Vanessa Rousso Net Worth
Professional poker player and television star Vanessa Rousso won over $3.5 million in poker games during her career. But her income sources include also advertisement contracts from companies like GoDaddy and salaries for appearance on various reality show. As of 2016, Rousso’s total net worth is slightly over $4 million.
Vanessa was born on February 5, 1983 in White Plains, New York. She received a college degree in economics from Duke University in a record time of only two and a half years. After that she studied at the University of Miami School of Law with Chaplin Scholarship. Although she never finished the law school her professional poker career skyrocketed.
She did not only amass a huge sum in the winnings but also met her future husband Chad Brown, while playing poker. They got married in 2009 and stayed together, while Chad was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, large liposarcoma in his abdomen. They separated in 2012 and Vanessa recently announced that she’s engaged to her girlfriend Melissa Ouellet.
Rousso starred on Million Dollar Challenge and posed for Sports Illustrated Magazine wearing a cutoff wetsuit top and bikini bottom. In 2015, Rousso was announced to be one of houseguests on 17th season of reality series Big Brother. This further increased her net worth and fame.
