Mark Wahlberg to build a business for his children

Mark Wahlberg wants to build a business for his children. The 39-year-old star is proud of all his acting accomplishments but has revealed the motivation behind him starting his own production company Leverage is because he wants a venture that is for him and his family.

The screen hunk is married to model Rhea Durham and the couple have four children together — Ella Rae, seven, Michael, four, Brendan Joseph, two, and 10-month-old Grace Margaret, and are expecting their fifth child next year.

“A career is nice, but I want to build a business,” Mark tells the December issue of Men’s Health magazine. “It’s one thing to have a career, waking up everyday thinking, ‘OK, what’s the next job?’ But I want to build something that can last forever, something that my kids could venture into if they were interested.

“I’m in a unique position of doing things that I can be very proud of and excited about. I might as well take advantage of that now because it definitely might not exist later.”

Perhaps Mark’s motivation for building a business is that he is approaching his 40th birthday — something he admits is on his mind.

“I think about 40 every once in a while. Especially as I am working like a psychopath right now,” he said. “But my life has evolved so drastically over the years in every aspect. I embrace it.”

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