The woman in this photo grew up to become the richest actress in the world

That future arrived when she met Tony Ressler, a young financier who had no idea how famous she already was. She paid for their first house, their first vacation, and together they built something far larger than a film career. As Ressler co-founded Apollo Global Management and later Ares Management, she stepped back from acting but leaned into philanthropy, family, and ownership stakes in major sports franchises. Today, Jami Gertz’s estimated multi‑billion‑dollar net worth isn’t an accident of marriage; it’s the result of early success, shared risk, and deliberate choices made long before anyone called her the richest actress alive.