What is Wengie’s net worth?
Wengie (legal name Wendy Ayche) is an Australian-Chinese beauty guru who has a net worth of $7 million. She runs one of Australia’s top blogs, The Wonderful World of Wengie. Her main YouTube channel has garnered over 13.5 million subscribers.
She was born on January 9, 1986, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wengie has a younger brother named Jim.
Her parents moved to Sydney when she was five years old.
From 2004 to 2005, Wengie worked for Coca-Cola Amatil as a Stock Allocation Specialist and Infrastructure Planning Analyst.
YouTube
In 2010, Wengie quit her six-figure corporate job in marketing and started a YouTube channel. Note – she worked for Johnson & Johnson Pacific from 2007 to 2010 as Compliance Control and Treasury Accountant and Management Accountant.
”Leaving my corporate job was one of the hardest decisions I’ve made, but one I’ve never regretted,” Wengie said in an interview in March 2019. ”I was paid over six figures at the time, and I was the youngest person I knew with that kind of salary.”
Her YouTube channel consists of lifestyle content focusing mainly on DIY, fashion, and beauty. It reached one million subscribers in April 2016.
Her most viewed video is ”PANCAKE ART CHALLENGE WITH COLLINS KEY!”
”When I first started, I would have imagined hitting a million subscribers as being a sublime and surreal feeling,” she told TubeFilter.
In 2013, she started a second YouTube channel called ”LifeOfWengie” (now Wengie’s Life), where she uploads ”long talks about relationships, friendships, and advice on bullying or being an introvert.”
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In November 2016, she signed with United Talent Agency.
In 2017, Wengie released her first single titled – “Baby Believe In Me” via Beijing Dahe Music Co. In the same year, she was the voice of Blisstina “Bliss” Utonium in the TV series ”The Powerpuff Girls.”
”I had a professional voice coach judge me,” the artist explained for Cnet in September 2017. She added: ”She gave me opportunities to deliver some of the lines from the episodes, some of them pretty challenging as well, because you really have to get into it.”
In 2018, Wengie released her first English song – “Cake.”
In May 2019, she collaborated with Filipino singer Iñigo Pascual for the hit “Mr. Nice Guy.”
Debut EP
On November 6, 2020, Wengie released the EP ”Collabs Vol. 1 (Int’l Ver.).”
It featured guest appearances from Inigo Pascual, David Amber, Eill, Ikka, Shalmali Kholgade, Xiaofengfeng, and Xiaopanpan. They deliver songs in Mandarin, English, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, and Japanese.
”I grew up listening to all kinds of music in different languages, which is why I love the fusion of sounds from various countries from around the world,” Wengie told Forbes about her debut EP.
”Collabs Vol. 1 (Int’l Ver.)” has five tracks that feature artists across the Asia-Pacific region. ”The whole reason why my first EP “collabs” exists is to spread love and awareness for Asia,” Wengie wrote on her Instagram in March 2021. ”Each track was created with a fellow Asian artist from parts of Asia I had love for.”
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Fiancé
Wengie is engaged to YouTuber Maxmello.
He proposed to Wengie in August 2015 on a road trip to Yosemite national park.
”I know he’s technically my ‘fiancé’ but I still love calling him my bf while I can,” Wengie tweeted in October 2015. ”Don’t judge meeee.”
The two first met while attending a school dance in 2000.
In April 2016, Wengie and Max uploaded a vocal cover of Zayn’s single “Pillowtalk” on her WengieVlogs channel.
They broke up in February 2022.
Height
5 ft 4 in (162 cm)
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Quotes
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”My main mission is to inspire my audience to do things they never thought they could.”
”My dream is to ensure people know that they can never dream too big.”
”Friends are the family you choose for yourself.”
”I was always really shy and didn’t know how to express myself, but music really allowed me to do that.”
”All diamonds are created under pressure!! Remember that when things feel hard.”
”Growing up, I have always been known to be quiet, shy, happy, and accomodating.”
”You need to know yourself really well and know what you’re about.”
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Net Worth
So, how much is Wengie worth? The Chinese Australian YouTuber earned most of her wealth from ads on her YouTube channel, sponsors, and having a corporate job. Therefore, Chinese Australian YouTuber Wengie has an estimated net worth of $7 million.
On YouTube, Wengie has over 2 billion views, meaning about $6 million in revenue before taxes. ”YouTube has been the hardest job I’ve ever had in my life, with the least amount of holidays and the least amount of time off,” Wengie said in 2017.
She was sponsored by Razer, Chips Ahoy!, Off-White, and more.
Wengie also has an app called the World of Wengie and her own line at Target.
In 2016, Wengie bought a house for $2.3 million. She presents the house in a YouTube video.
Wengie performed in the TV series Reacticorns, Fight of the Living Dead, and That Stupid Cupboard.
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