Cristiano Ronaldo has been named soccer’s first billionaire, with a staggering web price of $1.4 billion (£1.04 billion).
Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world’s first billionaire footballer
The 40-year-old Al-Nassr striker’s fortune has been calculated by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which displays world web price rankings.
Factoring in over twenty years of profession wages, model offers, and funding portfolio, Bloomberg estimates Ronaldo has pocketed greater than $550 million (£410 million) in wages alone between 2002 and 2023.
Amongst his most profitable offers is a long-standing partnership with Nike, reportedly price $18 million (£13.4 million) yearly. But it surely was his transfer to Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr in 2022 that actually redefined soccer’s pay scale.
Ronaldo’s preliminary contract noticed him turn into the top-paid participant in soccer historical past, with an annual wage of £177 million. He’s since prolonged his stick with a recent two-year deal stated to be price greater than $400 million (£298 million).
Off the sphere, Ronaldo’s life-style is simply as lavish. The daddy-of-five not too long ago proposed to longtime accomplice Georgina Rodriguez, 31, with a diamond ring estimated to be price between $2 million and $10 million.
In the meantime, long-time rival Lionel Messi, now taking part in for Inter Miami, has earned greater than $600 million (£447 million) pre-tax over the course of his profession. Since 2023, Messi’s reported annual revenue sits at $20 million (£15 million) — roughly a tenth of Ronaldo’s earnings over the identical interval. Upon retirement, the 38-year-old Argentine star is anticipated to obtain a stake in his MLS membership, additional boosting his monetary legacy.
