Michael Darby is a businessman, Real Estate mogul and a reality show personality from "The Real Housewives of Potomac." He came into the spotlight just because of his sexual assault with Gizelle Bryant. He is the husband of Ashley Darby, a famous reality star from the same Reality show.
Michael Darby is best known as a successful businessman and Real Estate mogul from Australia.
Michael Darby was born as Michael John Darby in Melbourne, Australia on November 01, 1945. He is Australian-American by nationality and belongs to the white ethnic group. His father is Douglas Darby, a politician. The information about his mother and his childhood is yet not available. His religion is Christianity and Zodiac is Leo. Regarding his education, He went to Newington College and later graduated from the University of Melbourne with the degree of Construction of Engineering and Business Development.
Michael appears to be more involved in realty business as compared to an acting career. After earning a degree in Construction Engineering and Business Development from the University of Melbourne. He started off by serving on the Board of the DC Building Industry Association and later he was featured on the Bravo reality television series: The Real Housewives of Potomac. Michael Darby is the principal and co-founder of Monument Realty in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1998 and has developed more than 6.5 million square feet of real estate.
Darby has been involved in successful projects such as Columbia Center, Half Street, The Odyssey Condominium and Franklin Square North. He has been active in the Washington region's construction and development of the industry for a quarter of a century and was formerly a vice president for Aldridge. While working at CarrAmerica he directed development projects including the Southern Railway Building and the Willard Hotel.
Michael, a real estate mogul, and restaurant owner were accused of “grabbing and groping” the bottom of a Bravo cameraman while filming an episode of RHOP. In October, the Montgomery County State Attorney’s office dropped the charges of felony assault and misdemeanor improper sexual conduct.
Michael is a married man. He has married Ashley Darby in 2014 after dating for almost four years. He also had an ex-wife with whom he has two children who were of the same age as Ashley when they got married. They parted ways in 2010.
In July 2017, Michael and Ashley got separated shortly for the reason of being speculated over their age gap. Ashley was in her 20’s and Michael’s age was 57 then. However, They reconciled in late 2017. Since then, they are happy being with each other. Recently, Ashley announced in February 2019 that she is expecting her first child with Michael.
Being a real estate millionaire from Australia, he owns a company called Monument Realty and an Australian Restaurant Oz. He has a net worth of $20 million, as of 2019. However, his salary is not yet disclosed.
Form the observation, Michael has a decent height and build is good However his concrete body measurements are not yet revealed.
Michael does not seem to be much interested in social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.