Kevin Pietersen
Birthname Kevin Peter Pietersen Birthdate June 27, 1980 Birthplace Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa Height 6' 4" (1.93 m) Education Maritzburg College Profession Cricket Player Net worth $7,500,000 Source of Wealth Cricket Nationality United Kingdom Country United Kingdom Marital Status Married (Jessica Taylor) Children 1 (Dylan)Quick Links
In January, Pietersen's services were bought for £418,000 by Deccan Chargers, the Hyderabad franchise in cricket's Indian Premier League. Not bad for a few weeks' work but a drop of £600,000 on the amount Royal Challengers Bangalore bid for England's best-known batsman in 2009. South African-born Pietersen, 30, earns about £250,000 a year from Test matches and one-dayers, and has lucrative sponsorship deals with the likes of Adidas and Brylcreem.
He married Jessica Taylor, the Oxford-born former Liberty X singer, at a winter wonderland-themed wedding at Castle Combe in Wiltshire in 2007. Dubbed the Posh and Becks of cricket, the couple's first son, Dylan, was born last year. Kevin Pietersen has an estimated net worth of $7.5 million.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Salary | In January, his services was purchased by Deccan Chargers for £418k | $702,000 |
2013 | Salary | Annual salary received in 2014 as a professional cricketer | $1,440,000 |
2013 | Sponsorship | Annual earnings from major sponsors | $3,000,000 |
2013 | Salary | Earnings from test matches and one-dayers; £250k | $420,000 |
2012 | Asset | The estimated value of Kevin Pietersen's Lamborghini Gallardo; £160,000 | $269,000 |
2012 | Salary | Annual salary received in 2013 as a professional cricketer | $1,000,000 |
2011 | Contract | In 2012, he signed a £3 million deal with the Indian Premier League | $2,180,000 |
2009 | Contract | He was once considered as the highest paid IPL player after agreeing to a 2-year $1.5 million contract | $1,500,000 |
2007 | Asset | The current value of Pietersen's property in Thames in south-west London which he purchased at £540k | $1,210,000 |
2007 | Asset | The purchase value of Pietersen's Aston Martin DB9; £135k | $227,000 |
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