Wanda Hutchins biography: net worth, kids, relationship and more

Who is Wanda Hutchins? She is famously known as a former Michael Strahan wife, one of his two ex-wives. Also, she runs Wanda Home Designs, a company that deals in creating décor pieces and furniture and repurposing existing ones. Hutchins is an accomplished interior designer and decorator.

She and her ex-husband Strahan welcomed two children together during their marriage of four years. Their divorce, like many other high-profile ones, made the news with many reports focusing on the cause and its settlement. We will reveal details about both in this article. You will also learn a little about why Michael Strahan is famous. Before that, let’s first see the biggest facts about Hutchins in the next section.

Top 10 important facts about Wanda Hutchins

1. She was born on 6 June 1970 in Houston, Texas, US, and turned 51 years old in 2021.
2. Her mother’s name is Renate Hutchins and she has German ancestry. (Although, it is not confirmed if this is from her mother or father)
3. Hutchins is a professional interior designer and the CEO of Wanda Home Designs; a company that specialises in creating décor pieces and furniture and repurposing existing ones.
4. Between 1992 and 1996, she served as the vice president and executive director of Strahan Global Outreach; a non-profit foundation delivering the best in customer service, home furnishings, home appliances, and other forms of tangible resources to families.
5. Wanda Hutchins met her ex-husband, Michael Strahan, during a soccer game in Germany in 1990, and they dated for two years.
6. They were married in 1992 and welcomed two children together – Tanita Strahan and Michael Strahan Jr.
7. Michael Strahan and Wanda Hutchins divorced in 1996 over a complaint of infidelity.
8. The terms of their divorce allowed both of them to have joint custody of their kids, but the two kids mostly stayed with Hutchins.
9. After divorcing Hutchins, Strahan was married to Jean Muggli between 1999 to 2006, and they also had two kids together; twin daughters, Isabella and Sophia Strahan.
10. Hutchins allegedly has a net worth of about $2 million, while Michael Strahan is worth nearly $60 million.

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Early life and education

Wanda Hutchins was born on 6 June 1970 (aged 51 in 2021) in Houston, Texas, US. There is not much information about her family background, but she allegedly has German ancestry. Her mother’s name is Renate Hutchins, but we didn’t find details about her having siblings or not.

There is a possibility that she grew up in the US, but frequently visited Germany on vacations and some other occasions. Does she have a college degree? We found no answer to this question, but we’ll update this section when we do.

Wanda Hutchins Career

As already mentioned in the introduction, Hutchins is a professional interior designer and the CEO of Wanda Home Designs. Her company specialises in creating décor pieces and furniture and repurposing existing ones. She also has her hand in several other businesses.

During her marriage to Michael Strahan, she served as the vice president and executive director of Strahan Global Outreach, a non-profit foundation delivering the best in customer service, home furnishings, home appliances, and other forms of tangible resources to families.

She left the role in the organisation after their divorce and focused on her businesses.

Personal life

Hutchins met her ex-husband, Strahan, during a soccer game in Germany in 1990. They began dating after their first meeting, and eventually walked down the aisle in 1992. She was 22 at the time and they stayed married for four years.

The couple had two children together – Tanita Strahan and Michael Strahan Jr. Here are important details you should know about Michael Strahan.

Divorce

In 1996, Michael Strahan filed for divorce. According to sources privy to the matter, Strahan blamed the failed marriage on Hutchins’ infidelity. He claimed that she cheated on him. However, Hutchins says that she had been too young to marry at the time and that she didn’t know what she was doing.

The terms of their divorce allowed both of them to have joint custody of their kids. But, the two kids mostly stayed with Hutchins as Strahan was already busy raising another family with his next wife.

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Michael Strahan bio

He is a 49-year-old television personality and retired professional football player. Strahan started playing as a defensive end at Texas Southern University for the Tigers. Several news outlets including, The Poor Man’s Guide to the NFL Draft, The Sheridan Network, Edd Hayes Black College Sports Report and the Associated Press, selected him as an All-America first-team player during his junior season. In 1991, he set a Texas Southern record with 41.5 sacks.

Strahan joined the New York Giants in 1993 and went on to become one of the most dominant defensive ends in the NFL between 1997 and 2005. He was named the 2001 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and was a two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Year (in 2001 and 2003).

In his final season, he helped the New York Giants beat the then-undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII 2008. Strahan had two tackles and one sack in the game. After his retirement, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Since leaving professional football, he has worked as a co-host on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show. In 2018, Strahan was picked as host of the Fox NFL Thursday pregame show. He was also the co-host of the rebranded syndicated talk show “Live! with Kelly and Michael” from 2012 to 2016. Strahan won a Daytime Emmy twice for “Outstanding Talk Show Host” while working on this show.

In 2018, he began working with Sara Haines as host of “Good Morning America”. The show was rebranded as “Strahan, Sara and Keke” in 2019 to accommodate the introduction of Keke Palmer as co-host. Additionally, Michael Strahan has been a guest on several television shows and has also made cameo appearances in films and television series.

After divorcing Hutchings, he was married to Jean Muggli between 1999 to 2006, when their divorce was finalised.

Is Michael Strahan in a relationship? After his split from Muggli, he was in a relationship with Nicole Mitchell, Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife. They became engaged in August 2009 but called it off in June 2011.

Recently, he has allegedly been in a ‘complicated’ relationship with Kayla Quick, a controversial woman who has been on the wrong side of the law on a couple of occasions. Quick is about 18 years younger than Strahan, and they have been spotted in public together on several occasions.

All Michael Strahan kids

Strahan has a daughter with his first wife, Wanda Hutchins, named Tanita Strahan. Tanita is currently 30 years old, and she is making a name for herself as a visual artist. She also runs a Youtube channel, “The Infinite Finesse Podcast.” Strahan’s other child with Hutchins is a son named Michael Anthony Strahan, Jr. He is 26 years old and holds a degree in psychology from the University of Texas.

He also welcomed two children with Muggli, twin daughters, Isabella and Sophia Strahan. The twins will be 17 in December 2021 and are in Grade 11. The twins have appeared on the “Good Morning America” show.

Net worth

Wanda Hutchins has an estimated net worth of $2 million, according to Legit. Most of her wealth allegedly comes from her divorce settlement which we have no verified detail about. However, it is not surprising as Strahan’s second wife, Muggli, $15.3 million in alimony and $1.8 million years later. Additionally, her businesses are paying her well, and this is likely how she managed not to appear in the news a lot since leaving her first husband.

On the other hand, Michael Strahan has a net worth of about $60 million from his many television show gigs and brand endorsement.

Where is Wanda Hutchins now?

Since their divorce, Strahan and Hutchins have stayed out of each other’s hair. The only thing that connects them is their kids and they handled their joint custody maturely until they were grown enough to live alone.

Wanda Hutchins still controls her interior design business empire, but lives a quiet life away from the media.

Conclusion

It is commendable that she has avoided the temptation to latch on to the fame that comes with being Michael Strahan spouse. Hutchins chose instead to avoid attracting attention to herself and focused on her business instead.

She also devoted her time to her two children. With a steady stream of income, the 51-year-old is living her life to the full. She does not have a social media presence that we know of except her company’s Facebook page.

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