American skateboarder, Tony Alva has an estimated net worth of $15 million. Tony Alva is best known as one of the original members of Z-Boys skateboarding team, he is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. At age 20, Alva became the first skateboarder to open his own skate gear company. That company, called Alva Skates, was the first to be entirely owned by a skateboarder, and it celebrated its 20th anniversary in December of 2006.