Richest Rock Climber?

I was thinking about this today- who is the richest Rock Climber in the world? Not limited to just sponsorships (Instagram/YouTube money counts), but has to have made their money from Climbing (don't say Jason Mamoa). 

Alex Honnold is probably the most famous (for obvious reasons), Chris Sharma owns a few Climbing gyms and has been sponsored for 30 years, maybe Jimmy Chin as an Oscar-winning producer/director could have some money, maybe an Instagram influencer or Youtuber pro climber? 

Messner seems well off.

Jake Harmer wrote:

I was thinking about this today- who is the richest Rock Climber in the world? Not limited to just sponsorships (Instagram/YouTube money counts), but has to have made their money from Climbing (don't say Jason Mamoa). 

Alex Honnold is probably the most famous (for obvious reasons), Chris Sharma owns a few Climbing gyms and has been sponsored for 30 years, maybe Jimmy Chin as an Oscar-winning producer/director could have some money, maybe an Instagram influencer or Youtuber pro climber? 

Alex Honnold has talked about his wealth, he has been a millionaire for many years now. He would be one of my top vote getters. Tommy has to be fairly wealthy with his book and Dawn Wall publicity and years of being a high profile athlete for many companies. John Long with his Cliffhanger involvement should be mentioned. Magnus also is almost certainly a millionaire with his gym ownership, clothing line, and YouTube channel. Paul Robinson also has a huge involvement in gyms and companies, not to the extent of Sharma yet, but P-Rod started his business endeavors at a much younger age. Margo keeps showing up in ads for mega corporation, but not sure how lucrative that is compared to owning multiple gyms/companies. I don’t know much about Lynn Hills business endeavors, but I’d be surprised if she hasn’t accrued some wealth as well. I’m also assuming is Jason Mamoa doesn’t count then neither does Jared Leto?

Chouinard

acrophobe wrote:

Chouinard

Or was in any case.  As mentioned upstream Messner.  Bonington probably does ok.  I doubt the OP had any of these in mind when he mentioned "rock climber"

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

Alex Honnold has talked about his wealth, he has been a millionaire for many years now. He would be one of my top vote getters. Tommy has to be fairly wealthy with his book and Dawn Wall publicity and years of being a high profile athlete for many companies. John Long with his Cliffhanger involvement should be mentioned. Magnus also is almost certainly a millionaire with his gym ownership, clothing line, and YouTube channel. Paul Robinson also has a huge involvement in gyms and companies, not to the extent of Sharma yet, but P-Rod started his business endeavors at a much younger age. Margo keeps showing up in ads for mega corporation, but not sure how lucrative that is compared to owning multiple gyms/companies. I don’t know much about Lynn Hills business endeavors, but I’d be surprised if she hasn’t accrued some wealth as well. I’m also assuming is Jason Mamoa doesn’t count then neither does Jared Leto?

Lynn Hill and John Long are not rich, and no Jared Leto doesn't count.

Sam Cieply wrote:

Lynn Hill and John Long are not rich, and no Jared Leto doesn't count.

If you say so…

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

If you say so…

Lynn runs an Airbnb and I don't think she does it for fun.

Who cares?

The richest climber in the world is the one having the most fun.

Sam Cieply wrote:

Lynn runs an Airbnb and I don't think she does it for fun.

You don’t need to keep trying to sell what yea already sold my man…but also, you could probably easily be a millionaire running an Airbnb in Boulder if you tried hard enough lol 

climbs sometimes wrote:

doesn’t he own a literal castle ?

Yeah, but castles in Europe are probably about the same cost as a 4x4 sprinter and definitely cheaper than a studio in Denver 

Are you trying to figure out which climber should get eaten in the coming social unrest and eventual collapse? Because if that's the case, I'm down, but we really should start with the rich capitalists stealing and hoarding immoral amounts of wealth....

Andrew Rice wrote:

^^^^. winner!

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

You don’t need to keep trying to sell what yea already sold my man…but also, you could probably easily be a millionaire running an Airbnb in Boulder if you tried hard enough lol 

She was on a podcast recently where she talks about her need to hustle to be able to afford a middle class lifestyle in Boulder. Also, being a millionaire hardly qualifies one as rich these days. 

Frank Stein wrote:

She was on a podcast recently where she talks about her need to hustle to be able to afford a middle class lifestyle in Boulder. Also, being a millionaire hardly qualifies one as rich these days. 

A good point. What are we considering “rich”? I know many media outlets say that surveys show that roughly $2million is the requisite to be considered rich. With that said, as an actual schmuck who does not make six figures, I would disagree. I think someone making upwards of $125k or yields a net worth over 1 million should be considered rich in many places across the US 

Go Back to Super Topo wrote:

A good point. What are we considering “rich”? I know many media outlets say that surveys show that roughly $2million is the requisite to be considered rich. With that said, as an actual schmuck who does not make six figures, I would disagree. I think someone making upwards of $125k or yields a net worth over 1 million should be considered rich. 

I use a different metric. You can easily be making six figures living in NYC or SF, for example, yet not accumulating any wealth. You're just a well-paid worker bee. To me, being "rich" means having some assets that work for you AND being able to positively accumulate excess wealth from your work. 

Andrew Rice wrote:

I use a different metric. You can easily be making six figures living in NYC or SF, for example, yet not accumulating any wealth. You're just a well-paid worker bee. To me, being "rich" means having some assets that work for you AND being able to positively accumulate excess wealth from your work. 

Gordon Gekko : I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy.

Well, rich people like to say that being poor is a mindset, so I would say that being rich is also a mindset. When a person accumulates enough money that it begins to warp their perception of the world and they start to look down on us poors, then they are rich.  I don't care if that means you make 6 or 10 figures. You look down at people that have less? You shouldn't have as much as you do. Simple as that. 

Go Back to Super Topo wrote:

A good point. What are we considering “rich”? I know many media outlets say that surveys show that roughly $2million is the requisite to be considered rich. With that said, as an actual schmuck who does not make six figures, I would disagree. I think someone making upwards of $125k or yields a net worth over 1 million should be considered rich. 

It really depends on cost of living where you are. $125K salary is pretty sweet if you live in Colorado Springs. You'd have to make close to $225K to have the same standard of living in San Francisco, close to $300K in Manhattan.  https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator

Put in reverse, if you make $70K a year in Colorado Springs, you have the equivalent buying power of $125K in San Francisco. $53K in Colorado Springs is equivalent to $125K in Manhattan.