If you are neither on YouTube nor on social networks, the name of GMK does not resonate for you. However, this great automotive enthusiast has established himself in the rank of reference in his field in recent years.
In particular thanks to videos, each more spectacular than the other. On his channel, the one who will be passing through Beaune for the Prestige Auto show Sunday, May 18, offers content where he tests luxury cars, often customized.
And above all, with brand guests (Sébastien Loeb, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Teddy Riner, Squeezie, to name a few).
He never inherited
But behind these dream cars and a notoriety which is no longer to prove, which is really GMK?
Georges Maroun Kikano, better known by the pseudonym of GMK, is an automotive and videographer influencer born October 15, 1992 in Monaco. He came from a Lebanese family who fled the civil war (1975-1990).
In his first video posted in 2025 on YouTube, the one who is very close to his community restored truths on his family and the origin of his wealth. Indeed, we can read many errors against him on the internet.
“Contrary to what everyone says, I was not from an easy family. My grandfather on the paternal side had a lot of money. He lost everything following bad placements, ”explains GMK, mocking the clichés on his father, often described as a rich deceased shipowner.
« At the time, my two parents were rolling in Twingo »
“My father sells wine. At the time, my two parents were rolling in Twingo », Adds the influencer who says he keep his passion for his father who was watching the show Turbo every Sunday.
Even if he was born in the Principality, GMK does not grow in Monaco. He passes an ES bac. Small, he already loves exchanges. This business is gradually evolving towards watches and cars, at the request of customers in always legal business. He becomes used car seller, as he explains in his video.
Michael Grange then Akram Ojjeh Junior
Rather discreet in the media, the 30 -year -old gave a long interview to the Monaco Observatory in which he recounts his beginnings.
“I started tuning on my first car, a Renault Mégane 2. I published the transformation on Facebook, then I sold it and went to a model above. After the Megane, there was a Volkswagen Golf 6 GTI, also transformed and sold for a BMW 335i E93 Cabriolet. And so on… ”, he recalls.
He then joined forces with Michael Grange, a friend, in MM Luxury Custom, a company specializing in the personalization of high -end vehicles. It is from there that he embarks on social networks, and following his meeting with Akram Ojjeh Junior (French businessman and famous personality in the world of luxury automobile).
Youtube, real estate, cars …
But what makes GMK’s financial success? In his video, the Ctwo -meter olosse Says it himself: First, monetization on YouTube.
Thus, the collector revealed having pocketed more than 58,000 euros for the month of last December by posting four videos, “but that’s not what allows me to live as I live,” he said.
But that’s not all. We add sponsors (including contracts with brands) and partnerships on social networks, Investment in real estate and of course the cars in purchase/resale.
He has among others a Mercedes G700 Brabus, an Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, an Audi RS3 Performance, an Audi RS 6, a Lamborghini Urus and an Aventador … We estimates his fortune at more than 10 million euros.
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