
Ryan Reynolds Net Worth 2025
It is one of the sports success stories of recent years. In only five years, a small Welsh soccer team that plays in the English lower leagues has become one of the most well-known clubs on the planet, thanks to its Hollywood owners. Ryan Reynolds took over the club with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney at the end of 2020 and the pair have certainly taken to sports team ownership.
Where an NBA or NFL team would cost potential owners in the region of $5 billion, Ryan Reynolds was able to purchase Wrexham AFC for around $2.5 million. The team was playing in the fifth tier of English soccer when the celebrity pair took over but is now just two steps away from playing in the English Premier League. They have already boosted the team’s profile now and fans reading the latest BetUS review to find out about that sportsbook will also be able to place a bet on the team’s games.
Reynolds is better known for his many appearances on the big screen, of course, and that is where he began making his fortune. That money helped him buy the soccer club across the Atlantic. But just how rich is Ryan Reynolds these days? And how has he boosted his finances in the last few years?
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born in Vancouver, Canada on October 23, 1976. His father had been a Mountie before moving into food wholesaling and his mother worked in retail sales. He is of Irish descent and grew up in Vancouver and Ottawa as the youngest of four boys.
Reynolds has been involved in acting since he was 13 but it didn’t always seem destined to become a future profession. He attended acting lessons while still at school – and, at one time, attended the same high school as fellow future actor, Joshua Jackson. But, disheartened by the lack of roles offered to him, he briefly gave up acting to attend college. But he was encouraged to give it one more go when he was 19, leading to his relocation to Los Angeles.
Throughout the early 1990s, Reynolds began to work regularly, if unspectacularly, on television and in the movies and earned a first real leading role in Van Wilder in 2002. Although the critics were not favorable with their reviews, it was a box office success and opened more doors for the budding star. He continued to win leading and important roles, mostly in romantic comedies and also began voice work for animated films during the 2000s. By the end of the decade, he had started to gain recognition as an actor and had played opposite the likes of Sandra Bullock.
By the 2010s, Reynolds had begun to explore other genres, including horror comedy and action movies. Although many of the films were not incredibly successful, his performances were almost always highly praised and it seemed only a matter of time before he became a Hollywood A-lister. From the mid-2010s on, Reynolds won bigger and bigger roles and really broke through with the release of the Marvel film, Deadpool in 2016. Reynolds’ likeable personality and comic timing – as well as his ability to convincingly play action movie characters – won audiences over and that led to even more high-profile roles. There have now been two Deadpool sequels and Reynolds has taken even more control over his career as the years have gone on.
What is Ryan Reynolds’ Net Worth 2025?
Although Reynolds has obviously made money from his many acting roles, his fortune has largely been boosted by a number of successful business ventures. He was only initially paid $2 million for Deadpool, for example – although he did end up taking home around ten times that amount. The success of that franchise and other recent films now means that he can command around $20 million per movie.
As mentioned, the bulk of his net worth actually comes from his other businesses. He acquired a minority stake in Aviation Gin in 2018 and ended up selling the company for what could ultimately be around $610 million. That included an upfront cash payment of $335 million. He also owned a stake in Mint Mobile which was bought by T-Mobile in 2023. Reynolds’ cut of the deal is reported to work out to around $70 million after tax.
With his increased income from acting – and various business interests – Ryan Reynolds’ net worth is currently estimated to be around $350 million. Since taking joint ownership of Wrexham, he has had to pay out a lot of money to keep the club afloat and to turn it into a competitive team. But even that outlay would seem to be a drop in the ocean compared to his current earning power.
Will Ryan Reynolds Soon Own an EPL Team?
Unlike the sports team system in the US, soccer in the UK works with promotion and relegation. That means that Wrexham is theoretically able to play in the EPL at some point, even though it was a fifth-level club when Reynolds and McElhenney took over five years ago.
Wrexham has steadily won promotion and risen up the league pyramid in the last few years and playing against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City is the ultimate goal. Looking at how successful Reynolds has been in every other facet of his life, it would not be a surprise if he conquers the world of sports too.
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