What is Tom Daley's Net Worth?
Tom Daley is a British diver and Olympian who has a net worth of $4 million. Daley was the youngest British competitor and the youngest competitor to reach the finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and he has competed in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 (technically 2021) Olympic Games as well. Tom has won gold medals at the World Championships, the European Championships, and the Commonwealth Games and silver medals at the Junior World Championships, among other honors.
At the 2020 Olympics, he won a gold medal in men's 10m synchronized platform with diving partner Matty Lee. Daley served as a mentor on the ITV reality diving show "Splash!" from 2013 to 2014, and he appeared in the 2017 film "Sharknado 5: Global Swarming." Tom has published the books "My Story" (2012), "Tom's Daily Plan: Over 80 Fuss-Free Recipes for a Happier, Healthier You. All Day, Every Day." (2016), and "Tom's Daily Goals: Never Feel Hungry or Tired Again" (2018), and in May 2021, a fourth book, "Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport, Fame and Fatherhood," was announced.
Early Life
Tom Daley was born Thomas Robert Daley on May 21, 1994, in Plymouth, Devon, England. He grew up with mother Debbie, father Robert, and younger brothers William and Ben. Sadly, when Tom was 17, his father passed away from a brain tumor. Daley began diving at just 7 years old and joined a competitive squad in 2002. He won a medal in his first competition, the National Novice Championships, in 2003, and later that year, he won the platform, 1m, and 3m events at an invitational event in Southampton. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Tom won the platform, 1m springboard, and 3m springboard in his age group at the British Championships.
At age 10, Daley became the youngest person to win the National Junior platform competition, and in 2005, he competed in the Australian Elite Junior Nationals and the Aachen Junior International. In 2006, he was the British under-18 champion in both the 3m springboard and platform, and at the 2007 British Championships, he finished second in the 10m platform. Tom attended Eggbuckland Community College, and at age 13, he became a supporter of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children's helpline, Childline, and in 2009, his father revealed that Daley had been bullied at Eggbuckland. Though Brighton College offered Tom a full scholarship, his father turned it down because it was too far away, and Daley enrolled at Plymouth College instead.
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Career
In 2007, 12-year-old Daley received a special dispensation to compete in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, which normally doesn't let anyone younger than 15 compete. Tom and his diving partner, Callum Johnstone, won the medal in the 10m synchronised-diving final. Later that year, Daley competed in the Amateur Swimming Association National Championships, winning the senior platform title. At the 2008 British Championships, he won the 10m platform and the 10m platform synchro (with diving partner Blake Aldridge), becoming the youngest person to win the senior British 10m title. Also in 2008, he won a silver medal in synchro and a bronze medal in the individual platform event at the Madrid Grand Prix, and he and Aldridge won a bronze medal in synchro at the International Swimming Federation's FINA Diving World Cup, making Tom the youngest male to win a medal in a world diving competition. Daley also won a gold medal at the 2008 European Championships, and he placed seventh in the individual 10m platform at the Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2009, Daley won the 10m platform title at the British Championships and the individual platform title at the FINA World Championships, and he won a silver medal with new diving partner Max Brick in a 10m synchronised event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tom and Max won a gold medal in the Synchronised 10m Platform Competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and Daley won a gold medal in the 10m Individual Platform event. In the 2012 FINA Diving World Series, Tom won a gold medal in the individual 10m event and took home three silver medals and a bronze medal. In 2012, he won a gold medal in 10m platform at the European Championships and the individual 10m and 10m synchro platform (with Peter Waterfield) titles at the British Gas Diving Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Daley won a bronze medal in 10m platform, and a few months later, he earned the 10m individual platform competition at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships. Tom won the individual 10-metre platform event at the 2013 British Gas Diving Championships, and he won a gold medal in the men's 10m platform at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015, he won the individual 10m platform title at the British Championships and earned a gold medal in the inaugural team event (with Rebecca Gallantree) at the World Championships.
In 2016, Daley won six medals (three silver and three bronze) at the FINA Diving World Series as well as a bronze medal in synchronized 10m platform (with Daniel Goodfellow) at the Summer Olympics. In 2017, he won a gold medal in the 10m platform competition at the FINA World Championships, and in 2018, he earned four silver medals at the FINA Diving World Series and a gold medal in men's synchronised 10-metres platform at the Commonwealth Games. In 2021, Tom and diving partner Matty Lee earned a gold medal in synchronised 10m platform at the FINA Diving World Cup and the European Championships, and Daley won a gold medal in the individual 10m platform at the FINA Diving World Cup. Tom earned his first Olympic gold medal when he and Matty won the men's synchronized 10m platform diving event in July 2021.
Personal Life
Tom created a YouTube channel in 2010, and as of this writing, he has 1.07 subscribers and more than 130 million views. In 2013, he posted a video in which he revealed that he was in a relationship with a man and had "never been happier. Daley and Academy Award-winning director/producer/screenwriter Dustin Lance Black became engaged in the fall of 2015, and they married on May 6, 2017, at Devon's Bovey Castle. The couple welcomed son Robbie via a surrogate on June 27, 2018. In July 2021, Tom became the talk of the Summer Olympics when a photo of him knitting in the stands at a women's springboard event went viral. He later shared on Instagram that he had been knitting dog sweaters for his friends. Daley began knitting and crocheting during the COVID-19 pandemic and has said that it's "the one thing that has kept [him] sane throughout this whole process." He shares his knitted and crocheted creations on the Instagram page @madewithlovebytomdaley.
Awards and Honors
BBC South West named Daley Youngster of the Year in 2005 and Personality of the Year in 2009. He has been nominated for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year several times, winning in 2007, 2009, and 2010. "The Herald" Awards named Tom Sports Personality of the Year in 2007, 2009, and 2012, and in 2008, he was ranked #63 on "Time" magazine's "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch" list. In 2009, he won "The Daily Telegraph"/Aviva School Sport Matters Award for Student of the Year (Male) and "LEN Magazine's" Athlete of the Year award in the diving category. BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards has named Daley Best Sports Star (2010), Best Young Sports Star (2011), Best British Sports Star (2012), and Male Hottie of the Year (2012). He won a Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Award for Favourite UK Sports Star in 2013, and he was named Man of the Year at the 2014 Attitude Awards. In 2017, Tom and Dustin won an Independent Influencer Award at the British LGBT Awards, and Daley received an Honorary Doctorate from Devon's University of St Mark and St John.
Real Estate
In 2014, Daley paid £965,000 for a two-bedroom apartment in the Southwark area of London, and he put it on the market for £1.187 million in early 2018. That year Tom and Dustin also reportedly sold a home in Borough for £1.08 million and moved into a converted warehouse in Southwark.
