Chris Perez Net Worth 2024 | Earnings, Career, Bio & Family

Chris Perez Net Worth: Christopher Gilbert Pérez better known as Chris Perez is an American guitarist, songwriter, author, and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $2 Million as of 2024.

Chris was the lead guitarist for the famous band Selena y Los Dinos. His excellent guitar skills caught the attention of many people, and he became famous in no time. He has written many songs too, which were greatly loved by people.

Chris also wrote a book, which he dedicated to his ex-wife. He is also an entrepreneur and owns a store where he sells t-shirts. He also sells pepper sauce on Amazon.

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Chris Perez Net Worth & Income

Net Worth	$2 Million
Annual Income	$500,000
Monthly Income	$42,000
Profession	Guitarist, Songwriter, Author, Entrepreneur
Age	52 Years
Nationality	American
Zodiac Sign	Leo

Early Life

Chris Perez’s real name is Christopher Gilbert Perez. His birthdate was August 14, 1969. Chris’s hometown and birthplace are San Antonio, Texas, U.S. He was born into a Christian Mexican-American family. Chris’s mother is Carmen Medina, and his father is Gilbert Perez.

He was an only child; therefore, he got immense love from his parents. But when he was four, his parents got divorced. Chris began living with his father, while his mother moved out and remarried after some years. Still, after marriage, she kept in contact with him and fulfilled the duties of a mother.

Chris has been passionate about music since childhood. He was fascinated with music, especially guitar. His mother bought him an acoustic guitar and encouraged him to join his middle school music band. His skills as a teenager were very excellent. Later, he decided to try electric guitar, but his mother opposed him as she didn’t like pop music. He still went with his choice and bought it.

At 17, he came to Los Angeles to pursue his passion for being a guitarist. Any record regarding his education is not available. Therefore, it is not known whether he completed high school or not.

Career

Guitarist & Songwriter

Chris Perez started his career in 1986. He joined Shelly Lares’ band as a guitarist. His exceptional guitar skills brought a lot of attention to him. People liked how skillfully he would play with guitar chords to produce above-level tunes. His fantastic talent became his recognition, and some prominent music industry musicians noticed him.

A.B. Quintanilla’s, a famous singer and songwriter of his era, also noticed him. He was thoroughly impressed by his skills and decided to make him a part of his newly formed band as a guitarist, as his band needed one.

Chris joined his band “Selena y Los Dino,” named after his daughter Selena. She was the lead vocalist of the band. Due to her incredible voice and beautiful visuals, her band became famous in a short span.

Chris joined Selena’s band, which increased his popularity. He, along with playing guitar, experimented with writing songs too. Chris and Selena wrote many songs together. They also wrote lyrics for Coca-Cola’s advertisement song. The beverage company loved the lyrics, and they recorded it in the voice of Selena.

Because of this success, A.B. Quintanilla took all band members on vacation to Mexico. During this trip, they both grew feelings for each other and made it official after confessing their feelings at Pizza Hut and started dating, keeping it secret from her father. But he learned about them and, therefore, kicked Chris out of the band.

After being fired, Chris returned to his dad and started singing in his free time while working. Later, after being married to Selena, A.B. Quintanilla accepted their relationship and took him back into the band.

Chris and Selena began writing songs again. A.B. also allowed him to write songs for other bands under his production company. But after Selena’s death, he left the band and started taking drugs and alcohol.

Six months after Selena’s death, Chris again started writing songs. He formed “The Chris Pérez Band” and signed with Hollywood Records and A&M studios. He released his album “Resurrection,” which received an enormously positive response. People loved it a lot, and it won a Grammy award. Then, he released his second album “Una Noche Mas.” It was also a big hit. But despite this success, Chris dissolved this band.

Chris then took a long break and, in 2006, joined his brother-in-law’s band but also left it after four years. In 2010, he again created his band called “The Chris Perez Project.” In 2021, he started his label titled “Blue Mariachi Productions.”

Author

In 2012, Chris wrote a book named “To Selena, With Love.” This book shared his career and moments spent with Selena. After completing the book, he gave it to A.B. Quintanilla for proofreading. He approved it, and hence Chris gave it for publishing.

The book was a hot seller, and people enjoyed reading it. In 2016, Chris announced that a miniseries would be made based on the book, but A.B. Quintanilla opposed it, which caused a feud between them. This problem was settled between them in 2021, with an apology from Chris.

Entrepreneur

Chris is also an entrepreneur. He owns a music production label named Blue Mariachi Productions. Along with it, he sells Perez pepper sauce on Amazon. He also holds a clothing store.

Biography

Name	Chris Perez
Real Name	Christopher Gilbert Pérez
Age	52 Years
Birthday	August 14, 1969
Birthplace	San Antonio, Texas, US
Hometown	San Antonio
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	63 kg ( 138 lbs.)
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Black
Ethnicity	Mexican-American
Religion	Christianity
Education	N/A
Father	Gilbert Pérez
Mother	Carmen Medina
First Wife	Selena Quintanilla (Late)
Second Wife	Venessa Villanueva (divorced)
Son	Noah Pérez
Daughter	Cassie Pérez
Net Worth	$2 Million
Instagram	chrispereznow

Chris Perez’s Wives & Kids

Chris Perez’s first wife is Selena. They got married in 1992, after secretly dating for a while. Chris and Selena eloped together to get married as her father wasn’t in support of it. But after marriage, her father accepted it. Their wedding was short-lived, as Selena in 1995, was shot dead in a motel by her friend or ex-manager as she caught her financial frauds. After Selena’s death, Chris was devastated and went into depression and started using drugs.

Chris Perez’s second wife is Venessa Villanueva. They met each other through their mutual friend. Chris and Venessa got married in 2001. They remained together for eight years but got separated in 2008. As per sources, Venessa tried hard to save this marriage, but Chris wasn’t able to forget Selena, which caused the end of their married life.

Chris has two kids, one daughter, and one son, with Venessa. His daughter is Cassie Perez, while his son is Noah Perez. They co-parent their children.

Assets

Chris Perez is living a simple life. Despite being a millionaire, he owns a simple home. He also holds a not-so-expensive car.