Todd Hoffman is one of the main leads on the Discovery Channel Reality show named Gold Rush. The show is a group of six people from Oregon losing their jobs because of the economic depression going to Yukon Territory which is in Canada.
Todd Hoffman who is 47 years old has been a part of the Discovery reality show from season 1.
Since none of the people in the job were experienced, they learned to mine on Gold Rush. Every season the group goes to some new place to mine.
Early Years
Todd Hoffman had the idea of gold mining when he was in Alaska in 2010. Todd always owned an airport in Oregon, and when he saw the fall of the aviation industry, and he saw that the prices of gold are going up, he thought it was a great time to change everything and get into the mining business.
Hoffman was inspired by his father’s adventures in mining which was not so successful but very inspiring. Todd had never thought of making a career in mining, but the mining industry had always made him eager. Hoffman set up a team with all unemployed men, and none of them were trained in mining or knew about gold mining. Hoffman and his team learned all the things while they were at work as a miner in the site.
When Todd was in college, he was very athletic and was part of the basketball team. He was studying in college with a basketball scholarship. Todd is also a great singer and has a studio in his home in Oregon where he records covers of songs and posts on social Medias.
Career Development
The small aviation business was deteriorating very rapidly, and Hoffman decided that just like his father’s gold mining adventures he is also going to try gold mining.
Hoffman made a team of unemployed men and started their expedition for gold mining. Since Todd was not a mining expert, he learned about mining and the business in it for over three years.
After Todd earned a decent amount of money, he already had set up a great crew by then. Todd invested all his money in a mining operation which was in Guyana which is in South Africa. Todd had a lot of expectation from the trip, but it ended very badly. The trip was a total failure. Hoffman gambled a lot with his money. After learning the whole of the mining business,
Todd invested all his money on and earnings for an expedition in South Africa which did not end up so well making him suffer a huge loss. Hoffman and his team of miners came back home with just 2 ounces of gold.
After suffering the Todd Hoffman somehow managed to collect more money and after carefully investigating the whole situation and site he invested the money and this time luck was on his side and Hoffman, and his team came back home with gold worth $3 million.
Todd Hoffman is seen on TV all through summer for the past 6 years. Todd’s crew has been consistent about mining the gold. Every season they somehow manage to collect more gold than the previous one which helps them in growing day by day.
Personal Life
Hoffman is a man who is happily married to Shauna Hoffman. Hoffman is basically a man who is very family-oriented.
He loves his wife and calls her beautiful in every interview. Todd often refers to his wife as his support system in life. Hoffman is a father of two children Hudson and Hunter. Hoffman is not excited about the fact that his kids will be on television. He is, in fact, scared because according to him his family himself and god are real things in life.
He also feels that the fame of the show will change his sons. Todd is very particular about his beard.
He started growing his beard since 2010 and has maintained it very nicely. Hoffman is very particular about his beard and maintains it very nicely. Todd takes a lot of pride in his long beard. Hoffman thinks that he is lucky to have a crew like this. Todd does not go along well with his co-worker Parker, but he respects him a lot. Hoffman and Parker have a lot of arguments and disagreement, but they work as professionals in the show.
Biography
Full name: Todd Hoffman
Nickname: Todd
Birth-sign: Aries
Birth Place: Germany
Residence: Oregon
Age: 48 years
Occupation: Reality TV Personality
Education: Unknown
Personal Life and Family
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Unknown
Religion: Unknown
Father’s name: Jack Hoffman
Mother’s name: Georgia Hoffman
Marital status: Married
Wife: Shauna Hoffman
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Children: Two
Hobbies: Travelling, Mining
Pet own: Unknown
Personal Look and Measurements
Height: 1.78m
Weight: Unknown
Body: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye color: Unknown
Shoe Size: Unknown
Measurements: Unknown
Net Worth and Salary
The net worth of Todd Hoffman is around $400,000 as on 2016. The crew of Gold Rush which Todd Hoffman is a part of earned around $2 million per season which comes up to $100 thousand per episode.
Social Networks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/goldrushtodd?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-hoffman-from-gold-rush-b20a8735/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldrushtodd/?hl=en
Quick Summary
Todd Hoffman after the 2008 financial crisis in America lost a lot of money because small aviation industry took a hit and since he was an airport owner his business suffered a lot. After his business loss, he came up with the idea of gold mining.
Hoffman was inspired about gold mining from his father who had gone for gold mining adventures when he was young. Todd is not a professional miner, and neither is his team. They face a lot of problems while working but they learn in their job. Todd’s managerial skills have kept the team intact and work effectively.
Todd Hoffman was born on April 12, 1969, and Todd has a sister named Tamra. Todd had a life-changing experience when he went to Klondike, and after that, he saw a lot of success coming his way.