Willie Robertson

He married Korie Howard on July 6, 1992. The couple has six children - John Luke, Rebecca, Sadie, Will, Bella and Rowdy.

Rebecca, who originally came as an exchange student from Taiwan, became foster daughter of the couple, although not legally adopted. The couple adopted Will who is a year older than their youngest biological daughter, Bella.

He resides with his wife and children in the West Monroe mansion of the big Robertson family along with his parents, uncle, siblings and their families. The Robertson family members including Willie are dedicated Christians. He often preaches and expresses his strong beliefs and views on the faith.

Willie Jess Robertson was born on April 22, 1972, in Bernice, Louisiana, US, at the Tri-Ward General Hospital as the third son of Phil and Marsha Kay Robertson.

His father, who was a star football quarterback at Louisiana Tech University, is a professional hunter, reality TV star and entrepreneur who founded ‘Duck Commander’. His mother is also a reality TV star.

He has an uncle, Si, two elder brothers, Alan and Jase, and a younger brother, Jep.

From an early age he would delve into outdoor and hunting pursuits and also showed interest in his father’s business ‘Duck Commander’ like his other brothers. Young Willie would handle different tasks of the company starting from making duck calls to taking business calls.

He studied at the ‘Harding University’, affiliated to the Churches of Christ. Later in 2014, he and his wife, Korie Howard Robertson, were jointly declared as Outstanding Young Alumni by the university.

Willie has put his business studies to good use in developing ‘Duck Commander’ from a small family-operated business to a multimillion dollar empire.

He presently serves as CEO of ‘Duck Commander’ based in West Monroe, Louisiana. The company specialises in manufacturing duck hunting products, particularly a duck call that is branded as ‘Duck Commander’.

The success of ‘Duck Commander’ led to the start of its subsidiary ‘Buck Commander’ in 2006 that develop deer-hunting products.

He appeared and remained executive producer of the earliest TV series that featured many of his family members. The series was titled ‘Duck Commander’, also called ‘Benelli Presents Duck Commander’ and aired on Outdoor Channel from 2009 to 2010.

A spin-off of the series titled ‘Buck Commander: Protected by Under Armour’ premiered on ‘Outdoor Channel’ on July 1, 2010. Willie featured in 20 of its episodes from 2010 to 2011 performing with other cast members including Chipper Jones, Adam LaRouche, Tom Martin and Ryan Langerhans. He also remained one of the executive producers of the show.