Biography - Jax Taylor

Who is Jax Taylor?

Jax Taylor is a TV personality, model, actor, and reality TV star by profession and American by nationality. He is best known for starring in Bravo TV’s reality show Vanderpump Rules and its spin-off Vanderpump Rules: Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky.

Jax Taylor – Age, Parents, Siblings

Jax Taylor’s birth took place on July 11, 1979, in Shelby Township, Michigan, USA. He was born Jason Michael Cauchi to parents Marie and Ronald Cauchi. His mother is of Australian descent while his father is of Maltese roots. Taylor is not the only child of his parents and has a sibling, a sister named Jenny Lynn.

Education, Ethnicity

He was educated at Eisenhower High School from where he graduated in 1998. He enrolled at Michigan State University and community college but soon dropped out to join the Navy. He had served in the Navy for 6 months and 4 days.

His ethnicity includes Australian, and Maltese.

Jax Taylor – Girlfriend, Wife, Children

Jax Taylor began dating Brittany Cartwright in May 2015. Cartwright is also a reality star and his co-star in Vanderpump Rules. After dating for three years, he and his girlfriend got engaged in Malibu, California on June 7, 2018.

Taylor revealed via social media in April that he and his fiancé will get married in June 2019. The pair tied the knot on June 29, 2019. He and his wife welcomed their first child, son Cruz Michael in April 2021. In July 2022 the couple shared that they are planning on having more children.

Although their relationship has been rocked by cheating scandals, the two have remained strong together without rumors of divorce

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Jax Taylor – Career

Before fame

After leaving the Navy, Jax Taylor pursued a career in modeling. He moved to Europe and also lived in New York City between the years 2002 to 2010 so that he could work as a male model. 

Back then he shared his New York apartment with four other models including Channing Tatum.

Worked in

As his modeling career took off, he was signed into Ford Models. Over the course of his career, Jax Taylor has appeared in magazines including Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl, and Out.

Moreover, he worked with numerous companies in campaigns such as Target, Macy's, JC Pennys, Old Navy, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Sketchers, Paul Mitchell, AussieBum, 2(x)ist, Taco Bell, and Abercrombie & Fitch. After a short break, he resumed modeling in 2018.

Taylor also started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca. His job at the restaurants earned him a spot in Vanderpump Rules in the year 2013. The reality series deals with the everyday lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers.

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Following the success, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright got their own spin-off series titled Vanderpump Rules: Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky in 2017. The series featured them traveling to Kentucky, Cartwright's hometown.

In addition to modeling and appearing in a reality show, Taylor has collaborated with XCALIBUR BRAND to create a shoe and sweater collection named Jax Taylor by XCALIBUR BRAND and in 2014, he created a fitness app. 

Also, he has appeared in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010).

Worked with

On the reality show, he has starred alongside Kristen Doute, Stassi Schroeder, Tom Sandoval, and Ariana Madix.

Jax Taylor – Net Worth, Salary

His net worth is estimated to be $4 million while there have been no estimates on his salary.

Jax Taylor – Social Media

Jax Taylor is active on social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

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