Athletes
Mario Andretti Net Worth
Mario Andretti's Net Worth as of 2024
$100 Million
Mario Gabriele Andretti was born on 28 February 1940, in the territory of Istria, Italy, which today is located in Motovun, Croatia. Mario Andretti is considered to be one of the most successful all-time race car drivers in the world. In a car-racing career stretching over more than 35 years beginning in the early 60s, Mario won races in NASCAR, IndyCar, World Sportscar and Formula One – only Dan Gurney has managed the same feat. Winning in such differing types of car at the top level is the mark of a true champion.
So just how rich is Mario Andretti? Sources estimate that Mario has a net worth of over $100 million, accumulated from his years of outstanding success in car racing
Mario Andretti Net Worth $100 Million
In 1955 the Andretti family moved to the United States of America and settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, actually a car-racing hub. Andretti’s passion for racing began in his early childhood, competing with his twin brother Aldo in box cars, and watching the Mille Miglia. Then when teenagers, they worked at their uncle’s garage, surrounded by cars all the time of course. Mario’s dreams of becoming a race car driver soon came to reality, as the brothers modified a 1948 Hudson Hornet with their own money, and began racing in Nazareth. They won races, which their parents knew nothing about, until during one of those races Mario’s brother was seriously injured. However, it did not stop Mario from racing.
In the mid-1960s Mario Andretti became a professional driver, having initially raced midget and stock cars, and then sprint cars. Gradually Andretti established himself as professional race car driver, and secured a drive in NASCAR, winning the 1967 Daytona 500, but his ambition was to drive open-wheelers at the top level, so Mario competed in Champ Cars as well, the highest level of open wheelers in the US at that time, and then it became Indy Car. Mario won the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, but already had his eye on moving to Formula One, the worldwide open-wheeler championship. Mario improved his net worth considerably during these years, as even if he wasn’t actually winning, the salaries of the drivers were quite generous.
The designer and owner of Lotus, Colin Chapman, gave Mario his first drive in in Formula One 1968 at the 1968 United States Grand Prix, but Mario Andretti still divided his time between the US -based championships, and Formula One over the next few years. His first win was for Ferrari at the 1971 South African Grand Prix., but didn’t commit to Formula One until 1975, after which Andretti drove for such teams as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Williams, etc, but is most successful year was 1978, when he won six races and the championship. Actually, his last win was the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix Formula One race, as the cars he drove in later years were uncompetitive.Regardless, these years in Formula One were very profitable for Mario’s net worth.
Concurrently though, he drove in the Le Mans 24 Hour race and other sportscar events, being part of teams like Porsche AG, Panoz Motorsports, Holman Moody, and others, to the extent where Andretti gained worldwide fame, and was chosen as the Driver of the Year three times, in 1964, 1967 and 1984.
Mario returned to the US and IndyCar racing in 1982, tired of the inconsistency in Formula One cars, and continued racing for the next 12 years, winning the championship in 1984, in his last win came in 1993, the oldest ever winner at 53 years of age. He retired the following year, accumulating net worth to the end!
Despite the fact that Mario Andretti retired from racing, he did not lose his fame or interest in racing. First of all, Andretti writes in a column about race car driving. Moreover, from time to time Mario can be seen on screen. He appeared in the television show “Home Improvement”, and the documentary “Dust to Glory”. Andretti also voiced his own character in the cartoon “Cars”. From 2012 Andretti has been acting as the ambassador for the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), and for the US Grand Prix, which includes promoting Formula One in the US, and motorsports in general at COTA. These involvements also added to the overall amount of Mario Andretti’s net worth.
Concerning the personal life of this former Italian-American race car champion, Mario Andretti married Dee Ann in 1961, and they have a daughter and two sons, Michael and Jeff, who have become a top drivers in their own right, even sharing drives with the old man!
Athletes
Tiger Woods Net Worth
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods was born on 30 December 1975 in Cypress, California USA, of part-Chinese, and African- and Native- American (father) and Thai (mother) descent. He is one of the the world’s highest earning sportsmen, a professional golfer who was ranked number one in the world for a total of 545 weeks between in 1997 and 2010, and then for another 60 weeks in 2013-14, the most of any golfer, and during which period he won 119 tournaments on the PGA and European tours.
So just how rich is Tiger Woods? Regardless of the fact that Woods’ divorce from ex-wife Elin Nordegren (former Swedish model), cost him $100 million dollars – including $54.5 million in mortgage payment finalised in January 2016 – authoritative sources estimate that Tiger’s net worth is now still over $770 million, accumulated from golf prize money of around $160 million, and the rest from endorsements during a 20 year career, totalling overall more than $1.3 billion.
Tiger Woods Net Worth $770 Million
Encouraged by his father Earl, Tiger became a child golfing prodigy, already at the age of 3 putting against comedian Bob Hope. He was called on TV shows and published in Golf Digest magazine. He won age group events around the world from the age of eight, and being a 15 year-old teenager he became the youngest US Junior Amateur champion. He was educated at Western High School, Anaheim, but golf was his priority, and at 20 (1996), he became the first in golf history to win three consecutive US Amateur titles, while (apparently) studying at Stanford University.
Tiger then turned professional, and immediately signed multi-million dollar contracts with famous companies such as Nike and Titleist. Next year Woods won his first ‘major’, the US Masters, and achieved number one world ranking, the youngest and the fastest to get to that position. The list of his winnings is endless and achievements too many to mention, but apart from aforementioned 79 victories in the USA and Europe – only Sam Snead has won more(82) – he has won two Japan Golf Tour events, an Asian Tour event, one PGA Tour of Australasia event, as well as 21 titles as an amateur. Of particular significance is that Tiger has won 14 ‘major’ titles, second only behind Jack Nicklaus(18), which has included the ‘grand slam’ of golf three times. In addition, he had been awarded PGA Player of the year 11 times and the Byron Nelson award eight times. There can be no doubt that Tiger Woods has earned his net worth.
Woods is considered the most successful player of all times, partly because of his winning record, but also because he is the first and the only golfer to have earned more than a billion dollars. This fortune was made not only by playing golf, but also by signing very lucrative contracts with companies such as Rolex, General Motors, American Express, and Gatorade apart from Titleist and Nike, and becoming an ambassador for Gillette. Moreover, the businesses of Tiger Woods Foundation which promotes golf, and Tiger Woods Design which is involved with golf courses development, are also very profitable. The athlete is a published writer with “How I Play Golf” as well, which has brought him steady income from 1.5 million copies sold. He has also written a column for the magazine “Golf Digest’ – presumably both added to his net worth.
Following his very public divorce from Elin Nordegren who he married in 2004 – they divorced in 2010 and have two children – also involving details of infidelity over the years, Tiger Woods dated Olympic Games skiing gold medallist Lindsey Vonn for a couple of years, but apparently no more. He was raised a Buddhist, and professes to still follow the teachings.
Athletes
Roger Federer Net Worth
Roger Federer was born on 8 August 1981, in Basel, Switzerland to Robert and Lynette Federer, the latter’s South African descent entitling Federer to hold both Swiss and South African citizenship. Roger is perceived by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time, and this title could well be deserved both in successes on the court and maintenance at the highest level, plus his sporting personality rarely equalled in professional sportspeople.
So just how rich is Roger Federer? This outstanding professional tennis player is estimated to have a current net worth of $420 million, increasing momentarily as he continues to play most weeks of the year, and annual prize money plus endorsements can approach $100 million.
Roger Federer Net Worth $420 Million
Roger Federer first became interested in tennis when he was still a child. Starting school at six years of age, he quickly became the best tennis player in his age group. Eight years later he became the national age group champion, and was sent to train at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Ecublens.In 1998 he won the ITF junior singles tournament and became the ITF Champion of the Year. After that his career skyrocketed. As of mid-2015, the Swiss-born athlete holds the record for ranking in the ATP No. 1 position for 237 consecutive weeks (from 2004 to 2008), and in total 302 weeks. The tennis icon has appeared in 25 Grand Slam finals and won seventeen of them. He has broken numerous records playing in these tournaments, including the record for 10 consecutive finals, and has acheived a Grand Slam of titles, plus jointly holding the record of seven Wibledon titles (with Pete Sampras) and five US titles (with Sampras and Jimmy Connors). During his long career, Federer has won over 80 tournaments in total, and it has been reported that he has won more prize money than any other player, although this is difficult to establish as values constantly change in comparison with previous champions.
Roger Federer also earns a great deal of money from his endorsement contracts. He has signed long-term deals with Nike, Rolex, Wilson and Credit Suisse, and recently he decided to collaborate with champagne brand Moet & Chandon. In addition to being one of the best-paid athletes out there, his endorsement contracts are just as impressive, as he receives $40 million every year just from his sponsors! According to Forbes, he holds # 8 place in a list of 100 top-earning celebrities as of 2013. But despite his huge financial success and celebrity status, Roger Federer does not hold back when it comes to helping those in need. In 2003 together with his mother he established the Roger Federer Foundationin order to help disadvantaged people and promote a healthy lifestyle. He was also one of the most active celebrities to participate in organizing charities raising money for the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 and Haiti earthquake in 2010.
He is fluent in Swiss-German, German, French and English languages. Like all men in Switzerland, Federer was supposed to serve in the Swiss army, but in 2003 he was released from this duty because of continuous back pain. Roger Federer, who is often called Maestro, is married to the former professional tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec. They met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she was competing as well. Due to a foot injury she retired from professional sports and now manages her husband’s public relations. In 2009 the couple married in Basel , and has two sets of twins – twin boys and twin girls.
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