From a mere $12 an hour to a massive $4 million dollar a year: David Warner makes the most of his business acumen
Words that took warner to achieve greatness : You will be good at nothing when you grow up.
Yes ! This is what his teacher told David Warner while handing him his high school Report card where he stood at 34th position out of 44 students. Few years later , at the age of 29, he is on the verge to be one of the most successful batsman of Australia.
"I Practiced what I knew best and that was cricket",said warner.
Sunrisers hyderabad captain is much more than a cricket maestro. Warner is the first ever Australian cricketer to be selected for a national event without his experience in first class cricket. This is his cricket world story. Now, very few of us know that apart from his cricketing excellence , the Australian media has also praised David Warner for his amazing wealth management skills for past one year.
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Recently in an interview, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, Virat Kohli said in a press-conference that there are a lot of similarities between him and David.He said : " As a leader, you try to execute things what you ask your team-mates for, first on the pitch. Even on the field if you want someone to give 120% efforts, we want to give that to every ball when we field."
Read : How warner clinched IPL 2016 trophy for Sunrisers Hyderabad
So, here we have a news for you : Warner - the Investor
David Warner is on a $2 million-a-year contract with Cricket Australia ( CA ) , but he makes majority of his money through investments. Also, contract with sunrisers hyderabad fetched him a whooping amount of $1.1 million for the two-month long tournament. An Article published in Daily Mail pitches the right perspective for David warner . It states :" What many don't realise is that warner has countless projects off the pitch after setting up lucrative endorsements and savvy investments, including three properties, six race horses, a vodka line and a book range for children- and he isn't showing any signs of slowing "The newspaper also states that he is all set to become Australia's richest ever cricketer and is on track to have his own empire worth more than $500 million before his 40.
You can see warner's investment in these fields / company :
1.666 Pure vodka : Recently he has invested capital to become a significant shareholder in Australian brand of Vodka.
2.The Kaboom Kid series
3. Kaboom Bat
4. Also a real estate tycoon in making.
But warner was not always like that. He was very much addicted to gambling and he got his mindset changed only after a long counselling sessions. He said in an interview. During his childhood, he used to earn $12 per hour, and today !!!!!!
David Warner is the fine example of rags-to-richness success, emerging from a housing commission estate to become the Australia's Cricket sensation.
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