Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Mike Shouhed is a television personality, real estate agent, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his role in Bravo TV’s reality show Shahs of Sunset.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- On March 29, 2015, Mike married his wife Jessica Parido, the daughter of Fiji executive Scott Parido.
- The TV personality and his new bride’s marriage quickly fizzled when divorce proceedings commenced eight months later. Their divorce was finalized more than a year later.
- The divorce was a result of allegations of infidelity, which Shouhed himself admitted to.
- Shouhed currently resides in Los Angeles. He is single and does not have any children. It is rumored that he is dating.
Early Life and Education :
- Mike was born on October 28, 1978, in Tehran, Iran.
- His family named him Michael, which means “Who is like God.”
- Shouhed’s family are Persian Jews who immigrated to the United States from Iran after the Iranian revolution when Shouhed was only one month old.
- He is one of three boys in his family. His brothers are David and Jonathon.
- Shouhed attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied political science and economics.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- After graduating from UCLA, Shouhed moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and began working as a real estate agent.
- He put his real estate career on hold when things did not go as planned and launched a footwear business True Gold.
- True Gold is now not only manufacturing footwear but clothing apparel as well.
- In 2012, he was asked to join a new reality-based show on Bravo TV which focuses on Iranian-American friends living in Los Angeles, California, a city often referred to as Tehrangeles due to the sheer number of Iranians living there.
- The TV personality went back onto the real estate stage when he partnered with his television colleague from Shahs of Sunset, Reza Farahan.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Mike is said to be very close to his mother. This was a topic on his show when he decided to marry his ex-wife, who was not Jewish.
- In 2017, Shouhed reportedly said that he finally felt at peace following his divorce with Parido.
- The reality star has also appeared on several shows such as Hollywood Uncensored, The Jeff Probst Show, Big Morning Buzz Live, and more.
- Both of Mike’s brothers David and Jonathon, are dentists.
- In 2019, the self-proclaimed “lover of fine things, especially women” was covered in the blogs frequently due to his dates and flirting. He once made news for flirting with Kourtney Kardashian, of Keeping up With the Kardashians fame.
- That same year, Reza Farahan, his friend and castmate from Shahs, sent a cease and desist letter demanding that Mike stop making and selling t-shirts under his “Shahs Collection.”