Jordan Chiles Reveals She Plans to Get into Real Estate After Her Gymnastics Career: ‘I Love Building'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jordan Chiles at the ‘Teen Vogue’ Summit in Los Angeles on Nov. 23, 2024.Photo:Phillip Faraone/Getty

Phillip Faraone/Getty

Jordan Chilesis already planning her next chapter.

The Olympic gold medalist, 23, opened up about the future while speaking to a crowd at theTeen VogueSummit 2024 on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Los Angeles.

“The future is such a huge word, but there are so many things that you can do within that future,” she began, noting that “a lot of people ask” what she wants to do next.

“Well, whenever that happens, I’m going to go into real estate,” the gymnast revealed. “I love building. I love being creative. I love seeing things just be designed in different ways. That’s one thing.”

Chiles also said that the “biggest thing” for her is knowing that her name is “already a brand and just continuing to brand myself out.”

“Do I want to become an actress? 100%. Do I want to sing? Sure. I can say all those things, but in reality, I think it’s just continuing to make a brand for myself and to make sure everybody understands that Jordan Chiles is Jordan Chiles, not just as an athlete, but also as a human,” she continued.

Jordan Chiles speaks at the ‘Teen Vogue’ Summit on Nov. 23, 2024.Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

The athlete also shared that she now defines success differently from when she was younger.

“When I was younger, I thought success was just going to school every day,” she explained. “I was like, ‘Oh yes, I’m successful. I got an A on my test. Yes.’ No, now that I’m older, there’s a lot of things that go into success. You can be successful not only within your brand but also with things that you do around yourself, with people, with jobs, with a career, with hobbies.”

“And also, I still to this day don’t consider myself famous. I don’t consider myself a celebrity. I don’t consider myself anything because I feel like I still have more to do within my community, more to do within myself. I need to mature,” Chiles added. “There’s a lot of things. So yes, I look at success differently.”

Jordan Chiles at the Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024.Jamie Squire/Getty

Jamie Squire/Getty

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“Things can be really, really hard in your life and things may be stripped from you, and you’re going to have to deal with that and understand that you need to fight for what you’re fighting for,” Chiles told the outlet earlier this month.

“And that’s something that I’ve learned as well in the past three or four months just coming off of Paris,” she said, adding that she credits her friend and teammateSimone Bilesfor teaching her the importance of “standing your ground.”

source: people.com