What is Vanessa Rousso's Net Worth?
Vanessa Rousso is a French American professional poker player who has a net worth of $6 million. Vanessa Rousso was born in White Plains, New York in February 1983. Her family moved to France when she was 3. She graduated as the valedictorian of her high school in Florida and maintained a 4.0 GPA. She graduated from Duke University and studied game theory. She started playing poker when she was five years old. She is a dual citizen of the United States and France. She is a member of Team PokerStars and also a spokesperson for GoDaddy.com.
Vanessa became a professional poker player in 2005. She has earned over $3 million playing poker. She won more than $700,000 finishing 2nd in the World Championship of Online Poker in 2007. Her earnings put her in the top five women in poker history. She was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She has taught poker to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women. Vanessa was formerly married to fellow poker player Chad Brown. Her poker nicknames are Lady Maverick and Pokerness.