{"id":1352,"date":"2026-05-16T08:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:52:37","slug":"david-beckham-becomes-uks-first-billionaire-footballer-in-2026-rich-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/16\/david-beckham-becomes-uks-first-billionaire-footballer-in-2026-rich-list\/","title":{"rendered":"David Beckham Becomes UK\u2019s First Billionaire Footballer in 2026 Rich List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former England football captain David Beckham has become the first British billionaire sportsperson, according to the 2026 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that the combined wealth of David Beckham and his wife Victoria Beckham has reached approximately \u00a31.185 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham is currently a co-owner of the American football club Inter Miami CF, which is valued at around $1.45 billion. He also earns significant income through global brand ambassador roles with companies such as Adidas and Hugo Boss.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Beckham\u2019s successful fashion business has also contributed substantially to the couple\u2019s overall wealth.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Top Wealthy Sports Figures<\/h3>\n<p>The list also highlights several other high-profile athletes and sports personalities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernie Ecclestone \u2013 \u00a32 billion (Top position)<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Hamilton \u2013 \u00a3435 million (5th)<\/li>\n<li>Rory McIlroy \u2013 \u00a3325 million (7th)<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Joshua \u2013 \u00a3240 million (8th)<\/li>\n<li>Harry Kane and Andy Murray \u2013 \u00a3110 million each (10th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sports promoters Barry Hearn and Eddie Hearn also entered the billionaire category with wealth estimated at \u00a31.035 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, saw his fortune decline by \u00a31.85 billion, reducing his ranking from 7th to 9th place in the overall list.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old Beckham, recently knighted as \u201cSir,\u201d is being recognized for achieving a major milestone in both sports and business success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former England football captain David Beckham has become the first British billionaire sportsperson, according to the 2026 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List. The report states that the combined wealth of David Beckham and his wife Victoria Beckham has reached approximately \u00a31.185 billion. Beckham is currently a co-owner of the American football club Inter &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}