Greta Thunberg is perhaps the most talked about teenager today. She became famous overnight after giving a powerful speech at the UN Climate Action Summit, in which she shamed world leaders for not taking enough action in the midst of radical environment issues.

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The 16-year-old instantly popped up on Time 100 influential people list and even got nominated for the Noble Peace Prize.

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Who are Greta Thunberg’s parents?

Greta hails from Sweden and she actually comes from a very wealthy and known family in their country. Her mother Malena Ernman and she’s a famous opera singer.

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Malena represented Sweden at 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. She also wrote a book Scenes From The Heart, in which she talks about family life as well as Greta and her climate change activism.

Thunberg’s father is not as famous as her mom, but he once tried to make it as an actor. Nowadays he’s a producer and Malena’s manager.

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Greta also has a younger sister Beata, who inherited her mom’s talent and is already an aspiring singer.

The entire family fully supports Greta and are committed to the environmental cause.

What is Greta’s net worth?

At this point, it is unknown whether Thunberg gets paid for her activism or not. However, consider her parents’ success, it would be safe to assume she’s got some money behind her.

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In addition, Greta has over 2 million followers on Twitter and over 7 million on Instagram, which could also allow for some ad revenue.