Introduction

Lil Dicky is an American professional rapper and comedian with an estimated net worth of $15 Million.

Net Worth History

When we first began researching Lil Dicky’s net worth in 2020, he was estimated to be worth $8 million. Since then, his album, Professional Rapper, has been certified platinum by the RIAA, and he’s nearing 2.5 billion views on YouTube. Unfortunately, it appears that his growth has stalled over the past year. Lil Dicky went through a stage where all of his official music videos were reaching tens of millions of views on the platform, but in the past two years, his videos have been hitting a hard cap of 3 million at best. Based on our recent estimates, Lil Dicky’s net worth is currently in the ballpark of $15 Million.

Before Wealth & Fame

Growing up, Lil Dicky was the class clown, and initially aspired to become a comedian. In fact, he only started rapping as a way to boost his resume for comedy and TV writing. He received a degree in business and marketing from the University of Richmond and moved to San Francisco to intern at the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners advertising agency. While working at the company, Lil Dicky was responsible for creating various marketing campaigns, including an NBA advertisement which featured Blake Griffin. 

Music Career 

Lil Dicky had zero formal training in music production, and initially learnt how to produce music through YouTube tutorials. His debut single, “Ex-Boyfriend”, was released in 2013 and racked up 1 million views in its first 24 hours on YouTube. A year later, he launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund his debut mixtape “So Hard”.

Based on the amount pledged, backers received different rewards, including signed albums, custom clothing, and one-on-one Skype calls with LD. Some of the more unusual rewards included a night out or lunch date with the rapper, featuring in one of his music videos, or calling the person’s ex to let them know how much of a mistake they made. The campaign had a target of $70,000 but generated $113,017 from 2,813 backers.

Although the mixtape had already released, Lil Dicky mentioned that he’d spent his entire life savings to produce it, and had also just left his fulltime job. That same year, following the success of the Kickstart Campaign, he released his second mixtape, “Hump Days.”

Lil Dicky’s breakthrough came in 2015 with the release of his debut studio album, Professional Rapper. The album included a single of the same name, featuring Snoop Dogg, as well as other tracks such as “Save Dat Money,” featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan, and “Personality,“ featuring T-Pain. This is the only studio album Lil Dicky has released to date, and has since been certified platinum in the United States, selling over a million copies.

Undoubtedly, the most popular single of his career was 2018’s “Freaky Friday”, featuring Chris Brown. The music video has since been viewed over 756 million times, and the single has sold more than 5 million copies in the United States alone.

Real Estate

In December 2023, Lil Dicky purchased a 5,600-square-foot house in Studio City for $6.3 million. It was the longtime home of musician Kenny G, who bought the house in 2007 for $2.85 million and sold it in 2021.

Highlights 

Here are some of the best highlights of Lil Dicky’s career: 

• Too High (Song, 2013) 
• Pillow Talking (Song, 2015) 
• Professional Rapper Album, 2015) 
• Freaky Friday (Song, 2018) 

Introduction

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player with an estimated net worth of $25 Million.

Although she retired in 2007, she has intermittently returned to the professional circuit to continue dominating the game.

Before Wealth & Fame

Growing up, Martina’s parents divorced when she was six years old. She and her mother left Czechoslovakia in 1987 and emigrated to Switzerland when she was seven years old. Since her parents were tennis players, Martina began playing the sport at a young age, entering her first tournament at the age of four.

In 1993, Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title at the Girls’ Singles French Open.

Tennis Career 

Martina Hingis made her WTA debut in 1994 at the Zurich Open and was ranked No. 87 in the world by the end of the year. She continued to find success in 1996, when she became the youngest grand slam champion of all time, winning the Wimbledon doubles with Helena Sukova.

In the same year, Hingis also won her first professional singles title in Filderstadt, Germany, and became the World No. 1 women’s tennis player in 1997. Hingis then became the youngest Grand Slam Singles winner at the Australian Open when she was just 16, before defeating Venus Williams at the US Open.

In 1998, Hingis won all four Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, becoming only the fourth woman in tennis history to do so. During this season, she also became the third woman to hold the No. 1 ranking in both doubles and singles simultaneously. Hingis won her third consecutive Australian Open with partner Anna Kournikova. She then reached the French Open final but lost to Steffi Graf in the second set.

In 2001, Hingis played with Roger Federer for Switzerland, which allowed the team to win the Hopman Cup. While she continued to play well, in 2003, she announced her first retirement due to injuries and pain that prevented her from performing at her best.

However, she did return in 2005, but she wouldn’t win another Grand Slam until 2015, when she won the Wimbledon doubles title and the US Open doubles title. Hingis won her fifth Australian Open doubles title in 2016 and her third US Open doubles title in 2017 before officially retiring for the final time.

Prize Money

According to the official WTA website, Martina Hingis earned approximately $24.75 million in prize money during her professional tennis career. She currently ranks as the 17th highest-earning female player from winnings alone. We went ahead and calculated Martina’s annual winnings, along with some of her most notable tournament earnings, thanks to data from the Women’s Tennis Association.

Early Career Winnings

In perhaps one of the fastest starts to a career we’ve ever seen while researching tennis players, by the second year of her career, Martina Hingis was already earning seven figures annually. For her first year as a professional, in 1995, Hingis earned approximately $186,567. This was also the year that she became the youngest player ever to win a match at a Grand Slam event. One year later, she earned roughly $1.33 million in prize money, signaling her arrival in the sport. She reached the semi-finals of the US Open, which likely contributed significantly to the $1.33 million.

Peak Annual Prize Money

In 1997, her winnings skyrocketed to $3.4 million, thanks to winning three of the four major Grand Slam tournaments. That year, her highest paydays from tournaments included:

• US Open (1st) – $650,000
• Wimbledon (1st) – $596,106
• Australian Open (1st) – $428,126
• French Open (2nd) – $336,651

While $3.4 million was a lot of money in 1997, this would not be the highest-earning year of Hingis’ career. For the next couple of years, she won $2.76 million and $2.94 million in prize money, which brings us to the year 2000. Despite not winning any major Grand Slam events that year, she placed high in most of them, with a runner-up finish at the Australian Open and a semifinal finish at the French Open. However, her biggest earnings for the year were due to other tournament wins, such as the Miami Open, for which she received $350,000. She also earned $166,000 for winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open and $166,000 for winning the Canadian Open.

Late Career Prize Money

In the 2000s, Martina’s annual winnings began to decline, reaching $1.77 million in 2001 and $1.47 million in 2002. She also took several breaks from the sport and was never able to regain her previous form. As an active player, her earnings dropped as low as $20,604 in 2013. However, she concluded her career on a strong note, earning $1.51 million in prize money for her final year in competition.

Endorsements

During the 90s, Hingis was sponsored by Sergio Tacchini, but after suffering a foot injury, she sued the company for defective shoes, earning an undisclosed amount of money from a settlement. From 1999 to 2008, Hingis was sponsored by Adidas for an undisclosed amount.

Personal Life

Martina Hingis married Thibault Hutin, a French equestrian show jumper, in 2010; however, by 2013, the pair had separated and ultimately divorced. In 2018, Hingis married Harald Leemann, a sports physician, and together they have a daughter, Lia, who was born in 2019.

Hingis isn’t just talented on the tennis court; she is also multilingual, speaking Swiss German, German, English, French, and Czech fluently.

How Does Martina Hingis Spend Her Money?

Martina Hingis may be one of the richest tennis players in the world, but she prefers to live a relatively simple and low-profile lifestyle. While she could easily afford a sprawling mansion, she instead lives in a relatively unassuming home on Lake Zurich in Switzerland.

However, while her home may not exude luxury, she has invested a significant amount of money in one of her greatest passions: equestrian sports. Since stepping away from tennis, Martina has built her own small horse stable in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, where six stalls house the horses she enters in regional jumping competitions.

Although we don’t know how much she has spent on all of her horses, they can be incredibly costly. A single horse can cost upwards of $6,000 per year to keep. That also does not include the cost of purchase, which, depending on the type of horse, can range from thousands to millions.

Summary 

Martina Hingis is considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Thanks to her skills on the court, she has earned a fortune. Although she first retired in 2007, she still sporadically returns to the court to prove that she still has what it takes to be the world’s number one.

Introduction

Mary Pierce is a Canadian retired professional tennis player with an estimated net worth of $14 Million.

Quick Facts

• Earned approximately $9.79 million in prize money during her career
• Peak annual winnings of $2.13 million in 2005

Early Life 

Mary Caroline Pierce was born January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada, to Yannick Adjaj and Jim Pierce. Her mother is French, and her father is American, which qualifies her for citizenship in France, the United States, and Canada.

Growing up, Mary was raised in the United States and started playing tennis at the age of 10. She became the youngest American player to make her professional tour debut at the age of 14.

Tennis Career 

Mary Pierce won her first WTA Tour singles title in 1991, and two years later, she filed a restraining order against her father for verbal abuse against her and her opponents.

In 1994, Mary reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the French Open, and the following year won her first Grand Slam at the Australian Open. While the next couple of years saw a number of setbacks, in 1997, she returned to the Australian Open, but was defeated by Martina Hingis in straight sets.

Pierce managed to win her second Grand Slam doubles title in 2000 at the French Open, where she became the first French woman to claim the title since 1967. Four years later, Pierce defeated Maria Sharapova at the US Open but lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.

In 2006, her first tournament was the Australian Open, but she lost quickly in the second round and, due to injuries, was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon and the French Open. Although she made a recovery, she was unable to find victory at the US, Luxembourg, or Zurich Opens, despite playing well at the beginning of each tournament. Pierce suffered a torn knee ligament in 2006, and while she was forced to miss the rest of the season, she stated she wasn’t ready to retire.

Despite her determination to continue, she never played another match but did make an appearance at the 2007 French Open, where an avenue was named in her honor. While she never played again, she did become one of only three women, including Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic, to win both the championship and the wooden spoon at a Grand Slam tournament.

Prize Money

Mary Pierce earned enough during her career to be considered one of the world’s wealthiest tennis players, and this ranking she retains today. According to the official WTA website, Pierce earned a total of $9.79 million in prize money during her career. We’ve researched her winnings for individual years to understand how Mary’s earnings progressed throughout her career. Unfortunately, we were unable to confirm exact figures for four years (1992-1995), but we know that Pierce earned roughly $3 million during this period.

Early Career Winnings

Between 1989 and 1991, the three years prior, Mary Pierce began her career with modest winnings of just $8,000, which increased to $91,653 by 1991. In 1995, we know that Pierce won in the ballpark of $680,000 that year, primarily thanks to her $299,196 payday for winning the Australian Open. Her earnings dropped to $195,570 the following year, but bounced back to the $650,000 level from 1997 to 1998. 

Highest-Earning Years

During the remainder of Pierce’s career, from 2000 through 2006, her annual winnings fluctuated quite significantly, typically ranging between $80,000 and $300,000 for five of the seven years. However, two years stand out in particular: 2000 and 2005. In the former, she earned approximately $1.21 million from prize money, of which almost 50% ($579,000) was gained from winning the 2000 French Open. She also won the Family Circle Cup that year, which contributed an additional $166,000 to her winnings.

On the other hand, 2005 is the highest-earning year of Mary Pierce’s career, according to prize money records. She earned approximately $2.13 million from tournaments that year, including three paydays in the ballpark of half a million dollars. Pierce’s most lucrative tournaments in 2005 were as follows:

1. US Open (1st) – $501,849
2. WTA Finals (2nd) – $500,000
3. French Open (2nd) – $497,813
4. Ladies Kremlin Cup (1st) – $189,000
5. Acura Classic (1st) – $189,000

Personal Life

Mary Pierce was briefly engaged to Roberto Alomar in 1999 and later to Air France pilot Emmanuel Ades, but ultimately broke off both engagements. Although Mary had a difficult relationship with her father, the pair did reconcile shortly before she retired, an event she attributes to her conversion to Christianity.

Awards & Achievements

Here are some of Mary Pierce’s greatest career achievements:

• Pierce won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 1995.
• In 1997, Pierce won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
• Pierce won four titles in 1998: the Paris Indoor event, the Kremlin Cup, the Luxembourg Open, and the Amelia Island Championships.
• In 2000, Pierce won her second Grand Slam singles title at the French Open.
• Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (2019)

How Does Mary Pierce Spend Her Money?

Since stepping away from the court, Mary Pierce has set up shop not in an expensive city but on the small island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. She now enjoys living an unassuming life on the island but doesn’t flaunt her wealth.

There are no mentions of her having an extraordinarily lavish house, and instead, it appears she dedicates much of her time to the Black River church in her local community. However, she still remains active in tennis, coaching her siblings, Emmanuelle and Amaury de Beer, whom she hopes will make it onto ITF satellite tours.

Aside from this, we know that she often goes boating with her friends on the turquoise waters surrounding Mauritius, though there is no info on whether she rents or owns her boat.

Summary 

Mary Pierce is a highly accomplished former professional tennis player who has earned millions for her talents on the court. Although she retired in 2007, she remains active in the sport as a coach and member of the ITF Tennis Board of Directors.