1. Jake Joseph Paul was born on January 17,1997 and is an American professional boxer, influencer and actor.
65 Facts About Jake Paul
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Jake Paul began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app was discontinued.
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Jake Paul launched his YouTube channel Jake Paul in May 2014, and has ranked on the Forbes list as one of the highest paid YouTube creators in 2017,2018,2021, and 2023.
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Jake Paul later faced and defeated former basketball player Nate Robinson and former MMA fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, and Anderson Silva.
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In February 2023, Jake Paul lost to Tommy Fury via split decision in his first fight with an active professional boxer.
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In 2021, Jake Paul founded Most Valuable Promotions, a boxing promotion alongside his adviser Nakisa Bidarian, and founded Anti Fund, a venture capital firm with Geoffrey Woo.
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Jake Paul was born on January 17,1997, in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Westlake, Ohio, with his older brother Logan, who is a YouTuber and internet personality.
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Jake Paul began his career in September 2013 posting videos on Vine.
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Jake Paul's channel became known for pranks, controversies, and his hip hop music.
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On July 22,2017, during the middle of filming the second season of Bizaardvark, the Disney Channel announced that Jake Paul would be leaving the series.
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The announcement followed a news report from KTLA about public complaints from Jake Paul's neighbors regarding the noise generated by Jake Paul's pranks, parties, hazards and large crowds of fans congregating in their neighborhood.
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Jake Paul later confirmed the news on his Twitter page, saying he would now focus more on his personal brand, YouTube channel, business ventures, and more mature acting roles.
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Jake Paul later revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he was actually fired from Bizaardvark by Disney, which wanted to expedite the process of weaning him off the show due to the KTLA segment.
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Jake Paul released the single "It's Everyday Bro", featuring Team 10, on May 30,2017.
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On November 22,2017, Jake Paul released a remix of "It's Everyday Bro", featuring American rapper Gucci Mane in place of Team 10, alongside the new music video for it.
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On March 1,2019, Jake Paul released the track and music video for "I'm Single".
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On December 13,2019, Jake Paul released another single, "These Days", alongside a music video featuring model Julia Rose.
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The song features Jake Paul rapping about his past long-distance relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Alissa Violet.
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On July 24,2020, Jake Paul released the single "Fresh Outta London", which was released alongside the music video.
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In 2021, Jake Paul partnered with serial entrepreneur Geoffrey Woo to launch a venture capital firm called Anti Fund.
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Jake Paul founded Most Valuable Promotions with his business adviser, Nakisa Bidarian, in 2021, signing professional boxer Amanda Serrano to a promotional deal in September 2021.
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In tandem, Jake Paul founded an organization named Boxing Bullies to help youth combat bullying.
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In May 2022, Jake Paul featured on the Forbes list for the highest paid athletes in 2022.
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Forbes estimated that Jake Paul made $38 million from his three boxing bouts, and various other income streams in the period.
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Jake Paul made an appearance during the match, entering the arena to his 2017 song "It's Everyday Bro" and rescuing Logan from an attack by The Usos and Solo Sikoa.
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In January 2023, Jake Paul signed a multiyear contract with the Professional Fighters League to cofound and compete in a new pay-per-view division, known as Super Fight, as well as adopt the official role of "head of fighter advocacy".
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In June 2024, Jake Paul launched a men's personal care brand called W, with products priced at less than $10 with retail partner Walmart.
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Jake Paul was incubated by Paul's venture capital firm Anti Fund.
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In 2018, Jake Paul made his boxing debut in a white-collar match against English YouTuber Deji Olatunji.
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Jake Paul defeated Olatunji via technical knockout in the 5th round.
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In 2020, Jake Paul made his professional debut against English YouTuber AnEsonGib.
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Jake Paul defeated AnEsonGib via technical knockout in the 1st round and proceeded to call out KSI.
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Jake Paul defeated Askren via technical knockout in the 1st round.
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In 2022, Jake Paul was scheduled to face Fury for August 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, but Fury withdrew due to travel issues.
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Jake Paul later confirmed that he opted out and chose to have a bout with Nate Diaz instead, whom he deemed the tougher opponent.
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On October 16,2023, it was announced that Jake Paul would be returning to the ring on December 15.
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On December 21,2023, it was announced that Jake Paul would be fighting on March 2,2024, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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On January 30,2024, Jake Paul's opponent was announced to be American professional boxer Ryan Bourland.
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Jake Paul defeated Bourland by technical knockout in the first round.
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Jake Paul won the fight by technical knockout in the sixth round.
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In 2022, Jake Paul co-promoted with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing, Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano billed as "For History".
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On January 5,2023, it was announced that Jake Paul had signed a multi-year deal with the Professional Fighters League.
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On January 3,2018, Jake Paul uploaded a video to his YouTube channel entitled "I lost my virginity" that used a thumbnail of himself and his then-girlfriend Erika Costell posing semi-nude on top of each other.
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On November 29,2020, Jake Paul sparked frustration after stating he paved the way for content house creation and boxing matches between high-profile social media stars.
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Many objected to Jake Paul's claim, observing that he did not create the first content house, nor was he the first YouTube star to fight in a boxing match.
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One of Jake Paul's associates asked where the fan was from, who identified himself as Kazakhstani.
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Jake Paul's comments were considered insensitive due to Kazakhstan's history with nuclear weapons.
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When interviewed by Shane Dawson on the Martinezes' accusations, Jake Paul said "nothing was off-limits" when it came to jokes the Team 10 members made about each other, that "[he thinks] at the time [the Martinez twins] thought it was funny" and they were accusing him of racism to boost their career without him.
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In January 2018, Jake Paul started the website Edfluence, a program claiming to teach younger people how to be successful, learn life skills, and earn money online.
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Jake Paul promised his audience that if they joined the course, they would get to join "Team 1000", which did not happen.
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On February 18,2022, in a class-action lawsuit filed against the cryptocurrency company SafeMoon that alleged the company is a pump and dump scheme, Jake Paul was named as a defendant along with musician Nick Carter, rappers Soulja Boy and Lil Yachty, and social media personality Ben Phillips for promoting the SafeMoon token on their social media accounts with misleading information as part of the 2022 Safemoon fraud allegations.
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In March 2022, YouTuber Coffeezilla uploaded a video in which he accused Jake Paul of using cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens to scam his fans out of $2.2 million.
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On February 23,2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jake Paul was involved in an altercation with British singer Zayn Malik at Westgate, the hotel near the MGM Grand Garden Arena at which the two were staying.
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On July 11,2020, Jake Paul threw a large party at his home in Calabasas, California, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jake Paul later added that the city was looking into "all of our options" regarding penalties for Paul and the attendees of the party.
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On November 25,2020, Jake Paul attracted further COVID-related controversy due to statements in an interview with The Daily Beast.
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People on social media criticized Jake Paul for entering the mall and witnessing people looting stores.
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Jake Paul later apologized on social media condemning the violence, and denied the accusations of looting, instead saying he was filming as a public service for a future video.
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In March 2023, Jake Paul was among eight celebrities charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission with violating investor protection laws by promoting cryptocurrencies without disclosing that they had been sponsored to do so.
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Jake Paul settled the charges for over $400,000 without admitting or denying the claims.
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In January 2022, Forbes reported that Jake Paul made approximately $38 million from boxing in 2021, making him the 46th highest paid athlete in the world for that period.
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Jake Paul began dating fellow American YouTuber and internet personality Tana Mongeau in April 2019.
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In September 2023, Jake Paul supported the Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Jake Paul later expressed his support for Donald Trump and has been critical of the presidency of the Democratic president Joe Biden.
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Jake Paul is known to be an avid supporter of Premier League club, Liverpool FC.