WATCH: U.K.’s richest woman gets $422 million pay from betting empire

FILE PHOTO: bet365 Chief Executive Denise Coates poses with her CBE medal after being knighted by Britain’s Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in London. The 52-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group Ltd. pocketed 323 million pounds ($422 million) in salary and dividends, according to a filing from the British online bookmaker.
INTERNATIONAL – Denise Coates has hit the jackpot again.
The 52-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group Ltd. pocketed 323 million pounds ($422 million) in salary and dividends, according to a filing from the British online bookmaker.
Her salary of 276.6 million pounds from the closely held firm makes her one of the world’s best-paid bosses. It also strengthens her status as the U.K.’s richest woman, adding to a fortune already among the world’s 500 largest, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Source: iol.co.za