David Beckham has netted a $35.8 million dividend bonanza from the business that licenses his name on products ranging from Boss overcoats to Stella Artois beer and Tempur mattresses.
Accounts for DRJB Holdings, the main holding company behind the Beckham brand, show it more than doubled pre-tax profits from $16.2 million to $36.2 million in the year to December 2023.
The former Manchester United footballer was paid $12.8 million in dividends for the 2023 financial year and another $23 million after that year ended, taking his total payout to nearly $36 million.
The results were the first since Beckham sold majority control of DRJB to the US-based licensing group Authentic Brands Group, which paid him a mixture of $269 million in shares and cash for