Jon Olsson is a professional Swedish freeskier and alpine ski racer. He is famous and popularly known for his stellar performances and achievements during the 2008 Winter X Games. He is also a youtube star who has built a channel that has over a million subscribers. As of January 2019, his estimated net worth stands at $9.5 million.
Jon Olsson Biography
Jon Olsson was born on the 17th day of August 1982 in Mora, Sweden. His parents are Anders Olsson and Monika Olsson. He has a brother named Hans Olsson who is an airplane skier. He began his ski racing career at a very tender age. When he was 16, Olsson switched from ski racing to twin tips. Olsson is very passionate and always ready to improve himself in the sport. No wonder he took a bet of $5826.22 with another fellow skier Jens Byggmark. He continues to improve his lots that he was able to make it to the 2014 winter Olympics in Socchi, Russia.
Jon Olsson’s skill and talent enable him to compete in both freestyle and ski racing. His ambitiousness and quest to want to be the best in the business made him establish and carve out a niche for himself in ski racing. No wonder, he was able to create and invent several new double clips, including a D- spin 720 into a flatspin 540 also known as DJ flip, a switch double rodeo 1080 (hexo flip), a double flatspin 900 (kangaroo flip), and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540 (the tornado).
Jon Olsson has expanded his tentacles to hosting events. He hosted an event known as Jon Olsson Invitational (JOI) which is a big air event since 2005, and the event went on to be voted in 2007 by Freeskier Magazine as the best big air event. However, between 2007 and 2010, Olsson has also hosted Jon Olsson Deler Super Sessions (JOSS) which is a freeskiing film contest in Are, Sweden.
However, Olsson’s popularity continues to grow. In 2018, he has attracted 1 million subscribers to his YouTube page. He also ventured into production of bags by launching his own bag company “Douchebags” which is already successful. He became the company’s creative director in 2018.
Family: wife
Jon Olsson is currently happily married to a lifestyle blogger, travel and fashion creator Janni Deler. She’s the daughter of Rickard Deler. They two lovers got married in June 2018. They two live together in Olsson’s casa castle in Monaco. She always travels around the world with him taking pictures together and making videos.
They always post those pictures and videos of their happy moments on Olsson’s YouTube page. However, the marriage of the two is yet to produce a child. We cannot wait for the day we will hear the sound of a crying baby.
Net Worth
Although this kind of sport is not so popular when compared to the likes of football, basketball, and golf, Jon Olsson has been able to establish himself as one of the finest athletes in the world. You may wonder how possible it is for him to able to accumulate such an amount as net worth. We will tell you how.
Jon Olsson makes approximately $300,000 annually from his videos online. However, a large chunk of the money comes from the rewards he receives from the different championship games he has ever participated in.
He has also attracted a huge viewership on YouTube because of his videos and it is working to his advantage as many big-name companies like Red Bill, Head, Leo Vegas.com, Odlos, Hestra and so many others are running their advertisements on his YouTube channel. With this, you don’t need anybody to tell you that he gets paid a good amount anytime an advertisement(s) is placed there. As regards his net worth, Jon Olsson has a massive $8 million US dollars.
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Height and weight
Jon Olsson has an agile body structure that allows him to ski race smoothly. He stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches (180cm) and he maintains a weight of 77kg (170Ib).
Other Facts
- An avid car collector who has many cars to his collection, Jon Olsson has cars such as a Mercedes Benz G 550 4×4 squared, a Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini Huracan.
- He began his career and building brands close to two decades ago, with neither any knowledge nor education.
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