Who is Kris Brkljac? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Also Known As: Kris Srboljub Brkljac

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Stana Katic (m. 2015)

siblings: Dragoljub, Milan

Born Country: Australia

Family Members Australian Male

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Rise to Stardom

Always seeking adventure and a challenge, Kris Brkljac decided to move from Sydney to New York during his early youth with a background in Communication Media Law. However, according to his LinkedIn profile, which is no more accessible other than a snapshot of it captured by CrunchBase, he went through a difficult time soon after moving to the United Sates.

At the age of 21, he was homeless and lived on the streets of New York City before achieving success within five years. The way he moved from the streets to selling his own company within a short period of time is nothing less than an exciting rags-to-riches story. He likes to describe his life as a movie and feels that "It’s all about who is directing your movie and my movie was about being successful without any excuses." Interestingly, his private life has also been nothing short of a movie as he soon became involved in a romantic relationship with Hollywood actress Stana Katic.

Kris Brkljac is a very private person and does not have any social media profile, and while Stana has them, she hardly ever posted anything about their relationship, keeping the affair secret. The couple was captured together only once before they finally got engaged and tied the knot. Despite having minimal footprints on the internet, Kris became a target of tabloids following their marriage in April 2015.

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Professional Career

Kris Brkljac worked as a business consultant for fortune 500 Companies as head executive strategist when he regularly talked to people who were struggling to develop an effective and relevant strategy for credit. This gave him the idea to take his career to a new direction in the field of credit, which was "new and unchartered waters" for him. He collaborated with Robert Ellerman and Jim Rivette and they became the forefront thinkers and innovators in the credit repair field. He was serving as the vice president of sales at Dispute Suite in 2006. According to latest news, he now owns a company dealing with international sales and development.

Family & Personal Life

Kris Srboljub Brkljac was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents are originally from Serbia, but had migrated to Australia a long time ago in search of greener pastures. He has two brothers named Dragoljub and Milan. He moved to the United States in his youth to look for better career opportunities, and despite having a hard time in the new country during his early 20s, soon achieved success in the field of business. He has a university degree in Communication Media Law. He has a bunch of hobbies including martial arts, cultural anthropology, health and wellness, culinary magic, hiking, and international affairs.

Kris Brkljac first met popular actress Stana Katic through her younger brother Marko Katic, whom he reportedly knew from his work in the field of business. They have been together for a long time, and even though they briefly separated during the 2000s, they reconciled in 2007. They were pictured in the company of each other for the first time when they attended the 2012 Elton John Academy Awards viewing party in Los Angeles in February 2012. In 2013, he made a guest appearance on the episode 'Castle: Death Gone Crazy' of her television show 'Castle'. The two announced their engagement in 2014, and the next year, on April 25, 2015, one day before her 37th birthday, they got married in a private ceremony at an Orthodox Serbian family monastery on the Dalmatian coast region in Croatia.

While Kris has Serbian ancestry, Stana is also Serbo-Croatian by birth. The news of the marriage was confirmed by her representative, and an image of the wedding ring was also shared. Previously, there had been rumors that the actress was dating her 'Castle' co-star Nathan Fillion, whom she marries on the show; however, she proved the rumors wrong in style by marrying her longtime boyfriend.

Kris Brkljac Biography