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Yvette Prieto Once Bid Adieu to $2.5 Trillion Industry After Starting a Family With Billionaire Beau Michael Jordan

Published 03/11/2024, 12:29 PM EDT

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Yvette Prieto, the wife of legendary basketball player Michael Jordan might only be known to the general public after her marriage. But before starting a family with the NBA legend, she already was working in the fashion industry. According to research reports by Euromonitor and McKinsey, the estimated revenue of the industry is between $1.7 trillion and $2.5 trillion in 2021.

According to Nicki Swift’s YouTube channel, Yvette Prieto’s journey in the fashion world is impressive. “Eventually, the fashion world came knocking, and Prieto began to build an impressive career as a model. Despite her 5-foot-6-inch height, the mother of two has appeared in several fashion magazines and even posed for the likes of Alexander Wang.”

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It was just not the fashion world that Prieto tried her hand in. Swift’s video also highlights: “After graduating from college she worked for her parent’s company, a hospital, as well as in the real estate market.” Though the pair has kept a low profile since their marriage, there are occasional days when they are captured by cameras. Nowadays, Prieto has left her modeling days behind her. Although she makes the occasional appearance at public events in the fashion world. Yvette Prieto may have more money than many people know what to do with.”

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How Yvette Prieto is helping Michael Jordan be better

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Jordan has a sense of business acumen from the very beginning. His partnership with Nike is just one of a kind. So how does Yvette Prieto help him? John Salley, friend of Jordan, provided an interesting insight about the pair on the Club Shay Shay podcast in 2022. He said, “his new wife is is the bomb too because it her making him do normal things yeah it’s dope that’s good for him right you know.”

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Jordan’s recent love for golf is well known. Nowadays there is a chance you will find a glimpse of legend on the golf course before the basketball court. Prieto’s influence in building Grove XXIII is well documented in various reports.

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Per Nicki Swift’s YouTube channel, Yvette Prieto currently is not just a stay-at-home wife. “However, the former model does occasionally dabble in charitable work, and she and her husband have focused particularly on the James R. Jordan Foundation. This non-profit aims to help give funding to local youth and families in need.” The couple during their wedding gave back to society via their charity, “When they asked guests to make a charitable donation to the foundation”, in lieu of a wedding gift.

Read More: Years Before Lavish $3 Billion Lifestyle, Michael Jordan’s Wife Yvette Prieto Once Suffered Bankruptcy

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Pranav Kotai is an NBA beat writer at EssentiallySports. With a master's in sports management and a lifelong passion for basketball, Pranav has an eye for understanding NBA like no other. Pranav is an open encyclopedia of all storylines, with a well-rounded approach to his writing, especially for his favorites like NBA legends Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley.
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