Kevin Jonas confesses that he lost «almost everything» his money after the rupture of the Jonas Brothers in 2013

The Jonas Brothers, the group formed by the Kevin brothers (37 years old), Joe (35) and Nick (32) Jonas, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band. A group that since it was formed in 2005, when they were just teenagers, has gone through many lights and shadows. The toughest blow was probably its separation, in 2013, although they were then still on the crest of the wave. But creative differences and fame pressure could. «I told them: 'I feel that the Jonas Brothers should no longer follow. We must continue our trip separately,» Nick, the smallest, recalled in an interview in 2019. Now is Kevin, the oldest, the one who remembers that decision with bitterness, not so much for the separation of his brothers, but for the terrible economic consequences he had for him after having become accustomed to a life of luxuries. «I have lived since the beginning of financial success, without knowing what money really was and without understanding it, until you have it and lose almost everything,» he confessed this Monday, July 7 in the podcast The School of Greatness, of the YouTuber Lewis Howes.kevin, that this August will embark with his brothers on a tour that will take them to travel 51 cities of North America, as in the old times (although in the old times Less the stadiums), attributes that financial crisis to a series of «bad businesses» that took place «about nine years,» he explained. «Did you almost lose all your money?» The presenter will surprise him. «Yes, most, until I was left alone with 10%,» acknowledges the musician. «I invested in many properties and dedicated myself to other things, and at that time I was building. Unfortunately, it was not the appropriate association, do you understand me?» Justify. Then he refrains from giving more details, saying that he cannot «deepen the subject more», but ensures that this unpleasant experience has taught him many things. More information about, Kevin, the group's guitar, considers that these financial lessons have changed their way of thinking about the music business now that he has met musically with his younger brothers, and that he will no longer make the same mistakes. «Fortunately, we had a second chance and we were united again with the band. It was something fortuitous, in a way,» he says about the return of the trio. The Jonas Brothers experienced a resounding success (and premature, none of the three was of legal age) from 2005, when they embarked on their first tour. They released their debut album, It's About Time, in 2006 and starred in the Disney Camp Rock film in 2008, which made them a great adolescent fan phenomenon. But five years later they decided to separate. «When it ended, it was nothing good,» Nick also said in an interview with Z100 magazine in 2019. «They were a couple of years of family reconstruction, and it seemed impossible to do this again [tocar juntos]”From left to right, Nick, Joe and Kevin, the Jonas Brothers, act in the concert prior to New Year, in New York, on December 31, 2024.JOSE A. ALVARADO, JR.The band was separated for five years in which each of the brothers followed their own path. Those of Nick and Joe remained linked to music. The first focused on his solo career, launched several albums and participated in the occasional film project. Joe, on the other hand, formed the band DNCE, with which he had some successes such as the song Cake by The Ocean. Kevin, on the other hand, dedicated himself to business projects, especially in the real estate sector. He founded the company Jonaswerner, specialized in the construction of custom mansions a short distance from Manhattan, but was not very successful. In 2016, for example, he put on sale a mansion that built in Montaley, New Jersey, for 2.6 million dollars, which then had to get out of the market and put on sale in 2018, and in the end it was sold in 2020 without hardly generating profits, according to The Sun. The Blu Market also created a company that provided strategic support to social networks influencers; And he invested in the technological world, helping to create the application of Youod restaurant and becoming a partner of the We Heart It Social Network, where users can collect their favorite images to share them with their friends and organize them in collections. However, in 2019 the brothers gave good news to their fans when they announced their return during their visit to the program Late Late Late Late Show of James Corden. Since then, they have launched two new studio albums, Happiness Begins, in June of that same 2019, and The Album, in 2023. In addition, on August 8 they present their new album, Greetings from Your Hometown, with which they will start their tour two days later, in New Jersey. They also took advantage of the return of the band, six years ago, to get a documentary that details its history. According to Kevin, making that prime video tape, Chasing Happyiness, was part of his healing process. «It was great because we had to have serious conversations and not contain ourselves,» he said in the podcast, comparing the production of the documentary and sharing it with the world with a therapy. «So, for us, it worked great,» he says.