Paul Robinett, known by his screen name Renetto, is an American vlogger and entrepreneur. [1] Robinett's videos have attracted over 56 million views, and his YouTube channel has over 44,500 subscribers. [2] [3] His channel has been viewed over 31.2 million times. [3]
Robinett began posting videos on YouTube in mid-2006. [4] Initially, he posted videos as the character "renetto", "a squeaky-voiced, intellectually challenged reviewer of others' YouTube videos." [5] Robinett released a video called "Diet Coke+Mentos=Human experiment: EXTREME GRAPHIC CONTENT" posted in August 2006, in which he placed a large quantity of Mentos in his mouth and drank Diet Coke at the same time, and implied that he suffered serious injury as a result. [2] [5] Robinett was nominated for the first YouTube Video Awards. [6] [7] He is also an official partner in YouTube's revenue sharing program. Robinett is based in Canal Winchester, Ohio, where he owned and ran a candle shop and sold hand-signed, hand-poured candles. In September 2007 he announced his move and challenged YouTubers to find him, [3] and ended up in Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona. He later returned to Ohio but now resides in Florida.
Paul is divorced from his wife Andrea. They have 4 children together.