Travis Barker's Net Worth Is Staggering — but Not as High as Kourtney Kardashian's
Updated Nov. 20 2023, 11:57 a.m. ET
The Gist:
- After filling in for Scott Raynor, Travis Barker officially joined Blink-182 in 1998.
- Blink-182's latest album, One More Time, released on Oct. 20, 2023.
- While Travis has made a substantial amount of money from music, his net worth also includes earnings from investments.
Over the years, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker (and his fellow band members) has played an integral role in the pop culture phenomenon that was started by movies like American Pie. The band's music is fun, energetic, and can easily be spotted in raunchy teen comedy films (mostly from the late 90s, early 2000s). While most of us connect Travis to his music, today's fans likely know him more for his relationship with Kourtney Kardashian.
Kourtney and Travis tied the knot in May 2022, and the details behind their opulent Portofino, Italy, ceremony will make your jaw drop. While we know every member of the Kardashian clan is richer than our wildest dreams, let's take a deep dive into the Blink-182 drummer's net worth, which is no small thing, but admittedly still doesn't come close to his wife's.
So, what is Travis Barker's net worth?
Travis makes up one-third of the 1990s punk band Blink-182, alongside Mark Hoppus, and Tom DeLonge.
The iconic group is best known for its "Enema of the State" album which features earworm tunes such as "All the Small Things" and "What's My Age Again?" The famed release sold over 15 million copies, and made Travis a very rich man.
Travis Barker
Blink-182 drummer and reality TV star
Net worth: $50,000,000
Travis Barker is an American musician from the band Blink-182. He is also famous for surviving a 2008 plane crash that killed his friends on board. Travis is married to reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian.
- Birth date: Nov. 14, 1975
- Birthplace: Fontana, Calif.
- Birth name: Travis Landon Barker
- Father: Randy Barker
- Mother: Gloria Barker
- Marriages: Melissa Kennedy [2001-2002], Shanna Moakler [2004-2008], Kourtney Kardashian [2022-present]
- Children: Landon, Alabama, and Rocky Barker
Indeed, according to Celebrity Net Worth, the world famous percussionist counts $50 million as his fortune, which almost nears the vicinity of Kourtney's pile of beans, which totals a cool $65 million.
Travis Barker is more than a drummer — he's an entrepreneur, author, and TV star.
In addition to releasing a series of successful albums and touring with Blink-182, Travis has parlayed his fame into multiple business ventures that added to the zeros of his bank account over the years.
Famous Stars & Straps is the drummer's clothing line, which he founded in 1999. He also recently launched the line DTA, which stands for Don't Trust Anyone.
Travis penned an autobiography, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums in 2015, which of course recounted the harrowing plane crash he survived and his grueling road to recovery.
Finally, as fans know, Travis has appeared on The Kardashians on Hulu, but notably previously appeared with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler — as well as their two kids, Alabama and Landon — on the reality program Meet the Barkers. Travis and Kourtney later starred in Til Death Do Us Part: Kourtney and Travis, which aired on April 13, 2023.
When was Travis Barker in a plane crash?
In 2008, Travis was involved in a horrific plane crash that killed four people and left the drummer with severe burns. The harrowing experience happened after take off from a South Carolina airport. While Travis was fortunate enough to have survived, his body guard and assistant weren’t so lucky. Neither were the pilot and co-pilot.
Although Travis would spend the next 13 years avoiding plane rides, he now credits his wife Kourtney for helping him to overcome his fear. In July 2023, Travis celebrated on Threads his 30th plane ride since the 2008 crash.
Travis owns his own house despite being married to Kourtney.
After tying the knot in 2022, Travis and Kourtney maintained their separate homes just a block away from one another.
Meanwhile, they do plan to live together in a mutual residence that set the couple back a small fortune. In fact, the reality duo purchased former late-night host Conan O'Brien's beach house for $14.5 million in October 2022.
Travis and Kourtney welcomed their son, Rocky Thirteen Barker, on Nov. 1, 2023.