Bet365 boss receives at least £280m in pay and dividends despite profit slump
Denise Coates’s gambling empire reports turnover of £4bn in year to March 2025, up from £3.7bnDenise Coates, the billionaire boss of Bet365, a self-described “ultimate gambler” and Britain’s highest-paid woman, took home at least £280m in pay and dividends in 2025 despite a slump in...
<p>Denise Coates’s gambling empire reports turnover of £4bn in year to March 2025, up from £3.7bn</p><p>Denise Coates, the billionaire boss of Bet365, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/02/the-ultimate-gambler-how-denise-coates-became-britains-richest-woman">self-described “ultimate gambler”</a> and Britain’s highest-paid woman, took home at least £280m in pay and dividends in 2025 despite a slump in pre-tax profits.</p><p>Coates’s Stoke-based gambling empire recorded turnover of £4bn in the year to March 2025, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/06/billionaire-bet365-boss-takes-a-45-pay-cut-despite-soaring-profits">up from £3.7bn the year before</a>. Pre-tax profits fell to £349m from £627m in the previous year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/bet365-boss-denise-coates-receives-at-least-280m-in-pay-and-dividends-despite-profit-slump">Continue reading...</a>
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