Marques Brownlee Bio

Marques Brownlee is an American YouTuber, tech reviewer, video producer, and internet personality. He’s best known for his technology-oriented YouTube channel’ MKBHD.’Brownlee was born in 1993 on December 3, in New Jersey. He grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. He was raised by parents Jeaniene and Marlon Brownlee. He has a sister named Simone. He attended Columbia High School and studied at the Howe School at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he focused on business and information technology. Marques Brownlee even won the Shorty Award for Creator of the Decade in 2018. Likewise, in 2019, he launched his unscripted series called RetroTech.His channel has over 10 million subscribers and has drawn in 700 million views in the last 12 months. Marques Brownlee is the host of a Tech Podcast with co-host Andrew Manganelli, a producer for the MKBHD youtube channel. The podcast is called the Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast and is sometimes referred to as “Waveform” and “WVFRM.” His channel took off after he graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology, and he’s since made YouTube videos on smartphones, headphones, camcorders, smartwatches, tablets, speakers, Nike’s self-lacing boots, and Tesla’s Cybertruck. 

Marques Career

Marques Brownlee joined YouTube on March 21, 2008. He uploaded his first YouTube videos at high school and broke down the internal workings of the HP Pavilion laptop he purchased from his allowance. The channel’s name combines HD with his initials “MKB” and “HD,” meaning High definition.  He had only 78 subscribers following his first 100 videos. MKBHD now has over 6 million users and more than one billion views on videos. MKBHD provides high-quality reviews of the latest technologies, devices, gadgets, and consumer electronics. The videos that are featured include “iPhone 7 Unboxing: Jet Black vs. Matte Black”, “The Truth About Beats by Dre,” and “LG G Flex Self Healing Demo.” Brownlee has a wide range of Apple and Samsung-related products. Brownlee uploads around 1-2 videos per week, and his videos generally get 1 to 5 million views. These videos were seen in CNET, Forbes Tech, The Verge, and several other publications.

Brownlee has conducted interviews with Motorola’s chief executive Dennis Woodside ( December 2013), NBA superstar Kobe Bryan (December 2015) as well as Apple’s Craig Federighi (December 2016). Brownlee is also well-known for his “Smartphone Award Series,” that he launched on December 14, 2014. Marques has a passion for sports and is currently one of the most famous ultimate frisbee players. Marques played for New York Empire (AUDL) team(2015-2019). It’s a top American Ultimate Disc League team based in New York City. Marques’s team was the winner of the year 2019 AUDL Championship. He spoke with Mark Zuckerberg in September 2021, in which he discussed holograms and various elements of the virtual world’s future. He started the Smartphone Awards series, where he selected the top phones in a specific category from the previous year. The year 2017 was the first time he began to make physical awards to be included in the video. Most of them were requested and given to the companies whose smartphones received the awards. The Smartphone Awards are usually posted in mid-December after all the years smartphones have been tested and released.

Retro Tech

The  Season 2 of Retro Tech started in April 2021. Retro Tech is a youtube series developed through Vox media Studio starring MKBHD, which debuted on December 2, 2019. In the show, Brownlee talks with other YouTube creators and celebrities and discusses the most iconic technological innovations of the past that have impacted the present day and our culture. In the show, he examines the technology that was thought of as the next big thing but never made it into production or to the general public.

MKBHD Net Worth

Besides YouTube, Marques also has worked with many famous persons and organizations such as Bill Gates, Tesla, etc. He helped them with their projects. In return, Marques earned good money. Marques also makes handsome money from ultimate frisbee sports. He sells merchandise on the internet, which helped him enrich his net worth. As of 2021, the net worth of Marques Brownlee is $10 Million (Approx)

 Marques Brownlee Personal Information

FAQ about MKBHD

• MKBHD Frisbee career, how long?

Ans:  He played ultimate frisbee for the New Jersey Hammerheads, the Philadelphia Phoenix, and the Garden State Ultimate. (2015 – 2018)

• Who is MKBHD’s girlfriend?

Ans: His currently in a relationship with Nikki Hair, and the pair are happy together

• How old is MKBHD?

Ans: He is 28 years old

• Who is MKBHD’s favorite DJ?

Ans: Wolfgang Gartner is his favorite of all time

• What car does MKBHD drive?

Ans: He drives a Tesla Model S

• When did MKBHD Launch His Youtube Channel?

Ans: He launched his Youtube channel in March 2008.