David Beckham earned $23.6m (£18.6m) in dividends from his private enterprise empire final yr as Stella Artois and SharkNinja joined the soccer star's roster of name offers.
Accounts for his firm DRJB Holdings seen by the Guardian reveal a 44% rise in pre-tax revenue to $44.9m in 2024, in contrast with $36m in 2023.
The holding firm paid out $52.5m in dividends final yr to its buyers together with Beckham, up from $28.4m in 2023. That was adopted by an extra $23.2m this yr, with about $10.4m of this additionally going to the sports activities star.
It signifies that Beckham, who retired from skilled soccer in 2013, has up to now two years alone taken extra in dividends than the £25m that Actual Madrid paid to purchase him from Manchester United in 2003.
The previous England captain offered a 55% stake in his companies in 2022 to the US group Genuine Manufacturers for £200m.
Beckham and his ex-Spice Lady spouse Victoria, who owns an eponymous vogue model, are price an estimated £500m between them, in accordance with the latest Sunday Occasions Wealthy Record.
DRJB Holdings is made up of three divisions, the most important of which is DB Ventures, which covers most of his business partnerships with manufacturers equivalent to Hugo Boss and the eyewear group Safilo.
The Seven International division comprises licensing agreements with corporations equivalent to Adidas.
The rest of the enterprise is Studio 99, the manufacturing studio that made the Netflix documentary sequence in regards to the former footballer, titled Beckham, which grew to become one of many streaming service's high 10 reveals in all 90 nations the place it was launched.
Studio 99 additionally produced Victoria Beckham's Netflix documentary, which might be launched later this month.
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In August, it was revealed that the Beckhams and the non-public fairness agency Neo pumped an extra £6.2m into the previous pop star's vogue empire this yr as losses widened to nearly £5m regardless of a surge in gross sales in 2024.
This yr, David Beckham was awarded a knighthood as a part of King Charles's birthday celebrations.
The 50-year-old, who captained the England group for six years, obtained an OBE in 2003 and was reported to have been first put ahead for a knighthood in 2011, after serving to London win its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Video games.
This yr, his enterprise launched the complement model IM8 in partnership with the biotech firm Prenetics, in addition to securing an settlement with Hugo Boss for a co-designed menswear assortment.
The corporate mentioned it anticipated to announce additional business partnerships within the coming months because the buildup to the 2026 World Cup will get below means.
