Vrinda Bachchan
Captain Harold Lee Rosbach is the captain of a luxury mega-yacht and a reality TV star who appears on Bravo TV’s hit series ‘Below Deck‘. He has actually been a fan favorite throughout his time on the show since its inception in 2013, especially owing to his strict yet loving demeanor. This original production follows the personal and professional lives of a crew of “yachties” (people who live and work aboard luxury yachts) as they serve high-profile, super-rich, ultra-demanding clients during charter season.
Captain Lee has helmed most of the seasons of this incredible series with firm leadership and fatherly advice, only to step back for good ahead of season 11. He may have looked totally at home on a yacht, but contrary to what most fans believe, he was not born on a boat. He was actually born and raised in landlocked Saginaw, in the state of Michigan, and is 75 years old (as of 2024). He is married to the love of his life, Mary Anne, but they have faced loss in their life too – their youngest son, Joshua, passed away in 2019 due to an accidental drug overdose. He was 42 at the time, and his parents now try to raise awareness around addiction.
How Did Lee Rosbach Make His Money?
According to reports, Captain Lee proudly lived in Michigan till he was around 25 years old. It thus comes as no surprise working on boats was not his first choice as a career; instead he was a professional restauranteur. He purportedly owned and managed multiple self-built restaurants across Indiana, Georgia, Florida, as well as Turks and Caicos, only for it to be the latter two places that helped him fall in love with the sea. The truth is he had never even seen the ocean until he relocated to the British Overseas Territories alongside Mary Anne to run his business in his mid-30s.
There, when a friend asked him to serve as a mate on a sailboat to earn some extra cash so as to keep himself, his family, plus his restaurants afloat, Captain Lee jumped at the chance, only to never look back. He got his captain’s license at the age of 35, left behind the life of an entrepreneur, and got on the first boat he found to pursue a life of adventure, chasing his newfound passion. So far, he has spent more than three decades yachting and heading luxury boat crews, resulting in him earning the nickname ‘Stud of the Seas.’ And now, he’s also the author of a memoir titled ‘Running Against the Tide,’ host on ‘Deadly Waters,’ plus an Ambassador for Can-Am On-Road.
Lee Rosbach’s Net Worth
Considering Captain Lee’s extensive, still ongoing career as of writing, it goes without saying he has definately managed to accumulate a good fortune for himself. Unfortunately, it is difficult to calculate his exact worth since we do not know if he closed his restuatnts at a profit, his precisely salary from Bravo, his book sales, or any other earnings. However, we do know that he filed for bankruptcy in 2017, just to then gradually bounce back through yatching, his memoir, meets and greets, plus other public appearances. So, we estimate his net worth to be around $2 million.
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