How Old Is the ‘King of Latin Pop’ Ricky Martin and What Is His Net Worth?
Ricky Martin has been in the music industry longer than many people realize. Although it’s been more than 25 years since everyone and their grandmothers knew the words to “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Martin has actually been in the business for more than four decades.
Martin is one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time and has been dubbed the “King of Latin Pop.”
Here’s when he actually started out, what his net worth is today, and more about his family and how many children he has now.
What is Martin’s age and net worth?
Enrique Martin Morales was born on Dec. 24, 1971, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to parents Doña Nereida Morales and Enrique Martín Negroni. His mother worked as an accountant, and his father was a psychologist who served as a regional supervisor for a Puerto Rican mental-health agency. They divorced when their son was just 2 years old.
Martin has been in the entertainment industry since he was 9, when he began appearing in TV commercials for various products and companies, including Orange Crush and Burger King. In 1984, at the age of 12, he auditioned to be in the Latin boy band Menudo and was chosen for his impressive singing and dancing skills.
Martin’s tenure with Menudo lasted until 1989, when he left the band.
In 1991, the singer began his solo career and moved to Mexico. There, he starred in the musical stage production “Mamá Ama el Rock” (translated to Mom Loves Rock).
On March 27, 1999, Martin released “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” the first single off his fifth album and became a household name.
The song dominated the pop charts and reached No. 1 in over 20 countries. With the success of that track, Martin is often credited as the “Original Latin Crossover King,” who paved the way for the “Latin Explosion,” in which artists like Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, and Marc Anthony were catapulted into the mainstream music markets.
Martin has released several albums since, written an autobiography, and appeared on a handful of TV shows, including Glee and American Crime Story.
These days, he has an estimated net worth of $130 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Martin has 4 children
Martin announced in 2008 that he became a father to twin boys. The children were born via gestational surrogacy.
The star dated fellow Puerto Rican, economist Carlos González Abella, from 2010 to 2014. After they split, he began seeing Syrian-Swedish painter Jwan Yosef. They went public with their relationship in 2016, and in 2018, Martin revealed that they had gotten married.
That same year, they welcomed a daughter, followed by a son in 2019. Both were born via surrogacy.
In 2023, Martin and Yosef announced that they were divorcing after six years of marriage. They remain committed to co-parenting. In fact, Yosef shared that they still talk every day and live just minutes away from each other.
“We’ve actually had the most wonderful relationship,” Martin’s ex told Attitude. “It’s a very solid and calm co-parenting situation. We live 10 minutes away from each other. We speak every other day. We love our kids so much. It’s been an extremely lovely kind of experience. I mean, it’s not an experience; it’s a way of living.”
