Leigh Anne Tuohy was born as Leigh Anne Roberts on the 9th August 1960 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Although she is an interior designer, and recognized for appearing in the TV series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, she is perhaps better known for being the legal guardian of professional NFL player Michael Oher. In addition to this, she was featured in the book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game”, by Michael Lewis, and in the 2009 film adaptation of the book.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Leigh Anne Tuohy as of mid 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the overall size of Leigh Anne’s net worth is high as $25 million, which has been accumulated through her successful involvement into the entertainment industry. She is also the owner of a fast food restaurant chains, together with her husband, which also added a lot to her wealth.
Leigh Anne Tuohy Net Worth $25 Million
Leigh Anne Tuohy was raised with her brother by Stanley and Virginia Roberts; her father was a US air marshal. She spent her childhood in Memphis, where she attended Briarcrest Christian School, after which she enrolled at the University of Mississippi. There she was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority, as well as a member of the cheerleading team. She graduated from college in the early 1980s.
Leigh Anne`s career began in the 1980s, when she married Sean Tuohy. Little by little, the couple started to build their fast food empire, and as of 2016, they had built-up their franchises to the point of owning more than 80 fast food restaurants, including very well utilised franchises such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver`s and Kentucky Fried Chicken, of which the majority are located in the southern USA, and which have become the main source of Leigh Anne`s net worth.
However, Leigh Anne’swealth has also benefited from her career as an interior designer. Thanks to her talents, she was invited to become one of the cast members of the reality TV series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, which aired on ABC from 2010 until 2012, and which also contributed significantly to her net worth.
When it comes to speak about her personal life, Leigh Anne Tuohy has been married to former basketball player Sean Tuohy since 1982; the couple has two children of their own, and interestingly they adopted American Football player Michael Oher when he was 18, to keep him on the ‘straight and narrow’ after a difficult childhood – their work was not in vain as Michael has made it in the NFL, currently playing for the Carolina Panthers. The whole family was therefore featured in the book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game” and subsequent film which depict Oher’s rise to success with the Tuohy family’s assistance.
