It is not a secret to anyone, beyond the fact that his sports news is not that of other times, James Rodríguez continues to be a real ‘machine’ to make money. Since that 2014 in which he was a goalscorer at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and then became part of Real Madrid or even before, six-digit figures have always surrounded the man from Cucuta.
This Tuesday, the magazine Forbes published an interview with the Olympiacos player, in which he talked about the different businesses and projects he has off the pitch. His taste for coffee (how could he not be Colombian?), led him from Banfield in Argentina They nicknamed him the ‘coffee grower’.
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The businesses and fortune that James Rodríguez would have
In 2017, Rodriguez acquired a Dos Molinos franchise, a chain of coffee shops in the Eje Cafetero whose operation was centered in the city of Ibagué. The success was such that James decided to buy the brand in its entirety and last February he announced his arrival in Bogotá with a store in the El Edén Shopping Center.
With this, there are already five stores in the country: three in the capital of Tolima, one in Medellín and another in the country’s capital. It should be remembered that its business facet has been going on for some years, since in 2014, the ’10′ launched its energizing ’10 Gold’which was well received and later the brand added two products to its portfolio: mineral water and sparkling water.
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Today we offer a top quality product that is marketed in Dos Molinos and in the horeca channel (hotels, restaurants and cafes). All with a 100% Colombian seal.
— James Rodriguez
As for Dos Molinos, the article indicates that in the first year alone it sold more than one million units and achieved income for 2400 million pesos. Added to the above, the midfielder has a food company called ‘Functional Foods’ in which he hopes to continue developing healthy and energy drinks.
I would like to continue in football from a facet other than that of a player, I am preparing myself at the highest level from an administrative and sporting perspective to be able to contribute my knowledge and experience to the new generations. I have a master’s degree in Sports Management and Administration and I want to continue training.
— James Rodriguez
María del Pilar Rubio, her mother, leads the ‘Colombia we are all’ foundationwhich was born in 2011 and is dedicated to building soccer fields in the most vulnerable areas of the country.
The investments of James Rodríguez
On the subject of investments, James has focused on gastronomy and real estate. He is currently a partner of the restaurants ‘Wild and Arrogant’, which is in Latin America, the United States and Europe. In addition, it has properties in cities such as Madrid (Spain), Envigado and Santa Marta.
Football is not outside of your business, since through your company’Top 10′ installs synthetic courts in Ibagué.
James Rodriguez’s fortune
Everything that he has added in his career through the different signings, salaries, investments and marketing has led James Rodríguez to build a fortune that according to the ‘Celebrity Net Worth’ portal would amount to 80 million dollars (379,520,000,000 million Colombian pesos).