Athletes
Sonny Bill Williams Net Worth
Sonny William Williams's Net Worth as of 2024
$15 Million
Sonny William Williams was born on the 3rd August 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand of Australian, British and Samoan descent, and best recognized for being an international professional rugby player in both league and union codes, in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Super Rugby respectively; he currently plays for the (Auckland) Blues rugby union team. He is also known as a professional boxer, who competes in the heavyweight division. His professional rugby career has been active since 2004.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Sonny Bill Williams is, as of mid-2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Sonny’s net worth is over $15 million, accumulated through his successful involvement in the sports industry not only as a professional rugby player but also as a professional heavyweight boxer. Another source is coming from his career as a global ambassador for Adidas, BMW, and other brands.
Sonny Bill Williams Net Worth $15 Million
Sonny Bill Williams was raised in a middle-class family with three siblings by his mother, Lee Woolsey, and his father, John Williams, who was a rugby league player. He went to Owairaka School, Wesley Intermediate and Mount Albert Grammar School. As a child, he was very active as a cross country runner, sprinter and champion high jumper; however, at the age of 12, he quit all of these activities in order to pursue his career as a rugby player.
Sonny’s career began when he was spotted by scout John Ackland while he was a member of the Marist Saints junior team in Auckland. In 2002, he signed a contract with an NRL’s club, to play as a junior for the Bulldogs in Sydney in the Jersey Flegg Cup. Subsequently, at the age of 19, Sonny’s professional career really began, when he made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Parramatta Eels at Telstra Stadium, and this marked the beginning of an increase of his net worth. Later that year, he was chosen by New Zealand Kiwis and became their youngest player in the 2004 ANZAC Test, when he debuted against Australia. In his debut season, Sonny appeared in 15 games with the Bulldogs, and during that time he also played in the match against the Sydney Roosters, when his team won the 2004 NRL Grand Final. As he distinguished himself as a player, he won the 2004 RLIF Awards’ International Newcomer of the Year Award, and was named in the 2004 World XIII. He played for the Bulldogs until 2008, but his playing time was marred by various injuries, and suspensions due to his number of high tackles.
Sonny left the NRL and joined Frenchrugby union club Toulon, for which he played until 2010, and had the best result in the 2009-2010 season, when they finished in second place in the European Challenge Cup. When his contract expired, he was offered a new one, worth $6 million over two years; however, he rejected the offer and joined the New Zealand Rugby Union as he wanted to play for the All Blacks, playing for Canterbury in the ITM Cup, while he also played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition for the next two years, and then spent a season in the Japanese Top League playing for the Panasonic Wild Knights, before he made a return to rugby league, signing a one-year deal with the Sydney Roosters. Since 2015 he has been playing again in rugby union with several teams, including the Chiefs and Blues, where he has been a member since 2017 season and has signed a three-year deal, which has only increased his net worth to a large degree.
Internationally, Sonny Bill has played 12 times for the New Zealand Rugby League team, and 33 time for the Union team – known worldwide as the All Blacks.
Apart from his career as a rugby player, Sonny is also known as a boxer, making his professional debut in a bout against Garry Gurr, defeating him by technical knockout. During his career, he had seven fights in total, all of which were victories, including over Scott Lewis at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in 2011, Francois Botha at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in 2012, and Chauncy Welliver at Allphones Arena in 2015. These also contributed to his wealth.
Regarding his personal life, Sonny Bill Williams has been married to Alana Raffie since 2013; the couple has two children. In 2008, he converted from Orthodox to Islam.
Athletes
Tiger Woods Net Worth
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods was born on 30 December 1975 in Cypress, California USA, of part-Chinese, and African- and Native- American (father) and Thai (mother) descent. He is one of the the world’s highest earning sportsmen, a professional golfer who was ranked number one in the world for a total of 545 weeks between in 1997 and 2010, and then for another 60 weeks in 2013-14, the most of any golfer, and during which period he won 119 tournaments on the PGA and European tours.
So just how rich is Tiger Woods? Regardless of the fact that Woods’ divorce from ex-wife Elin Nordegren (former Swedish model), cost him $100 million dollars – including $54.5 million in mortgage payment finalised in January 2016 – authoritative sources estimate that Tiger’s net worth is now still over $770 million, accumulated from golf prize money of around $160 million, and the rest from endorsements during a 20 year career, totalling overall more than $1.3 billion.
Tiger Woods Net Worth $770 Million
Encouraged by his father Earl, Tiger became a child golfing prodigy, already at the age of 3 putting against comedian Bob Hope. He was called on TV shows and published in Golf Digest magazine. He won age group events around the world from the age of eight, and being a 15 year-old teenager he became the youngest US Junior Amateur champion. He was educated at Western High School, Anaheim, but golf was his priority, and at 20 (1996), he became the first in golf history to win three consecutive US Amateur titles, while (apparently) studying at Stanford University.
Tiger then turned professional, and immediately signed multi-million dollar contracts with famous companies such as Nike and Titleist. Next year Woods won his first ‘major’, the US Masters, and achieved number one world ranking, the youngest and the fastest to get to that position. The list of his winnings is endless and achievements too many to mention, but apart from aforementioned 79 victories in the USA and Europe – only Sam Snead has won more(82) – he has won two Japan Golf Tour events, an Asian Tour event, one PGA Tour of Australasia event, as well as 21 titles as an amateur. Of particular significance is that Tiger has won 14 ‘major’ titles, second only behind Jack Nicklaus(18), which has included the ‘grand slam’ of golf three times. In addition, he had been awarded PGA Player of the year 11 times and the Byron Nelson award eight times. There can be no doubt that Tiger Woods has earned his net worth.
Woods is considered the most successful player of all times, partly because of his winning record, but also because he is the first and the only golfer to have earned more than a billion dollars. This fortune was made not only by playing golf, but also by signing very lucrative contracts with companies such as Rolex, General Motors, American Express, and Gatorade apart from Titleist and Nike, and becoming an ambassador for Gillette. Moreover, the businesses of Tiger Woods Foundation which promotes golf, and Tiger Woods Design which is involved with golf courses development, are also very profitable. The athlete is a published writer with “How I Play Golf” as well, which has brought him steady income from 1.5 million copies sold. He has also written a column for the magazine “Golf Digest’ – presumably both added to his net worth.
Following his very public divorce from Elin Nordegren who he married in 2004 – they divorced in 2010 and have two children – also involving details of infidelity over the years, Tiger Woods dated Olympic Games skiing gold medallist Lindsey Vonn for a couple of years, but apparently no more. He was raised a Buddhist, and professes to still follow the teachings.
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Roger Federer Net Worth
Roger Federer was born on 8 August 1981, in Basel, Switzerland to Robert and Lynette Federer, the latter’s South African descent entitling Federer to hold both Swiss and South African citizenship. Roger is perceived by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time, and this title could well be deserved both in successes on the court and maintenance at the highest level, plus his sporting personality rarely equalled in professional sportspeople.
So just how rich is Roger Federer? This outstanding professional tennis player is estimated to have a current net worth of $420 million, increasing momentarily as he continues to play most weeks of the year, and annual prize money plus endorsements can approach $100 million.
Roger Federer Net Worth $420 Million
Roger Federer first became interested in tennis when he was still a child. Starting school at six years of age, he quickly became the best tennis player in his age group. Eight years later he became the national age group champion, and was sent to train at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Ecublens.In 1998 he won the ITF junior singles tournament and became the ITF Champion of the Year. After that his career skyrocketed. As of mid-2015, the Swiss-born athlete holds the record for ranking in the ATP No. 1 position for 237 consecutive weeks (from 2004 to 2008), and in total 302 weeks. The tennis icon has appeared in 25 Grand Slam finals and won seventeen of them. He has broken numerous records playing in these tournaments, including the record for 10 consecutive finals, and has acheived a Grand Slam of titles, plus jointly holding the record of seven Wibledon titles (with Pete Sampras) and five US titles (with Sampras and Jimmy Connors). During his long career, Federer has won over 80 tournaments in total, and it has been reported that he has won more prize money than any other player, although this is difficult to establish as values constantly change in comparison with previous champions.
Roger Federer also earns a great deal of money from his endorsement contracts. He has signed long-term deals with Nike, Rolex, Wilson and Credit Suisse, and recently he decided to collaborate with champagne brand Moet & Chandon. In addition to being one of the best-paid athletes out there, his endorsement contracts are just as impressive, as he receives $40 million every year just from his sponsors! According to Forbes, he holds # 8 place in a list of 100 top-earning celebrities as of 2013. But despite his huge financial success and celebrity status, Roger Federer does not hold back when it comes to helping those in need. In 2003 together with his mother he established the Roger Federer Foundationin order to help disadvantaged people and promote a healthy lifestyle. He was also one of the most active celebrities to participate in organizing charities raising money for the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 and Haiti earthquake in 2010.
He is fluent in Swiss-German, German, French and English languages. Like all men in Switzerland, Federer was supposed to serve in the Swiss army, but in 2003 he was released from this duty because of continuous back pain. Roger Federer, who is often called Maestro, is married to the former professional tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec. They met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she was competing as well. Due to a foot injury she retired from professional sports and now manages her husband’s public relations. In 2009 the couple married in Basel , and has two sets of twins – twin boys and twin girls.
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