Biography
Kevin Wu (born June 12, 1990) is an American YouTuber, actor, and internet personality best known by his username KevJumba. He is of Chinese descent and was born and raised in Houston, Texas, United States.
Wu first rose to fame on YouTube in 2005 with his comedy videos. He has since become known for his vlogs, travel videos, and work on the web series Dirty Work and The Amazing Race.
In 2012, KevJumba was ranked #12 on Forbes’ list of highest-earning YouTube celebrities, with an estimated annual income of $4.2 million. He has over 3 million subscribers on YouTube and his videos have been viewed over 400 million times.
American YouTuber
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| Full name: | Kevin Vu |
| Stage name: | KevJumba |
| Born: | June 12, 1990 (age 34) |
| Place of birth: | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.8 minutes |
| Parents: | Michael Vu |
| Siblings: | Do not have |
| Wife • Husband/wife: | Ginger |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | Ginger |
| The children: | Do not have |
| Job: | YouTuber • Internet Personality |
| Net worth: | $4 million – $8 million |
Early life and education
Kevin Wu, commonly known as KevJumba, was born in Houston, Texas, United States, on June 12, 1990. His father, Michael Wu, a Taiwanese immigrant, worked as a computer engineer.
KevJumba graduated from Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas, in 2008 and spent two years at the University of California, Davis before dropping out. He lived in downtown Los Angeles while working in the entertainment industry but later returned to Houston.
He was seriously injured in a car accident in June 2015. KevJumba graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in May 2019.
Personal life
On January 17, 2022, KevJumba shared on Instagram that he was engaged to his girlfriend, Ginger. He had been dating Ginger for two years before proposing, and the couple is currently planning their wedding.
The news came as a surprise to many of KevJumba’s followers, as he had never posted anything about his relationship with Ginger. But it seems KevJumba is ready to settle down and start a new chapter with his fiancée.
Career
KevJumba is famous for his entertaining YouTube videos. His audience grew as “I have to deal with prejudices” The video was posted on YouTube’s homepage. He discusses the prejudices he faced as an Asian American in this video.
During his sophomore year of high school, KevJumba began uploading videos to YouTube. On February 26, 2008, the Los Angeles Times compared his audience to that of the television series Quarterlife. He was a “fairly popular YouTube blogger” at the time, with 450,000 views for a video about how he broke his shin bone.
Quarterlife, which was acquired by NBC, had only 100,000 views on MySpace and 50,000 views on YouTube. By May 29, 2008, KevJumba had become one of three East Asians under the age of 21 to be in the top five most subscribed users on YouTube, with 187,000 subscribers and over 5.9 million views.
As of June 5, 2008, he is the most subscribed comedian on YouTube and the third most subscribed uploader. Ella Koon, Jessica Alba, and Baron Davis have responded to KevJumba’s videos.
Baron Davis created the “longest stare” contest for ibeatyou.com, which he co-founded with Jessica Alba’s husband, Cash Warren, in 2008. Baron Davis started the contest by challenging KevJumba, who then challenged Jessica Alba, who returned the challenge. He began performing with Yesterday, Today, Forever (YTF) and other YouTube personalities in 2011.
On October 9, 2011, the group held their first concert in Honolulu, Hawaii. KevJumba began appearing in YouTube videos on a new channel called YOMYOMF in June 2012. He has a show called KevJumba Takes All.
KevJumba has been inactive since September 27, 2013, with no new videos uploaded to the channel. As of August 2014, he has over 3,000,000 subscribers and over 350 million total views on the videos on his main channel.
His total video views exceed 343.9 million. KevJumba made his videos private on his KevJumba account in early 2016, deleting all public content. However, 35 videos on KevJumba’s JumbaFund channel remained accessible. The private videos were later re-released to the public.
Net worth
KevJumba has an estimated net worth of $4 million to $8 million. His success on YouTube has led to other opportunities.
Social media
- Instagram Name: @Kevjumba
- Twitter Username: @Kevjumba
- YouTube Channel: JumbaFund
