{"id":181805,"date":"2025-10-06T14:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181805\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:32:07","slug":"sir-david-beckham-lands-26m-payday-after-cotswolds-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/181805\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir David Beckham lands \u00a326m payday after Cotswolds move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The former sportsman has lived in the Cotswolds near Oxfordshire&#8217;s Chipping Norton with his wife, Victoria, for several years now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He embarked on new ventures during 2024, including health supplements and a brand partnership with Stella Artois.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  DRJB Holdings, the holding company combining all Sir David&#8217;s brands, reported an underlying pre-tax profit of 44.9 million US dollars (\u00a333.2 million) for 2024, a surge of 24 per cent on the previous year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Revenues edged up marginally to 92.3 million dollars for the year (\u00a368.3 million).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25509234.spice-girls-pay-heartfelt-tribute-wonderful-member-tragic-death\/?ref=ed_recent?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spice Girls pay heartfelt tribute to &#8216;wonderful&#8217; member after tragic death<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Sir David Beckham.(Image: Ian West \/ PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The group is jointly owned by Sir David\u2019s company Footwork Productions and US consumer giant Authentic Brands Group, which invested in the business in 2022.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The company\u2019s accounts show that it paid out dividends to shareholders amounting to 52.5 million US dollars (\u00a338.8 million) in 2024, as well as 23.1 million dollars (\u00a317.1 million) paid after the end of the financial year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is understood that Sir David, through Footwork Productions\u2019s 45% ownership of DRJB Holdings, received a roughly \u00a326 million payout.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Last year, he raked in more than \u00a328 million from dividends shared out from the business enterprises.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ex-England footballer\u2019s sprawling empire includes Studio 99, which produced the Beckham series for Netflix and a documentary about his wife Victoria, which is due for release on the same platform next week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25509511.victoria-beckham-teases-major-spice-girls-reunion-oasis\/?ref=ed_recent?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victoria Beckham teases major Spice Girls reunion after Oasis<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The former footballer captained England in his playing days.(Image: Ben Whitley \/ PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has also struck a multi-year design partnership with fashion brand Boss, with the launch of a David Beckham menswear collection earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other business ventures in 2024 included entering the health and wellness sector with the launch of IM8 Health, a daily supplements brand co-founded by Sir David.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sir David, who was given a knighthood this year for services to sport and charity, also signed partnerships with beer brand Stella Artois and household appliances brand Shark Ninja in 2024.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This comes after the former Real Madrid midfielder was spotted enjoying a beer with tennis legend Maria Sharapova as part of his Stella Artois deal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sir David was joined by tennis icon Maria Sharapova in New York City last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25509417.fans-beg-jeremy-clarkson-not-end-clarksons-farm-new-update\/?ref=ed_recent?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fans beg Jeremy Clarkson not to end Clarkson&#8217;s Farm after new update<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Be the first to know with Oxford Mail! \ud83d\udcf1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Our flash sale brings the latest local happenings directly to you. Take advantage of our exclusive offer of over 40 per cent off an annual subscription.<br \/>Your community&#8217;s stories await. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpecialOffer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SpecialOffer<\/a> \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFugf53nGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uFugf53nGk<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1972936850852757613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 30, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  A former Wimbledon champion back in 2004, the Russian was also previously the world No. 1 on five different occasions between 2005 and 2012.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair of sporting legends posed for several photographs together as they shared a beer each.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Posting on Instagram after the event, Ms Sharapova said: &#8220;Thank you for hosting the perfect evening, Stella Artois!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It included eating a hamburger with a knife and fork, a mentalist playing tricks on us, and special memories worth cheering for.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Oh, and David Beckham reminding me who won the Perfect Serve challenge back in London.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former sportsman has lived in the Cotswolds near Oxfordshire&#8217;s Chipping Norton with his wife, Victoria, for several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-181805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}