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    What is Elle Brooke’s net worth?

    ELLE Brooke is an online adult entertainment star, wrestler, and one of the most recognisable faces on the influencer boxing circuit.Here we take a look at where she lives, what she drives and her net worth.
    Elle Brooke vs Jully Poca during the Kingpyn High Stakes Semi-Final Fight Night at the 3Arena, Dublin on July 15, 2023Credit: Rex
    What is Elle Brooke’s net worth?
    Most outlets estimate Elle’s net worth to be in the region of £2million.
    She has amassed her wealth as an online personality, wrestler, OnlyFans model and influencer boxer.
    Brooke has an upcoming rematch with AJ Bunker on Saturday, January 20, 2024 — which will no doubt add to her already-impressive fortune.
    What has Elle Brooke made during her time on OnlyFans?
    Although it is impossible to know how much Brooke has made in total during her time on OnlyFans, she spoke about this aspect of her career in an interview with Piers Morgan in June 2023.
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    A number of clips from that chat went viral on social media as she defended her job as an adult star.
    Elle hinted that the appearance helped her income sky-rocket to a whopping £60,000-a-month.
    Brooke told OnlyAccounts: “I was making £30,000 a month at university, so that’s why I left.
    “I think people think that’s now, and maybe I didn’t explain it right, but they just hear the 30 grand a month. 
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    “Uni ended when I was 21 or 22, so three years ago now.
    “Life is good, thank you Piers Morgan — he basically doubled my earnings.
    “I’ve got so much money in my bank account that a financial adviser would be like you are f*****g stupid. Like, why are you holding that?
    “Invest that well. So I could buy a Ferrari, could buy several Ferraris if I wanted to, but yeah now I’m just saving my money.
    “I want to buy my dream home.”
    Where does Elle Brooke live?
    Elle grew up in Surrey, but now lives in a spacious house of her own — the location of which is not publicly known.
    Fans have seen glimpses of her home in the background of her posts and videos on Instagram.
    The deluxe pad boasts huge windows, a sleek kitchen and walls covered with works of art.
    What cars does Elle Brooke own?
    Brooke has posted a great many pictures of herself on social media with a number of top-end motors.
    Although it is unknown whether Brooke owns all of the luxury cars, she has posted a number of snaps of herself posing with the vehicles.
    In one Instagram reel, the adult content creator showed her 869,000 followers a montage of clips of her stretching and bending in a white BMW.
    The video’s caption read: “Today I am selling a piece of history…” while Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s hit song See You Again played in the background.
    In another post, Brooke posed up casually next to a Dodge, which looks like the new Dodge Challenger.
    In one video she is sprawled over what seems to be a Jeep Wrangler, which has a starting price of around £60,000 according to their website.
    Brooke also posted a short clip of her sitting in the driver’s seat of an £180,000 Porshe 911.
    Viewers were stunned at the dazzling white motor with a plush red interior as she carried out the TikTok trend where people ask drivers what they do for a living.
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    The cameraman approached the model’s car while she sat in the glamorous vehicle and asked her: “Excuse me, what do you do for a living?”
    Brooke looked confused before replying: “I’m a professional wrestler” and then speeding off in the sports car. More

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    Who is Not Logan Paul and what is his net worth?

    NOT LOGAN PAUL has made a name for himself with his eerily similar appearance to influencer Logan Paul.The lookalike star is well known online, boasting popular Instagram and TikTok accounts, and has also entered the world of boxing.
    Rodney Petersen is better known online by his alias Not Logan Paul
    Who is Not Logan Paul?
    Not Logan Paul is a social media personality who found fame due to looking like Logan Paul.
    The star, real name Rodney Petersen, began posting on social media in 2020.
    At first, he shared aspects of his life like his love for music and pictures of his children.
    But it wasn’t long until his followers began to make comparisons between Petersen and influencer and boxer Paul.
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    Petersen told Business Insider: “In early 2021, I’d never heard of YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul.
    “But when people started flooding my comments section saying they thought I looked like him, I googled him and discovered he’s a hugely popular influencer with a controversial past.”
    Petersen, who shares four children with his wife, has enjoyed success from the comparisons but has admitted the reception isn’t always positive.
    He explained: “I sometimes receive negative comments from viewers, such as from a person who commented ‘you and your brother are jokes of the world,’ as if I was actually Logan himself, which is so strange.”
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    Is Not Logan Paul on social media?
    Petersen is a big presence online and has many social media followers.
    On Instagram he has 130k followers while on TikTok he has over 215k followers.
    He also has a YouTube channel where he has over 3k subscribers.
    It was the star’s wife who first convinced him to join TikTok back in 2020 but it was only once he began capitalising on being a Logan Paul doppelgänger that he found his follower count rising dramatically.
    In just one year, Petersen went from having 7k followers to 130k after making a number of clips recreating some of Paul’s old videos and doing impressions of him.
    Petersen said in 2022: “I’m happy to run with this Logan Paul doppelgänger bit as long as it keeps bringing me views.
    “In a funny way, I’ve found that it’s allowing more people to find me and get to know who I am.
    “People used to come up to me in the street because they thought I was Logan Paul, but now, they know that I’m his doppelgänger on TikTok, they know my accounts and real name, and they want a picture with the actual me.”
    Petersen has also said that he would eventually like to go back to focusing on his dreams in martial arts and music.
    What is Not Logan Paul’s net worth?
    Petersen’s net worth has been reported to be as much as $6 million, which is over £4.5 million.
    The star has admitted in the past that “looking like Logan Paul is bringing me the extra cash I need.”
    His lookalike Paul, meanwhile, has a reported net worth of $150 million, roughly £118 million.
    What is Not Logan Paul’s boxing record?
    Like many online personalities before him, Petersen has entered the world of boxing.
    As of January 18 2024 he has won one match as a celebrity boxer.
    Petersen made his debut at an Official Celebrity Boxing match in March 2023.
    The star was then confirmed to be taking part in the Misfits Boxing 12 event in January 2024.
    Petersen’s bout against Tristan Hamm was scheduled for Saturday, January 20th.
    The event, which also signed Chase DeMoor and Ed Matthews for the line-up, will be hosted in Leeds’ First Direct Arena with the capacity being approximately 13,000.
    Ahead of the match against Hamm, Petersen shared his excitement on social media.
    In one Instagram post he shared a picture of the poster for the event with the caption: “Flying across the ocean and getting My second influencer boxing Win, 2024 is going to be amazing for us all.”
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    In another, he added: “Either they want to see me win. Or they wanna see me lose.
    “Either way they are watching and it’s paying off $$$ I do greatly appreciate all of the amazing support. Staying positive and hard on the grind.” More

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    What is Kyle Walker’s net worth?

    KYLE Walker’s career on (and off) the pitch has seen him become one of the most talked about football stars.But some footy fans may wonder just how much he takes home each week, plus how much he is really worth.
    Kyle Walker has earned a huge amount of money thanks to his lucrative football career and playing for Manchester CityCredit: Getty
    What is Kyle Walker’s net worth?
    England defender Kyle Walker plays for Manchester City, and it’s fair to say his lucrative contract with club has seen him rake in the cash.
    As of January 2024, he has a net worth £27M.
    This was boosted after he transferred to Man City from Tottenham for £50M back in 2017.
    Kyle has also had a paid partnership with Nike since 2012 and endorses their football boots including the Nike T90 Laser IV, also worn by Wayne Rooney. 
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    The footballer also owns a £3.5M six-bedroom mansion in Cheshire that boasts an indoor swimming pool.
    What is Kyle Walker’s weekly salary?
    Walker’s one of the most well-paid fullbacks in the world with a £160K a week salary.
    This whopping pay packet totals to £8.32M per year.
    Walker’s pay is way above the average Premier League Footballer, who is paid just over £60K a week, which equates to more than £3M a year.
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    However, as soon as a footballer drops to a lower division they take a huge pay cut.
    Championship wages are just over £4K a week, which is around £200K a year.
    Players in the bottom division are paid around £750 a week.
    As footballers climb the rankings and show off what they have to offer, demand for them increases, which sees them able to demand more money.
    David De Gea of Man United is the highest-earning player in the Premier League, and makes around £350K a week.
    Salaries in football have increased more than 200% since 2000.
    How old is Kyle Walker?
    The footballer was born Kyle Andrew Walker in Sheffield on May 28, 1990, which makes him 33 (in January 2024).
    He started his career at his boyhood club Sheffield United at the age of seven, and made his first-team debut aged 18.
    Since then, he has enjoyed an incredible football career, which includes stints at Tottenham, Queen’s Park Rangers, and Aston Villa, before finally settling at Man City.
    Away from the pitch, and his love life often hits the headlines.
    In January 2024, Walker’s wife Annie announced she was separating Kyle after two years of marriage.
    It came after it was revealed he had fathered a second child with Lauryn Goodman.

    Walker and Annie share three kids together and only tied the knot in 2021.
    The footballer is no longer living at the family’s Cheshire mansion. More

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    Ex-England ace Emile Heskey facing bankruptcy in latest battle with taxman

    FORMER England star Emile Heskey was facing bankruptcy last night in his latest battle with the taxman.The ex-Liverpool striker — whose net worth was estimated at £12million in 2009 — has had financial woes since joining a celebrity investment scheme now at the centre of a £1.6billion tax dispute.
    Emile Heskey is facing bankruptcy in his latest battle with the taxmanCredit: Getty
    The former England star has had financial woes since joining a celebrity investment schemeCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd
    He has been hit with a High Court bankruptcy petition filed by HMRC — setting off alarms for a string of VIPs.
    Dad-of-six Heskey, 45, was last year found to have defaulted on £92,000 of tax while working as a football development officer between 2017 and 2020.
    He was handed a £42,000 penalty.
    Meanwhile, the trendy bar he ran with wife Chantelle in posh Alderley Edge, Cheshire, was wound up by the courts with £163,000 of debts.
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    It was unclear whether the court case arrears were related to the investment scheme or his business flop.
    Heskey has recently been involved in the running of Leicester City’s women’s team and supporting the England under-18s squad.
    The tax scheme was among those run by Ingenious Media, a financing company which funded more than 60 movies.
    David Beckham, Ant and Dec and Robbie Williams are among the famous names who pumped in cash, with a minimum £50,000 stake required.
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    Clients were said to have been able to claim tax relief against most of their payment.
    Other stars linked to the scheme included Liverpool greats Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher and ex-Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman.
    Gerrard and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber were among investors reported in 2019 to be suing HSBC for “dishonestly assisting” Ingenious Media.
    Take That singers Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen have already repaid £20million.
    They insisted they had paid significant tax and believed the investments were legitimate enterprises.
    But Barlow later admitting it was “the stupidest thing I have ever done”.
    HMRC and Heskey were approached for comment. More

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    England ace Harry Kane earns whopping £25MILLION away from the pitch with lucrative side-hustles

    ENGLAND captain Harry Kane has played a blinder off the pitch — with business assets soaring to almost £25million.The Bayern Munich striker has netted £14.7million from a property company and £10.2million from an image rights firm.
    Harry Kane’s assets have jumped by £11.8million in a year, thanks to side-hustles away from the pitch like his property companyCredit: Getty
    Figures signed off by Kane three days before Christmas revealed the assets have jumped by £11.8million in a year.
    The 30-year-old star — who became the most expensive player in Bundesliga history when he joined for £86million in August — runs buy-to-let company Edward James Investments.
    And income from his name, likeness and sponsorship is held by separate firm HK28.
    After famously failing to win a major trophy during his 14-year stint at Tottenham, Kane how has plenty of space to store medals if he starts picking them up at Bayern.
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    His property company’s latest buys include a £297,000 house in Folkestone, Kent and a £475,000 flat in East London.
    A source said: “Harry has an eye for business like his eye for a goal, and is very astute off the pitch as well as on it.
    “He has worked hard to ensure his family have a comfortable future — and that means working at business as well as at his game.”
    Kane earns £400,000 per week at Bayern and is the German league’s top scorer, chalking up 21 goals in 15 games.
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    The star, who has four children with wife Katie, revealed last week he had found a family home in Munich.
    And he finally moved out of a suite at the five-star Vier Jahreszeiten hotel, where he ran up a £1million tab.
    Kane posted on Instagram: “A massive thank you to the hotel staff who have made me feel at home.
    “It’s been a huge part of being able to settle in so well.” More

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    What’s Jim Ratcliffe’s net worth and how much of Manchester United has he bought?

    SIR JIM RATCLIFFE is the chemical engineer and industry tycoon who has purchased a 25% stake in Manchester United.Ratcliffe, who is one of the UK’s richest men, is a huge football fan and his deal for United has finally been announced.
    Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe has bought a stake in Man Utd
    Who is Jim Ratcliffe and what is his net worth?
    Jim Ratcliffe is a fracking and chemicals entrepreneur who is the chairman and CEO of chemicals group Ineos.
    The Brexit-backing businessman came from humble beginnings and was brought up in a council house near Manchester by his joiner dad and office manager mum.
    He was born on October 18, 1952, as James Arthur Ratcliffe.
    Ratcliffe’s first job was with oil giant Esso but he later went on to study for an MBA from London Business School and, in 1989, he joined US private equity group Advent International.
    In May 2023 Ratcliffe surged to second in the Sunday Times Rich List with a reported net worth of £29billion.
    When did he start Ineos?
    Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive of the Ineos chemicals group, which he founded in 1998 from a small base in Hampshire.
    Using high-yield debt to fund deals, he started buying unwanted operations from groups such as energy giant BP, picking targets based on their potential to double their earnings over a five year period.
    In 2006, Ineos bought BP’s refining and petrochemical arm Innovene, giving Ineos refineries and plants in Scotland, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and Canada.
    Then, in April 2010, Ratcliffe relocated Ineos’ head office to Rolle in Switzerland, cutting the company’s tax bill by £100million per year.
    Ineos products are used every day to clean water, make toothpaste, manufacture antibiotics, insulate homes and package food.
    The chemicals giant employs more than 18,500 people at 181 sites across 22 countries.
    When was Jim Ratcliffe knighted?
    Ratcliffe was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list on June 2, 2018, receiving the honour for services to business and investment.
    Other big names on the honours list that year included Kenny Dalglish and Emma Thompson.
    What sports teams does Jim Ratcliffe own and does he support Manchester United?
    Boyhood Manchester United fan Ratcliffe revealed his interest in buying the Old Trafford club in January 2023 after the Red Devils were put up for sale by the US-based Glazer family.
    Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani was thought to have put in a £5billion bid for the team –  short of the Glazers’ £6billion valuation of the club.
    In 2022 Sir Jim tried to buy United’s Premier League rivals Chelsea after Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the West London club as part of sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
    US investor Todd Boehly and his consortium took control of the Blues after Ratcliffe’s bid was rejected.
    Ineos already own French football club Nice, as well as Swiss side Lausanne and a third of F1 motor racing team Mercedes.
    His Team Ineos cycling team has won seven editions of the annual Tour de France, boasting riders such as Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas.
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    Does he have children?
    Ratcliffe has two sons, called George and Samuel, with his first wife Amanda Townson, who he split from in 1995 after a ten-year marriage.
    He went on to welcome a daughter, Julia, with his second wife, Italian tax lawyer Maria Alessia Maresca – also known as Alicia Ratcliffe.
    Ratcliffe reportedly wed Alicia in the late 1990s, before splitting up a few years later.
    In 2020 Ratcliffe moved to tax haven Monaco, leaving behind his properties in Chelsea and Hampshire. More

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    Joseph Parker: net worth, career earnings and boxing record explained

    HE’S a top New Zealand heavyweight and a family man outside of the ring.Here’s all you need to know about Joseph Parker’s net worth, and his boxing record. 
    Parker will face Deontay Wilder and Joseph Parker on the Day of Reckoning card on Saturday 23, December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    What is Joseph Parker’s net worth? 
    Joseph Parker has an estimated net worth north of $5 million, or £3.9 million, thanks to his career in the boxing ring. 
    But some estimate Parker’s career earnings of more than $20 million, considering he had a $13.1 million payday for his world title fight against Anthony Joshua in 2018, despite not winning. 
    Parker’s 2018 fixture against Dillian Whyte saw him earn significantly less than his fight against AJ, at around £1 million. 
    Reports also suggest that Parker went away with £2.5 million after his 2021 fight with Derek Chisora. 
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    But estimates for Parker’s purse on the much-anticipated fight against Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia on the Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin undercard stand at around $2–3 million, although unconfirmed. 
    Parker has four daughters to look after, with his long-term partner, Laine Tavita, with whom has been with since he was a teenager. 
    The heavyweight boxer has Samoan heritage— although born in New Zealand, his mother is from the main Samoan island of Upolu. 
    What is Joseph Parker’s boxing record?
    Joseph Parker’s heavyweight boxing record stands at 33–3–0
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    He made his debut in 2012 against Dean Garmonsway winning with a TKO. 
    Parker lost against Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua, both by unanimous decision, in 2018, and another loss came in 2022 in a fight with Joe Joyce, by KO. 
    Parker competed at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, winning a silver medal, and at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, where he placed 5th.
    He’s received many awards throughout the course of his career, from New Zealand Pacific Island Sports Emerging Talent Award in 2011, to the Order of Merit of Samoa in 2016, and the 2017 Counties Manukau Sporting Excellence Sportsman of the Year.
    Ahead of his fight against Deontay Wilder on Saturday, 23 December 2023, close pal Tyson Fury has given Parker some advice. 
    Fury, who’s beaten Wilder twice, and drawn once said: “Don’t get hit in the face with one of them big KO right hands. You’ll be alright.
    “Avoid the right hand! That’s my tip for Parker.
    “What more else can you say? Don’t get hit by the right hand and you’ll win the fight.”
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    At the top of the bill, AJ — who is looking for a third win in a row after losses to Oleksandr Usyk — is facing Swedish boxer Otto Wallin, who left Tyson Fury needing 47 stitches after their encounter.
    Wilder vs Parker will be broadcast LIVE on DAZN pay-per-view. More

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    Naoya Inoue net worth, career earnings and boxing record explained

    NAOYA INOUE is the Japanese undefeated super bantamweight boxer. He’s earned the nickname ‘The Monster’ — here’s do we know about the champion and his career earnings so far.
    Naoya Inoue’s win over Stephen Fulton made him the second-ever Japanese fighter to win major titles in four weight divisions.
    Who is Naoya Inoue? 
    Naoya Inoue is a Japanese super bantamweight professional boxer, nicknamed “The Monster”.
    Inoue was born on April 10, 1993, in Zama, Japan, not far from Tokyo.H
    He inherited a love of boxing from his father, a former boxer who now coaches his son.
    A four-division world champion, he holds, at the time of writing, the title of super-bantamweight world champion, and is the former bantamweight world champion. 
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    Inoue often tops lists of the world’s best active boxers, pound for pound, by The Ring, ESPN, BoxRec, and The Independent. 
    As of December 2023, 2nd on The Ring’s Pound for Pound rankings, after Terence Crawford. 
    The 5’5” fighter is well known for his speed, power, and footwork.
    What is Naoya Inoue’s net worth? 
    “The Monster” has an estimated net worth of $7 million, thanks to his unbeaten fighting record. 
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    He also has signed some lucrative sponsorship details, for example with Six Pad, who also sponsors Christiano Ronaldo, and Winning Japan, a boxing gloves company. 
    Inoue has also been featured in adverts on Japanese television. 
    As for fight winnings, the undefeated champion earned a total of $1 million in 2018, from his two fights with Jamie McDonnell and Juan Carlos Payano. 
    For a 2021 fight with Aran Dipaen, Inoue earned a guaranteed purse of $500,000, which included a $200,000 win bonus, with sponsorship payments on top of that. 
    In July 2023, Inoue fought American boxer Stephen Fulton, in a hyped-up match in Tokyo— thanks to his win, Inoue took home $5 million of the $8 million purse. 
    What is Naoya Inoue’s boxing record?
    The Japanese champion’s record is 25–0–0, with a KO rate of 88%. 
    Of his 25 bouts, he has only fought four outside of Japan — three in the US, and one in Scotland. 
    After winning the July 2023 fight against Fulton, Inoue became the second-ever Japanese fighter to win major titles in four weight divisions. 
    On December 26, 2023, Inoue is set to fight Philippino boxer Marlon Tapales in Tokyo, in a fixture that will be broadcast by ESPN+.
    Boxing fans have taken to Inoue’s Instagram account to call for him to fight more in the US.
    One wrote: 
    “He is one of the best however, he is refusing to fight in the USA and follow the regulations there. 
    “He is just a champion in Japan, not the world. 
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    “He is even lucky that Tapales is willing to go to Japan.”
    Another commented: “This dude ain’t never coming to the U.S. to fight.” More