• Matt Carriker is a veterinarian, YouTube star and social media personality.
• He was born in Boerne, Texas and grew up on a ranch with numerous animals.
• His YouTube channels • “Demolition Ranch”, “Vet Ranch” and “OffTheRanch” • have nearly 13 million subscribers and 2.6 billion views.
• He is married to Meredith Atkinson and they have three children together.
• Matt’s net worth is estimated to be over $2 million.
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Who is Matt Carriker?
Matt Carriker was born in Boerne, Texas, USA, on October 21, 1986 – his zodiac sign is Libra and he is an American national. He is a veterinarian, a YouTube star, and a social media personality, who is perhaps most famous for his channel ‘Demolition Ranch’, which launched on January 3, 2011 and today has nearly nine million subscribers and nearly 1.5 billion views of all of Matt’s videos combined. All of his videos involve guns, and his most popular video “How Deep into Dirt Will It Go?” has been viewed more than 22 million times as of May 26, 2017.
Sister, youth and education
Matt grew up in Boerne alongside his sister Ali and brothers Mark and Andrew, by their father Dr. Lee Carriker, who was a veterinarian, and their mother, who was a housewife and occasionally worked at Matt’s father’s veterinary clinic (which Matt later bought).
He grew up on a farm next to countless animals and quickly fell in love with his father’s work. Matt spent most of his free time with his father, who taught him all about animals, and as Matt grew older, he also went taught him how to use the weapons they had at home.
Matt attended a local high school where he was very physically active, playing soccer and wrestling, and enrolled in 2004. In 2008, he enrolled at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, graduating in 2012, and obtained his veterinary license.
Career as a YouTuber
In addition to his YouTube career, Matt works as a veterinarian at Fair Oaks Ranch Veterinary Clinic, and is also the founder and CEO of Bunker Branding Co., which designs, makes and sells clothing – he is also the founder of the non-profit Vet Ranch , which consists of several veterinarians who specialize in treating animals that are dying, or considered one of the most difficult cases.
Matt’s second YouTube channel – “Vet Ranch” – launched on January 28, 2014 and has nearly three million subscribers and more than 400 million views across all of his videos combined. All videos are related to animals and the most popular video, “Now That’s a LOT of Puppies!!!”, has almost 12 million views as of June 13, 2015.
Matt launched his third YouTube channel – “OffTheRanch” – on April 16, 2007, and is about his day-to-day activities when he’s not firing guns or spending time at his clinic. The channel is subscribed by over 3.8 million people and counts over 650 million views of all of Matt’s videos.
The most popular video, “Top 10 Ways to Kill Ants”, has been viewed more than 22 million times as of October 23, 2018.
He has also launched his acting career as he starred as himself in the episode “Demolition Ranch”. the documentary series “Somebody’s Gotta Do It”, as well as the role of Lucas in the 2020 adventure horror film “Strain 100” written and directed by Hassan Hussein, and starring Jemma Dallender, Alexis Boozer Sterling and Jennifer Jelsema. The film follows a young woman who finds out after a car accident that zombies have taken over the entire city.
Matt is also very popular on Instagram as his account is followed by more than 1.3 million people, while he has uploaded more than 1,300 photos on it, most of which feature guns, old cars, and his wife and children – he is also active on Twitter, followed by nearly 150,000 people.
Love life and wife
Matt is married to Meredith Atkinson – it is believed the two met while Matt was still in college, and got married after two years of dating. They have three children together named Adalyn, Annie and Lincoln.
The family of five lives just outside San Antonio, Texas, and Meredith is a housewife who is always busy because the ranch work is never finished. She is also a fitness and running coach, interior designer and travel planner. Meredith is a big fan of shoes, and still is running her own blog on which she mainly writes about fashion, workouts and interesting home projects.
Matt has not spoken about any other women he may have dated, so as of October 2020, he is married to Meredith and they have three children.
Hobbies and other interests
Matt is very physically active and works out a few times each week in his own private gym, but doesn’t usually spend much time exercising as he does all sorts of physical work on his farm.
He likes to travel, but his YouTube channels and his clinic prevent him from spending too much time away from home. He loves children and enjoys spending time with them.
Matt is a fan of vintage cars and has been to several auto shows dedicated to both vintage and modern cars.
Late at night, he and his other half like to watch movies, and some of their favorite actors and actresses are Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Roberts, and their favorite movies are “Catch Me If You Can”, “Titanic” and ” Notting Hill”.
Age and height
Matt is 33 years old. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, is 1.83 m tall and weighs about 78 kg.
As of October 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $2 million.
