Rohan Anthony Marley (born 19 May 1972) is a Jamaican entrepreneur and former

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player. He is the son of

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artist

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and Janet Hunt, and father of model Selah Marley and football player

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. He was born during his father's marriage to

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, and went to live with her from the age of four until moving to live with Marley's mother after his father died of cancer in

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in 1981.

Education

Marley graduated from

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in 1991. He then attended the University of Miami School of Business at the

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, where he played linebacker for the University of Miami football team. In 1993, he led the Hurricanes' defense with 95 tackles. Marley later played professional football in the

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with the

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Career

In 2009, he co-founded Marley Coffee, an organic coffee plantation and sustainable farming business in Jamaica's Blue Mountains, although the majority of coffee sourced through Marley Coffee is from

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. The business is run on a 52-acre estate in

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. In 2011, Marley Coffee went public under the name Jammin Java (OTC:JAMN). In January 2011, Marley advertised a new 'House of Marley' range of eco-friendly headphones at the

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, Nevada. The range has since expanded and now produces Headphones and Speakers as well as turntables.
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'', 5 January 2011 Marley also helps run his family's charitable organization, 1Love, as well as the Tuff Gong Clothing Company. He made an appearance in the documentary film ''Motherland''.

Personal life

On 18 March 1993, while a sophomore in college, Marley married his girlfriend Geraldine Khawly. They had a daughter, Eden (b. 1994), and a son,

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(b. 1995), a linebacker who played at Tulane and was signed by the

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in 2017. Marley met musician

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in 1996 and they had five children: Zion David (b.1997), model Selah Louise (b. 1998), Joshua Omaru (b. 2001), John Nesta (b. 2003), and Sara (b. 2008). Marley and Hill lived apart for most of their relationship, which ended in 2009. Marley took temporary custody of their five children while Hill served a three-month prison sentence for tax evasion in 2013. Hill sometimes referred to Marley as her husband, but they never married. In 2003, ''

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'' suggested that Marley had never divorced Khawly. However, in 2011, Marley produced a Haitian divorce decree which demonstrated that he had divorced Khawly in 1996. Marley was briefly engaged to

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, but the engagement ended in early 2013. On March 23, 2019, Marley married Brazilian model

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, Brazil. They have a daughter reportedly born in August 2019, announced in a post from Fialho's Instagram account, titled "Maria".

References

External links

Online home to the Marley Family

Rohan Marley at BobMarley.com

Marley Coffee

1Love

Rohan Marley Divorce Document
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marley, Rohan 1972 births Living people American football linebackers Canadian football linebackers Jamaican businesspeople Jamaican people of English descent Jamaican players of American football Jamaican Rastafarians R Miami Hurricanes football players Ottawa Rough Riders players Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica University of Miami Business School alumni