Gisele Bundchen Net Worth

Gisele Bundchen net worth: Big Break: Alexander McQueen’s spring show, 1998
Residence: New York, NY, United States
Annual earnings according to Forbes:
May 2011 to May 2012 Earnings: $45 Million
May 2010 to May 2011 Earnings: $45 Million
May 2009 to May 2010 Earnings: $25 Milion
May 2008 to May 2009 Earnings: $25 Milion
May 2007to May 2008 Earnings: $35 Milion
May 2006 to May 2007 Earnings: $33 Milion
May 2005 to May 2006 Earnings: $30 Milion
May 2004 to May 2005 Earnings: $15.2 Milion

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Brazilian supermodel and film actress, Gisele Bundchen, has an estimated net worth of $150 million as of December 2010, according to FORBES’ Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas. At the age of 14, a modeling scout discovered Bundchen in a Brazilian shopping mall. In 1996 she debuted at Fashion Week in New York City. Becoming one of the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find success in the late 1990s. In addition to gracing the covers and inner glossies of virtually every fashion magazine (and Victoria’s Secret lingerie catalogue) in the 5’10″ model  like Cindy Crawford — has extended her career for many years.

Now a goodwill ambassador for the UN Environment Programme,  Gisele Bundchen is the world’s highest paid model, earning $90 million between 2011 to 2012 , thanks to  high-fashion clients, like Balenciaga and Versace, and mass retail brands like H&M. Her most lucrative deals go beyond modeling: She earns a percentage of sales from the Ipanema flipflops bearing her name, which today rival Brazil’s well-known Havaianas brand is available in 80 countries; her take from the 30 million pairs sold in 2009: about $8 million. To top it off, most of Bundchen’s paychecks are paid in euros and Brazilian reals, resulting in an increase in earnings.  Bundchen also owns a hotel, the Palladium Executive, in Brazil. In 2010, she founded Sejaa, an environmentally friendly skincare line. At age 30, Bundchen is an unparalleled force within the fashion industry. Since leaving Victoria’s Secret in 2007, Bundchen has gotten married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and become a mother, but she has yet to slow down.