Interesting posts 1.
I would have assumed that guys like Jay and Ronnie would have 5-15 million before reading this thread. Clearly these guys have made a lot more than a million dollars in their lifetime, but perhaps they haven't been able to keep a hold of it? I guess I assume too much based on my own experiences. My dad was able to accumulate at least 1-2 million dollars just on an average tech-industry salary (100k or so per year at the time of his retirement) and some smart investment choices (building his own house for 75k, which is now worth almost a million)... most of my friends' parents / families have similar stories and backgrounds, and they're all just "average people" to me... to think that these superstars of the bodybuilding world wouldn't even be able to make as much as the people I'm around on a daily basis is mind-boggling.
Cephis,
Rest assured in the fact that I could be dead wrong in my assumptions. I know of mainly a handful of IFBB pros and their finances (Namely Victor Martinez and a few others in NYC).
Truth be told, maybe Ronnie and Jay managed to accumulate that kind of wealth, but I highly doubt it.
MindSpin, who is extremely well-versed in ALL matters of this industry said it best..
If there are any, they did not make their millions from bodybuilding. Hope that helps.
In my experience, the ones who had the MOST money did so from activities that were clearly unrelated to bodybuilding.
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