Joe Exotic is an American media personality, businessman and convicted felon know al about him in this article as like his Family, Net Worth, Parents, Husband, Boyfriend, Children and Career
| Bio | |
| Name | Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage |
| Birthdate ( Age) | 5 March 1963 |
| Place of Birth | Garden City, Kansas, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Marital Status | In Relationship |
| Spouse/Partner | Seth P. |
| Children | Not Known |
| Parents | Francis Schreibvogel, Francis Schreibvogel |
| Education | Pilot Point High School |
| Profession | Media personality, Businessman |
| Net Worth | $1 Million – $2 Million |
| Last Update | October 2021 |
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage known professionally as Joe Exotic and nicknamed “The Tiger King”, is an American media personality, businessman and convicted felon who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (also known as the G.W. Zoo) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma from 1998 to 2018.
An Instagram grab of Tiger King and his now ex-husband Dillon Passage
Exotic claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States and also claimed to be one of the world’s leading experts in the care of big cats.
Early Life and Family
Joe Exotic was born Joseph Allen Schreibvogel in Garden City, Kansas, on March 5, 1963,to parents Francis and Shirley Schreibvogel. His parents had five children including Joe Exotic. The other four children are named Tamara, Pamela, Yarri, and Garold “G.W.” Wayne. After spending few years in Garden City, Joe’s family moved to Texas where he enrolled himself at Pilot Point High School. After doing his graduation, he joined Eastvale Texas (the police department) where he chose to become the chief of a small department
. He was outed as being homosexual by his older brother Yarri in response to which he had to shook his hand with his father while promising not to come to his funeral.In 1963, when he moved to Texas with his family where he served himself to be the chief of police in Eastvale, he then opened an animal store together with his brother. His brother died in 1997 and Exotic sold the store.
Later, he found G.W Zoo and while being involved in his tenure as the director of the zoo, he arranged many magic shows and cub-petting events on the ground of his zoo which further also appeared on the television shows. He was about to create a reality television series with the producer Rick Kirkham but soon, he ended up with his efforts as a fire destroyed the whole set in 2015.
Joe Exotic Wife
Exotic has openly declared himself to be gay and had a lot of physical relationships with his male partners. Some of which included, Brian Rhyne, who died of complications from HIV in 2001, John Finlay- an employee who was hired for G.W Zoo, J.C. Hartpence- an event manager, Travis Maldonado (who arrived in 2013), and many more.On 11 December 2017, Exotic married Dillon Passage which was being witnessed by Travis Maldonado’s mother. Later on 26th March 2021, Passage revealed on Instagram that he and Exotic would be taking divorce and they would be ending their marriage life on a good note.
Joe Exotic Net Worth
Joe Exotic and nicknamed is an American media personality, businessman and convicted felon who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park has an estimated Net Worth around $1 Million – $2 Million.
Professional Career
Soon after Exotic faced an auto accident, he moved to West Palm Beach in Florida where he managed to set up a pet store and maintained his friendship with a man who worked along with him to drive-through the safari park and while bring up the baby lions to neighbor’s home and let Exotic handle them.
Exotic credits all these things to be the inspiring events in his life to make him capable of handling big animals like lions and tigers.Exotic maintained his ownership with the G.W Zoo for over 20 years. He left the zoo when he was arrested on 18th June 2020 for a period of three months. Before going to jail and to earn money to feed himself and the animals he had in his cage, Exotic partnered with a traveling magician who used to handle the tigers during stage shows or illusions.
Magic shows came out to be a good way for Exotic to earn money. He began staging with big cats on the stage of magic shows and adopted himself with the name “Joe Exotic” as his stage name.He has also produced videos for various songs and has uploaded them on YouTube channel. One of the well-known songs is “I Saw a Tiger” which was further featured in the movie “Tiger King” and has been covered by many future bands and artists.
From 2014 to 2018, Exotic started working as an occasional wrestler and hosted two wrestling programs at the ground of his G.W Zoo. On 3rd March 2021, Exotic announced his autobiography “Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir” would be released on 9th November. While being in prison, he was allowed to make use of a computer, and thereby he started working on his book every day.
