The guideline of the online gambling company Bet365, Denise Coates, received a £ 421 million reward, 494 million euros at the current exchange rate, in the fiscal year ending in March, that’s one of the highest annual salaries in corporate history British media reported this on Thursday.
In addition, the board of directors, which is also the founder of the gambling operator, received 56 million euros in dividends, for which the total amount of its revenues was 469 million pounds, just over 550 million euros.
Coates, who founded this online gambling company twenty years in the English town of Stoke-on-Trent, he has spent several years as a one of the business women with the highest salary.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper said Thursday that the salary falls under this directive corresponds to a daily income of £ 1.3 million (1.5 million of euros). The BBC network points out that his wages ended in the fiscal year On March 29, it is much higher than the amount charged last year, which was 277 million pounds (324 million euros). This large amount was awarded despite a drop in Bet365 activity due to the cancellation of international sporting events due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Coates is ranked 383 on Forbes Magazine’s list of great fortunes. This estimates his fortune at around 5,500 million euros.