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Lineker deploys the same boyish charm that has sustained his appearances promoting Walkers crisps on the sofa of Match of the Day, which he has presented since 1999. He has a five-year contract with the BBC, reportedly worth £2m a year. Another consistent earner has been his endorsement deal with Walkers, which is worth more than £1m a year. Although Lineker, 50, missed out on the most profitable years of the Premier League – he retired in 1994 – he concluded his playing days with a lucrative contract in Japan. Gary Lineker has an estimated net worth of $35 million.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2017 |
Salary |
Annual salary as a sports commentator in BBC |
$2,310,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Money raised with Eos Venture Partners including new investors Smith, Steve Broughton, former managing director of RSA insurance who joined as a non-exec director and Richard King, the founder of ingenie who is an advisor for the connected home insurance service Neos |
$1,320,000 |
|
2013 |
Sale of Asset |
Net income from the sale of his stake in a high-tech car insurer (£5 million) |
$8,240,000 |
|
2013 |
Contract |
Purchase value of Gary Lineker's Jaguar F-type- £90 thousand |
$148,000 |
|
2012 |
Contract |
Estimated annual earnings as stated in his contract |
$2,470,000 |
|
2011 |
Contract |
He earns £2 million a year as stipulated in the contract |
$3,290,000 |
|
2011 |
Salary |
Annual salary as a sports commentator in BBC |
$1,980,000 |
|
2011 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Gary Lineker's holiday home in Barbados |
$2,640,000 |
|
2011 |
Sponsorship |
Earnings from endorsement deals with the crisp giant Walkers |
$1,980,000 |
|
2009 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount won by Gary Lineker and his wife on Mr. and Mrs game show which was later donated to charity |
$49,000 |
|
2008 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount won by Gary Lineker on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Christmas Special show which he donated to Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation |
$82,000 |
|
1986 |
Salary |
Annual salary with the Leicester City Foxes for the year 1986 |
$3,960,000 |
|
1985 |
Contract |
Value of the contract which Lineker signed with Barcelona FC |
$4,610,000 |
|
1984 |
Salary |
Estimated annual salary with the Leicester City Foxes for the year 1984 |
$33,000 |