JENNY THOMPSON
SWIMMER
NET WORTH: $1 MILLION

Jenny Elisabeth Thompson is one of the richest swimmers in history. This true American has gotten numerous awards from the Summer Olympics of 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. That’s over 12 medals, 8 of which were gold. She was quite the competition once submerged underwater — she is just a natural-born swimmer. Throughout the course of her career as a swimmer, she became the United States of America Swimmer of the Year twice, in 1993 and 1998.

This amazing swimmer didn’t only thrive in the world of sports, she also went to Columbia University for her college degree where she became a medical student. Jenny was practically born to swim, in fact, she was able to learn how to swim before learning how to walk. Her mother was her number one motivator who was determined to have Jenny be an expert in this sport that she had the entire family move to Dover, New Hampshire, where Jenny began swimming for the Seacoast Swimming Association. Due to her family’s unwavering support, she became the youngest United States gold medal swimmer at the tender age of 14. Now she is one of the richest athletes in the world.