The Florida Gators have a star-studded roster, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention its tour de resistance, Leanne Wong. In 2024, she reached the finals as the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Champion. From proving her worth in the 2016 Women’s Junior Olympic National Championships to achieving laurels in the Core Hydration Classic 2024, Leanne Wong encapsulates greatness at a nascent age, like most other gymnasts. Over time, she’s ventured into the business realm as well by successfully owing and manning a company.
Currently, Wong’s only priority regarding her career is to make her dream come true by representing the USA Team at the Paris Olympics 2024,. Leanne Wong’s entrepreneurial side is something not many are privy to tho, so it begets the question. How much moolah has she earned thus far?
What is Leanne Wong’s worth?
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Leanne Wong’s bowtique business itself is her claim to monetary fame, with half her earnings just from that business venture alone. Wong comes from a decent family background where her parents, Marco Wong and Bee Ding, have prosperous careers in research. Her family has a strong emphasis on education, which is why Wong’s favorite subject is also science, like her parents, who are research scientists by trade and profession. Despite her family background, Wong chose to explore a different field, straying into a path less trodden. She not only pursued of her dream of becoming an athlete but also followed her passion for crafting bows.
According to the sources, the gymnast’s net worth is approximately between $1 million and $5 million, accumulated from her gymnastics career and her business/side hustle. Despite her wealth, she prefers to maintain a simple lifestyle. Besides her gymnastic career, she enjoys cooking, swimming, and is involved with charity like Breast Cancer Awareness, Charity Water, Toys for Tots and Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
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Leanne Wong is also a businesswoman who started a small business in December 2021. Her business, Leanne Wong Bowtique, where she sells bows, grew rapidly in a very short span of time.
During high school, she became interested in fashion and interior design and choose it as an elective. In the class, they were taught to design outfits, and she learned to make bows, leading to her extrapolating her talent into her business fold. She enjoyed wearing bows during her gymnastics practices, received positive feedback, and decided to sell them online. But that’s not all. She has a more diversified repertoire as well.
Major brand endorsements of the gymnast unveiled
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The 20-year-old Leanne Wong is an ascending on the annals of social media. As the founder and CEO of the Leanne Wong Bowtique, she routinely has to collaborate with high end brands and apparels alike. Her business covers various industries beyond gymnastics including, food and beverage (Sanzo Sparkling Water, Core Hydration, Campbell’s Chunky Soup, Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt), product (Icy Hot), clothing (GK Elite Sportswear), service (College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving) and in nutrition with (Quest Nutrition) proving her NIL repertoire.
Leanne Wong had once quipped that-“I am incredibly thankful for the rule changes and Name, Image, and Likeliness (NIL). Without NIL, I wouldn’t be able to have my business and be competing in both college and elite gymnastics. There are financial parts of my life, but my parents help me manage the money with investments and growth. I recently started investing in a 401K because of my bow business.” With keeping her professional as well as her entrepreneurial side ignited, what’s going to be her mindset going into Paris? Time will tell.