Last updated: August 2026
| Net Worth | $400 million (estimated) |
| Born | February 10, 1955 (age 71), Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia |
| Profession | Professional Golfer / Businessman |
| Nationality | 🇦🇺 Australian |
Greg Norman, nicknamed “The Great White Shark,” is an Australian golfing great turned businessman whose net worth is estimated at around $400 million — a fortune built far more on business ventures than on tournament winnings.
Early Life & Family
Gregory John Norman was born on February 10, 1955, in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, to electrical engineer Mervin Norman and Toini Norman, a Finnish carpenter’s daughter with a single-digit golf handicap who introduced Greg to the game at 15. He played rugby and cricket as a youth and briefly aspired to be a professional surfer before committing to golf.
Rise to Fame
Norman turned professional in 1975 and joined the PGA Tour in 1983, quickly establishing himself as one of the game’s most dominant and charismatic players. He spent a record 331 weeks ranked world number one and topped the PGA Tour money list three times, in 1986, 1990, and 1995.
Career History
Norman won 88 professional tournaments worldwide, including 20 on the PGA Tour, 14 on the European Tour, and 33 on the PGA Tour of Australasia, along with two Open Championship titles, at Turnberry in 1986 and Royal St George’s in 1993. He was famously runner-up in majors eight times, most notably during his 1986 “Norman Slam,” when he held the 54-hole lead at all four majors but converted only the Open Championship into a win. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. From 2021 to 2025 he served as CEO of LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed tour, before stepping down when his contract ended.
How They Built Their Wealth
The bulk of Norman’s fortune comes from the Greg Norman Company, founded in 1993, which spans golf course design (more than 100 courses worldwide), an apparel line that reached $100 million in annual sales by 2005, the Greg Norman Estates wine label, real estate development, and other licensed products. His PGA Tour career earnings, by contrast, totaled just over $14 million.
Personal Life
Norman has been married three times: to Laura Andrassy from 1981 to 2007 (their divorce settlement was reported at $105 million), to tennis champion Chris Evert from 2008 to 2009, and to Kirsten Kutner since 2010. He has two children and two grandchildren from his first marriage.
Built overwhelmingly on golf course design, apparel, wine, and other licensing businesses rather than tournament prize money, Greg Norman’s net worth is estimated at around $400 million as of 2026.