Raymond van Barneveld Net Worth
Raymond van Barneveld belong to the richest professional darts players. His total winnings during his entire career in this sport are approximately $4 million in prize money. He earned also a lot of money from endorsement deals. As of 2015, his net worth is estimated to be around $5 million. Let’s take a look how he achieved such a fortune.
Raymond was born 20 April 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands. He started competing when he was only seventeen years old and slowly made his way to the top. Today, he belongs to the world’s elite measured by number of titles as well as prize money. The time he invested into learning darts surely paid off.
In 1995, van Barneveld married his long-term girlfriend Sylvia. She gave birth to their two daughters and one son. He has a charitable nature and even released charity single with Chas Hodges. It was sold on iTunes and all money went to Haven House Children’s Hospice. That was very nice of him.
List of his accomplishments is really long. We can mention for example winning the PDC World Cup of Darts twice. Interesting fact, Raymond is naturally left-handed but throws darts with his right hand. His friends know him under nickname Barney. His famous walk-on music is Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.