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Usain Bolt # 63 on "The World's 100 Highest- Paid Athletes" list

Writer : Caribbean E-Magazine on Thursday, June 21, 2012 | 2:00 AM

With a net worth of $20.3 million, Jamaican and Olympic champion Usain Bolt ranks number 63 on Forbes Magazine top list of The World's 100 Highest- Paid Athletes.
Majority of Bolt's wealth came from endorsements deals and sponsor bonuses. In 2010 he signed a huge contract deal with German sportswear maker Puma for a reported $30 million.

According to Forbes Bolt only made $300,000 in salary or prize money from being an

With a name like "Bolt" the sky is the limit. Just recent he was given a Swiss watch named in his Honor and featuring an image of him. The watch which is called the Hublot King Power Usain Bolt was developed with the help of Usain,

“It’s perfectly natural to be associated with the fastest man, not just on the planet, but the fastest since the Big Bang,” said Jean-Claude Biver, Hublot chairman.

Bolt’s silhouette pose in an anthracite grey on a black background is located at 9 o’clock in the center of the movement’s small seconds counter. The chronograph movement features a central 60-second hand and a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock. A 12-hour chronograph counter sits at 6 o’clock and is decorated with a touch of green in a nod to the colors on the Jamaican flag. A date window at 4:30 completes the design.
The 48 mm-diameter watch, in micro-blasted ceramic, is predominantly black, with gold—Bolt’s personal color and that of his lucky running shoes. The strap is made from exactly the same gold-colored synthetic leather as his shoes. This is stitched onto Hublot’s signature black rubber strap.


Source:Forbes

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