Jeff Gordon Net Worth : $200 Million
Date of Birth: | Aug 4, 1971 (51 years old) |
Place of Birth: | Vallejo |
Gender: | Male |
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Profession: | Voice Actor, Race car driver, Actor |
Nationality: | United States of America |
What is Jeff Gordon’s net worth and Salary?
Jeff Gordon is an American former professional NASCAR racing driver, currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR, and a top executive for Hendrick Motorsport. As of this writing, Jeff Gordon’s net worth is $200 million dollars. He is one of the highest-paid NASCAR drivers of all time, having earned over $500 million in winnings and endorsements.
Early Life
Jeff Gordon was born on August 4, 1971, in Vallejo, California to parents Carol Ann and William. He has an older sister named Kim. Gordon’s mother and father divorced when he was six months old. His mother remarried in the 1970s to a man named John Bickford. Gordon started racing his BMX bike he received from his stepfather when he was five years old. By the time he was the ripe old age of six, he had won 35 main events and set five track records. In 1979, when he was eight, he won 51 races. When he was 11, he won all 25 races he entered. Then he got bored with that and took up waterskiing. That only lasted a year and in 1986, he started racing sprint cars and won three races. Gordon graduated from Tri-West Hendricks High School in Indiana in 1989. He was on the high school cross country team.
Career
Jeff won the Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup) Championship in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001. In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Jeff has over 90 wins and more than 445 top tens. In the Nationwide Series, he has more than five wins with 32 top-ten finishes. Gordon got his start in professional racing in the Busche Series. He started full time racing in the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He won the Daytona 500 in 1997, 1999, and 2005. His 93 career wins land him at third on the all-time Winston Cup wins list, which is the most in NASCAR’s modern era from 1972 to the present. His 81 pole positions make him the leader of all active drivers. He holds a NASCAR record with at least one pole position in 23 consecutive seasons. He is considered to be one of the best NASCAR drivers of all time by a number of outlets and fans of the sport.
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