Victor Espinoza Net Worth
Famous American jockey Victor Espinoza belongs to the best paid men in his line of work. Espinoza’s net worth is amazing $4 million as of 2015. He was number 8 at National Earnings List for Jockeys for 2014. In some of the previous years, Victor was even third best paid jockey according the same list. His salary is truly generous.
Besides basic salary, jockeys are usually paid also 10% of the winnings of the horse they rode. When Espinoza won Tripple Crown in 2015 while riding on American Pharaoh, he was entitled to 10% of $800,000 winning. Instead he showed a lot of heart when he donated the whole sum to the pediatric cancer research center City of Hope. How nice of him.
Espinoza can easily afford such generous donations. His net worth is already stellar and he’s at the peak of his career. Who would believe that he was born into a poor Mexican family with eleven siblings. When he was a teenager, he had to take a job as a bus driver in Mexico City to be able to pay for jockey school. This investment into his education and training more than paid off.
Victor holds several records. He’s the first Latino jockey that ever won Tripple Crown and also the oldest one. He was 43 years old at the time of his spectacular victory. But we are sure that for Espinoza is much more than about money or gold medal. It’s a fulfillment of a lifelong dream. We congratulate him.
