Supermodel Kate Upton: Meet Justin Verlander's wife, who is worth a reported $280 million

Justin Verlander is on the brink of possibly winning the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. He has lived a long career and at 39 years of age, he might get his second title after winning it back in 2017 against Los Angeles Dodgers. Justin has been an All-Star a total of 9 times, he's been the American League's strikeout leader a total of 5 times and even won the coveted Triple Crown in 2011. We are clearly in front of a true baseball prodigy but his greatest achievement was meeting his wife, supermodel Kate Upton.

There are rare cases in which an elite-level athlete is less successful and less famous than his wife, such is the case of Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen. Kate Upton has been one of the most successful supermodels for the last decade. Her rise to stardom happened when she became the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue all the way back in 2012. Since then, she has been the magazine's covergirl in 2013 and 2017. Making her a fan-favorite without question.

Kate Upton's net-worth is bigger than Justin Verlander's

Due to all the modeling gigs and her career in Hollywood, Kate Upton has managed to amass an insane net-worth that has even surpassed that of her husband's. Verlander is wirth an estimated $150 million against Kate Upton's staggering $280 million. Kate also has a sporting pedigree as a daughter of a Texas state tennis champion and a high school athletics director. You could say she was almost destined to end up married with a pro-level athlete.

But the most interesting part of all this is her family inheritance. To those who didn't know, Kate Upton's grandfather was the co-founder of appliance manufacturer and marketer Whirlpool Corporation. This means that there may come a time in which the supermodel boasts an even greater fortune due to the inheritance she gets from this company. Just like that, they are easily amongst the top power couples in American sports and entertainment.

When did Verlander and Upton meet?

It happened all the way back in 2012, when Upton was fresh out of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover. They spent a year dating in private before going public in 2013 and split for a brief period. However, they got back together in 2016 and Verlander finally popped the question in 2016. Even though there is a 19-year age gap between them, they have been married ever since and they even share a daughter together. Which power couple do you like the most?

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