The family of 16 on Doubling Down With the Derricos spends $3500 on groceries per month! What does it take for father Deon Derrico to be able to pay the bills? The multi-faceted Deon worked his way to success, from being a bus driver to a thriving real estate investor.

When TLC fans first saw the trailer for the reality show Doubling Down With the Derricos, many thought, “11 phone bills, 11 wardrobes, 11 colleges, 11 rooms…” The Las Vegas family with multiple multiples, boasted of having quintuplets, two singletons, and two pairs of twins. Karen (40), a stay at home mom, and Deon (49) made parenting look like an easy peasy task. But then, the family welcomed three more little Derricos to make the total count of children go up to 14. If 40 rolls of toilet paper and 15 boxes of frozen waffles were used when there were only 11 kids, viewers are now trying to wrap their minds around the expenses 14 children would bring. Fortunately enough, Deon Derrico is a man with a plan. Having worked hard all his life, even though he started small, the Detroit-native knows that he needs to spend a fortune to keep the Derricos well fed. His earnings and smart financial planning make the Doubling Down With the Derricos father a super-dad, just like he is on the reality show.

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Deon Derrico’s father owned a construction company and mother Gigi, aka Marian, owned a hair salon when the family stayed in Las Vegas. They separated when Deon was 13. With childhood acting aspirations, the Doubling Down With the Derricos star got a few uncredited roles, as per his IMDb. During this time he supported himself by doing jobs as a school bus driver, and also a hairstylist and salon owner. He founded a company called Deon Derrico Entertainment during his relocation to Hollywood, and it operated for a little over four years. In 2010, Deon became the CEO of his property management company Derricodew Corporation. In 2014, he was charged with real estate fraud but Deon was cleared of all charges in 2018. Nevertheless, he continued his dealings with property and grew his business into what looks like a sizable success story.

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The quintuplets’ birth in 2013 shot the Doubling Down With the Derricos family to instant stardom, which could have led to Deon getting more lucrative deals. Back then, in an interview with NYPost, Deon said, “To go from four for nine, that’s a level of preparation that requires you to be a billionaire. But whatever has to be done to take care of my children, I’m going to do it.” Today, with a reality show to his credit, Deon’s reach, especially in terms of business, could be at an all-time high. As per Celebpie, Deon’s net worth today is $6 million.

Karen, who used to own a daycare center in Las Vegas before becoming a stay-at-home mom since giving birth to the quints, has described her husband as a “phenomenal” real estate investor. “We chose to have a large family, and we also chose to make sure that we can provide for our large family,” the mother of 14 revealed on the show. When one watches Doubling Down With the Derricos, they sure can gauge that the family is living their most comfortable, happy life with the efforts of Karen and Deon.

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Doubling Down With the Derricos airs Tuesdays at 10 pm ET on TLC.

Source: NYPost, Celebpie, Deon Derrico