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Highest-paid athletes in 2021: # 7 Roger Federer, golden tennis player

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Roger Federer on January 30, 2021 at the Australian Open. | Source: Getty Images

EXCLUSIVE | In this Olympic year, throughout the summer we are offering a series like no other: “Discovering the 50 best paid athletes on the planet”. Fifty portraits of exceptional men and women who, in their discipline and well beyond, panic the counters. Moreover, the 50 highest paid athletes in 2021 won nearly $ 2.8 billion: a record! One day, a portrait is one of the summer meetings with Forbes France.


Identity : Roger Federer

Ranking : #7

Pays : Suisse

Age : 39 years old

Sport : Tennis

Income : $ 90 million

Sports income : 30 000 dollars

Non-sports income : $ 90 million

Residence : Valbella, Suisse

Private life : Married

Child (ren) : 4

Agent : Tony Godsick

Agency : TEAM8

Sponsors : Barilla, Credit Suisse Group (ADS), JURA, Lindt & Sprungli, LVMH, Mercedes Benz, NetJets, On, RIMOWA

  • Roger Federer has a portfolio of sponsors unmatched in the world of sport.
  • The biggest contract in his portfolio is that between him and the Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo. Worth $ 300 million, this contract binds him to Uniqlo until 2028.
  • Over the course of his career, Roger Federer has won $ 130 million in prizes, but that total is eclipsed by his non-sports income.
  • The main income of the tennis legend is believed to come from its stake in Swiss sportswear company On, which is reportedly considering an IPO in fall 2021.
  • Since its inception, the Roger Federer Foundation has raised more than $ 50 million and has enabled 1.5 million children in Africa to go to school.

Article traduit de Forbes US – Auteurs : Brett Knight, Justin Birnbaum, Christina Settimi, David Dawkins, Ariel Shapiro et Madeline Berg

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