Vanessa Marie Bryant (born; May 5, 1982) is an American model, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Vanessa Bryant’s net worth is $600 million As of 2022. She is the wife of the late Kobe Bryant, the great NBA star. She is the president and chief executive officer of Granity Studios and a member of the board of directors of Bodyarmor SuperDrink.They founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation to support child athletes who are in need.
She accumulated her net worth as an heir to her husband Kobe Bryant and her various works in business and modeling. She is the president and CEO of Gravity Studios, a multimedia studio for making sport-based video content in a unique way.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Vanessa Bryant was born Vanessa Cornejo Urbieta on May 5, 1982, in Huntington Beach, California, to Mexican parents. She was three years old when her parents divorced and her mother, Sophia Urbieta, raised her by herself, holding two jobs at once. In 1990, Sophia married Stephen Laine, whose surname Vanessa took in 2000 despite not being officially adopted by Laine. She has an older sister named Sophie.
She took her education from Marina High School. Before Marina High School, she attended St. Boniface Parochial. Her early relationship with the famous basketball player Kobe Bryant made her a popular person, and she faced a lot of questions during her education.
Hence to stay away from unnecessary limelight, she left her school last year and completed her education through an independent study program at her home. Vanessa Bryant completed her honors in the year 2000.
PERSONAL LIFE
As a teenager, Vanessa Bryant met Kobe Bryant who was pursuing a side career in music back then, while filming for a music video for the hip-hop group, Tha Eastsidaz, as a backup dancer. Soon enough, he was sending roses to Marina High where she studied, and picking her up after school. On her 18th birthday, the pair made the news of their engagement public. They married on April 18, 2001.
Kobe’s parents, his siblings, other members of his immediate family, and even his teammates at the Lakers did not attend the ceremony. Later, his father and former NBA star Joe “Jellybean” Bryant would admit in an interview that they disapproved of their son’s choice of a bride. Kobe later revealed that it was because she was a Latina. The birth of Vanessa and Kobe’s first daughter, Natalia Diamante, in January 2003, healed some of these wounds.
After her marriage to Kobe Bryant, Vanessa Bryant’s personality evolved over time. Earlier she was a fiercely guarded individual. Initially, following Kobe’s announcement of their engagement, she was overwhelmed by the television news crews at her doorstep and the helicopters hovering over her school. She even quit school to avoid being swept over by the media frenzy and received her degree independently. But, later on, it was a completely different story. She was the embodiment of a perfect sports star wife; she attended games and accompanied her husband to social events.
Vanessa Bryant gave birth to their second daughter, Giana Maria-Onore, in 2006. She filed for divorce on December 16, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple appealed for joint custody of their two daughters. However, on January 11, 2013, they revealed on social media—she on Instagram, he on Facebook—that they have called off the divorce proceedings. Their third daughter, Bianka Bella, was born in 2016. and in January 2019 the Bryants announced they were expecting a fourth daughter. Their fourth and last child, named Capri Kobe, was born in June 2019.
On January 26, 2020, Bryant’s husband and their daughter Gigi died in the Calabasas helicopter crash. She sued Los Angeles County for invasion of privacy and negligence due to taking pictures of the victims of the crash and improperly sharing them. A trial was set for February 22, 2022. In August 2022, she was awarded $16 million in damages related to the photos in the trial. Vanessa Bryant will donate the proceeds of the multi-million dollar payout she received from her lawsuit against Los Angeles County to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation.
CAREER
Vanessa Bryant started her career as a model. She worked as a model for many famous modeling agencies. According to the sources, she has also appeared in various modeling events and shows. In the year 2009, she also made her appearance at the Wedding of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Apart from this, she has also served the position of a prop supervisor in the movie ‘Colombiana’. Not only this, but she has also worked in the movie Man on Fire. Apart from her modeling career, Vanessa is also a successful businesswoman and runs her own fashion websites.
NET WORTH
As of 2022, Vanessa Bryant’s net worth is $600 million. She accumulated her net worth as an heir to her husband Kobe Bryant and her various works in business and modeling. She is the president and CEO of Gravity Studios, a multimedia studio for making sport-based video content in a unique way.
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