Rich Paul is a successful American Sports Agent and founder of Klutch Sports Group. Recently Rich Paul had created a buzz after news reports of him dating a powerhouse of the music industry, Adele was announced.
Rich Paul was confirmed to have some romance going on with world-famous singer, Adele when she herself made the news official by posting on Instagram a couple of gorgeous snaps of them captioning with a red heart emoji. Fans were joyed when Adele announced their relationship as there were reports going on about how their relationship was not serious. The couple both cuddled in their formal attires for the snaps in the photo booth.
They were spotted together attending the wedding of NBA player Anthony Davis, and Marlin P. Adele was seen on a stunning monochrome gown with Pearl earrings suspended in gold teeth. Then, she added stylish white voluminous sleeves on her designer gown. Paul was seen wearing a smart suit to match Adele’s dress. Vogue even wrote, “ Adele dialed up the high-fashion drama for a wedding with boyfriend Rich Paul.”
The couple seemingly confirmed their relationship back in August when they were spotted having dinner and went public in July when they attended NBA Finals in Phoenix, Arizona. The pair were seen laughing and cheering for their friend Chris Paul on the Finals.
An insider had told People that their relationship was not so serious, “It’s not super serious, but they’re having a good time. They have mutual friends in common, so that’s been nice. She’s having fun and being social.”
And later from another source, it was revealed that the singer and sports agent attended his client LeBron James’s wife's birthday. Paul often brings Adele around his friends and she seems to get along with everyone. They also acted like they were getting serious.
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Rich Paul was involved in relation with Jennifer Meyer, ex-wife of the Spiderman trilogy star, Toby Maguire, in January 2019. He also has three children but has never been married according to New Yorker. While Adele has one son named Angelo whom she shares with her ex-husband Simon Konecki.
Who is Rich Paul? His Net Worth & Salary Insights
Rich Paul is a big-time sports agent born in 1981, Cleveland, OH. According to Clutchpoints, Rich Paul graduated from high school by earning money from reselling vintage jerseys and never attended college. Paul had received an honorary Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Cleveland State University. Rich Paul had complicated and poor childhood so much that his multiple friends were either murdered or jailed. His both parents seem to have passed away.
Rich Paul founded the Klutch Sports Group in 2012 after he went through a lot of thick and thins with his friend, client LeBron James success. He went on to work with many prominent NBA players like Tristan Thompson, Kevin Seraphin, Eric Bledsoe, Norris Cole, and Cory Joseph.
Rich Paul met 17-year-old LeBron James in an Akron Canton airport in 2002. LeBron became attracted by Warren Moon's throwback Jersey that Paul was wearing which helped them to become friends and later clients. He was also described by an NBA general manager as “absolutely unrelenting in getting his players what they want and he will use every means available to him to do that.” James once said, “ I just felt like Rich was someone I wanted to grow with. He’d always kept it real with me and I wanted him to be down with my team,” talking about Rich Paul.
Rich Paul made big connections and developed trust that helped him start his own agency when he had worked under Leon Rose at Creative Artists Agency.
NCAA changed its regulations to require agents to hold a bachelor's degree after he successfully negotiated a deal for high school prospect Darius Bazley to intern for New Balance rather than play college basketball for Syracuse University in 2019. Then again, the new regulation was retracted by NCAA when Paul penned saying, “preventing young people from less prestigious backgrounds, often people of color, from working in the system they continue to control.” He raised his voice for talented people with less prestigious backgrounds.
Paul has also shared his life stories and his upbringing in Cleveland in a book titled Lucky Me published by Roc Lit 101. He had said,
“Lucky Me is the story of every young black man who grew up like me. I want to use my story to uplift and inspire those who lived this and educate those who didn’t. I cannot tell you what it means to partner with my friend and mentor Jay-Z on this project. Lucky Me was the name of the book I spoke with Jay because his music was my life’s soundtrack.”
Rich Paul, a successful entrepreneur, has an estimated net worth of $100 million currently. In 2019 alone, he earned around $70 million. He now manages over 20 NBA players and is considered one of the most powerful agents in the world of sports who have generated almost $1 billion deals.