GARY Neville is one of the most well-known faces in football, not only for his illustrious career at Manchester United, but for his years as a Sky Sports pundit.
With an impressive business portfolio and football career behind him – what is Gary Neville’s net worth?
Gary is a new guest dragon on Dragons’ Den.Copyright remains with handout provider
Who is Gary Neville?
Gary Neville is a football pundit and former player from the UK.
His father, Neville Neville, was a former league cricketer and his mother Jill played netball in the local leagues.
She was also the general manager and club secretary for Football League club, Bury.
After retiring from football, Gary began building a huge business empire.
He began getting into property development in his early 20s, now owning a chain of hotels and townhouses.
These include Hotel Football, which overlooks Old Trafford and the Stock Exchange Hotel near Piccadilly Gardens.
Gary’s also involved in the St Michael’s Project which aims to build apartments, hotels, offices and a high-end restaurant in Manchester city centre.
In 2014, Gary was one of the five former Manchester United players who took over league two club Salford City F.C with each player owning 10% of the club.
Singaporean businessman Peter Lim owns the rest whilst David Beckham purchased a 10% share from Lim in 2019.
Gary later founded investment company ‘Relentless’ in 2015, which specialises in ventures across the Manchester area.
He also runs property and construction consultancy firm “Zerum”.
In 2017, Gary co-founded production company Buzz 16 which has an impressive portfolio in various genres including documentary, features and podcasts.
However, in February 2023 Gary sold his controlling stake in the company for a reported fee of £200 million.
He was also a senior investor in E3 Creative, a digital creative agency that specialises in online marketing and corporate strategy.
Gary also invested in the hospitality sector with GG Hospitality and the higher education institution University Academy 92.
The academy opened in September 2019 and offers “broader courses than traditional degrees” to the 400 students registered there as of 2022.
His business ventures have all paid off as he is the newest Dragon on Dragons’ Den.
It was announced in October 2023, Gary and Emma Grede will join the show as the first ever guest Dragons.
The duo will sit alongside Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies, and Steven Bartlett in the 21st series of the show.
The 21st series is set to air in 2024.
What is Gary Neville’s net worth?
It’s estimated that Gary’s financial assets are worth an estimated £70 million after he has been involved in more than 60 businesses.
Companies House records show that Gary has been involved with at least 66 firms.
However, some have now been dissolved and are not currently trading.
His hotel business has accumulated £20 million in assets whilst his property development company has assets of £10.5 million.
Documents have proved his remaining business have combined assets of £40 million.
Back in 2016, the Express reported Gary would be paid over £1 million for his role on Monday Night Football and Super Sunday.
When did Gary Neville retire?
Twenty years after debuting for Manchester United, on February 2, 2011, Gary announced his retirement from the sport.
He made 602 appearances, won eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups and one European Cup.
Gary had also played 85 times for England’s national football team.
Former manager Sir Alex Ferguson said that Gary was “the best English right-back of his generation”.
In 1992, Gary debuted for Manchester United with an appearance in the UEFA Cup against Torpedo Moscow.
He’d captained United earlier that year to the FA Youth Cup over Crystal Palace.
The squad consisted of other legendary football names including David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Keith Gillespie, Robbie Savage and Paul Scholes.
In 1995, he started in Manchester United’s FA Cup final loss to Everton and later played for England’s squad for the first time in a friendly against Japan.
Gary had taken the captain’s armband from Roy Keane in November 2005 but within 18 months had sustained a broken ankle against Bolton.
Despite returning to Manchester United and repeatedly battled against muscular complaints, he lost his automatic place to Wes Brown, John O’Shea and Rafael.
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