He eventually took over the family business, Rygaard Logging, and became a successful logger. He was featured on the History Channel show Ax Men, which ran for nine seasons. He also appeared on the show Timber Kings. Gabe Rygaard passed away in 2016 at the age of 45.
Gabe Rygaard was an American logger and reality television personality who had a net worth of $3 million. He grew up in a logging family and took over the family business, Rygaard Logging, at a young age. He was featured on the History Channel show Ax Men and Timber Kings, and passed away in 2016 at the age of 45.
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💰Gabe Rygaard Net worth: $3 Million
His father discouraged him from joining the family business, Rygaard Logging, and he went off to college and worked on a fishing boat in Alaska, before returning to his hometown and joining his father's crew. In 1994, he split away from his father's business to form his own company, but eventually he and his father merged their companies into a larger and more successful family operation. Rygaard Logging is one of the featured logging companies on the hit History Channel series, "Ax Men". The show follows multiple logging companies in Washington, Oregon, and Montana, as they go about their tiring, and often dangerous, logging operations. Tragically, Gabe Rygaard died on September 16, 2016 at the age of 45 after being involved in a traffic accident.