Dave Olsen and Jarnette Olsen<\/p>\n
Dave Olsen never expected daughters Mary-Kate Olsen<\/a> and Ashley Olsen<\/a> to enter show business.<\/p>\n “I didn’t even want to be bothered with it,” the golfer-turned-real-estate-professional shared in 1991 with The Washington Post<\/a>\u2014which noted his then-wife, former ballerina Jarnette Olsen, gave a talent agency a photo of their twins at the suggestion of a friend. “I said, ‘Honey, if you want to do this, fine.'”<\/p>\n Mary-Kate and Ashley began playing Michelle Tanner on Full House when they were 9 months old. While the ’90s sitcom was a huge success, they didn\u2019t feel pressured by their mom and dad to be stars\u2014with Ashley noting on The Late Show<\/a> in 2004 “we\u2019re lucky that we never had those types of parents.”<\/p>\n Dave and Jarnette helped manage Mary-Kate and Ashley\u2019s finances, including their riches from their media and merchandise empire Dualstar, before they turned 18. “You can imagine the mountains of memos I receive on a daily basis on all these contracts,\u201d he told the L.A. Times<\/a> in 2000. But they didn\u2019t do it alone.<\/p>\n