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Joe Exotic

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Joseph Allen Maldonado (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), known professionally as Joe Exotic and nicknamed "The Tiger King", is an American media personality and businessman who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (also known as the G.W. Zoo, Tiger King Park and formerly the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, from 1999 to 2018. Born in Kansas, Exotic and his family moved to Texas, where he enrolled at Pilot Point High School. After graduation, Exotic briefly served as the chief of police in Eastvale. He then opened a pet store with his brother, but after his brother's death in 1997, Exotic sold the store and founded the G.W. Zoo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Exotic is the 111th most popular celebrity (up from 161st in 2019), the 6,177th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,835th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Joe Exotic ranks 111 out of 265Before him are Herbert Norkus, Norma Cappagli, Johnny Appleseed, Virginia Dare, Apasra Hongsakula, and Omarosa Manigault Newman. After him are Marlene Schmidt, Bep Voskuijl, Duffer brothers, Susana Duijm, Hani Hanjour, and Marwan al-Shehhi.

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Among people born in 1963, Joe Exotic ranks 211Before him are Rashidi Yekini, Dariga Nazarbayeva, Inva Mula, Viorica Dăncilă, Marc Jacobs, and Maria Ressa. After him are Simon Wright, Wang Shu, Masuyo Shiraishi, Jane Luu, Jon Brion, and Edie Falco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Exotic ranks 6,178 out of 20,380Before him are Marty Walsh (1967), Alan Cooper (1952), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Cassandra Peterson (1951), and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886). After him are Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Louis Clarke (1901), James Redfield (1950), and Amina Wadud (1952).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Joe Exotic ranks 45Before him are Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Sally Hemings (1773), Tiffany Trump (1993), Johnny Appleseed (1774), Virginia Dare (1587), and Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974). After him are Duffer brothers (1984), Carol Morris (1936), Miriam Stevenson (1933), Ashrita Furman (1954), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), and Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877).