Bikram Choudhury Net Worth

Bikram Choudhury net worth is
$75 Million

Bikram Choudhury salary is
$10 M/Y

Bikram Choudhury was born on the 10th February 1946, in Calcutta, British India (now West Bengal, India). He is an Indian yoga guru and teacher, who is probably best known for establishing Bikram Yoga, a hot yoga style. He is also recognized as the author of two books – “Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class” and “Bikram Yoga: The Guru Behind Hot Yoga”.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Bikram Choudhury is, as of early 2016? It has been estimated from authoritative sources that Bikram counts the total size of his net worth at the impressive amount of $75 million. The main source of this amount of money is coming from his successful career as a yoga instructor, as well as an author; Bikram earns around $10 million per year in royalties from the Yoga studios, which uses his Yoga practice.
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Bikram Choudhury Net Worth $75 Million

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Bikram Choudhury was raised in the Hindu faith. He began learning yoga when he was only three years old, and two years later he started studying with Bishnu Ghosh. Before his 20s, Bikram had won three consecutive National India Yoga Championships, but when he was 20 years old, Bikram suffered an injury which left him crippled, and doctors predictions were that he could not walk again; however, with the help of Bishnu Gosh, Bikram recuperated within six months. Over that period, Bikram created 26 new posture serieswhich are performed in an extremely hot room, and that helped him a lot in the process of recovering. Thus, it became a new style of yoga called Bikram Yoga, or Hot Yoga.

With the beginning of the 1970s, Bikram’s career was about to begin, as he immigrated into the USA and founded Yoga studios, first in California, and then in Hawaii. By the 1990 s, he was offering a nine-week teaching courses in his studios, which soon became the main source of his net worth. Thanks to the success of his Yoga practice, Bikram managed to expand his influence throughout the world, and now there are over a thousand Bikram Yoga instructors around the world, which is increasing his net worth day by day, especially as many celebrities are followers of this yoga style, including Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Glodie, among others.

To speak further of his accomplishments, Bikram is also the author of two books, about his Yoga practice, including “Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class” which was released in 1978 (the second edition came out in 2000), and “Bikram Yoga: The Guru Behind Hot Yoga Shows The Way To Radiant Health And Personal Fulfillment”, published in 2007, which has also added a lot to the overall size of his net worth.

Unfortunately, Bikram is also recognized for being sued for sexual harassment and assault by six women. Although his lawyers claimed that these accusations were false, a court ordered him to pay $6.5 million to one of those women in punitive damages.

If to talk about his personal life, Bikram Choudhury has been married to Rajashree Choudhury since 1984. She is the founder of the Un According to sources, Bikram earns around $10 million per year, in royalties from the Yoga studios, which uses his Yoga practicieted States Yoga Federation (USA Yoga) and the International Yoga Sports Federation (IYSF). The couple currently resides in Los Angeles, California.


Full NameBikram Choudhury
Net Worth$75 Million
Salary$10 M/Y
Date Of BirthFebruary 10, 1946
Place Of BirthCalcutta, British India
ProfessionGuru, Teacher
NationalityIndian, American
SpouseRajashree Choudhury (m. 1984)
ChildrenAnurag Choudhury, Laju Choudhury
Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/bikramyoga26
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm2569376

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