Randal Betz Jr. was born on January 16, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He
grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and spent his summers deep-sea fishing and
playing on the beaches of Ocean City, New Jersey. For high school he went to the
Pennington School in New Jersey, where friends, teachers, and coaches forever
influenced him. He has a degree in animal biology from Penn State University, which he
does not use professionally, but more so for his passionate hobby of turtle and tortoise
conservation. He currently lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with his wife, Meghann, and
their four children. He is a full-time husband and father, a medical sales consultant by
day, a tortoise conservationist by night.