Leslie Kai Greene is an IFBB professional bodybuilder, personal trainer, artist and actor well known for his remarkable performances at Mr. Olympia competitions. Greene is a three-time winner of the Arnold Classic held in 2009, 2010, and 2016. His most recent victory was the 2016 Arnold Classic. He came in 2nd place in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Mr. Olympia competitions.
Kai Greene has an estimated net worth of about $1.6 million in 2022. He is currently in a relationship with his girlfriend Dayana Cadeau, a Canadian-American professional female bodybuilder. The two started dating in 2007.
Kai Greene has an estimated net worth of $1.6 million, including all his properties and earnings. Being a personal trainer and a bodybuilder, he receives a good salary. Besides, he also makes money from movie appearances and endorsement deals.
He's a former Mr. Olympia champion and has won the Arnold Classic on several occasions. He is listed in the top 20 richest bodybuilders along with Phil Heath, Lee Haney, Jay Cutler, and Dexter Jackson.
His earnings from various events:
Event | Earnings from Winnings |
2016 Arnold Classic Brazil 1st | $22,500 |
2016 Arnold Classic Australia 1st | $22,500 |
2016 Arnold Classic – 1st prize | $100,000 |
Mr. Olympia 2014- 2nd | $130,000 |
2013 Mr. Olympia – 2nd | $130,000 |
2013 Mr. Olympia – 2nd | $130,000 |
2013 Mr. Olympia – 2nd | $90,000 |
Greene was sponsored by Flex, where he launched his own brand, Dynamik Muscle in 2015. He found his training program called "The 5P".
Besides, he also appears in commercials to promote brands or marketing a range of products, from protein powders to pre-workouts.
Kai Greene is now dating his girlfriend Dayana Cadeau, whom he met in 2007. His partner is a former Ms. Olympia. Green first saw Dayana in 1998 onstage at the Jan Tana Classic bodybuilding contest and had been in love with her since then.
The former Arnold Classic winner expressed his love after he turned pro and won his first pro show (The Colorado Show) in 2007. He first told her friend to give his number to Dayana for the photoshoot.
Their first encounter was at the USA show in July 2007, and they soon started to flirt with each other. They officially began dating in October 2007. She also dated several others in the past.
The couple is devoted to one another and their respective goals to win the Ms. and Mr. Olympia. The couple is involved in an affair for several years, but not married yet. There were also rumors that Kai Greene is gay. His to-be-wife Dayana denied the rumors and said:
There is no truth David about all of this. People are always making judgements on other people's lives or if they see anything can make the person look bad, they will start a rumour. Don't forget there is also jealousy.
Kai Greene is usually 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs around 250–285 lb (113–129 kg). His arm size is 22" and chest size is 58"
Kai Greene was born as Leslie Kai Greene on July 12, 1975, in Brooklyn, New York, the U.S. He is an American by nationality and belongs to African-American ethnic background.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was raised as an orphan in a foster home and residential treatment center. Greene was kicked out of his school and foster home for misbehavior.
His rapid physical growth during high school drew the attention of a seventh-grade English teacher. His teacher introduced him to teenage bodybuilding competitions because his behavior was troublesome in school.
Greene competed in the National Physique Committee (NPC), becoming an enthusiastic bodybuilder and aiming to move into the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB). He realized his success in NPC was mixed, due to which he was disappointed though he won the 1999 NPC Team Universe and took a five-year break from competitions.
He made his re-entry in the 2004 NPC Team Universe contest and had a victory in that contest again. This victory qualified him for a professional career as a bodybuilder of IFBB. He started working under preparation coach George Farah and ranked first at New York Pro Championship in 2011.
Kai Greene competed at Mr. Olympia in 2011 where he came third behind Phil Heath and Jay Cutler. This victory qualified him for the 2012 contest held in Las Vegas. He was placed in the second position at Mr. Olympia Competition on September 29, 2012.
He was placed 2nd in Mr. Olympia on September 28, 2013, and ranked 2nd again on September 20, 2014, at Mr. Olympia competition in Las Vegas, both times behind the champion Phil Heath. He won Arnold Classic on March 5, 2016.
Greene worked with director Mike Pulcinella to release Overkill, a documentary that showed his preparation for his first appearance at the 2009 Olympia. He again teamed up with Pulcinella to film the Redemption sequel documenting his training and philosophies for the 2010 Arnold Classic, which he won the second year in a row.
Kai Greene also has featured in the 2013 film Generation Iron, detailing the lead-up and events of the 2012 Mr. Olympia competition.
Greene and fitness model Krystal Lavenne started co-hosting a weekly podcast named Generation Iron in November 2015. In this podcast, they discuss various topics while answering questions sent in by fans.
He traveled to the Chinese province of Guizhou and started filming for the martial arts film Crazy Fist, scheduled for release in 2018. He will be playing the role of a villain who fights the protagonist in an arena during the film's opening sequence. He is signed to The Gersh Agency. Greene played the role of Funshine in season two of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
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