TENNIS sensation Emma Raducanu is on her way to becoming a £1billion athlete after licensed professionals raced to register her with trademark chiefs.
They have utilized all through the UK to safeguard the phrases “Emma Raducanu”, “Emma” and “Raducanu” — paving the way for her own cosmetics, perfumes, clothes and footwear strains.
The 18-year-old Brit, with a Romanian dad and a Chinese mum, took the sporting world by storm on Saturday with her record-breaking US Open win.
That netted her £1.8million in prize cash alone. A protracted occupation racking up additional Grand Slams might very nicely be price £100million in prizes.
The advertisers’ dream might trump Roger Federer’s £215million ten-year sponsorship preserve improvement model Uniqlo. Other tie-ups, such as a mooted Tiffany deal in China, might pull in an annual £20million a time.
Wise investments might then earn Emma, who obtained an A-level in economics and yesterday toured the New York Stock Exchange, 15 per cent on extreme.
The teenager, from Bromley, South East London, acknowledged: “Visiting the trading floor was the one place on my bucket list I had to check out before leaving. My parents were both in finance and I definitely want to know more about the business side of things.”
Several sportsmen — together with Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods — have amassed fortunes topping £1billion nonetheless Emma might very nicely be the primary lady.
She arrange her first restricted company, Harbour 6, closing 12 months. Her new capabilities have been filed inside hours of her US Open win by UK lawyer Anthony Brierley.
Emma, furthermore pictured yesterday with Olympic diver Tom Daley, might play at subsequent month’s Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania — and go to her grandmother in shut by Bucharest.
Her gran, who didn’t need to be named, educated The Sun: “I’ll make mincemeat in cabbage leaves. It’s her favourite.”
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