Maria Kirilenko
Whether you recognize her name from hockey, Russian politics or tennis, 29-year-old Maria Kirilenko is the former girlfriend of Washington Capitals legend Alexander Ovechkin, the current wife of Moscow politician Alexei Stepanov and a Russian tennis star. How’s that for being popular? Tennis fans know Kirilenko as a solid top ten player from 2013 who somehow never managed to make it past the quarterfinals in any major tournament.
Despite never bringing home a title, Kirilenko landed an incredible endorsement deal as the face of Adidas in 2006 until she was replaced by Caroline Wozniacki (we’ll see her later on the list) in 2009. With an incredible $8 million net worth, the replacement wasn’t a huge deal as Kirilenko appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition the same year before disappearing from tennis altogether. Kirilenko returned to the spotlight in July 2015 looking better than ever before having since joined a new club of baby bottles and bibs thanks to the birth of her baby boy.
Net assets: $8 Million