Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Tennis legend, Roger Federer is officially a billionaire.
According to Forbes, the 44-year-old has joined the
10-figure club with a net worth of $1.1billion (£813million).
The publication attributes that wealth to his significant
minority stake, estimated at three per cent, in Swiss shoe and apparel brand On
- who he has been affiliated with since 2019.
It went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 and
now has a market capitalisation of nearly $15bn (£11.1bn), with Federer's
equity worth more than $375m (£277.3m).
On its roster of tennis stars include six-time grand slam
winner Iga Swiatek, men's world No. 6 Ben Shelton and teenage prodigy Joao
Fonseca.
Federer, who earned $1 billion in off-court endeavours
during his 24-year career, was the highest-paid tennis player for 16 straight
seasons, double of what Novak Djokovic and Rafael
Nadal pocketed.
And that was despite the Swiss earning less in prize money
($131 million), than his rivals (Djokovic - $189 million and Nadal - $135
million).
In 2020, the year injury left him on the sidelines after the
Australian Open semifinal exit, he had earned $106.3 million before tax, more
than any other athlete in the world.
Federer is now the second-ever tennis player in history to
join the billionaire club after Romanian player Ion Țiriac, the 1970 French
Open doubles champion, who built his fortune through post-communism
investments.
Overall, he is the eighth member of the billionaire
athletes’ club, joining some of sport’s most iconic names across basketball,
football, golf and tennis.
Federer is now the eighth member of the billionaire
athletes’ club, joining some of sport’s most iconic names across basketball,
football, golf and tennis.
The world’s eight billionaire athletes
Basketball
Michael Jordan — $3.8bn (£2.8bn)
Magic Johnson — $1.5bn (£1.1bn)
Junior Bridgeman — $1.4bn (£1bn)
LeBron James — $1.2bn (£887m)
Football
Cristiano Ronaldo — wealth boosted by $665m (£492m) Al-Nassr
deal (exact figure TBD)
Golf
Tiger Woods — $1.3bn (£961m)
Tennis
Ion Tiriac — $2.7bn (£2bn)
Roger Federer — $1.1bn (£813m)
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