Pete Wentz Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

February 2025 · 8 minute read

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Pete Wentz Biography

Pete Wentz is one of the most popular and richest Bassist who was born on June 5, 1979 in Wilmette, Illinois, United States. Fall Out Boy bassist, lyrics writer and backing vocalist. She also has an album label called Decaydance Records, which has signed several artists such as Panic! on the Disco and Gym Class Heroes.

He’s been in Fall Out Boy with He’s been a part of Fall Out Boy with Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, and Andy Hurley., Joe Trohman, and Andy Hurley.

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, A&R consultant, and record executive. He is best known as the bassist for the American rock band Fall Out Boy, since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for Arma Angelus, a metalcore band. During Fall Out Boy’s hiatus from 2009 to 2012, Wentz formed the experimental, electropop and dubstep group Black Cards. He owns a record label, DCD2 Records, which has signed bands including Panic! at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes.

Wentz was primarily involved in the Chicago hardcore punk scene and was in several bands in the late 1990s. He formed his first band First Born in 1993. By the mid-1990s, he became an infrequent bass player for Racetraitor.

He got married to He married Ashlee Simpson on May 17, 2008; they divorced in 2011. He and Simpson had a son named Bronx in 2008. In 2014, he had a son named Saint Laszlo with his girlfriend Meagan Camper. The couple welcomed a daughter named Marvel Jane in May 2018. on May 17 in 2008; they split in the year 2011. The couple Simpson had one son who was named Bronx in 2008. Then in 2014, the couple was blessed with one child who was named Saint Laszlo together with partner Meagan Camper. The couple welcomed their daughter, with the name of Marvel Jane in May 2018.

NamePete Wentz
First NamePete
Last NameWentz
OccupationBassist
BirthdayJune 5
Birth Year1979
Place of BirthWilmette
Home TownIllinois
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignGemini
Full/Birth Name
ParentsDale Wentz, Pete Wentz II
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseAshlee Simpson
Children(s)Bronx Wentz, Marvel Jane Wentz, Saint Lazslo Wentz

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Wentz formed the metalcore band Novena (later renamed to Arma Angelus) soon after, along with Adam Bishop of XshroudX and Extinction; Daniel Binaei of Racetraitor; and Timothy Miller. The band cycled through six bassists before recruiting Tim McIlrath, who had recently departed from Baxter. They released their debut EP the Grave End of the Shovel in 2000. Around this time, Binaei’s partial relocation of California led to hiring of Jay Jancetic of Extinction. McIlrath then departed from the band in 2000, in order to focus on Transistor Revolt and The Killing Tree, leading to the band’s recruitment of, XshroudX and Restraint member, Christopher Gutierrez. In 2001, the released their debut album Where Sleeplessness Is Rest From Nightmares. In support of the album they toured with Throwdown and Hatebreed, and performed at Hellfest. These tours also saw the recruitment of bassist Joe Trohman, after Gutierrez’s departure, however Trohman’s severe stage fright led to the band bringing him back mid-tour, and residing Trohman to selling merchandise.

Pete Wentz Net Worth

Pete Wentz is one of the richest Bassist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pete Wentz's net worth $16 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The soccer star was All State during high school.

He was the founder of the experimental electro-pop Black Cards, an experimental electro-pop group. Black Cards during his band’s break from 2009 to 2012.

Wentz’ parents met while campaigning for former Vice President Joe Biden’s senatorial run in the 1970s. Wentz recalled in a Rolling Stone interview that his earliest musical memory was listening to The Foundations’ song “Build Me Up Buttercup” in the back of his father’s car. Wentz attended New Trier High School and North Shore Country Day School, where he was an all-state soccer player. He considered pursuing a professional career in the sport, but decided that music was a more fulfilling choice; he says that he “always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn’t feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.”

Net Worth$16 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBassist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In 2002, Fall Out Boy released an EP called Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket Split EP. Soon after, in 2003, the band released their mini-LP Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girlfriend on Uprising Records. This album would later be digitally remastered and reissued after the band’s third, successful full-album release From Under the Cork Tree, on the major label Island Records. In 2003, the band released their first full-length album, Take This to Your Grave through Fueled By Ramen. Fall Out Boy signed with major label Island Records in 2003 and in 2004 released an acoustic EP and DVD entitled, My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue.

Around this time, Wentz also played in Birthright, Extinction and Yellow Road Priest. He and Arma Angelus’ bassist Joe Trohman founded the pop-punk band Fall Out Boy after Trohman introduced Pete to a musical acquaintance, Patrick Stump. Andy Hurley agreed to drum part-time, but only joined the band full-time later. In 2002, Arma Angelus, the band in which Wentz was the vocalist, played its last show.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pete Wentz height 5 ft 7 in Pete weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 7 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

During his first year of high school, he began skipping school regularly and smoking marijuana with friends, but later quit as it was affecting his grades at school. After graduating from high school in 1997, he attended DePaul University, where he studied political science, dropping out one quarter shy of graduation to focus on Fall Out Boy.

Their third album, From Under the Cork Tree, was released in 2005. Wentz wrote the lyrics to the lead single, “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” with his dad in Chicago; the song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent months in the top 50 of the Hot 100, marking five weeks in the top 10 and fourteen weeks in the top 20. The band’s major label debut album has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA as well as “Sugar, We’re Goin Down.”

Who is Pete Wentz Dating?

According to our records, Pete Wentz married to Ashlee Simpson . As of December 1, 2023, Pete Wentz’s is not dating anyone.

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Wentz has bipolar disorder, and has taken medication for it since he was eighteen. In February 2005, Wentz attempted suicide by taking an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to a magazine, he said:

Facts & Trivia

Pete Ranked on the list of most popular Bassist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Pete Wentz celebrates birthday on June 5 of every year.

Wentz has also ventured into other non-musical projects, including writing, acting, and fashion; in 2005 he founded a clothing company called Clandestine Industries. He also hosts the TV show Best Ink and runs a film production company called Bartskull Films, as well as a bar called Angels & Kings. His philanthropic activities include collaborations with Invisible Children, Inc. and UNICEF’s Tap Project, a fundraising project that helps bring clean drinking water to people worldwide, People magazine states that “no bassist has upstaged a frontman as well as Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.” He is also a minority owner of the Phoenix Rising FC, a USL Championship team.

What percent black is Pete Wentz?

Pete Wentz – The Fall Out Boy frontman may seem like your typical white-bread rocker, but he’s actually 50 percent Afro-Jamaican, courtesy of his mom.

Are Pete Wentz and Brendon Urie friends?

Pete Wentz: This is what it really is. The truth behind all of it is Brendon lives five minutes away from me and has been a friend of ours for like ten years now.

Did Fall Out Boy Split 2020?

Fall Out Boy is technically still on hiatus, not broken up, but Stump is now fully focused on reintroducing himself as a solo artist: His first release, the EP Truant Wave, came out in February, showcasing his move away from pop-punk and toward R&B.

Did Pete Wentz leave Fall Out Boy?

He felt like he let the band down around Infinity On High “My life got really tabloidy,” said Pete of the time that record came out, “and I feel like I let my band down, on a personal level, because every interview was about that, and it was the wrong kind of attention.

Is Pete Wentz related to Colin Powell?

He has a younger sister, Hillary, and a younger brother, Andrew. His maternal grandfather, Arthur Winston Lewis, served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone; Arthur Winston Lewis’ cousin was General Colin Powell.

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