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Name: Dave Hester
Born: 23 Jul 1964
Occupation: Professional bragger, television personality and auctioneer.

Dave Hester, A&E publicity photo (extract) (fair use)

Dave Hester, one of the main characters on the A&E reality show “Storage Wars“, is perhaps best known for his outrageous personality: impossible to like, but so preposterous that you still have to watch the show.

In 2006, after a DUI conviction, Dave was forced into community service at a local Goodwill Store. Seeing the potential in such an operation, Dave immediately began to transform his furniture store into a thrift store.

Dave’s net worth come partly from his Newport Consignment Gallery and his Rags to Riches Thrift Store, but also partly from his salary from the television show. The rumour is that Dave threatened to leave during the last series of the show and negotiated himself a nice little cash bonus. According to Dave himself he plan to increase his wealth even further by soon releasing a DVD series teaching people about the storage auction business.

We estimate Dave Hester’s net worth at about $ 3.7 million – making him the second wealthiest of the show’s stars, only beaten by Barry Weiss (see “How rich is Barry Weiss” and also Darrell Sheets, Brandi Passante, Jarrod Schulz, Nabila Haniss).

So how much is 3.7 million dollars really?

3.7 million dollars will buy you about 3,825,000 litres (1 010 458 gallons) of milk. That is enough to fill 290,000 bathtubs. If Dave Hester wanted to copy Cleopatra and bathe in milk (and it would certainly be in style with his general ego), he could do so daily for the next 800 years.

A net worth of $ 3 700 000 can also buy you 640,000 litres of beer. A guy of Hester’s size would probably need a little more than 3 beers to be over the limit, so he could spend his net worth on 600,000 DUIs. That would be stupid and illegal though…

UPDATE: According to media reports, Dave has been fired from the show and is suing the production company for more than $ 3 million. Dave claims he was fired from the show because he complained about the production team planing “unusual and expensive” items in the lockers. If he wins, Dave will almost have doubled his net worth. If he doesn’t, the loss of the income and publicity from the show may seriously hurt his business.

Do you love Storage Wars? You can buy all the episodes here: Series 1 – Series 2 – Series 3.

Buy Storage Wars Series 1

Buy Storage Wars Series 2

Buy Storage Wars Series 3

7 Comments

carmin

October 29, 2012
8:54 pm

storage wars has worn out it’s welcome. aside from
brandi’s breasts, everyone on the show is an idiot,
especially dave with his stupid yuuuup! i used to like
barry, but he acts like a loser, and darrell is such a hypocrite, and the whining he does about his son
is annoying. anyway, i hope the show gets cancelled soon.
i would like to see more storage wars texas, especially
becasue of that new sexy blonde!! but moes nose and voice
is way too much for me to handle!!!!

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- Lumee
  
  November 25, 2012
  5:24 pm
  
  Your an ass. The only reason why you like SWT is because of the blonde? Your shallow too obviously. I LOVE storage wars. Actually, both of them. They find some interesting stuff and I think it is pretty cool how some of them have become successful. Perfect example that most times things do get better in life if you are willing to listen and learn from your mistakes. AND stay positive….. Keep up the good work everyone!
  
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Markku

January 12, 2013
11:52 pm

So is he fired or not? Would be a really huge loss for the show.
And have to mention that its hard to not to notice brandis breasts…especially considering that shes sexy skinny.
Love the show!!!!

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- admin
  
  January 13, 2013
  12:22 am
  
  Series 4 hasn’t started airing yet, so we have yet to see if Dave will be a part of the whole series, some episodes already recorded or cut out entirely. What is known for sure is that Dave has files a lawsuit against the production company and A&E.
  
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Tammy

January 27, 2013
8:18 pm

I like the show because I learn the value of the items that are found in the lockers. Barry I like the best because you never know what he’s going to do next you know it’s going to be something fun to see. But I do think the other people on the show it’s just Barry adds the touch of silly and style to the show….

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mds

March 11, 2013
3:36 am

i used to watch this show but since this ass keeps yelling “yuuup!!”, i rather watch something else, he overprice everything he finds and everyone knows that all this people find is junk, he is fucking annoying, and i prefer the texas version.

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- glen
  
  March 17, 2013
  12:06 am
  
  You are wise I’m sick of Dave. And I don’t like bolivar either. I love jarrod carrel and Barry. I cant wait to see David gone and I’m tired watching the same ones over to.
  
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