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Shaun White Net Worth, Bio, Girlfriend, and Instagram

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3 years ago

February 7, 2022

White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder who is best known for being a multi-time Olympic Gold Medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. The Shaun White net worth figure is $55 million as of 2022.

olympic gold medalist shaun white celebrates on the podium in 2010 — USA’s gold medalist Shaun White celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony of the men’s snowboard halfpipe event of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 18, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Shaun Roger White
Birth Date / Age	September 3, 1986 / 35 Years Old
Birth Place	San Diego, California, USA
Source of Wealth	Snowboarding
Relationship Status	Dating Nina Dobrev
Height	5 ft. 8 in. / 173 cm.
Net Worth	$55 Million

Shaun Roger White was born in September of 1986 in San Diego, California to parents Roger and Cathy. His father worked for the San Clemente, California water department, while his mother was a waitress.

In fact, his father grew up an avid surfer. White has a pair of older siblings, one brother named Jesse and a sister by the name of Kari. Moreover, their family is of Irish and Italian descent.

The gold medalist was born with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, which required two open-heart operations to fix.

He and his family lived in a van in resort parking lots at times throughout his childhood. Furthermore, he rode the San Bernadino Mountains of Southern Cali growing up.

Originally, White attended Torrey Pines High School before graduating from Carlsbad High in the early 2000s.

olympic snowboarder shaun white celebreates gold medal in 2018 — USA’s Shaun White celebrates winning gold medal in the Men’s Halfpipe Snowboard at the Phoenix Snow Park during day five of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)

Shaun White Net Worth and Career

Unbelievably, White was befriended by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk at the age of nine. Hawk mentored him and helped him turn pro at 16 years old. Even before that, Shaun earned a sponsorship for his snowboarding abilities.

White has been competing in the Winter X-Games since he turned pro, bringing home a medal every year since 2002. In total, he has won 18 medals, including 18 golds.

His first Winter Olympic games came in 2006, and he realized immediate success. There, he won gold in the snowboard Men’s Halfpipe event. Then in 2010, he repeated his gold medal-winning efforts on the Halfpipe. He’d finish fourth in the event at the 2014 Winter games.

In 2018, White returned to his dominance, winning his third Olympic gold medal for the Men’s Halfpipe event. This year, he is competing in his final Olympics at the age of 35.

Notably, White holds the record for the highest score in the Men’s Halfpipe when he scored a 97.75 at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Shaun White Instagram and Twitter

Right now, the snowboarding legend possesses 1.8 million Instagram followers. To go along with that, White has 1.6 million followers on his Twitter account. Additionally, he has 1.2 million fans and 24 million likes on his TikTok page.

Virgil was here. pic.twitter.com/QODHv4G0JF
— Shaun White (@shaunwhite) February 6, 2022

Other Ventures

In 2008, White launched his own video game called Shaun White Snowboarding, which was developed by Ubisoft. He also dropped a sequel as well as a skateboarding game in 2010.

Since 2014, White has owned the Air + Style music, snowboard, and skateboard festival. Two years after that, he bought a minority stake in Mammoth Resorts. Now, he is a part-owner of four different ski areas including Bear Mountain.

In January of 2022, he started his own active lifestyle brand named “Whitespace”. The company will sell outerwear, snowboard hard goods, athletic equipment, and streetwear apparel.

White’s one official run-in with the law came in 2012 when he was arrested for public intoxication and vandalism at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

The athlete has done some generous charitable work throughout his career. Since 2008, he has granted 17 wishes through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Shaun White Girlfriend

White and the Vampire Diaries actress Nina Dobrev first began dating back in 2019. Despite some ups and downs, the two remain a couple as of 2022. Prior to dating Dobrev, Shaun was romantically involved with Sarah Barthel of the band Phantogram from 2013 to 2019.