Inside the huge Beckham family net worth and enviable worldwide property empire

In their 25 years of marriage, the Beckhams have amassed a staggering business empire. Here’s how they built their eye-watering portfolio.

Since David and Victoria Beckham first became a couple in 1997, the former England soccer star and one-time Spice Girl have gone on to be one of the hottest – not to mention richest – celebrity power couples in the world.

According to The Sunday Times Rich List 2024, the pair, once known as “Posh and Becks”, boast a combined eye-watering fortune of $865 million.

They are forever making headlines and this week – 25 years after copping flak for wearing purple suits at their wedding reception – delighted fans with a fresh retro shoot in the outfits to mark their anniversary.

According to The Sunday Times Rich List 2024, the pair boast a combined eye-watering fortune of $865 million.

“Look what we found …” the loved-up couple wrote on a joint Instagram post.

So just how have David and Victoria – who are parents to four children, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and Harper – parlayed sports and pop stardom into the ongoing “purple” patch, behemoth that is Brand Beckham?

Here, we look at their vast – and still growing – fortune.

SOCCER SUPERSTAR

In a stellar soccer career, David pulled on the boots for iconic clubs such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.

In 2003, he was the highest paid soccer star in the world, earning $42 million per year.

But when he was lured to the US to play for the LA Galaxy in 2007, his earnings skyrocketed, banking a whopping $370 million for a five-year deal.

By the time he retired in 2013, David is said to have made a phenomenal $1.1 billion from his two decades in the sport.

David and Victoria in the family mansion in the Cotswolds. Picture: Netflix

POP CAREER

In the 1990s, the Spice Girls were a pop juggernaut, selling an incredible 100 million records. That achievement made the five members – Victoria, Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner – very rich in the process. The group made a reported $114 million per year each during their 1990s heyday.

BRAND ENDORSEMENTS

Not surprisingly, high-end brands clamour to be associated with the Beckhams – particularly global style icon, David, who makes tens of millions per year in endorsements.

During his playing days, David signed lucrative endorsement deals with Armani, Gillette, Pepsi, and Adidas. (He signed a lifetime deal with the German sportswear company in 2003 for $240 million, which at the time was one of the biggest sponsorship deals in sporting history.)

Some of his current high-end endorsements include Tudor watches (he’s a company ambassador), Stella Artois beer, Maserati, Samsung, Jaguar, and Emporio Armani underwear among many others. In 2021, David faced backlash from the LGBTQ+ community, who had long supported him, after he inked a 10-year deal to be the face of Qatar Tourism for a staggering $400 million.

Netflix recently released its hotly anticipated documentary series with the Beckham family.

BUSINESS NOUS

In 2014, David was a founding partner of the whisky brand Haig Club. His stake in the business – which is owned by multinational alcohol company Diageo – was estimated to be worth $75 million.

In March last year, it was announced that the 49-year-old would end his decade-long partnership with the liquor giant to pursue his own drinks brand.

He set up DB Ventures in 2014 to manage his post-soccer career activities. In 2022, he sold a 55 per cent stake in DB Ventures to the American firm Authentic Brands Group, which owns companies such as Reebok and Juicy Couture. The soccer legend, who still owns 45 per cent of the company, reportedly banked $380 million from the sale.

FASHION CAREERS

You’ve got to hand it to Victoria; she knew her pop limitations. Arguably, the weakest singer in the Spice Girls, she embarked on a half-hearted solo career after the group split, but she understood music wasn’t her strong suit, quickly pivoting to fashion. Her eponymous label launched in 2008 and quickly became a go-to for celebrities with everyone from Meghan Markle, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez decked out in a Victoria Beckham. In recent years, the label has faced financial difficulties, posting multimillion-dollar losses, but it has rebounded over the past year to be back in the black.

Not surprisingly, the always stylish David is also venturing further into fashion. In May, he signed a multi-year collaboration with Hugo Boss, the first deal of its kind for the high-end German fashion label.

The partnership will include capsules and collections curated by the former soccer star who will be involved in the entire creative process.

Victoria Beckham with husband David at Brooklyn Beckham's wedding.

REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO

The Beckhams own several extravagant properties around the globe.

Among them are the family’s home base: a vast four-storey townhouse in London’s exclusive Holland Park neighbourhood (also known as “Millionaire’s Row”).

The Beckhams also own a country estate in the idyllic Cotswolds, where they reside in a converted barn, which featured prominently in the 2023 hit Netflix docuseries, Beckham. They bought the property for $11 million in 2016 and it’s now said to be worth $22 million.

In the US – where the Beckhams spent six years while David played for the LA Galaxy – they own a $35 million Miami penthouse.

They’ve also cashed in on real estate. The family’s famed “Beckingham Palace” estate in Hertfordshire where they lived from 1999 until 2007 was purchased for $4.75 million and sold in 2014 for $23 million. In 2007, when the family moved to Los Angeles after David joined the LA Galaxy, they purchased a mansion high up in the Hollywood Hills for $32 million, later selling it at a tidy profit for $49 million in 2016.

INTER MILAN FC OWNER

David put US soccer on the map when he joined the LA Galaxy in 2007. Part of his $370 million deal to play in Major-league Soccer (MLS) meant he was offered an option to buy an expansion team in any market – except New York City – for $37 million (peanuts for him).

As a result, Inter Miami CF was founded in 2018.

Beckham’s golden influence lured several high-profile players such as Blaise Matuidi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez to the club.

But the signing of Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi in 2023 sent the fledgling club into the stratosphere bringing people through the gates and its distinctive bright pink merchandise flying off the shelves. The club also won its first major trophy – the expanded 2023 Leagues Cup.

According to Sportico, the franchise is now valued at $1.5 billion, putting more cash into David’s pocket.

NETFLIX DEAL

The Beckhams inked a $30 million deal with Netflix in 2020 for a four-part, intimate docuseries on the couple, which was a massive hit for the streamer when it was released last year and was universally praised by critics.

Originally published as Inside the huge Beckham family net worth and enviable worldwide property empire