What is Jenna Jameson’s net worth and salary
Jenna Jameson, a retired adult film star and businesswoman, has a net worth of $5 million. She earned her fortune as an adult film actress and as the co-founder of ClubJenna, an adult company that was sold to Playboy in 2006 for $25 million. Jenna started ClubJenna in 2000 with her husband at the time, Jay Grdina. The company began by offering diaries, relationship advice, and stock tips, along with pictures and videos. Over time, it grew into a multimedia adult web empire that sold merchandise and adult films featuring Jenna and other stars. At its peak, ClubJenna generated $5-$15 million per year in gross revenue. Jenna has also directed films, including “Jenna’s Provocateur”.
Early Life and Career
Jenna Jameson, born Jenna Marie Massoli in 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada, lost her mother to melanoma at a young age. Her family moved around the country before settling in Arizona and Montana. Jameson competed in beauty pageants and studied ballet as a child. However, she developed a drug addiction in high school that lasted for four years. After graduating from Bonanza High School, she briefly worked at Disneyland Resort before starting her career as a stripper at the Crazy Horse Too club in Las Vegas. Within six months, she was making $2000 a night and went by the name Jennasis. In 1991, Jameson began posing nude in photographs with the goal of being featured in Penthouse magazine.
Jenna Jameson’s Rise to Fame and Retirement from Adult Films
In 1993, Jenna Jameson appeared in her first erotic film and quickly gained attention in the Las Vegas area. However, she overcame drug addiction in 1994 by spending time with family and moved to Los Angeles to live with fellow adult actress Nikki Tyler.
Jenna signed an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures in 1995, earning $6,000 per movie in her first year. Her first big-budget production, “Big Blue,” won several awards in 1995.
By 2001, Jenna was earning $60,000 for each day and a half of filming, while also earning $8,000 per night at a strip club. However, in 2008, Jenna retired from adult films, ending her successful career in the industry.
ClubJenna: Jenna Jameson’s Venture into Adult Entertainment
Jenna Jameson and her then-boyfriend Jay Grdina co-founded ClubJenna in 2000, which was one of the first internet adult companies to offer pictures, videos, blogs, relationship advice, and stock tips. Initially, Jameson starred in the films, but by 2004, she stepped back and let others take on the leading roles. The website sold videos featuring Jameson and other women or Jameson and Grdina directly. The business grew to employ 18 people and generated $5-$15 million per year in revenue. Playboy Enterprises acquired ClubJenna for an unconfirmed $25 million in June 2006.
However, Jay’s brother Jim Grdina sued Jenna and Jay, claiming he did not receive his share of the proceeds from the sale and that he lent the couple $525,000, of which only half was repaid. Jim Grdina is now married to former adult star Bibi Jones.
Jenna Jameson’s Career Highlights
Jenna Jameson appeared on the “Howard Stern Show” and had a cameo in his biopic “Private Parts”. She voice acted in “Family Guy” and “Mister Sterling” and in video games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Four. Jameson released her autobiography “How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale” in 2004, which spent six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. She also wrote a fictional erotic novel “Sugar” in 2013. In 2005, Jameson launched an interactive website called Club Thrust for gay men and became co-owner of Babes Cabaret strip club in Arizona. In 2006, her brand expanded to barware, handbags, footwear, perfume and lingerie sold through high-end retailers like Saks Fith Avenue.
Relationships of Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson had several famous boyfriends, including Tommy Lee and Marilyn Manson. She was married to adult star and director of Wicked Pictures, Rodney Hopkins, for ten weeks before they divorced in March 2001 due to Jenna’s affair with Jorge Araya Montoya. Her second husband was Jay Grdina, also an adult film star, and they were each other’s only on-screen partners until Jenna’s retirement. After a skin cancer diagnosis and surgery in 2004, she was unable to conceive with Grdina, and they confirmed their split in 2006. Jenna then dated Tito Ortiz, a mixed martial artist and UFC Champion. They had twins in 2009, but in 2010, Ortiz was accused of domestic violence. They parted ways in March 2013, and Ortiz was granted full custody of the twins. Jenna then had a daughter with her boyfriend Lior Bitton in April 2017.
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