Basketball legend Michael Jordan has won six NBA championships, made No. 23 legendary over the course of his career and still has fans today who will line up around the block for a chance to grab a pair of his iconic Jordans. However, for as much of an icon he’s become thanks to his prowess on the court, he’s kept his personal life fairly quiet.

That’s even more surprising when you consider that his wife, Yvette Prieto, is not only his No. 1 fan, but can almost always be found by his side whether it’s courtside at a Charlotte Hornets game or dressed to impress at a super-swanky gala. It’s rare for a celebrity couple to keep the flame lit and the relationship a private affair, especially since they both shy away from getting personal on social media. The couple was most recently spotted last summer by paparazzi vacationing in Croatia, and even that is a rare sighting.

In fact, during 2020’s 10-part docuseries The Last Dance, producers shied away from including any interviews with either Prieto or Jordan’s ex-wife. Director Jason Hehir told The Athletic that he didn’t want to take on that angle of Jordan’s life. “I wasn’t interested in the opinion of any wife or kids in this,” Hehir explained. “We had the storytellers we wanted, and I felt like we had the story covered from every angle.” Producer MikeTollinechoed those sentiments, saying they wanted to focus on Jordan’s work and not his personal life: “Michael is one of the most private people of our lifetimes. He’s glad this is over.”

Who is Michael Jordan’s wife? 

Yvette Prieto is Cuban-American and grew up in Miami. She went to college for business management and worked as a manager at Beet the LBS, an LLC formed in 2010 that was shut down a year later, and Aqua Management, a property management firm, before becoming a model, working with designers like Alexander Wang. She can often be found in the front row of shows like Rebecca Minkoff during Mercedes-Benz fashion week. She has also appeared on the show Cuba: An Island Apart.

Before she met Jordan, Prieto dated Latin artist Julio Iglesias Jr., the older brother of Enrique and the son of Julio Iglesias.