David Beckham takes £39m dividend as World Cup deals drive record profits
David Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPAView image in fullscreenDavid Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage. The remainder of the business is Studio 99, the production company that made the four-part Netflix documentary Beckham that was released in 2023.
- ▪David Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage.
- ▪Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPAView image in fullscreenDavid Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage.
- ▪The remainder of the business is Studio 99, the production company that made the four-part Netflix documentary Beckham that was released in 2023.
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David Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPAView image in fullscreenDavid Beckham at a Fifa Club World Cup group stage. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPADavid BeckhamDavid Beckham takes £39m dividend as World Cup deals drive record profitsFormer footballer appeared in about 12 ad campaigns this summer, pushing brands revenue to $110.5m Business live – latest updates Mark SweneyFri 25 Sep 2026 05.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleDavid Beckham has taken a $51m (£39m) dividend from his business empire fuelled by a series of deals with brands for the Fifa World Cup.Beckham appeared in about a dozen ad campaigns across this summer’s tournament in the US, working with brands including Lenovo, McDonald’s, Bank of America, Verizon and PepsiCo’s…
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