Todd Thompson was born on 24 December 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA, and is best known as a businessman and fashion designer who has created clothing for brands such as Anthropologie, and is also a reality television star. However, the media also knows him as previously being married to Giada De Laurentiis, a popular chef and reality television personality.
So just how rich is Todd Thompson, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this fashion designer has a net worth of over $8 million, accumulated partly from his career in the previously mentioned fields. However, a large portion of his wealth comes through his divorce settlement from Giada De Laurentiis, as he reportedly received $2 million from her, plus $9,000 in child support each month.
Todd Thompson Net Worth $8 million
Speaking about his career as a fashion designer, Todd is known for designing clothing lines for Antrophologie, an American clothing retailer, but which currently operates several stores around the world, featuring an assortment of personal clothing, jewelry and furnishings, as well as beauty products, in partnership with URBN brands including Urban Outfitters, BHLDN, Free People and Terrain. These activities provide a major source of Todd’s net worth.
Besides being a fashion designer, Thompson is also a reality television persona, and has appeared in ‘’Everyday Italian’’, making his first appearance in 2004; the show was largely focused on his then wife, Giada, showing the audience how to make traditional Italian food. Over the course of four years, Todd appeared in 18 episodes, firstly in the episode entitled ‘’ Everyday Italian’’ and lastly in ‘’Dining In, with Style’’. It is a critically acclaimed series which received awards such as Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle Show and Outstanding Lifestyle Program, in addition to earning four other nominations.
His other television appearances have included ‘’Giada in Paradise’’, but most importantly, ‘’Giada at Home’’, appearing in 68 episodes of the latter series which ran for eight seasons and received Daytime Emmy awards in several categories. Thompson made his last appearance in the episode ‘’An Italian Christmas’’ in 2014.
When it comes to his private life, Todd was married to a worldwide popular chef and reality television star, Giada DiLaurentiis from 2003 until 2015. The couple met when Giada was only 19 years old, and at a time when reportedly Todd didn’t know anything about cooking. From that marriage, the couple has a daughter named Jade Marie De Laurentiis-Thompson, named after her mother, as Giada means jade in Italian. In 2011, there were rumors about Giada supposedly cheating on Todd which she denied, stating that the family was embarrassed by the fake stories in the media.
Nonetheless, she did say that there were some issues in their marriage during that period of time. In 2015, Todd filed for divorce, and this was followed by him gaining custody of their daughter Jade. Todd’s relationship status as of today is that he is single. Todd is active on Twitter, where he is followed by almost 20,000 people. He remains a Christian.
