Jewel Tankard Net Worth is$5 Million
Profession: Record producer | Motivational speaking | Pianist
Date of Birth: 1964-01-24
Nicknames: Tankard, Ben
Country: Daytona Beach
Date of Birth: 1964-01-24
Nicknames: Tankard, Ben
Country: Daytona Beach
Jewel Tankard net worth: Jewel Tankard is an American author, reality TV star and network marketer who has a net worth of $5 million. Jewel Tankard has recently become famous on a national level thanks the her appearance on the Bravo reality television show "Thicker Than Water: The Tankards". The show follows Jewel, her husband Ben Tankard and their five children and one grand-child. Ben Tankard is a former NBA player and current pastor of a church called The Destiny Center. Ben is also a gospel singer and a motivational speaker. They describe their family as The Black Brady Bunch. Outside of reality TV, Jewel Tankard is one of the top earners for Ardyss International, a multi-level-marketing (MLM) firm. Jewel has brought in over $2 million from Ardyss and has an unprecedented 65,000 people within her sales network. She also recently launched a "millionaires" clothing line that mainly sells hats and t-shirts.
Ben Tankard (born January 24, 1964) is a former professional basketball player and an American gospel, jazz keyboardist producer, songwriter and author. He and is wife, Jewel donate their time as non-salary senior pastors of Destiny Center Church of Murfreesboro,TN. Ben dropped out of college after one year to play minor league pro basketball in Canada (he also co-owned The Murfreesboro Musicians -a pro team in the World Basketball Association / WBA). He was invited to an NBA camp but was injured and cut. Ben "rebounded" from his basketball injury to become a bestselling popular musician known as the pioneer and Godfather of GospelJazz music. He is also a guest motivational speaker for the NBA's D-League, Suit designer (Big & Tall), Record Label President, Aircraft Pilot/Owner, and Reality TV Actor with his own new show on Bravo - "Thicker Than Water : The Tankards", which premiers November 10, 2013. On August 21, 2013 Tankard was nominated for three Gospel Music Dove Awards. This marks first time in Dove Award history that an Instrumentalist has been nominated for this many categories. These nominations were for Tankard's most recent CD release 'Full Tank" and the categories included : Contemporary Gospel/Urban Song of the Year, Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year, and Instrumental Album of the Year.
Often referred to as the " Quincy Jones of Gospel ", Ben Tankard discovered Yolanda Adams, signed her to his independent record label, Tribute Records (Ben-Jamin' Universal Music) and produced several of her earlier works. Tankard has also recorded a series of well received instrumental solo albums and soundtracks, with music styles ranging from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. Tankard was the first artist to dedicate complete instrumental albums to a mixture of gospel and jazz, thus the term "GospelJazz".
Since he came on the scene in 1990 Ben's musical accomplishments have earned him a total of three Grammy nominations, eleven Dove Award nominations,
Often referred to as the " Quincy Jones of Gospel ", Ben Tankard discovered Yolanda Adams, signed her to his independent record label, Tribute Records (Ben-Jamin' Universal Music) and produced several of her earlier works. Tankard has also recorded a series of well received instrumental solo albums and soundtracks, with music styles ranging from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. Tankard was the first artist to dedicate complete instrumental albums to a mixture of gospel and jazz, thus the term "GospelJazz".
Since he came on the scene in 1990 Ben's musical accomplishments have earned him a total of three Grammy nominations, eleven Dove Award nominations,
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