Ned Abel Smith was born on the 1st January 1978 in USA and is a businessman who, as Ned RocknRoll, is most famous for being the third husband of Golden Globe, Grammy and BAFTA Award-winning actress Kate Winslet, as well as a nephew of Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson. Ned RocknRoll, who legally changed his name in 2008, serves as the Head of Marketing Promotion and Astronaut Experience, a space travel division of Virgin Galactic.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this famous businessman has accumulated so far? How rich Ned RocknRoll is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Ned RocknRoll’s net worth, as of early 2017, exceeds the sum of $25 million, acquired through his professional career’ achievements as well as a divorce settlement, and for being married to an internationally popular Hollywood actress.
Ned RocknRoll Net Worth $25 million
Prior to his business career, Ned RocknRoll was a shop owner. There are no data about his education – he just seized an opportunity given to him by his uncle, billionaire and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, and began his business career at Virgin Galactic. He served as the Head of Marketing Promotion and Astronaut Experience, and was involved in the introduction of suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo in 2009. These engagements provided the basis for Ned RocknRoll’s today’s rather respectable net worth, and there is little other detail about his professional life in the business world.
Prior to his marriage with Kate Winslet, RocknRoll was married to British socialite and rich heiress of Viscount Cowdray, Sussex landowner, Eliza Pearson. The marriage which began in 2008, with a gala ceremony on Caribbean Island featuring a beach party with 200 guests, lasted for 20 months before Eliza filed for divorce in 2010. It is certain that this “venture” made a significant, positive impact on Ned RocknRoll’s net worth.
In August 2011, while on vacation with her boyfriend Louis Dowler and her two children on Necker Island, entirely owned by Sir Richard Branson, Kate met Ned after a sudden fire broke out in Branson’s mansion and she helped his mother to escape the blazing house. Shortly after, they began their relationship, and in December 2012, Ned and Kate married during a private ceremony in New York City. Kate was escorted down the aisle by her “Titanic” partner, fellow colleague and friend Leonardo DiCaprio.
Subsequently Ned and Kate witjh her two children from her previous marriages, moved to England, UK, where they bought a 15th-century mansion in West Sussex, worth over $3.7 million. In 2013, they welcomed their first child, a son. Ever since, after (temporarily?) abandoning his business career, Ned RocknRoll dedicated himself to his family.
Despite his slightly eccentric and bohemian lifestyle, Ned RocknRoll has managed to keep his personal life quite private. However, he was in the center of a lawsuit against The Sun in 2013, after his topless photos leaked in the media. Apart from enjoying traveling and outdoors activities such as cycling and camping, there is little other information about his every day life.
