Published: 2018-12-29
American businessman and real estate agent Jim Skrip became known as a better half of iconic singer Vanessa Williams. The accountant had a fateful encounter with Vanessa during a vacation in Egypt, and since then, they have been together.
In the field of the music industry, his wife Vanessa has contributed the albums like The Right Stuff and The Comfort Zone . Her second album, The Comfort Zone, went triple platinum in the United States. She is also one of the singing sensations with six million sales records and 15 Grammy nods recipient.
Jim's romantic encounter with American musical artist Vanessa Williams happened in Egypt while they were on a separate vacation in 2013. A couple of years later on 26 September 2014, during a taping of The Queen Latifah Show , his then-girlfriend Vanessa announced that they were engaged. She flaunted her diamond ring designed by a Buffalo-based jewelry designer, Bomi.
With their firm verdict to follow each other for the rest of their lives, the lovey-dovey couple had their intimate wedding on 4 July 2015. The Catholic ceremony happened in the same spot where Jim's parents previously tied the knot; the historic St. Stanislaus church in Buffalo, New York. His wife, Vanessa, looked gorgeous in her sleeveless Pamella Roland gown and dazzling drop earrings in their Egyptian-themed wedding.
They also got hitched for the second time in the Catholic Church of Vanessa’s hometown in Chappaqua, New York on 30 May 2016. The musical artist donned a Pamella Roland V-neck Gown for her second wedding ceremony with Jim. During her appearance with Live With Kelly and Ryan, Vanessa explained the reason behind their second time wedding, where she uttered:
Jim is the third husband of Vanessa. She was married to Ramon Hervey from 1987 to 1997 and Rick Fox from 1999 to 2005. With her first husband Ramon, the My Brother producer shares two daughters named Melanie, Jillian and a son named Devin. She and her second husband Rick are also parents to a daughter named Sasha.
Jim, age 58, summons the net worth from his career as an American businessman and a real estate agent. The St. Bonaventure University alum also fulfilled his job as an accountant. Payscale reports that the accountant in the United States earns an average salary of $50,382 per year and their annual income ranges from $34,408 to $71,138.
As for his wife Vanessa Williams, she has accumulated the hefty net worth of $28 million as an American singer and producer. From her job as a producer of TV shows, she bags a salary of $100 thousand per episode. Her film credit includes Harley Davison and the Marlboro Man, My Brother, and Eraser .
Born on 1 January 1960, Jim Skrip is a native of Buffalo, New York. The American businessman has a birth sign of Capricorn, and his ethnicity is Caucasian. Jim stands taller than his wife Vanessa Williams who has a height of 1.69 m (5 feet 6 inches).
He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, as per wiki. After his education, most of his friends at SBU completed majoring into account, but few works in the accounting field and transitioned into finance, marketing, and technology.