Hannah Davis built a genuinely substantial modeling career of her own, including a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover, well before most people knew her as Derek Jeter’s wife.
Now known professionally and personally as Hannah Jeter, she has spent nearly a decade balancing an active modeling and hosting career with raising four children, including a son born via surrogate in 2023, all while keeping her family’s day-to-day life deliberately out of public view.
Hannah Davis Biography
She was born May 5, 1990, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the youngest of three children born to Conn Davis and Deborah Behm Davis.
Her father has Jamaican, Syrian, Italian and English heritage, and her mother has German, Irish and Scottish heritage.
Hannah Davis has an older brother, Conn Davis Jr., named after their father, and an older sister, Rachael Davis.
She has spoken fondly about her childhood in the Virgin Islands, describing it as genuinely one of the best periods of her life, shaped by close friends and a warm, supportive family.
She completed high school and went on to attend the University of Alabama, though modeling ultimately became her full-time focus.
Career
Hannah Davis began modeling professionally in 2006, initially working local runways before being recognized and brought into national campaigns.
She became the face of Ralph Lauren’s Blue Label spring and summer runway shows and fronted the Ralph Lauren fragrance Ralph Rocks, and that same year appeared on the covers of two Indian fashion magazines.
Her international magazine work continued in the years that followed, including Elle Mexico in August 2009, FHM France in September 2012, and FHM South Africa in April 2013.
Her breakthrough into mainstream American recognition came through the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, where she was named Rookie of the Year in 2011 before going on to land the magazine’s cover in 2015, one of the most sought-after placements in fashion and sports media.
Beyond Sports Illustrated, she modeled for Victoria’s Secret, American Eagle Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi’s, building a resume across both high fashion and mainstream commercial campaigns.
She expanded into television as well, hosting Project Runway Junior, and has continued taking on select acting and hosting opportunities alongside her modeling work.
Her husband, Derek Jeter, played all 20 seasons of his Hall of Fame career with the New York Yankees, winning five World Series championships, earning 14 All-Star selections and five Gold Glove Awards, and retiring in 2014 as the franchise’s all-time leader in hits, doubles and stolen bases.
The Yankees retired his No. 2 jersey in 2017, and he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020 with the second-highest voting percentage in the award’s history.
Since retiring, he has built a substantial business career, including a stint as CEO and part owner of the Miami Marlins from 2017 to 2022, co-founding The Players’ Tribune, launching the sports card platform Arena Club in 2022, and, more recently, signing a brand ambassador deal with BetMGM and joining FOX Sports as an on-air baseball analyst.
Derek Jeter’s Wife
Hannah and Derek Jeter met in 2012, connected through mutual friends as his Yankees playing career was winding down.
He proposed in November 2015, announcing the engagement in an essay for The Players’ Tribune, the media company he co-founded, and the two married in July 2016 at Meadowood Napa Valley Resort in St. Helena, California.
Davis announced the couple’s first pregnancy in a first-person essay for The Players’ Tribune in February 2017.
Their first daughter, Bella Raine, was born August 17, 2017. Their second daughter, Story Grey, arrived in January 2019.
Their third daughter, River Rose, was born December 2, 2021.
Their fourth child and first son, Kaius Green, was born May 5, 2023, via surrogate, sharing a birthday with his mother.
Jeter confirmed the birth on social media, writing Welcome to the world, lil man. Davis has spoken about deliberately keeping the family’s life largely off social media, telling Editorialist magazine in 2019 that posting family content never felt natural to her, and that when you love something as much as she loves her relationship and her children, the instinct is to protect it.
The family has made occasional public appearances despite that preference for privacy, including all three daughters joining Derek on the field for the Yankees’ Hall of Fame Night celebrating his career, and the family has settled in the Miami area.
Derek has spoken warmly about fatherhood in interviews since, joking about his daughters having him paint nails and play dress up, and describing the adjustment of finally having a son after three daughters as an entirely new experience given he grew up with only a sister himself.
Turn 2 Foundation
Hannah Davis is not simply a spectator in her husband’s post-baseball life; she serves as a director on the board of his nonprofit, the Turn 2 Foundation, which Derek founded in 1996 to support youth leadership development, academic achievement and healthy lifestyles in New York City and southwest Michigan.
The foundation’s signature Jeter’s Leaders program has produced 17 consecutive years of 100 percent high school graduation and college attendance among participants.
Hannah Davis Net Worth
Hannah Davis’ net worth is estimated at $10 million, built from her modeling contracts across Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret and other major brands, her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit work, and her television hosting career.
However, her husband Derek Jeter’s net worth is estimated at $200 million, built from his 20-year playing salary, his Marlins ownership stake before selling it in 2022, and his current business portfolio spanning The Players’ Tribune, Arena Club, BetMGM and FOX Sports.
