Roger Federer is known for being one of the most decorated players in the tennis history of men -I won 20 Grand Slam titles -but you can now call him a billionaire.
The Swiss tennis star has collected around 1.3 billion US dollars, according to an estimated net asset. Bloombergs Billionaire index. This includes prize money of 130.6 million US dollars in his 24 years at the Court Wimbledon Eight times and the US Open Five.
But they are Federer’s offers before the court who have led to a much greater increase in prosperity for the now 43-year-old. Partnerships with luxury transactions have collected millions throughout his career, including an annual income of $ 8 million Rolex5 million dollars a year from Mercedes Benzand a total of 20 million US dollars of Lindt.
But Federer 2018’s decision to separate, separate yourself Nike (with which he had worked since he was 13), since his clothing and shoe partner has proven to be the most lucrative. Shortly afterwards he landed a 300 million dollar partnership with the Japanese clothing brand Uniqlopaid over 10 years.
Federer also opened a brave bet Swiss shoe company on In 2019 he bought a 3%share after he found his wife and friends of them. Since then, the company has been increasingly popular in the United States and is after BloombergOn is now a value of around 17 billion US dollars, which means that the share of Federer is at least 500 million US dollars.
And while Federer’s name was historically a synonym for tennis size, in a Opening address to graduates At Dartmouth College last year, he encouraged Z to look beyond their bubbles and to look for a fulfilling life.
“They all have so much to give and I hope they will find their own unique opportunities to change something, because life is really much larger than the dish” said to graduates in 2024.
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A growing pipeline from the changing room to the Millionaire Club
Federer is not the first to use his popularity as a professional athlete and earns billions in the process: he joins the ranks of Tiger WoodsLebron James and Michael Jordan have ten characters their name.
And while everyone made millions of their time in their sport, the athlete has made social media easier than ever before to find out and illustrate brands. Only in the last week James got together with Amazon in Instagram Post that has won almost 250,000 likes.
In the future, it is likely that more and more athletes will be part of the ultra-rich, also because thanks to names, image and similarity (NIL) regulators for changes in student athletes in your career. In fact, it is now possible for young athletes Beat the millionaire’s status while you are still a teenagerand according to sports media company On3Dozens of college athletes now have zero deals of several million dollars.
At the same time, some believe that the changes to college athletics have concentrated the process too much on making money instead of enjoying the game. The players have decided several times to broadcast schools to secure the best offer – what is a problem, says Multimillionär Shaquille O’Neal.
“If I write you a check for a million dollars, you cannot stay 300 days” said last month in his podcast. “You have to give me at least two years.”
