Dana White

Dana White, born as Dan Frederick White Jr., is an American businessman. He is popularly-known for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is the current president. UFC is currently the largest Mixed Martial arts organization all over the world. Under his leadership, this organization has developed into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. His popularity has grown thanks to his position and exceptional performance in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization.

Well, how well do you know about Dana White? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Dana White’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Dana White to date.

Biography and Early Life

Born in July 28 in 1969, in Manchester, Connecticut, in the United States. The son of Dana White and June White. Dan has a sister Kelly who grew up together. White has stated that their mother and family raised the two siblings during the better part of their lives. Also, White is an Irish American.

His boxing career started when he was seventeen years old. He spent his early days in Ware, Massachusetts. Later he claimed that the real reason why he left Boston and moved to Las Vegas was because of threats from mobsters Whitey Bulger and Kevin Weeks. Dana explained how he owed them money back then and did not have enough to pay up, so he decided to move to a different place.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Dana White in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Dana White’s age is 52 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 28 July 1969. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 209.5 lbs in Pound and 95kg in Kilograms.

Educations

Dana White attended the Hermon High School located in Maine in 1987. After graduation, he kicked off his college at Quincy College. Later he dropped out after the first semester. White later started college at UMass Boston, but he dropped out after the first semester like the first case. He worked as a boxercise coach. Dan has not mentioned ever re-joining college again after the first drop out. However, he has made a successful career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship Organizations.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Dana White married his childhood sweetheart, Anne Stella, in 1996, who he met in eighth grade. And the couple has two sons, Dana III and Aidan, and a daughter, Savannah White. Dana is one of the few celebrities who value privacy and keep his wife out of the spotlight. In 2006, the family purchased a mansion in Las Vegas in the Pine Island Court from Frank Fertitta III. The estate cost $1.95 million. Later he got three other mansions from the same area with a total of $6.2 million.

Dana got demolition permits later, intending to build one grand mansion for the family. He grew up as a catholic, but right now, and he claims to be an atheist.

In 2011, his mom June wrote a book, King of MMA, where he gave details about his son. June claimed that his son forgot his beginnings after his vast success in UFC. For the politics section, in 2016, he publicly endorsed the Republican nominee Donald Trump. He also went ahead to give details about how Trump came to their rescue when they needed help the most. White was diagnosed with a neurological disorder in May 2012.

Is Dana White gay?

White is publicly straight when it comes to his sexual orientation. He is married to Anne Stella, and the two have three children, two sons, and one daughter. Anne was Dana’s childhood sweetheart, and the two later tied the knot in 1996. Even though there was a sex scandal regarding White in the years, the couple is still married.

Professional career

Dana kicked off his career as the manager of Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. He later met Bob Meyrowitz, who is the owner of Semaphore Entertainment Group. This company is the parent company of UFC. After learning that Bob wanted to sell UFC, White got in touch with his childhood friend, Lorenzo Fertitta. He is the co-founder and executive of Station Casinos.

In 2001, in January, Lorenzo and his brother Frank bought UFC at a $2 million price. And later, White became the president of the organization. He explained that when he started working for UFC, things were in ruins.  And they had to work with nothing since there were no company assets practically. Over time, with Dana as the president, they worked on boosting its operations, and their success ran up to billions of money.

Awards

White is one of the most famous businessmen when it comes to the organization level. Why not when the money turned around UFC from a Company almost going to bankruptcy to a multi-billion dollar company.  He has several awards in the promotion section, Patriot award, and World MMA Awards. There may not be multiple awards under his name, but his contribution to UFC will remain popular and appreciated by all.

Net worth, Salary & Earnings of Dana White in 2021

As of 2021, Dana White has a net worth estimating at $600 million. He works at the popular organization, UFC as the president. With him getting 9 percent of the UFC’s profits, he makes around $25 million a year just from that too. In 2019, he announced that he had renewed his contract as UFC president for the next seven years.

Some interesting facts you need to know

• White was once involved in a sex scandal CASE dismissed recently
• June White wrote a book explaining how his son forsake all the people around him after becoming King of MMA
• His mother raised Dana
• He has worked in several films

Dana White turned UFC into the largest and most prominent mixed martial arts organization in the world. Under his supervision, it grew to become a multi-billion dollar company. His story teaches us to strive to become better and achieve our dreams.