John Reinke (born in 1957) is an American famous personality, professional Bungee Jumper, and ZooKeeper from Texas, United States. He is well-known as the manager and zookeeper of Joe Exotic’s Zoo.
He becomes famous in the eyes of people, after the Netflix series, The Tiger King is released. He worked for the zoo owner named “Joe Exotic”. Joe was a businessman, who sells the animals illegally.
The Netflix series “The Tiger King” is a documentary film based on Joe Exotic. John is a good friend of Exotic, that’s why Joe appointed him as his Zoo Manager. John Reinke was against his business. He started working as a manager and zookeeper for Joe from the year 2007.
Early Life, Parents & Bio
The professional bungee jumper came to this world from his parents in the year 1957 in Texas, United States. He belongs to the Christian religion. According to his birth year, John Reinke’s age is 63 years old (as in 2020).
He never discloses any information about his parent’s name and profession to the media. He is interested to do adventurous things from the beginning. John grew up with his siblings in Texas. He attended a local high school for his schooling.
After that, he joined Texas University and completed his graduation. After completing his higher studies, he started practicing Bungee jumping to make a professional career in this field. He got married to his wife named “Kristi”.
John is the father of his two children (name not known). After some time, he gave divorce to his wife because of some mishappenings. After that, he started living separately. The current relationship status of John Reinke is not known.
Burkburnett Texas’s accident
Once John Reinke tries to perform a dangerous stunt of bungee jumping from the Burkburnett Texas. Suddenly, his rope pulley broked and he immediately fell to the ground. At the same time, he was taken to the hospital. but unfortunately, he lost both legs in the bad accident.
After that, he left his profession and manager job. John only visits the zoo for seeing the animals. After the accident, artificial legs became the support of his whole life. John Reinke spent a few months in the Dallas Rehabilitation Institute to learn how to walk on artificial legs.
| Quick Info & Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Full Real Name | John Reinke. |
| Nickname | John. |
| Profession | Bungee Jumper and Zoo Keeper. |
| Famously Known as | The Manager of Joe Exotic's Zoo. |
| Year of Birth | 1957. |
| Age (as of 2020) | 63 years old. |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra. |
| Place of Birth | Texas, United States. |
| Nationality | American. |
| Ethnicity | White. |
| Religion | Christian. |
| Gender | Male. |
| Gay or Lesbian | No. |
| Sexuality | Straight. |
| Social Media Profiles | N/A. |
| Family | |
| Parents | Father: Name Not Known. Mother: Homemaker. |
| Siblings | NA. |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | Feet & Inches: 5' 6". Centimeters: 167 cm. Meters: 1.67 m. |
| Weight | Kilograms: 65 Kg. Pounds: 143 lbs. |
| Hair Color | Brown. |
| Eye Color | Brown. |
| Personal Life | |
| Marital Status | Divorced. |
| Wife | Kristi. |
| Children | 2 (name not known). |
| Education | |
| Highest Qualification | Graduation. |
| School | local high school. |
| Alma Mater | Will Update. |
| Wealth | |
| Net worth (approx.) | $1.5 million US dollars (As of 2020). |
Some Lesser Known Facts About John Reinke
- After completing his higher studies, he stepped into the profession, which he wanted to do from childhood. He started bungee jumping. After some time, he became a professional bungee jumper.
- In the year 2007, his best friend “Joe Exotic” offered him a job as a manager and zookeeper in his zoo.
- Due to the long-term friendship, he could not say no to him and said yes to the job. After that, he started working with Joe.
- Exotic was run his business illegally. John Reinke was against him. But Joe’s business did not last long.
- Finally, the government came to known about his illegal business and sentenced him to the prison of 22 years.
- The famous director Eric Goode makes a documentary film based on Joe Exotic.
- The name of the series is “The Tiger King”, which is aired on Netflix. During the show, interviews with all the people associated with Joe were taken.
- John told all his stories in the interview about how he connected with Joe and how long he worked with him.
- He also mentions that once Joe burned the cart and Kaben. Joe’s full story will be featured on the Netflix show Tiger King.
- He is also a good author.
- The height of John Reinke is 5 feet 8 inches.
- His bodyweight is around 65 kilograms.
- John earned the net worth of $1.5 million US Dollars (approx.) from his career.
- He fell from a height of 55 feet at the time of the accident.
- Reinke was not involved in the Joe Exotic’s illegal business.
