Dana White; Net Worth, Wife, Ufc, Family, Facts, Height

Dana White’s UFC’S journey is an inspirational buying it in $2 million and creating an empire worth billions of dollars. His association as the owner and President of the combat sports spans over two decades.

American business Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is never leaving his chair anytime soon after signing an extended contract in the first quarter of 2019.

Dana White Bio & Family

The businessman was born as Dana Frederick White Jr. on 28 July 1969 in Manchester, Connecticut. He is the son of Dana White and June White and was raised by his mother alongside a sister named Kelly and brother, Frank.

Dana went to Hermon High School in Maine to complete his graduation in 1987. Then he chose Quincy College and UMass Boston but dropped out during his first semester each time. He stands at the height of 5 feet 10′ inches (180 cm) tall and weighs around 88 kg.

Career: A Start of UFC Journey & History!

Dana got to work with Chuck Liddel and Tito Ortiz, who, after mixed martial artists, chose business as their ideal career choice. From there, the 50-year-old met Semaphore Entertainment Group owner, Bob Meyrowitz. Semaphore was the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In early 2001, he and his older brother, Frank, bought UFC for $2 million.

His net worth is over $5 million and as one of the most beloved combat sports, the company’s revenue in 2015, grew to $600 million. Two years later, the same amount of money was received by UFC when Conor McGregor and retired boxing prodigy Floyd Mayweather squared off against each other on 26 August 2017. Although Conor lost the match, the UFC’s global fan reached over 278 million in 2017, with over 1.1 billion households in around 163 countries.

He agreed to sign a seven years contract as the UFC’s President on 18 March 2019 with ESPN.

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