Legendary Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton is one of the richest athletes in the world.
After winning 7 World Championships, including a record 103 races, he is considered the highest-earning driver in F1 history.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas team member has an approximate net worth of $285 million dollars.
Lewis Hamilton has been racing in F1 for 17 seasons. He made his debut on March 18, 2007, in Melbourne, Australia with McLaren and hasn’t looked back since.
After spending his first 6 seasons with the British team, where he won his first Formula One World Championship in 2008, Hamilton surprised everyone by moving to his current home with Mercedes in 2013 in a deal valued at approximately $54 million dollars.
In 2015, he signed a historic contract extension with Mercedes worth $140 million.
This put him among the top-earning athletes around the world. Subsequent contract renewals have taken place, each worth around $100 million dollars every two years.
Hamilton’s earnings per season are estimated to be around $55 million dollars.
This season marks his 10 years since joining the German team. Recent reports around the circuit are saying that the 38-year-old driver will once again extend his contract with Mercedes for another two seasons.
Investments, real estate, and more
One of Hamilton’s most recent investments was in the NFL. In 2022 the British champion joined the investment group that bought the Denver Broncos.
Hamilton’s other ventures are versatile and include a clothing line with Tommy Hilfiger called “TOMMYXLEWIS”, an electric SUV off-road team called “Team X44”, a vegan burger chain called “Neat Burger”, a drinks company that includes Cindy Crawford as another investor called “Athletic Greens”, a verticle farm venture with Justin Timberlake called “Bowery”, a plant based food star-up which he invested in along with Roger Federer and Jeff Bezos called “NotCo”, and a grocery delivery app called “Zapp”.
In terms of properties, he reportedly owns a $40.7 million penthouse in New York City, a $25 million four-story mansion in London, two apartments in Nyon, Switzerland and Monaco, as well as an estate in Colorado.
Lewis is also quite the car collector. In his garage, you can find gems like a McLaren P1 ($1.2 million), a 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 ($1.3 million), 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 ($4.8 million), and a Mercedes-AMG Project One ($2.4 million) among others.
Lewis is also an ambassador for brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Mercedes-Benz, Puma, Petronas, IWC, Monster Energy, Bell Helmets, MV Agusta Motorcycles, Sony, and Bose.
