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Scotty Kilmer Net Worth, Wife, Age

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 Scotty Kilmer is an American YouTube star, author, and auto mechanic. He usually creates content that helps his fans how to gain a better understanding of automobiles. Read to know about his wife Leslie Erica Thornburg Kilmer and Net Worth.

In the process, they get an insight into how to fix minor issues, thus saving them time as well as money.

Without Kilmer’s channel, most of his fans would heavily rely on garages, even for minor problems. Here is everything we could find on Kilmer’s net worth, age, and wife.

Career Highlights

  • Scotty Kilmer learned how to be a mechanic from his grandfather when he was just 14 years old.

 

  • By 1979, he was ready to start his own garage. With more than two decades of experience and knowledge under his belt, Scotty published the book, Everyone’s Guide to Buying a Used Car in 1994. In the same year, he began starring on the TV series, Crank It Up with Scotty.

 

  • The show gave him the platform to guide his audience guidance on how to deal with low-level mechanical issues. He taught them how to diagnose problems and fix them.

 

  • Scotty’s show eventually won an Emmy Award for “Best Interactive Program” back in 2004.

 

  • After Kilmer’s show was canceled in 2005, he switched his focus to YouTube, gaining a huge following within a short span of time. As of mid-2020, his channel had 4 million subscribers, and his videos had over 1 billion views.

Age, Birthdate, Wiki

Scotty Kilmer was born on October 2, 1953, in Niagara Falls, New York, which makes him 67. In addition to this, his zodiac sign is Libra. Scotty grew up in a family of car enthusiasts.

His grandfather, Elmer Kilmer, worked as the chief mechanic at a Texaco gas-filling station. Scotty attended York University in Canada for his bachelor’s degree.

He then joined the University of Illinois, where he received a master’s degree in anthropology.

Net Worth and Income Sources

Scotty has accrued most of his wealth through his massive YouTube following, as well as his 50-year career as a mechanic.

Assuming that his videos generate around 1.1 million views a day, his YouTube channel should be earning about $5,500 a day, which translates to $2 million a year.

Presently, Scotty Kilmer is estimated to have a net worth of around $10 million.

With a hefty net worth like this, Scotty has been able to amass quite the car collection. Kilmer owns a garage of classic cars and a motorcycle: a 1994 Toyota Celica, a 2002 Lexus ES300, a 2007 Toyota Matrix, and a 2011 Triumph Thruxton 900.

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American Youtube star and Author, Scotty Kilmer

Married to wife Leslie Erica Thornburg Kilmer since 1979.

Scotty Kilmer is married to his wife, Leslie Erica Thornburg Kilmer. She is a former fifth-grade elementary teacher. The two tied the knot back in 1979 and have been married for 42-years in total.

Scotty and his wife have two sons, namely Riley Kilmer and Wyeth Kilmer. He lived in Rosemont Heights in Houston, Texas, before moving to Clarksville, Tennessee. This was so he could be closer to his younger son and his grandchildren.

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Renowned Auto mechanic and youtube personality Leslie and his wife, Scotty Kilmer

Social Media.

Scotty Kilmer is very active on social media. His Instagram page has over 46.2k followers, while his Twitter account has over 12.5k followers. He mostly shares posts about the models of cars that he loves, as well as short snippets of his videos.

Name Scotty Kilmer
Age 67 years
Date of Birth October 2, 1953
Zodiac Sign Libra
Height 5ft 8in (178 cm)
Nationality American
Occupation YouTube star, author, and auto mechanic
Spouse(s) Leslie Erica Thornburg Kilmer (m. 1979)
Children Riley Kilmer

Wyeth Kilmer

Net Worth $10 million
Website scottykilmer.com

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