Anna Kasprzak, the billionaire Olympian richer than your favourite athlete

Typically, the richest athletes in the world compete in the most popular sports, with the likes of Lionel Messi, Floyd Mayweather, and LeBron James all amassing extreme fortunes. One sportsperson you wouldn't think of is a Danish dressage rider.

Meet Anna Kasprzak, the Danish dressage Olympian whose fortune sits among some of the richest people in the world and is as much as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's net worth combined!

Kasprzak is an incredibly successful businessperson. According to Forbes, she has amassed over $1.3 billion (approximately £1.06 billion or €1.21 billion) in assets at just 35 years old. This remarkable achievement firmly places her among the highest-earning athletes in the world.

Anna Kasprzak has almost more than the two best players in football history combined – one currently being the highest-paid professional athlete in the world today!

Floyd Mayweather Jr., known for his immense wealth and aptly nicknamed "Money," boasts a net worth of $1.1 billion (approximately £907 million or €1.04 billion), according to Forbes.

This young Danish woman is an outstanding rider who participated in the London 2012 Olympic Games (fourth place) and in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games (sixth) in the discipline of Team Dressage with Denmark.

On an individual level, the rider finished 18th in Rio 2016 and 14th in London 2012.

A year later, at the 2017 European Dressage Championships, she would finish in a creditable second place in the team event.

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She unfortunately failed to qualify for the most recent Olympic Games in Paris, 2024, however.

While Kasprzak has been navigating the world of sports on horseback, in the business realm, you could say she has been driving a Ferrari.

The businesswoman is the owner, alongside her mother, Hanni Toosbu Kasprzak, and her brother, Andre Kasprzak, of the well-known Danish shoe company Ecco.

Photo: Ecco website

The company was founded in 1963 by Karl Toosbuy, Anna Kasprzak's grandfather, and thus now has the third generation on its board of directors.

And it is that ECCO is present in more than 90 countries and has more than 2,200 stores in all of them, as well as a powerful online store.

Interestingly, Anna Kasprzak started horseback riding at the age of four, following in the footsteps of her mother and brother.

Photo: ECCO website

Two decades later, he would follow in the footsteps of his mother and brother but in the business sphere, on the board of directors of Ecco.

And as if that were not enough, Kasprzak also has a private dressage stable in Haderslev (Denmark) where she maintains a good competitive level, despite her business obligations.

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