Vanessa Bryant Net Worth: Vanessa Bryant is the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant. Vanessa Bryant’s net worth is $600 million. They founded their own organization in 2007 to provide scholarships for minority college students around the world. Bryant is also the president of Granity Studios and the CEO of Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation. Read on to know more about Vanessa Bryant Net Worth.
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Vanessa Bryant’s Net Worth
American philanthropist Vanessa Bryant is the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant. Vanessa Bryant’s net worth is $600 million. They founded their own organization in 2007 to provide scholarships for minority college students around the world. Bryant is also the president of Granity Studios and the CEO of Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation.
Vanessa met Kobe while she was working as background dancer for a music video. She was just 17 years old at the time. Kobe was 21 years old and working in the studio on his first music recording. Six months after their first meeting, they were married.
They were married at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, Dana Point, California on April 18, 2001. Kobe didn’t speak to his parents for two years because he refused to be supported by his parents for his wedding. When Vanessa gave birth in 2003 to their first child, the ice broke. As a family, they would have four more daughters.
Early Years Of Bryant
Vanessa Laine was born May 5, 1982 in Los Angeles. Her birth name was Vanessa Cornejo Urbieta. She is Mexican-American and has an older sister, Sophie. Bryant was born to a divorced mother and father. Her mother later married Stephen Laine.
Bryant started going by Vanessa Laine in 2000, when her marriage ended. She lived in Huntington Beach, California, with Robert Laine, her stepfather. She attended Marina High School.
Career Life Of Bryant
Bryant and Rowena, her friend, were at an Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre hip-hop performance in August 1999 when a company approached them offering them a job as music video extras. He appeared in music videos featuring musicians like Snoop Dogg or Krayzie Bone.
Bryant met her husband Kobe while filming the “G’d Up” music video by Tha Eastsidaz. When the connection became widely known, Vanessa’s high school career was cut short. She completed her last year of independent study at home.
Kobe & Bryant’s marriage
Six months after their first meeting, Vanessa proposed to Kobe Bryant. The couple married in Dana Point (California) in the spring 2001. Their first child, Natalia, was born in 2003, less than two years after they had married.
Kobe Bryant, a 19-year old employee at the hotel where he stayed, was accused of sexual assault in that summer. Vanessa supported him but also admitted to him that he had been involved in adultery. A few days later Kobe presented Vanessa with a $4million, eight-carat purple, diamond ring.
During her early years of marriage, Vanessa was the center of tabloid and other media attention. She accused Karl Malone, Los Angeles Lakers star, of inappropriate behavior against her. She was also praised because she stood up against the NBA’s sexual promiscuity cultures.
After she had an ectopic baby, Vanessa was more well-known. She and Kobe had their second child, Gianna, the following year. In December 2011, Vanessa filed for divorce from her husband. The reason was irreconcilable differences.
They finally called off the divorce in 2013. Bianka Bryant was the third child of the Bryants. She was born in December 2016. Their fourth and final child, Capri, was born in 2019.
