Catherine Paiz has an estimated net worth of $2 million to $3 million in 2026, according to third-party trackers. Most estimators cluster around $2 million — National Today, BiographyGen, Daily Wiki Bio and others all land there — while a smaller set of outlets puts her between $3 million and $5 million. That range reflects the bulk of her fortune being built during the ACE Family’s peak years on YouTube, followed by a messy public divorce, a rebranded solo career as an author, and a new marriage.
Quick facts
| Full name | Dolores Catherine Johnston Paiz |
| Born | August 24, 1990 (age 36), Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | YouTuber, model, actress, author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Estimated net worth | $2–$3 million (2026 estimates; most trackers: ~$2 million) |
| Last updated | October 2026 |
Biography
Dolores Catherine Johnston Paiz was born on August 24, 1990, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Panamanian parents. She grew up trilingual — English, French and Spanish — and moved with her family to Miami, Florida, as a teenager before eventually settling in Los Angeles.
She started modeling young, landing a gig for Azzelia Swimwear and working as a VIP manager at Arkadia Miami before fame arrived. She also took small acting roles in indie films, including Lilin’s Brood (2016), Monday Nights at Seven (2016) and You Can’t Have It (2017) — credits that built her on-camera confidence ahead of what came next. Like Amber Rose, she is a model-turned-media personality whose public profile grew far beyond the modeling work itself.
In 2015 she met Austin McBroom, a former NCAA basketball player, at a party. The pair married in 2017 (in a private ceremony they revealed publicly years later) and had three children: Elle Lively (born 2016), Alaïa Marie (2018) and Steel (2020). Their January 2024 divorce announcement ended a marriage of seven years — and the internet’s most-watched family brand with it.
Career
In January 2016, Paiz and McBroom launched The ACE Family on YouTube, a channel whose name combines the initials of Austin, Catherine and their daughter Elle. Their first video went up in July 2016, and the mix of family vlogs, pranks, challenges and milestone moments — including a gender reveal thrown by her close friend Kylie Jenner — turned them into one of the defining family channels of the platform’s golden era. The channel passed 18 million subscribers and 4.6 billion total views, and by 2023 the couple had become one of YouTube’s top-earning family acts.
The brand’s decline was as public as its rise. The couple stepped back from regular uploads in 2022, and the last video landed in 2023. The channel also attracted persistent controversy: McBroom faced repeated cheating allegations, raised publicly as early as 2021 by influencer Tana Mongeau, plus fraud claims and lawsuits that Paiz has denied. On January 11, 2024, both posted statements announcing their divorce, calling it a mutual decision focused on co-parenting their three children.
Her post-ACE chapter has been deliberately solo. In May 2025 she appeared on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, telling her side of the marriage’s collapse, and that summer she published DOLORES: My Journey Home (Finding Myself Beyond the ACE Family), a memoir co-written with Riley J. Ford that released on July 1, 2025, with a second installment, DOLORES: Home at Last, following after. Her personal life moved quickly too: she went public with Brazilian tattoo artist and painter Igor Ten in November 2024, he proposed on Valentine’s Day 2025, and they married on September 27, 2025. In November 2025 she announced she was expecting her first child with Ten — her fourth overall — and the couple welcomed a daughter, Sea’Vanna, on July 8, 2026. Through it all she has stayed active on Instagram and TikTok, documenting the new chapter directly.
How she makes money — and what she is worth
The ACE Family years (2016–2023). The overwhelming share of her wealth dates to this period. The channel generated revenue from YouTube ad payouts on billions of views, sponsored integrations, and branded merchandise sold to one of the platform’s largest family audiences. Her personal Instagram — around 7 million followers at her peak — added lucrative sponsored posts for fitness, wellness and lifestyle brands, a standard high-rate income stream for creators at that scale. Other influencers who monetized a large following in the same way include Kinsey Wolanski, whose career also spans content, modeling and brand partnerships.
Business ventures. In December 2020 she launched her skincare and clean-beauty line, 1212 Gateway. The debut was followed by a wave of customer complaints over unfulfilled and damaged orders; by August 2022 Dexerto reported that her name and likeness had been removed from the brand’s website, and her involvement since is unclear. As a wealth-builder, it was a miss rather than a win — worth noting since net-worth trackers rarely adjust for business failures.
Authorship. The Dolores memoir series, beginning July 2025, opened a genuinely new income stream: book sales and the accompanying media tour (the Call Her Daddy appearance drove significant attention). Two published installments exist as of 2026.
So what is she actually worth? The consensus is tight but unsourced in the way these figures always are. National Today, BiographyGen, Daily Wiki Bio and Mabumbe estimate about $2 million; InfluencersPlace and WikiBious land at $3 million; a few outliers go as high as $5 million — hence the $2–$3 million range used here. No audited figure exists, and the assets underlying it are hard to pin down: the ACE Family’s YouTube revenue was shared with McBroom and earned mostly years ago, the 1212 Gateway venture faltered, and her current earnings come from smaller-scale influencer work and book royalties. What is clear is that her wealth peaked with the channel and she is now rebuilding from a smaller base — which is exactly why her 2025–2026 pivot to authorship and personal-brand content matters more to her finances than any single estimate.
FAQ
What is Catherine Paiz’s net worth in 2026?
Most third-party trackers estimate about $2 million, with a few outlets putting her between $3 million and $5 million. This article uses a $2–$3 million range. No verified or audited figure exists.
Why did Catherine Paiz and Austin McBroom divorce?
They announced their divorce on January 11, 2024, citing irreconcilable differences and a mutual decision to co-parent. Paiz later said infidelity ended the marriage — claims she detailed in her memoir DOLORES: My Journey Home and on the Call Her Daddy podcast in May 2025.
What happened to The ACE Family YouTube channel?
The couple launched it in January 2016 and built it to over 18 million subscribers and 4.6 billion views. They slowed uploads in 2022, posted their last video in 2023, and the brand effectively ended with the 2024 divorce. Paiz has since focused on her solo social-media presence and writing.
Who is Catherine Paiz married to now?
Brazilian tattoo artist and painter Igor Ten. They went public in November 2024, married on September 27, 2025, and welcomed their daughter Sea’Vanna on July 8, 2026 — her fourth child.
Sources
- Wikipedia — The Ace Family (channel history, subscriber/view counts, divorce timeline, memoir and remarriage details)
- National Today — Catherine Paiz birthday profile (date of birth, birthplace, net worth estimate $2 million)
- BiographyGen — Catherine Paiz Net Worth (net worth ~$2 million as of 2025; memoir publication July 1, 2025, co-authored with Riley J. Ford)
- Dexerto — Catherine McBroom’s name disappears from her own skincare brand: 1212 Gateway (2022) (skincare line launched 2020; founder likeness removed from website August 2022)
- The List — ACE Family divorce signs (Jan 2024) (divorce announced January 11, 2024 via Instagram statements)
- Distractify — Catherine Paiz and Austin McBroom’s wedding history (marriage to Igor Ten, September 27, 2025)
- SSZ Radio — Catherine Paiz and Igor Ten welcome baby girl (July 2026) (daughter Sea’Vanna born July 8, 2026)
- InfluencersPlace — Catherine Paiz profile (net worth $3 million as of 2026; both Dolores memoir installments)
- Famous Birthdays — Catherine Paiz (early career details: Azzelia Swimwear, Arkadia Miami; children and relationship timeline)
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