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Breaking News: Top 5 Richest Jamaican Women in 2018

4. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is one of the Highest-Paid Sports Stars in Jamaica. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce estimated net worth is US$4 million and is ranked at No. 4 in the list of top 5 richest women in Jamaica as appeared in financial magazines such as Forbes and Bloomberg 2018. She is one of the world’s best sprinter and in addition she is an Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meters.

Not many people knew her before year 2008 but she rose to fame in the 2008 Olympic games when she became the first Caribbean woman to win 100m gold at the Olympics and as if that not all she defended her legacy in 2012 by winning the 100 m title which made her become the third woman in history to win back to back 100 m events at the Olympics.

She is also the only female not just in Jamaica but at the global level to have ever been crowned world champion over 100m three times in 2015, 2013 and 2009. And that’s not all since she holds many more world records.