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Since her divorce from Tom Brady, fans have wondered about Gisele Bündchen’s net worth and if they had a prenup to protect their multi-million-dollars in assets. We’ll explain that later, but let’s just say that one of their net worths is way more than the other.
Bündchen—who is one of five sisters—was discovered by Elite Model Management at a shopping mall in São Paulo, Brazil in 1994. In the next few years, Bündchen went on to model for designers like Alexander McQueen, Missoni, Chloé, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Ralph Lauren and Versace. She also covered fashion magazines like Vogue Paris and British Vogue. In 1999, Bündchen left Elite and signed a new contract with IMG Models. That same year, Bündchen posed for her first American Vogue cover alongside supermodels like Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer. In 2000, Bündchen made her debut as a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She worked with the brand until her retirement as an angel in 2007.
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In her 20-plus years in the fashion industry, Bündchen also worked with brands like Chanel No. 5 and Pantene, and starred in films like 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada. With all of her success, fans around the world want to know how much is Gisele Bündchen’s net worth and what was her divorce settlement Tom Brady. Read on to see what we know about Gisele Bündchen’s net worth.
What is Gisele Bündchen’s net worth?
Well, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Gisele Bündchen’s net worth is $400 million, which is almost double what her husband Tom Brady is worth. She makes $40 million per year, according to Celebrity Net Worth. (The site reports that Brady is worth $250 million and has an annual $30 million salary.) Fans shouldn’t be too surprised by Bündchen’s net worth as she was named by Forbes as the highest paid model in the world for the 14th year in a row in 2016, beating models like Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid at the time. Of course, Bündchen’s net worth comes from multi-million-dollar contracts with brands like Pantene, Chanel, Victoria’s Secret, and Carolina Herrera, as well as partnerships with companies like Arezzo shoes and SkyTV in her native Brazil.
In 2011, the model launched her own eco-friendly skin care line, Sejaa Pure Skincare, which also added to her net worth, according to Forbes. Seven years later, in 2018, Bündchen published her first memoir, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, which became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Needless to say, all of these projects add to Bündchen’s net worth.
In an interview with Elle in 2022, Gisele opened up about how she took a break from her modeling career to support Tom and their children. “I’ve done my part, which is [to] be there for [Brady]. I moved to Boston, and I focused on creating a cocoon and a loving environment for my children to grow up in and to be there supporting him and his dreams,” she said. “Seeing my children succeed and become the beautiful little humans that they are, seeing [Brady] succeed, and being fulfilled in his career—it makes me happy. At this point in my life, I feel like I’ve done a good job on that.” Gisele also told Elle at the time that, now that her children are older, she plans to get back to her career. “I have a huge list of things that I have to do, that I want to do. At 42, I feel more connected with my purpose,” she said.
What was Gisele Bündchen’s Victoria’s Secret salary?
Bündchen walked in her first show as a Victoria’s Secret angel in 2000. She worked with the brand for almost a decade until her retirement and final runaway show as an angel in 2007. According to Forbes, the model signed a five-year contract with Victoria’s Secret in 2000 for $25 million. At her first fashion show with the brand in 2000, Bündchen wore Victoria’s Secret’s $15 million Fantasy Bra, which is listed in the Guinness World Records as one of the most expensive pieces of lingerie ever made. Bündchen wore the Fantasy Bra again in 2005. The bra was worth $12.5 million, which is the second most expensive bra the brand has made.
What was Gisele Bündchen & Tom Brady’s divorce settlement?
A source told Radar Online in June 2022, that those close to Gisele encouraged her to update her prenup with Tom months before the couple separated. “The current prenup is pretty ironclad and lists how everything will be divided should they break up, but it needs to be updated and it can be if both parties agree,” the insider said at the time. The source continued, “Gisele is rich in her own right, but her friends are telling her she’d be nuts not to revise their prenup and she’s likely to listen to them.”
At the time they hired divorce lawyers, Brady and Bündchen owned at least four: a house at the Yellowstone Resort in Montana, a $3.5 million apartment in New York City, a home in Costa Rica; and the $17 million mansion tin Miami’s Indian Creek Island. While Brady and Bündchen’s finances are complicated, Newman speculated at the time that custody of their children could be more if an issue. “It really does seem that [Bündchen] has dedicated her life to these children,” Newman said. “I’m sure he is dedicated to the children, but he travels a lot. He’s not involved as much in the day to day. She may want more stability for them.” Newman continued, “The worst thing they could do is pull their kids through a custody battle.”