There’s no more highly paid model in the world than Victoria’s Secret babe Gisele Bundchen. The lingerie company shells out around $5 million per year to the 25-year-old Brazilian beauty. But Bundchen doesn’t get a cut of every bra the corporation sells.To pocket that kind of “passiveâ€? income, Bundchen turned to Brazilian shoe company Grendene, which markets Ipanema Gisele Bundchen sandals. The company slaps the model’s name and likeness on every box of sandals it sells, and in exchange Bundchen pockets around 7% of the wholesale revenue. Since the sandals sell approximately 20 million pair per year, a conservative estimate on her annual sandal windfall would be $6 million.
Forbes has kindly setup a slideshow of the world’s top “modelpreneurs”. Enjoy.
Cris Zimermann on February 9th, 2006 at 8:59 am
Our Gisele is not only the top of the tops, she’s intelligent. Nowadays, all her family works for her. A woman with an opinion and much, much more. Brazil at its best! We love her!! :)