We knew that David Beckham’s second career, as an entrepreneur, was on the rise. What we could not have imagined, at least until today (also because we have no connections in the British or American tax authorities), is that Beckham could become the first British athlete in history to have accumulated a fortune equal to or greater than one billion euros. Now we know, and it was the Times that revealed it. The former footballer, obviously together with his inseparable wife Victoria, managed to cross this threshold thanks to fruitful investments in the world of football, as co-owner of Inter Miami, but also by diversifying investments and interests in real estate, food and fashion.
The Times publishes a ranking of the richest people in the United Kingdom every year. And, if we make a comparison between the 2025 and 2026 lists, it turns out that the wealth of David Beckham and his wife Victoria has more than doubled: only 12 months ago it stood at 574 million euros. The former English footballer has managed to build an empire that, in some ways, he created on his own. Coming from a humble family (his father was a heating engineer and his mother a hairdresser), he joined the Manchester United academy in 1991, at the age of 16. From there began a career at the very highest level, studded with success with the Red Devils, and then continued at Real Madrid, Milan, PSG and the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The move to America, as mentioned, launched Beckham’s second career in football: the executive one with Inter Miami CF, the football team from Florida’s most famous city. A team the former English player founded together with a group of investors in 2018. The market value of Beckham’s stake has risen considerably over the years and is now worth around 350 million euros. This is also thanks to massive investments on the sporting side, which led to the arrival of Messi, Suarez and De Paul, and on the infrastructure side, with the construction of Miami Freedom Park, a real estate complex that currently includes a 26,700-seat arena and will in the future include shops, restaurants and offices.
The investments in Florida, however, did not end there: the Beckhams in fact live in a house worth almost 70 million euros: a 1,330-square-metre palace with nine bedrooms, an indoor spa and a splendid view of Biscayne Bay (a tropical lagoon halfway between Miami and the Florida Keys). The Beckhams, moreover, are also still owners of their historic Holland Park home, located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in London, and of an estate worth almost 23 million euros in Great Tew, in the Cotswolds (South-West England), including a lake, a swimming pool, beehives and a regulation-size football pitch.
The Beckham family, however, has not decided to invest its savings only in football and real estate. But also, for example, in the world of fashion, given that Victoria has her own eponymous fashion and cosmetics line. Or in food and healthy drinks: in 2024 David launched “IM8”, a dietary supplements brand, and “Beeup”, a line of healthy snacks for children made with honey from his estate in the Cotswolds. The Beckhams’ strategy is an ambitious and long-term one, and has led them to build a rich and diversified portfolio. A model for footballers, tennis players and drivers who want to extend their career even after their sporting one has ended.