jesse James Is a Dead Man on Spike TV and Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel, and the focus of the documentary Motorcycle Mania, also on Discovery.
Jesse James also appeared in the Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 video game and was the focus of a show chronicling some of the customs builds at Austin Speed Shop in his TV series, Jesse James: Outlaw Garage, which ran a shortened single season in 2012 on the Discovery Channel before being canceled.
Custom motorcycles and cars
After working as a bodyguard for Danzig, Slayer, and occasionally for other bands such as Soundgarden, James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother’s garage in 1992. James has also built and is racing an off-road Trophy Truck and a Figure-8 race car.
Other business ventures
He was the owner of the Cisco Burger restaurant, which opened on April 28, 2006, across the street from West Coast Choppers. The 1950s style hamburger stand—named after his beloved pit bull who is now deceased—featured Angus beef burgers, low-fat burritos, organic vegetables, and biodegradable wrappings.
It has officially closed. James also had partial ownership in Austin Speed Shop in Austin, Texas which he left in 2013 to focus on the re-opening of West Coast Choppers in Austin.
Other business ventures include the Chopperdogs fan club and the Jesse’s Girl clothing line. Since 2006, James has nationally published Garage magazine. Read also about Eric Avery
In November 2013 Jesse James Firearms Unlimited unveiled its first two firearms, a 1911 pistol and AR-15 rifle. His first suppressor was a basic reworking of an original Maxim design that he claimed could bend the laws of physics by offering a 78 dB rating at the muzzle.
Television
In 2000 the Discovery Channel made the documentary Motorcycle Mania, which chronicled James’s everyday life. Following the success of the documentary, the Discovery Channel approached James with an offer to host a new show called Monster Garage where James and a crew of mechanics modified vehicles under a short deadline.
James later established Payupsucker Productions, under which he produced shows like History of the Chopper, Iraq Confidential with Jesse James and Green Scream, in which James plans to break the land speed record with an eco-friendly hydrogen car. Through James’s show “History Of The Chopper” there are also glimpses of his involvement with the Hells Angels.
He also had an appearance on Discovery Channel’s Sons of Guns. He appeared on the second season of Celebrity Apprentice. Each celebrity played to raise money for a favorite charity; James selected to play for the Long Beach Education Foundation.
Due to his poor performance in raising funds, James was eliminated by Donald Trump on the second-to-last show (ultimately placing 3rd) which aired May 3, 2009.
Trump repeatedly cited James’s stoic refusal to contact then-wife Bullock to raise funds for the show’s challenges, though other celebrities had no problem tapping high-rolling contacts for cash.
His show, Jesse James Is a Dead Man, premiered on Spike TV on May 31, 2009. The show features James doing death-defying stunts. The first episode set a rating record for Spike, drawing the largest audience ever for an unscripted series on the network, with 2 million viewers.
The show is produced by Spike TV, BASE Productions and James’s company, PayupSucker Productions. In conjunction with that appearance, Marvel Comics created a special one-shot comic book where he evades death once again after considering retirement and made it available in comic book stores for free distribution.
James has appeared on an episode of Street Customs where he had his pickup truck customized by West Coast Customs. He appeared in an advert for T-Mobile’s Google mobile phone with Whoopi Goldberg and Phil Jackson. Jesse James appeared on Sons of Guns on March 28, 2012.
He asked the Red Jacket Firearms team to build a customized Browning Automatic Rifle for him and even assisted in the build himself. Jesse appeared in special “Biker Build-Off” episodes of American Chopper in 2011 and 2012 for bike build-off competitions with Paul Teutul, Jr.
(representing Paul Jr. Designs) and Paul Teutul, Sr. (representing Orange County Choppers), with Gas Monkey Garage (featured on the Discovery series Fast N’ Loud) entering the competition in 2012.
Alexis DeJoria Filmography
She played the role of Paula, in the 2013 movie “Snake and Mongoose”.
Alexis DeJoria Personal Life: Boyfriend, Married, Spouse, and Children
Alexis DeJoria is a married to American television personality and motorcycle customizer Jesse James. The couple tied the knot on March 24, 2013, at the estate (Malibu property) of her father. The duo dated for about a year before their marriage.
For her big day, she walked up the aisle wearing a traditional white dress adorned with a black embroidered floral design. Meanwhile, Jesse was suited and booted in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie.
DeJoria has a daughter named Isabella DeJoria from her ex-boyfriend.
On the other hand, her husband, James was previously married thrice: Karla James (1991-2002), Janine Lindemulder (2002-2004), and Sandra Bullock (2005-2010).
Further, DeJoria and James are often seen often attending numerous red carpet events and the parties together. So far we haven’t found any issue or rumors regarding their divorce.
In late 2012, DeJoria became engaged to American television personality and motorcycle customizer Jesse James. They married on March 24, 2013, at the estate of her father, entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria.
DeJoria has a 15-year-old daughter, Bella, from a previous relationship.
Alexis DeJoria Philanthropy
DeJoria, along with her mother Jamie Briggs, joined Sallie Latimer’s efforts to raise money to repair the Earles Court water tower
Alexis DeJoria Net Worth in 2019; How much is his Salary?
Alexis DeJoria has an estimated net worth of $100 million as of 2019. She has earned her wealth widely through her drag racing career.
Additionally, she is a daughter of an entrepreneur and a self-made billionaire, John Paul DeJoria who has estimated net worth of $3.4 billion. He is a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company.
With her billionaire father, John Paul DeJoria she bought Ocean Lawn, a 24-room mansion on the Cliff Walk in Newport for $11.6 million in 2017.
The 16,237-square-foot mansion at 51 Cliff Ave. has 515 feet of ocean frontage, 13 bedrooms and 10 full bathrooms and one-half bathroom, and his-and-hers libraries. The annual real-estate taxes are $119,981.