Omar Albertto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Omar Albertto
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1957(1957-09-14)
Age	67
Country	Panama
Horoscope	Virgo

Omar Albertto Biography

Omar Albertto is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on September 14, 1957 in Panama. Omar Albertto who is non-religious of Bremudan and Jewish-Ethiopian ancestry, was born in Panama in the country in which the family was raised. He was an amateur competitive swimmer between nine and 18, representing Panama as an athlete in the club Los Pulpos Da Villa. In 1976, he traveled to the Florida’s Disney World on vacation and didn’t return until he left for his home in the United States. In Brooklyn, he graduated Midwood High School in 1977.

Omar Albertto (more often known as Omar) is an agent based in Los Angeles for the fashion industry. He has been specialized in representing models of ethnically diverse backgrounds. He was the creator of an influential and prestigious agency Omar’s Men, which had more than a million dollars worth of revenues in its first year of operating (1987) and maintained expansion through the mid 90s. It featured models of all ages who came from The Philippines, Turkey, Brazil, Cambodia, America and more. He currently runs and owns, JustOmar, a modeling agency and branding firm located in Southern California.

In recent years, Omar Albertto has also begun getting more involved in TV and film production. In 2013, he (and Brian Lewis) produced an independent romantic drama film entitled, Things Never Said, for Ohio Street Pictures. The project starred Shanola Hampton, Omari Hardwick and Elimu Nelson and was written/directed by Charles Murray. The picture had a limited theatrical release in the United States and also appeared on Hulu TV.

In 2016, Omar collaborated with fashion photographer Andrew MacPherson to produce one of the first ever fashion magazine shoots involving an autistic model, in this case, 18 year old RJ Peete (son of football player Rodney Peete and actress Holly Robinson Peete. The images (and Omar in person) later appeared on an airing of the program For Peete’s Sake on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

When the company was founded in 1987, Omar quit as well, and formed Omar’s Men joining Fisher (and It Models) in an attached complex located in the Hollywood Photo District. In The Los Angeles Times, the two agents’ total gross income was about $15 million annually. The men’s division soon overtook itself, and Albertto established the East Coast hub of the company from Herb Ritt’s studio offices in Manhattan. Omar is now the director of the Men’s divisions of the agencies, Warning Model Management, Q Models along with Talent Rock Entertainment and was briefly the president of ITN Fashion TV.

Omar Albertto Net Worth

Omar Albertto is one of the richest Businessperson from Panama. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Omar Albertto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1977, when he was at an event in the infamous New York Studio 54 in which Omar was a regular, at the age of 19, Omar was identified by a scout from Elite Model Management. This encounter transformed his life in a dramatic way. Over the next 4 years, the designer was frequently in print and runway for runways in Paris, Milan and London. In between, he was frequently coming back New York to attend Studio 54 during the weekend. While he never officially retired as a model Omar started his first formal work with an agency in the year 1981 with L’image Models on Madison Avenue.

Omar’s first gig as a booker for modeling began in 1981 at L’image, a modeling agency in New York. There Omar worked alongside an aspiring Paul Fisher (present-day star of Remodeled on The CW ). A few years later, they both relocated to California and began working with EastWest Models. Paul was the representative for the girls’ section and Omar managed the men’s division of the business. In just a little over a year, Paul quit the agency to start his own business, It Models.

Albertto is known for finding new talents and often credited with originally introducing real people into the U.S. fashion market. In a 1988 LA Times article by Jeanine Stein, he was quoted, “I want to have an agency of real people, not models. They are real, everyday people with great style”.

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Who is Omar Albertto Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Omar Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Panama. Omar Albertto celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.