For the first time in history, the annual list of Forbes He recorded that the number of billionaires in the world had exceeded 3,000. Leading that list is Elon Musk, who recovered the position three years later thanks to a fortune that amounts to 342,000 million dollars, according to the classification of the publication. It is followed by other recognized personalities of the technological world such as Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, and other rich (although not as much as they) such as Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift. But it also includes unknown names for many, such as that of businessman Antony Ressler, to whom the magazine estimates a fortune of 11,000 million dollars thanks to the companies it manages. An economic empire in which it is not alone. Next to him is his wife, actress Jami Gertz, who became known for her roles in Hidden young people (1987), American dream blow (1987) y Twister (1996).
Despite having been away from the screen – his last major project, What neighbors!, Data 2014—, the name of Jami Gertz (Chicago, 59 years old) has once again occupied the headlines in recent weeks. The reason? Celebrity Net Worth, website specialized in informing about the fortunes of celebrities, estimates that the actress has a heritage that amounts to $ 12,000 million. A figure that has surprised many considering that he has placed it as the richest interpreter of Hollywood, above stars such as Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger or George Clooney.
But is she who has managed to knead that fortune or is it directly linked to that of her husband? She herself gave an answer to that question in 2018 in an interview with The Hollywood Reporterthe only one they have given together at this time: “Everyone believes that I married a rich guy. But I earned more money, much more money, than Tony when I met him. I paid our first house. I paid our first vacation. I married him because I fell in love with him.” However, the aforementioned website clarifies that although it has had a successful career by itself, its current fortune is thanks to the fruitful marriage and business with Tony Ressler.
His career as an actress began in 1981 in Lester the roguealthough it was a secondary role that had little importance. During the 1980s and nineties of the last century, his participation in films and series was very common. It was in 1986, at the top of his popularity, when she met the one who would become her husband three years later. Gertz’s publicist introduced Ressler during an organized dinner at her home in Los Angeles. “I only knew that I was an active actress. I did not know her,” said the businessman in the aforementioned interview with the media and television media. At that time, he worked for Drexel Burnham Lambert, a bank that would fall in bankruptcy years later. “It was a good guy with work, which is what any Jewish girl would like. I would have been well that she was a doctor or lawyer, but a banker was also very good,” she said, who at the time had recurrent papers in popular comedies like Seinfeld y Ally McBeal “Thank you the latter, she was nominated for an Emmy in 2001 in the category of best guest actress in a comedy series.
They married in 1989, at which time the marriage decided to move her life to Los Angeles: she would be closer to Hollywood and he, after the bankruptcy of Drexel, understood that it was a city where she could prosper in business. And he was not wrong. In 1990, he co -founded the private capital firm Global Apollo and seven years later launched Ares Management. “We are the most incredible investment firm in the history of the universe,” he launched in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In other words, he acquires companies in economic difficulties at bargain prices to reverse his fortune.
But let’s go back to Gertz’s story. When the papers began to scarce, as of 2010, the actress understood that it was time to step back and, taking advantage of her knowledge of the industry, founded her own producer, Lime Orchard Productions. “You reach an age when you lower your rhythm and jobs are a bit difficult to get. So I decided to invest money in your own project,” he said in The Hollywood Reporter. But he did not have the expected success: he invested millions of dollars from his own account and lost everything. In fact, during the next five years they barely produced a successful film: A better life (In 2011), which earned an Oscar nomination as best actor to Demián Bichir.
This is, in fact, the only business that has not prospered with marriage, which shares three children in common, in addition to a great passion for basketball. This sport has always been part of their lives, so much that as the projects were successful they began to think about having their own team. “Wouldn’t it be great? Wasn’t it fun? At some point, it came true,” recalled the actress. In June 2015, Ressler and the legend of the NBA Grant Hill united strength to bid and take the property of the Atlanta Hawks, after some racist messages of the then owner were made public. Since then, they have built a sports medicine center and have remodeled the stadium thanks to their millionaire investments. It is she who lets himself be seen publicly as a representation of the property and is the visible face in parties and official acts of the team. “Jami intervenes in many aspects of the business that I did not appreciate,” said the businessman. This became the Ambassador of the Atlanta Hawks, a non -popular decision among the NBA managers, who preferred that this position was occupied by a legend of the team.
Dedicated to the management of the team, the performance is no longer a priority for her: “I thought it was the natural moment to take a rest of the performance. It is difficult to even say it aloud because I love what I do. He has given me so many beautiful things in life, he has taught me a lot about myself and the world around me.” Marriage also has a minority participation in the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
The Milmillonaria couple has also had time for solidarity. Together they founded in 2004 the PAINmed Turtle camp, a free organization for children with serious medical conditions and that allows them to be free in a unique environment. She is also part of the Board of Directors of Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest worldwide profit organization centered on research on skin cancer. In 2012, they became the marriage of celebrities That more money donated, about 10 million dollars, through the Ressler-Gertz Foundation.
The history of the actress is from that of a film. Very few may remember their participations in Hollywood projects, but she has followed her way as a solidarity woman who does not seek the attention of the press.
