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Gregg Leakes Net Worth: How Rich Was Nene Leakes’ Husband?

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3 years ago

November 6, 2021

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Gregory Leon Leakes, who is simply known as Gregg Leakes, is an American real estate investor. As of 2022, Gregg Leakes net worth is estimated to be around $4 million.

Though Gregg has been very successful as a real estate investor, a lot of people know him because of his appearances in the hit reality television series called The Real Housewives of Atlanta where his wife NeNe Leakes appeared for 12 years since 2008. Though Gregg wasn’t among the main cast of the show, he did have several appearances being NeNe’s husband which led to his fan following. Gregg died at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer.

Full Name	Gregory Leon Leakes
Birth Date	August 18, 1954
Birth Place	New York, New York, United States
Profession	Real Estate Investor
Relationship Status	Married
Net Worth	$4 million

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Early Life

Not many details have been mentioned to date regarding the early life of Gregg Leakes. This may be because Gregg is not as open to the media as his wife NeNe.

Gregg Leakes Net Worth and Career

Gregg Leakes started out as a self-taught businessman. His area of expertise is in real estate where he has built a career as an investor. Furthermore, because of his experience, Gregg is also seen consulting real estate projects. The Real Housewives of Atlanta became the show through which most people came to be aware of him as his wife NeNe was a key part of the series.

It is not clear whether Gregg directly got financial incentives for featuring in the show but it did help to increase his own visibility as a real estate investor. Furthermore, as the couple’s popularity grew, they also participated in other shows including MasterChef Celebrity Showdown as well as appearances in Bethenny and Watch What Happens: Live.

Personal Life

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Gregg Leakes first met his partner Linnethia Johnson, who is known by the nickname NeNe in 1996. During this time, NeNe was working as an exotic dancer which is when they first met. Within a year of dating, the two decided to get married. Two years later, they had a son too. However, over the years their relationship started to degrade which was also evident from some of the shows of The Real Housewives. This led to their divorce in 2011.

But, their relationship would have a fresh beginning after the two came to a common point about any differences they had. This led to Gregg proposing to NeNe for the second time in his life during the New Year of 2013. After a couple of months, they got married and have been together ever since then.

Aside from his son with NeNe, Gregg also has five children from his previous relationships which Gregg hasn’t disclosed many details about.

Gregg is currently going through a very tough phase in his life as he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2018. He has had to go through chemotherapy multiple times since then. For some time in 2019, Gregg was able to gain some good news after he was declared cancer-free.

However, it came back and he had to undergo another surgery. Gregg has also overcome from having a criminal background as in the past he has been arrested on different charges which include writing bad cheques as well as committing assault.