Gayle Benson is an American billionaire businesswoman and owner of the sports franchise. However, she rose to prominence for her marriage to the American businessman and sports team owner, Tom Benson. Unfortunately, he died due to flu after being hospitalized for a month on 15 March 2018 at the age of 90.
Furthermore, she became the first woman to hold the majority shareholder of the voting stock in both NFL and NBA franchises. She is also a philanthropist who has donated to several charitable events and trusts. Let us scroll over to know more information on her while reading net worth and body measurements.
Caption: The billionaire businesswoman, Gayle Benson
Source: USA Today
Gayle Marie LaJaunie was born on 26 January 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the U.S. She was born as the daughter of Francis J. LaJaunie and Marie Folse LaJaunie. Regarding his education, she had attended St. Joseph, St. Anthony, and Holy Name of Mary schools and graduated from Martin Behrman High School in 1966. She had not provided information on her university qualifications.
She started her career as a receptionist and secretarial positions. Following her second divorce, she launched an interior business called Gayle Bird Interiors. Ltd. She has renovated over one hundred properties. She later became the owner of both the Saints and Pelicans following the death of her husband Tom.
Furthermore, she has been married three times and divorced twice. She had her first marriage to Nace Anthony Salomone, on 8 April 1967. Their marriage resulted in divorce in 1972. After years later, she re-married Thomas “T-Bird” Bird on 14 February 1977. Their wedding held in South Pass, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. However, this marriage of her also ended in divorce on 25 June 1987.
She again fell in love with her future husband named Tom Benson. They had their wedding on 29 October 2004 and were together until his death in 2018. They met at St. Louis Cathedral and started dating. Moreover, they renewed their tenth wedding vows on 22 October 2014 at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.
Caption: Gayle and her late husband Tom Benson
Source: The Advocate
She has a net worth estimated at around $3.4 billion from her different business ventures. As she owns a football team New Orleans Saint and basketball team New Orleans Pelicans following the death of her husband, Tom. She also owns a few properties including the 4.4 million worth home in New Orleans.
It seems that she is not active over different social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. However, she spotted in the media portals for her appearance in public events and her team gameplays.
She has an average-looking body structure with a decent height of 5 feet 4 inches or 1.64 meters. Other than this, there is no information on her body weight or body measurements. She has black hair color with hazel brown eyes color.
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