Vin Diesel was born Mark Vincent on July 18, 1967, in Alameda County, California. Diesel and his twin brother, Paul, were raised by their mother Delora and their stepfather, Irving H. Vincent. Their biological father split from their mother before they were born. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists’ housing project in New York City’s Greenwich Village. He never knew his biological father. His mother is white (with English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry), and his adoptive father is African-American; referring to his biological father’s background, Diesel has said that he himself is “definitely a person of colour”. Following high school, Vin enrolled as an English major at Hunter College, but dropped out after three years to go to Hollywood to further his acting career. Being an experienced theatre actor did not make any impression in Hollywood and after a year of struggling to make his mark, he returned to New York. Afterwards, Vin returned to Los Angeles and raised almost $50,000 through telemarketing to fund the making of his first feature, Бродяги (1997). Now his net worth is estimated to be $220 million