The magazine “Forbes” places the golfer american Tiger Woods as the first in the list of athletes richest in the world.
According to the internet page of the magazine “Forbes.com”, Woods, after achieving the bonus of $10 million of triumph in the FedEx Cup, became the first sportsman in history comes to $1 billion.
Tiger Woods had already won $895 million when he started the season of 2009 and, according to the same source, by adding 10.5 million dollars with the sporting triumphs, plus bonus of the FedEx Cup and the $100 million that receives annually from the sale of image, joined the 1,000 million.
Only the legendary Michael Jordan, a former player of the Bulls in Chicago, and the seven times world champion of the Formula One, the German Michael Schumacher, are the other two athletes, according to “Forbes.com” are closer to Woods in regard to profits. Jordan achieved more than $800 million since he came in 1984 to the NBA, while Schumacher was left in the 700 during its activity as a pilot.
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