Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach a billion dollars in earnings during his career, thanks to the 105 (88.5 M €) of income, before taxes, that he obtained in 2019, according to Forbes magazine. That places him in fourth place among the personalities who made the most money last year, only behind businesswoman and model Kylie Jenner, rapper Kanye West and tennis player Roger Federer.
Cristiano is the active athlete athlete in overcoming the billion dollar mark after golfer Tiger Woods (caught up with him in 2009) and boxer Floyd Mayweather, thanks to his fight against Conor McGregor in 2017. Former basketball player Michael Jordan is also part of the multi-million dollar clan (his fortune is estimated at $ 2 billion), thanks in particular to the success of your Jordan brand, managed with Nike since the end of her career.
Cristiano is the player who has earned the most money from football alone, after a 17-year career. It is estimated that it has received 650 million dollars, for Messi's 605. Forbes points out that their enormous competition helped them reach these figures.
Christian receives more than $ 20 million a year from Nike, but it also has signed contracts with Herbalife Nutrition, American Tourister, Dazn, Altice, Clear or Sixpad. In addition, it makes profitable its own clothing brand, its perfume, a hair transplant clinic in Madrid and several hotels in collaboration with the Portuguese group Pestana.
His empire extends to social networks. Aided by the expansion of Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat in recent years, it has also become the most followed personality in the world on Instagram, with his 222 million fans. In 2019, CR7 had bagged $ 47 million thanks to sponsored posts on the social network, according to a Hopper HQ study.