2019-6-20 · Peltz was born in New York City, and his father, Nelson Peltz, is a billionaire businessman.Peltz's father is of Austrian-Jewish and Russian-Jewish descent, while his mother has Italian, German, Welsh, and English ancestry. Among his siblings are actress Nicola Peltz and ice hockey defenceman Brad Peltz.He has seven siblings and two half-siblings from his father's previous marriages.