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Ryan Reynolds' colossal net worth now after divorce, new start and £100m dream The Hollywood actor is targeting another historic promotion with Wrexham this season Ryan Reynolds is targeting a historic promotion to the Premier League with Wrexham this season, after the Welsh club narrowly missed out on the Championship play-offs in the 2025/26 campaign. Since buying Wrexham for £2 million in 2021 alongside It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney, the Hollywood duo have overseen a stunning rise, with back-to-back-to-back promotions propelling the club from non-league into the second tier. While it wasn't to be last season, Phil Parkinson's side are determined to take the next big step of their fairytale journey and making it to the biggest league in world football, with the new Championship campaign starting next weekend. Promotion to the top flight would not only see Wrexham make football history, it would also mean an extraordinary financial boost for Reynolds, McElhenney and the rest of the club. Here's everything you need to know about the Canadian actor's remarkable personal worth and the huge windfall he could be in for in a matter of months. Colossal net worth Reynolds is one of Hollywood's highest earners, with his net worth estimated to be in the region of $400 million (£295 million). In 2024, he was the second-highest paid actor in the world, earning a massive £79 million sum from films like Deadpool & Wolverine and IF to put him behind only Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in the fortune stakes that year. In addition to his Hollywood earnings, Reynolds has also boosted his personal worth a series of savvy investment moves, acquiring up to a 20 per cent stake in American gin company Aviation Gin before selling it in a massive $600 million (£443 million) deal in 2020. He also sold a substantial stake in telecoms firm Mint Mobile to T-Mobile in 2023, with the huge $1.35 billion (£997 million) deal seeing him pocket over $300 million (£220 million) alone. Of course, he has also made a sizeable investment in Wrexham, with he and McElhenney believed to have pumped more than £20 million of their own money into the club over the last six years. Despite the club's success, there have inevitably been big losses, with a 2023 episode of Welcome to Wrexham revealing that the Hollywood duo had lost around $12 million (£8.9 million) since their takeover, with Reynolds remarking: "I'm going to throw up." However, it has all been worth it, with the club they purchased for £2 million in 2020 now said to be valued at around £350 million. Wrexham's £100m dream Reynolds and McElhenney could be set for a major financial boost if Wrexham can go one step further this season and win promotion to the Premier League. If they do go up to the top-flight, the club will unlock a windfall worth at least £100million in their first season alone. That figure is driven largely by the Premier League’s global broadcasting deals, with clubs receiving huge central distributions simply for competing in the division. Across a three-year period, factoring in parachute payments if the Red Dragons are relegated, the total value of promotion is widely estimated at £170m or more, with commercial income, sponsorship and global exposure pushing that even higher. Hollywood wife and divorce from actress Reynolds has been supported throughout his Wrexham adventure by his wife Blake Lively, having married the Gossip Girl actress in 2012 after meeting her on the set of Green Lantern. One of Hollywood's most popular celebrity couples, they tied the knot at an intimate ceremony in South Carolina and have since welcomed four children - James, Inez, Betty and Olin - together. Lively has also bought into the Wrexham fairytale, posting an emotional tribute to the city on social media following the club's promotion to the Championship promotion in April last year. "Back to back to back," she wrote on Instagram. "History was made. Congratulations to @wrexham_afc. I will never forget the love and elation in that town today. Thank you for sharing it with us always. "And to these two men, @robmcelhenney and @vancityreynolds ... the love and respect that pours out of you each and together exponentially grows and creates more joy, more possibilities, more magic, more history." Reynolds' marriage to Lively followed several high-profile relationships with some of Hollywood's most famous stars. In 2004, he got engaged to fellow Canadian Alanis Morissette, having met the Ironic singer at Drew Barrymore's birthday celebration two years earlier. They separated in 2007, with Morissette citing the pressures of fame as a contributing factor, but they have remained close friends ever since. He soon began dating actress Scarlett Johansson, with the pair getting married in Vancouver in 2008. However, they split just two years later, with both parties admitting that personal commitments and a lack of quality time together had caused the relationship to break down. In addition, Reynolds has also previously been romantically linked to actresses Sandra Bullock, Melissa Joan Hart and Charlize Theron.