Uli Hoeneß net worth and salary

How much money does Uli Hoeneß really have?

The former professional soccer player and president of FC Bayern Munich owns a estimated net worth of 300 million euros. Due to his entrepreneurial activities in football and other businesses, we expect that Uli Hoeneß will continue to do business in the years to come Earnings in the millions will exhibit. How high that income will be in detail, but can hardly be determined, since the corresponding figures are not commented on by Hoeneß in public. The salary at FC Bayern Munich as president and chairman of the supervisory board (at least 69,500 euros according to the annual report) is also difficult to determine, but we estimate that it is in the lower seven-digit range overall. He will resign from both positions on November 15, 2019 and will only sit as a normal member of the supervisory board.

FC Bayern Munich as a player and manager

Uli Hoeneß was in the 70s as Football professional at FC Bayern Munich busy and was able to win almost all relevant titles with the club. Uli Hoeneß also played for the German national team and also became European and world champions. A serious injury forced him to hang up his football boots.

He then switched to the in 1979 (27 years old) Management of FC Bayern Munich and in the 30 years has made a significant contribution to the fact that the club is one of the most popular addresses in world football today. Not only is the team currently undisputed in terms of sport, there is also no competitor that is as good as FCB economically. In 2009, Uli Hoeneß, succeeding Franz Beckenbauer, President of FC Bayern Munich. A few months later he also took over the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FC Bayern München AG.

The era as president and as chairman of the supervisory board lasted almost 10 years (interruption 2014 – 2016) until 2019, when Uli decided not to run for office anymore and also to step down as chairman of the supervisory board. His successor is long-time Adidas boss Herbert Hainer. Hoeneß will remain on the supervisory board and will continue to participate in the meetings.

Win as a player

• World Champion 1974
• European Champion 1972
• European Champion Clubs’ Cup (today’s Champions League): 1974, 1975 and 1976
• World Cup 1976
• German champion 1972, 1973, 1974
• DFB Cup 1971

Uli Hoeneß’s assets and income

Uli Hoeneß does not only get his income from working as a manager. This is how Uli Hoeneß founded the company HoWe with a partner. The company produces sausages and is now run by Hoeneß’s two children. It is not known whether Uli Hoeneß is still earning income from HoWe Wurstwaren KG today. However, this can be assumed, because Uli Hoeneß advertised publicly with the fast food company McDonals for the Nuremberg citizen, for whom the sausage was supplied by HoWe KG. In any case, he made millions himself. The CEO of FC Schalke 04 Clemens Tönnies is also a business customer away from the football field. The pig manufacturer supplies the HoWe sausage factory and is also good friends with the Hoeneß family.

Tax affair

At the beginning of 2013, the online magazine Stern revealed that Uli Hoeneß had an amount in the three-digit million range in a Swiss account at a private bank. Allegedly, up to 800 million Swiss francs were in this account at peak times. According to his own statements, Uli Hoeneß speculated on the stock market with this money and achieved massive success, so that such a high one assets has come together. After numerous media on the celebrities Tax evaders drew attention, Uli Hoeneß submitted a voluntary disclosure. In July 2013, the public prosecutor officially filed a complaint against the tax evader, which was approved the following November. Furthermore, after his arrest, he deposited millions of euros on bail. Since the documents of the Swiss bank were initially incomplete and had to be requested by the Bavarian President, it was not exactly clear what the final sum would be.

On the first day of the trial (March 10, 2014) Uli Hoeneß pleaded guilty and admitted to having evaded another 15 million euros. This made the voluntary disclosure ineffective. On the second day of the trial, the Bayern Munich president was charged even more than initially assumed by a commissioned tax investigator. Accordingly, he should actually have evaded 27.2 million euros in taxes and not 18.5 million as assumed on the first day.

On the fourth day of the negotiations, the court decided: Uli Hoeneß has to be behind bars for 3 years and 6 months. According to the judgment, the official tax liability is 28.5 million euros. The defense did not question this judgment and thus became final. At the beginning of 2016 it became known that Uli had transferred a total of 43 million euros to the state as a penalty (compensation). As President of FC Bayern Munich, he officially resigned on March 14, 2014. Karl Hopfner was elected as his successor on May 2nd, 2014 at the general meeting. In addition, Hoeneß announced that he wanted to return to the top of Bayern. In November 2016, the plan was put into action and Karl Hopfner was relieving the throne for the former new president.

Uli Hoeneß imprisonment & release

The former Bayern Munich President has on 06/02/2014 officially started his custody in the JVA Landsberg am Lech. The sentence was withdrawn in the closed prison. In most cases, open execution is approved 18 months before the end of the sentence. Because of good leadership, Uli Hoeneß was prematurely after 21 months, Released on February 29, 2016. After around 7 months in a closed prison, Uli was able to go outdoors and return to regular work during the day. He was therefore transferred to the Rothenfeld prison and works in the youth department at FC Bayern Munich. He donated all of his salary of just EUR 100 / month from the youth department.

Since June 2015 he has been allowed to sleep in his own bed for the weekend and is only a sleeping guest in the prison during the week. How does the sentence affect the Uli Hoeneß’s assets is initially unclear. But we will continue to report.

On November 25, 2016, Uli stood for election again, as announced, and was elected the new “old” President of FC Bayern Munich with a majority of over 97%. After 987 days, he returned to the helm of FC Bayern Munich. However, on November 15, 2019, the longtime president will step down forever. Herbert Hainer, former Adidas boss, will follow in Uli’s footsteps and take over the office. Hoeneß will remain on the supervisory board.

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