The board of the online betting company Bet365, Denise Coates, received £ 421m, 494 million euros at the current exchange rate, the fiscal year that ended in March, in the which is one of the highest annual salaries in business history British national media reported on Thursday.
In addition, the board, which is also the founder of the gaming operator, received 56 million euros in dividends, so that the total sum of its income reached 469 million pounds, just over 550 million of euros.
Coates, who founded this online gambling company twenty years ago years in the English town of Stoke-on-Trent, has been a few years as one of the highest paid businesswomen.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that the salary of this directive is equivalent to a daily income of £ 1.3 million (£ 1.5 million) of euros). The BBC notes that his pay in the fiscal year, which ended on March 29, is much higher than it received the previous year, 277 million of pounds (324 million euros). This large sum was granted despite a drop in Bet365 activity due to the cancellation of international sporting events due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Coates ranks 383rd on Forbes magazine’s list of big fortunes. It estimates its fortune at around 5.5 billion euros.