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Topics: David Beckham, Football, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Inter Miami
Ben McCrum
Topics: David Beckham, Football, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Inter Miami
David Beckham has earned a huge $35,000,000 from one of the side businesses he pursued after his highly successful football career.
Throughout his 20 year career, Beckham enjoyed huge success, winning six Premier League titles, the Champions League title, a La Liga title and several other major trophies.
Since retiring, the Manchester United legend has also enjoyed success with several of his business ventures, including the ownership of MLS side and home of Lionel Messi, Inter Miami.
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And now, Beckham has netted another massive payout from one of his side businesses
According to The Guardian, the 49-year-old has earned $35million (£28m) in dividends from his personal brand empire, which includes commercial deals with massive brands such as Stella Artois and Boss
In 2022, Beckham sold a 55% stake in his businesses to American company Authentic Brands for £200m.
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And on Monday, accounts for his DRJB Holdings, Beckham's holding company, revealed that it had approved a total of $124m (£99m) of dividend payouts following the deal.
As part of these payouts, Beckham is reportedly entitled to a sum of $35m (£28m).
The accounts also show that sales have improved since Beckham sold 55% of his stake, rising from $89.7m to $91.2m in 2023.
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As a result of his success both on and off the pitch, Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former member of the Spice Girls who owns a successful fashion brand, have an estimated net worth of a whipping £455m, as revealed by the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List.
However, while two of the three divisions that make up DRJB Holdings are believed to have returned a profit, Studio 99, the production studio that created the popular Netflix documentary Beckham, reportedly lost money.
The Beckham documentary ranked in the top 10 shows for Netflix across all 90 of the countries where it was released and 'Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything,' a documentary series about the snooker icon, was also successful.
And although revenues from the studio rose to $15m (£11.99m), it is believed that it was not enough for it to return a profit.
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SPORTbible have reached out to Studio 99 for comment