Jill Hornor

Jill Hornor is the wife of famous Chinese Cellist, Songwriter YO-YO-Ma who has released more than 75 albums and won 18 Grammy Awards.

Jill Hornor was born on October 2, 1953, and her age is currently 66 years old. She is of mixed ethnicity and was always interested in music from early childhood. Her zodiac sign is Libra.

Jill Hornor Early Life and Education

From her early childhood, she was fascinated by music. She took up the violin and started playing it. She attended Mount Holyoke High School.

While she was in Mount Holyoke High School her interest in music took her to become part of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.

After graduating from college she joined Cornell University and from where she completed her degree in German Literature. 

During her education period, she lived in several European cities and mostly in Paris, France.

Jill Hornor Career

Jill Hornor is an art consultant and also a German Professor as she completed her degree in German Literature.

There is no known accomplishment about her in the media. She came into limelight because of her husband YO-YO-Ma. Hence, detailed information about her is still unknown.

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Jill Hornor Personal life

Jill Hornor first met YO-YO-Ma in her teens. However, as they reached the University separated them.

But they kept in touch with each other through Messaging and Email. Eventually, she became his girlfriend, and the lovely couple started dating.

They first met briefly during Marlboro Festival in Vermont, and after a long period of dating, they invited friends and family in their wedding.

The couple got married in the year 1978 in the presence of their some close friends and relatives. Her husband is a Grammy-winning Songwriter, Cellist and because of that, the world came to know about her.

The beautiful couple is still together and has been together for a long time now. There is no rumor of divorce between the lovely couple. The couple has a gift in two of their children.

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The couple has a son and a daughter together. Their son Nicholas Ma and a daughter Emily Ma. Their daughter Emily Ma married to her lover John Mistovich in 2014, but their son is still unmarried.

Jill currently resides with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Jill Hornor Net Worth

As of 2019, Jill Hornor net worth is estimated to be $2 million. She has accumulated the majority of her net worth from her earnings through art consultant career. 

She is working as an art consultant in Cambridge. According to reports, art consultant earns about $15K per hour and as she is an art consultant she might be earning the same amount.

She apart from being an art consultant also runs a small clothing line which is certain to add to her fortune of such wealth. 

Apart from that, she is the wife of a famous Chinese Cellist and Songwriter YO-YO-Ma who has a net worth of $25 million as of 2019. 

He also has a Montagnana cello built in 1733 as an asset which values at $2.5 million. And the pair have bought a house in California worth $1.9 million.

Besides that, they have not revealed any details about their other properties.

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