What Is Yvette Prieto's Net Worth?
Yvette Prieto is a Cuban-American model who has a net worth of $50 million. She is best known for being the second wife of basketball legend (and former Charlotte Bobcats owner) Michael Jordan. As of this writing, Michael Jordan has a net worth of $2.6 billion. Jordan and Prieto met while dancing at a Miami nightclub in 2008. Jordan proposed to Prieto in 2011.
She was a model and a filmmaker before dating a number of celebrities, notably Julio Iglesias Jr, the older brother of Enrique Iglesias and the son of Julio Iglesias.
She married Michael Jordan on April 26, 2013 in a lavish ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida. They married after five years of dating and four years of cohabitation. Prieto and Jordan made it official in front of 500 guests who witnessed their nuptials at Episcopal church Bethesda-by-the-Sea. Later, another 1,500 joined the couple for the reception at the Bears Club, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course community in Jupiter, Florida, where had Jordan recently built a 38,000-sq.-ft. home. Both Usher and Robin Thicke sang at their wedding reception.
Yvette is 15 years younger than Jordan. Yvette appeared in the documentary "Cuba: An Island Apart" in 2011.
Michael was previously married to Juanita Vanoy from 1989-2006. Vanoy and Jordan have three grown children together: Marcus, Jeffrey and Jasmine.
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Early Life
Yvette Prieto was born on March 26, 1979, in Cuba. She is the daughter of Maria and Carlos Prieto, and her brother is also named Carlos; he runs a Miami sneaker store. Yvette was raised in Miami, Florida, and she studied business management at the University of Florida.
Career
Before becoming a model, Prieto was a manager at Beet the LBS and worked at the property management firm Aqua Management. She also worked at a hospital and at her parents' company. As a model, Yvette has worked with popular designers such as Alexander Wang.
Personal Life
In the early 2000s, Yvette was in a relationship with Spanish singer Julio Iglesias Jr. Julio is the son of the world's most commercially successful Spanish singer, Julio Iglesias, and the brother of "The King of Latin Pop," Enrique Iglesias.
Prieto met Michael Jordan at a Miami nightclub in 2008, and she moved in with him the following year. Michael had previously been married to Juanita Jordan, aka Juanita Vanoy, from 1989-2006. Michael and Juanita had three children.
Michael and Yvette became engaged in late 2011 during a vacation in Monaco, and they married on April 27, 2013, at the Episcopal church Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. Wearing a J'Aton Couture wedding gown, Yvette married Michael in front of approximately 300 guests. Robin Thicke and Usher performed at the wedding reception, which took place at The Bear's Club in Jupiter, Florida:
Aerial view of Michael and Yvette's wedding (Photo by jeffrealty.com/Getty Images)
The wedding was estimated to cost $10 million. Prieto and Jordan asked their guests to donate to the James R. Jordan Foundation (which is named after Michael's father, who was tragically murdered in 1993) in lieu of gifts. After the ceremony, Yvette and Michael donated the wedding flowers to Jupiter Medical Center.
Prieto and Jordan welcomed twin daughters Ysabel and Victoria on February 9, 2014, and Yvette is stepmother to Jeffrey, Jasmine, and Marcus, Michael's children from his marriage to Juanita Vanoy.
Prenuptial Agreement
When Juanita Jordan first filed for divorce from Michael in 2002, his net worth was $400 million. Michael and Juanita did not have a prenuptial agreement. Four years later when they officially divorced after a reconciliation, Michael paid Juanita $168 million worth of cash and assets.
When Yvette and Michael first began dating he was not quite a billionaire. His net worth was $700 million at the time they married in April 2013. Michael first officially became a billionaire in June 2014.
Before marrying, Yvette Prieto reportedly signed a prenuptial agreement which states that in the event of a divorce, she would receive $1 million per year in support for every year they were married. That figure increased to $5 million per year in future support after they have been married for at least a decade. Otherwise, the two keep all assets that they brought to the marriage, which for Yvette would be a negligible amount.
Real Estate
Yvette and Michael live in a 28,000 square foot mansion in Jupiter, Florida. Jordan built the home, which sits on three acres, for an estimated $20 million (including the price of the lots it was built on). The home includes 11 bedrooms, a pool house, and a basketball court, and it is located in a gated community called The Bear's Club, which was designed by former pro golfer Jack Nicklaus. Michael owns several properties, including homes in Charlotte, Chicago, and Salt Lake City.
