Chip Gaines
Chip Gaines is both co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia, and was co-star of HGTV’s Fixer Upper with his wife Joanna. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Dallas, Chip graduated from Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business with a Marketing degree.
An entrepreneur by nature, Chip has started more successful small businesses than you could count on both hands, including Green and Gold Wash and Fold (a local Waco laundry service geared toward college students), a fireworks stand, and multiple landscaping companies. If you’ve thought about it, Chip’s probably tried it.
Having grown up spending time on his granddad’s ranch in North Texas, Chip is a true cowboy at heart: made for hard labor, and preferring digging ditches to academic pursuits.
His design preference is “whatever Joanna likes,” and he can be counted on to come up with a “creative solution” that saves the day and helps make the impossible possible.
Chip loves life with his five kiddos, and is head-over-heels for Joanna.
Acting
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
TV
Shark Tank
as Self - Shark
2009
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
TV
Fixer Upper
as Self - Host
2013
TV
Fixer Upper: Welcome Home
as Self - Host
2021
TV
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
as Self
2019
TV
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse
as Self - Host
2024
TV
Fixer Upper: The Castle
as Self - Host
2022
TV
Fixer Upper: Behind the Design
as Self
2017
TV
Fixer Upper: The Hotel
as Self - Host
2023
TV
Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House
as Self - Host
2025
Movie
Silos Baking Competition: Summer Special
as Self - Judge
2022
Movie
Breaking New Ground: Expanding the Silos
as Self - Host
2021
TV
Fixer Upper: Rewatch
as Self - Host
2021
TV
Road To Launch
as Self - Host
2021
TV
Magnolia Network: A Look Ahead
as Self
2020
TV
Fixer Upper: Fireplace
as Self - Host
2025