• Tabatha Coffey is a television personality, hairstylist, and salon owner with an estimated net worth of $6 million.
• She began her hairstyling career at age 14, and has since become the master of various hairstyles.
• She gained fame internationally through her show, “Tabatha Takes Over”, in which she helps failing salons.
• She has been featured in various magazines, appeared on several shows, and written two books.
• She is open about her lesbian sexuality and actively participates in charities such as St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Known for movies
Tabatha's Salon Takeover (2008-2013)
as Producer
2011 New Now Next Awards (2011)
as Herself
The Talk (2011-2014)
as Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest Co-Hostess
Big Morning Buzz Live (2012-2013)
as Herself
Short Info
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 17, 1969 |
Contents
Who is Tabatha Coffey?
Tabatha Coffey was born on 17 May 1969, in Brisbane, Queensland Australia. She’s a television personality, hairstylist, and salon owner, probably best known for her television show “Tabatha Takes Over” which airs internationally through various networks. She’s a previous contestant in the US show “Shear Genius”, which led to her fame in the country.
The Wealth of Tabatha Coffey
Tabatha Coffey has a net worth estimated to be over $6 million, as of mid-2024, earned through success in her various endeavors. She’s earned significant income through her work on television, while she’s also risen in wealth thanks to the success of her primary business.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Tabatha grew up in a family of hairstylists, as her mother first worked in the profession, and then her brother. At the age of 14, she got her start in the hair-styling industry, working at Surfers Paradise, Queensland where she became the assistant in a local shop. Her fascination with hair-styling grew thanks to her parents, who also owned and operated a strip club in Adelaide, South Australia.
After a year of working, she entered an apprenticeship program to learn more about the craft, before moving to London to continue with her training, which lasted for another three years.
She then moved to the US, where she opened a salon called Industrie Hair Gurus in New Jersey. She also collaborated with other salons, including the West Hollywood based Warren-Tricomi salon. She began attracting attention thanks to her styling, which is often described as transformative. She usually creates a special individual look for each client, becoming the master of various types of hairstyles, as opposed to the typical one.
She continued to grow her business by creating her own hair care product company, called Joico International.
Continued Fame and Television Work
As her popularity grew, she found herself traveling across the country doing hair shows. Many other stylists also approached her for consultations and teaching. Her popularity reached a wide mainstream audience when she decided to compete in the reality show “Shear Genius”, which she joined through curiosity.
The show focuses on hair-styling, with each contestants competing to create the best hairstyle, with restrictions such as theme, materials, and time. She quickly became one of the top contestants, winning most challenges, and winning over the crowd with her personality. However, she was eliminated due to a bad team challenge which cost her the competition. Despite that, she was still voted as Fan Favorite, and won $10,000 overall.
Her fame attracted television producers, and soon she was approached to star in a series which would become “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover”, later renamed to “Tabatha Takes Over”. In the show, she approaches failing salons and helps them turn their business around within a week, using her hairdressing experience and business expertise to help these businesses in danger. She also began making guest appearances in other shows.
Projects
Tabatha was featured during the second season of “Make Me a Supermodel”, in which aspiring models compete for $100,000, a one-year contract with New York Model Management, and a pictorial in Cosmopolitan magazine. She also worked alongside Tyra Banks as a part of her Glam Squad in “The Tyra Banks Show”, and has been responsible for makeovers of “The Biggest Loser”.
In 2011, she decided to sell her salon to focus more on working with and teaching other stylists. She became the host of the NAHA awards during that year too.
She’s been featured in several high profile publications, and is often hired by top beauty publications as a stylist; some of the magazines she’s worked with include “Mademoiselle”, “Marie Claire”, and “Seventeen”. She has worked on New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and has written two books – “Own It”, and “It’s Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth About Life, Love, and the Business of Beauty”.
In 2018, she started a new show called “Relative Success with Tabatha”, which airs on Bravo, in which she helps families who are struggling with their business and their interpersonal relationships. The show ran for eight episodes, but was then discontinued.In 2020.
Personal Life
Coffey has been open about her lesbian sexuality, and has been in a relationship with her partner since 1997, though she doesn’t like to specify any details. The couple resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where she first started in business.
When not busy with work, she is very active with charities and organizations that help treat cancer patients – her mother passed away form the disease in 2010, and she works with Hackensack University Medical Center, providing children who have lost their hair during treatment with wigs, which she styles. She also collaborates with St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that raises money to help children with cancer through hosting head-shaving events.
General Info
| Full Name | Tabatha Coffey |
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 17, 1969 |
| Profession | TV Personality, Hair Stylist, Businessperson |
| Nationality | Australian |
Social profile links
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
