Tyrone Gilliams Net Worth: How Rich is Sheree Whitfield’s Boyfriend?

Tyrone Gilliams is a retired American basketball player. He played basketball for the University of Pennsylvania. Gilliams is best known for being the boyfriend of RHOA star, Sheree Whitfield. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment for his involvement in the Ponzi scheme in 2013. He was released after serving 8 years and staying in the prison. Tyrone Gilliams net worth is roughly $1 million as of 2022.

Early Life

Tyrone Gillams was born in the United States of America. His real date of birth and age is not specified yet. Though he is stated to be between 45 to 50 years of age. His father is known to be a minister in Philadelphia who arrived at his 2013 sentencing. Gillams studied at Penn State University.

Tyrone Gilliams Net Worth & Career

Tyrone reportedly played with the University’s basketball team and led the team in several games from 1988 to 1989. He even played with the team after the end of his University course. Later, he formed a commodities trading firm, TLG, TL Gillams, LLC. Besides that, he was also involved in promoting rappers and hip-hop artists.

Gillams has been mostly in limelight for dating The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Sheree Whitfield. In the early seasons of RHOA, Sheree shared a child support battle with her former husband, Bob Whitfield. Then, she maintained single status on the show. Sheree exited from the reality series after appearing for four seasons. However, she returned in Season 8 as a friend. In the next seasons 9 and 10, she starred as a full-time housewife.

Sheree opened up about being in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend, Tyrone Gillams after returning to RHOA. While speaking to Bravo’s Daily Dish, Sheree said that she really feels like Tyrone may be the one with whom she might marry again. She further revealed that Gillam respects and loves her unconditionally.

Tyrone Gilliams’ Girlfriend & Personal Life

Gillams was sent to prison for 10 years in 2013 for wire fraud. Before his indictment, he had dated Sheree Whitfield. Both reconnected in 2016. Sheree also visited him frequently in a Kentucky prison. Gillams was reportedly convicted along with his attorney for stealing over $5 million from their investors. As per reports, he stole the money by portraying himself as a commodities trader and hip-hop promoter.

Gillams also characterized himself as an up-and-coming philanthropist. He even make up his image clean by organizing a splashy charity event where the known celebrity, Sean “Diddy” Combs was featured. While making a visit to him, Sheree reportedly tried to bring the camera crew to film the private visit for the reality show RHOA. However, Tyrone was not happy with that and both ended up with a heated argument.

Gilliams was released early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even after he was released, he stayed under house arrest and an ankle monitor is strapped to him. Gilliams was approached by the production team of RHOA to meet Sheree Whitfield at the restaurant. The production team also told him that their meeting scene would be edited. In November 2021, Gilliams has reportedly took legal proceedings with Bravo for using his past appearance on RHOA.

He was married to someone before dating Sheree Whitfield. He even has two kids from his previous marriage. Likewise, Sheree is the mother of three kids.

Tyrone Gilliams Net Worth

Tyrone Gilliams’ personal wealth is estimated to be around $1 million as of 2022. He was ordered to pay $5 million to the accusers after he was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Gilliams also used the $1.5 million investment for the compilation of events including a gospel concert, a food giveaway for 5000, a children’s event at the Convention Center, a bowling party, and an album release party with Jamie Foxx.