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Derrick Ashong was born on 1975 in Accra, Ghana. Discover Derrick Ashong's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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| Age | 48 years old |
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| Born | , 1975 |
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| Birthplace | Accra, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghana |
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Derrick Ashong Height, Weight & Measurements
At 48 years old, Derrick Ashong height not available right now. We will update Derrick Ashong's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Derrick Ashong Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Derrick Ashong worth at the age of 48 years old? Derrick Ashong’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Ghana. We have estimated Derrick Ashong's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
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He received another Emmy nod in 2015, and yet another in 2016, for Take Back the Mic: The World Cup of Hip Hop, the flagship show of his digital media company, Amp.it, which launched at the beginning of 2015.
His L.A.-based tech company, called Amp.it, powered an original digital series called Take Back the Mic: The World Cup of Hip Hop, which was a 2015 and 2016 Emmy finalist in the category of Original Interactive Programming, opposite names that included Taylor Swift, backed by AmEx, and Oculus Rift, owned by Facebook. As a result of Amp.it's early success, Ashong attracted major production partners, including Flame Ventures, run by Tony Krantz, and ITV America, to bring fan-curated content to international audiences. In 2018, Amp.it was selected as one of 11 top startups in the world for Google Demo Day and in 2019 is partnering with major telcos worldwide to bring Amp.it-powered content to TV screens across the globe.
Ashong is also the former host of The Derrick Ashong Experience on Oprah Radio, The Stream on Al Jazeera English, and DNAtv on Fusion (ABC/Univision). In 2012, Ashong and his team won a Royal Television Society Award and were nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for their work on The Stream.
Ashong reached prominent media attention when a YouTube video went viral, of him speaking on Barack Obama's campaign to gain the Democratic nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Surprising the interviewer who expected a short soundbite (perhaps based on Ashong's casual appearance), Ashong gave a measured and protracted analysis of Obama's campaign. The video has been viewed more than a million times.
Derrick Ashong has lectured on music, technology, the free market, and individualism at over a hundred institutions in the United States, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia, including the World Music Expo WOMEX in 2003 in Spain, UK Parliament, the UN, the London School of Economics, and Harvard and Stanford Business Schools. He is the author of FREE THIS CD!!! - The FAM Manifesto - a text outlining the philosophy of open source music, which ultimately led him to found his company, amp.it that drives and measures digital video engagement by rewarding and recognizing fans for discovering, sharing and curating great content.
In 1997, Ashong had a role in Steven Spielberg's Amistad, playing the character Buakei, a role he gained through attending an open audition in New York City. He also appeared in a 2006 documentary about the Angola 3, entitled 3 Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation. Ashong founded a talent agency, ASAFO Productions.
Derrick N. Ashong, also known as "DNA", (born 1975 in Accra, Ghana), is an producer, musician, and entrepreneur known for working with major figures including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.
Born in a house with no running water in Accra, Ghana in 1975, Derrick Ashong is the son of a pediatrician. He attended school in Brooklyn, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Voorhees, New Jersey before attending Harvard University in 1997 where he studied Afro-American studies and was awarded the Hoopes Prize for his senior thesis. After being naturalized as an American citizen, he returned to Harvard through a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, and studied for a PhD in Ethnomusicology and Afro-American studies, until Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame invited him to come work at his entertainment company, Weapons of Mass Entertainment. Ashong was a founding member of the Harvard Black Alumni Society and founded the Black Men's Forum.
