Steve Berke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Berke
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	May 5, 1981(1981-05-05)
Age	43
Birthplace	North Miami
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Steve Berke Biography

Steve Berke is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on May 5, 1981 in North Miami, United States. Steve Ryan Berke (born 5 May 1981) is the co-founder and founder of the International Church of Cannabis, two-time mayor candidate of Miami Beach, cannabis activist musician YouTuber, entrepreneur and an All-American tennis player.

In 2011 Berke chose to be a candidate for the office of mayor in Miami Beach as a candidate of the “After Party.” The campaign was a tongue-in-cheek one as a rapper and a rogue mayor who defied the norms of politics to rise to the top of the political ladder. The campaign manager for Berke was Roger Stone, who helped in the campaign that included Ronald Reagan, George Bush and G. W. Bush. Stone was willing to provide advice to Berke free of charge. At a meeting of the city commission, Berke asked Mayor Matti Herrera Bower to step down and invited internet celebrity Sexy Sax Man Sexy Sax Man to perform during the meeting. The video from this incident has been watched by more than 2 million people. The campaign to make marijuana less criminal attracted 9,000 signatures in order to put it on the ballot. His events during the campaign attracted famous people such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Rob Gronkowski, and Reggie Bush.

For his second run for mayor in 2013, Berke ran a more serious campaign, assembling a team and crafting a platform based on a new public transportation system. Berke also made a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make a documentary that would focus on his campaign and the political processes in Miami Beach. He eventually sold his documentary to MTV2. He created a platform he called “2020 Vision,” unveiling a six-year plan to address police misconduct, flooding, and pension liabilities. The centerpiece of the plan was the SkyLink, a $100-million cable car system strung across Biscayne Bay, linking Miami Beach to the mainland and addressing traffic and parking problems. His idea was taken up by Sir Richard Branson, who expressed his interest in sponsoring the SkyLink as a public-private partnership. The 2013 ballot included a straw ballot referendum on the issue of legalizing marijuana.

In early 2013, Berke released his most famous video: a parody of “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Called “Pot Shop,” it was another song promoting the legalization of marijuana. The video featured appearances by Playboy Playmate and internet celebrity Amanda Cerny and a short cameo from Macklemore in a show of support for the parody. In two years, “Pot Shop” had more than 14 million views on YouTube.

Berke spent a couple of months creating a company that would sell his Moosh Pillow, a neck support for passengers on planes that he had pitched in the show’s episode The Rebel Billionaire. If it didn’t succeed the way he had hoped, he landed an opportunity in the field of real estate management. After 2009, Berke began appearing on open-mike evenings held at Miami comic clubs. They were the openings for comedians such as Pauly Shore as well as Bill Burr. The comedian was spending an entire time at Los Angeles shooting music video parodies, and then posting them on YouTube.

Steve Berke Net Worth

Steve Berke is one of the richest Tennis Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Berke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In his junior years, Berke won four Florida state championships as well as two championships at the national level. In 1999, he was ranked at No. 10 in the United States for the 18- and under group , and ranked among the top 50 in the ITF junior world rankings.

Berke attended Yale University and played number 1 on the team’s tennis team. He won all the time during the second year of his career (2001) and reached finals at the NCAA tournament for the first time as an male player who was not ranked to reach this stage. Berke ended the season with 19-5 which earned him All-America distinction, Ivy League Player of the Year, and the first team All-Ivy. He was ranked nationally at as No. 45 for singles in the International Tennis Association in the preseason. He finished the season with the singles national rating of no. 74 , and a doubles rankings of No. 29. Berke had been expected to be at No. 1 at Yale however, after completing the fall semester of 2003 He moved into the University of California, Berkeley and was able to repeat as an All-American. He graduated from Yale at the end of 2003, and later joined the professional tennis league. But during one of the initial matches, he ruptured two discs of his spinal.

As a college tennis player, Berke gained All-America honors and the Ivy League Player of the Year award at Yale University. After sustaining a career-ending injury on the professional tennis tour, Berke turned to medical marijuana as a pain reliever and became a cannabis activist. Moving from stand-up comedy to YouTube, he made several viral videos, most prominently “Pot Shop”, a rap parody of “Thrift Shop,” which garnered over 15 million views. He was a candidate for mayor of Miami Beach on two occasions, in 2011 and 2013, attracting international media attention with his unorthodox campaigns. He founded Bang Holdings, a digital media company that specializes in cannabis advertising. In 2017, Berke was one of the founders of the International Church of Cannabis, a religious organization that regards cannabis as a sacrament.

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After his second election loss, Berke received offers from marijuana companies that wanted to be included in his YouTube videos. This happened because the cannabis industry lacked marketing channels, since major media providers restricted online marijuana advertising. Berke decided to create a social media network allowing advertisers to target the marijuana community and industry. He founded Bang Holdings and became its CEO. The company is publicly traded under the symbol “BXNG.” Its subsidiary, Bang Digital Media, provides brand management, cannabis-related digital content and social influencer-based marketing for the cannabis industry. By the end of 2016, Bang was running one of the leading cannabis-related Facebook pages, as well as sites on Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, with a dozen influencers with 250,000 to 10 million followers each.

Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steve Berke celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.