Joseph Baena Net Worth: How Rich is the DWTS Star Actually?

Joseph Baena is an American TV personality, actor, bodybuilder, and real estate agent. He is best known as the son of actor and former bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Baena has worked in several TV series and movies including a short video titled Terminator 2 Remake with Joseph Baena: Bad to the Bone. He is currently one of the contestants on Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars. As of 2022, Joseph Baena net worth is roughly around $2 million.

Early Life

Joseph Baena was born in October 1997 in Los Angeles, California. He was born to his parents Mildred Patricia Baena and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The famous TV show host, Marian Shriver is his stepmother. He has five siblings including a brother Jackie Rozo from his mother, Mildred. As per the reports, his mom worked as a Schwarzenegger’s family former housekeeper.

Joseph’s father, Arnold found out about him when he was around 8 years old. Arnold noticed that he is his son when he began to look like him. Joseph’s mom served for over 20 years for Schwarzenegger’s family before she retired in 2011. Then, his mother settled down in her life by marrying Rogelio Baena.

For his study, he attended Frontier High School. After completing high school education, he joined Pepperdine University and received a graduate degree in Bachelor of Business Administration.

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Baena started focusing on his bodybuilding career soon after he completed his higher studies. Joseph has participated in various bodybuilding competitions. He often shares his bodybuilding and workout pictures on his Instagram account. Besides that, he also worked on his real estate career. He started working as an Executive Assistant at a real estate company, ARIA Properties in October 2019. After 2 years, he became a professional real estate agent at ARIA Properties.

Apart from being a bodybuilder and realtor, he is a known TV personality. He made his first television appearance in 2016 with the short video titled “Terminator 2 Remake with Joseph Baena: Bad to the Bone”. Then, he appeared in the series, Scam Squad. Joseph is currently working on his upcoming projects titled “The Chariot”, “Encounters” and “Bully High”.

Baena has been revealed as one of the contestants on Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars. He has been teamed up with Daniella Karagach Jive. Joseph revealed that his whole family is really surprised to know that he took on the challenge since dancing is not really a part of the gene in his family. In the show’s premiere, he told that he is here to kind to break that stigma in the family. Baena further shared that his partner, Dani has been kicking his butt in the studio and making sure that he is drilling everything.

Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars started premiering on Disney+ on September 19. In the first episode, Joseph and Daniella performed Whitney Houston’s song, I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me). The pair received a total score of 26 and became safe.

Personal Life

Joseph Baena is currently dating Nicky Dodaj. His alleged girlfriend, Nicky works as a creative director of Malibu Juice Club. As per the sources, Joseph and Nicky studied together at Pepperdine University. He has been in a relationship with Dodaj since March 2019. The pair celebrated their one-year anniversary in March 2020. Nicky shares a good bond with his father, Arnold. She was seen talking to Schwarzenegger in June 2020 before he and Baena went for a bike ride together.

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Joseph Baena’s personal wealth is estimated to be around $2 million as of 2023. He is considered one of the top-rung real estate agents in Los Angeles and earns around $100,000 per year. Baena primarily deals in elite properties that generate him higher commissions. His estimated annual income from the real estate business is around $200,000.