Kimi Raikkonen Net Worth - One Of The Highest Paid Athletes

The 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen is arguably one of the best F1 drivers with a net worth estimated to be $180 Million. He has gathered so much fortune from his F1 racing career, sponsorships, books, and lucrative endorsements. He is very often placed near the top of the Forbes list of highest-paid athletes in the world.

The talented Finnish driver, Kimi Raikkonen was born on born 17 October 1979 in Espoo, Finland to parents Matti and Paula Raikkonen. Kimi had a long line of success in karting from the early age of 10. Kimi is also married to model Minttu Virtanen and the couple is a parent of two adorable children: Rianna Angelia Milana Räikkönen and Robin Räikkönen.

Net Worth And Sources Of Income

As mentioned earlier, the skilfull racer Kimi Raikkonen's net worth is estimated to be $180 million. The sources of his income are his professional driving career in F1, endorsements, various sponsorships, and a book which is a biography of him

Income from Formula One

Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, who is also known as "The Iceman", has an estimated salary of $4 million annually. Besides, Raikkonen is the only driver to take a race in the V10, V8 and the hybrid V6 engine eras. We're very glad he's still on board and given his talent, we wouldn’t be surprised to see him pile his income up by more remarkable performances. Kimi's fortune from F1 comprises a gigantic portion of his total income. Like Kimi, another Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas has a net worth of $20 million.

Apart from his career in professional racing, Kimi Raikkonen has also earned a huge sum from his merchandise and a book. He has collaborated with F1 to release Model Cars, T-Shirts, and Caps which can all be bought on F1's website.

Alongside, he has also released a book named "The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen"  which is an authorized biography about him where he portrays a side of his life only very few have seen. Furthermore, Kimi Raikkonen has been sponsored by the likes of Oakley and Wrangler. Both of which are successful and wealthy American companies. This sure must have significantly increased Kimi Raikkonen's net worth too.

Expensive Car Collection

One of the highest paying Athletes Kimi Raikkonen also looks like car fanatic. He has a fascinating collection of fine cars. He owns a 624 brake horse-powered  Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge worth $347K, a Lotus Evora S worth $175K, an extremely rare Ferrari Enzo which can go from 0-100Km/hr in 3.6 seconds, Ferrari F12 which can attain a 100km/hr speeds in less than 3.1 second and a 713 brake horse-powered Ferrari 488.

It can be clearly seen on Kimi Raikkonen's Instagram that despite him being one of the biggest F1 racers ever, he gives his wife and two kids a lot of time and attention. The F1 driver for Alfa Romeo Racing is undoubtedly one of the most down to earth, talented and richest athlete of all time.

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