THANKS to an outstanding career in tennis, Andy Murray has amassed a reported wealth of £85million.
The tennis legend, 37, hung up his racket last year following the Paris Olympics.
Before he retired, Murray began sowing the seeds for what life after playing elite sport would be.
He invested a chunk of his fortune into numerous businesses, revealing he was already planning his next steps.
Murray, who became an ambassador for golf apparel company Callaway, told British Airways magazine in 2015: “I’ve heard stories from ex-players and other athletes who’ve made no plans for retiring, and they finish and all of a sudden it’s, ‘What am I going to do with myself?’
“I was chatting to them about things that I might want to get involved in or really don’t want to get involved in, just starting to get a few ideas together.
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“I’m looking for something I’m really passionate about and that I want to work really hard at to achieve a specific goal.”
His first investment was the Cromlix Hotel, near his home town of Dunblane, which set him back £2million in 2013.
Murray then became an early investor in sportswear brand Castore, while he also put his money into tech-savvy companies, including including employee benefits firm Perkbox, currency exchange platform WeSwap and equity crowdfunder Seedrs.
It’s a business portfolio that should keep his wealth safe for life, as SunSport explains.
Passion project
The jewel of Murray’s business empire is the stunning Cromlix hotel.
Shared with his wife, Kim the 15-room residence has a special place in the Murray family’s heart.
It was where his grandparents had their silver wedding anniversary party in 1982.
Andy’s brother Jamie also got married there in 2012.
Under their ownership the hotel has won several awards, including a Michelin key.
It was also named the best hotel in Scotland at the AA Hospitality Awards for 2024.
The couple have continued to put money into the business, including bold plans to open a new restaurant within it.
They have carried out several works around the property and plan to build a wellness cottage and add more bedrooms.
Last year the company, Cromlix LLP, posted losses of £919,572.
And the business behind the hotel has reported a loss of £369,045 for the year to March 31, 2024.
Best of British
Dad-of-four Murray became an early investor in British sportswear company, Castore.
He also was the first sports star to wear the brand, which is now synonymous with making kits for professional football clubs, cricket teams and golf stars.
Murray also collaborated with the group to make his capsule collection, AMC.
He said: “I’d wanted to set up my own apparel brand for a long time.
“I felt there was a clear gap in the market for stylish tennis wear and so, with my team, we identified Castore as a brand that could help me deliver something I felt really proud of.
“I like the fact that they are a British brand, set up by two brothers, and that sustainability is important to them.
“I think the most important thing is to be true to who you are. If a brand partnership doesn’t feel genuine, people can quite quickly see through that and it just doesn’t work.”
Not forgetting sport
Although Murray has revealed his intentions are not to go into tennis coaching (he flirted with the idea of getting his football badges), he does believe in the power of a sport that’s growing by the year.
He is a big fan of padel – a sport that came from South America and is a cross between tennis and squash.
It encouraged him to put money into Game4Padel, a company who install padel courts in tennis clubs for free, before recouping their money back by hiring the courts out.
Murray also followed Rafael Nadal in investing into the Hexagon Cup – a padel tournament, which the Scot now has his own team in.
While he has also invested cash into a tech sport firm co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy called TMRW Sports, and sports drink Halo Hydration.
Away from sport, his 77 Management company which boasted a worth of £21million in 2023 has other investments too.
Murray has been carefully advised to looking into tech.
Andy Murray’s career timeline
SIR Andy Murray is Great Britain’s most successful tennis player of the Open era.
After breaking through in 2005 to reach the Wimbledon third round at 18, the Scot was British No1 by the following year.
In 2008 he reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open, only to fall to Roger Federer in straight sets.
Two more final defeats at the Australian Open to Federer and Novak Djokovic followed in 2010 and 2011 before heartbreak at Wimbledon in 2012.
Despite taking the first set against Federer, he fell 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 in front of a home crowd before breaking into tears on Centre Court.
But a month later on the same court he beat the Swiss legend to earn Team GB a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
And weeks after that he broke his Grand Slam duck at the fifth attempt, beating Djokovic in five sets in the US Open final.
In 2013, following another Australian Open final loss, Murray beat Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title.
Three more losing Grand Slam finals followed, at the 2015 and 2016 Australian Opens and the 2016 French Open.
But in his third Grand Slam final of 2016, Murray won Wimbledon again with a straight sets victory over Canadian Milos Raonic.
He followed it up with his second Olympic gold medal, beating Juan Martin del Potro in a four-hour epic in the final in Rio de Janeiro.
Later in 2016 Murray became world No1 – the first British man to do so in history.
Over his career Murray reached 11 Grand Slam finals, winning three. He won two Olympic golds and a silver (in the mixed doubles alongside Laura Robson).
He finishes his career with 46 titles and over £50million in earnings, making him the fourth all-time leader in earnings.
His final match was at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where he lost in the quarter-final of the men’s doubles at Roland Garros to USA pair Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz.
That’s why Perkbox, Seedrs and WeSwap have enriched his business portfolio.
However, Murray is careful with what he associates himself with, and instructs his team to stay away from areas that don’t align with him.
He said: “It’s something I work on closely with my management team. I have some very clear boundaries for brands they know I wouldn’t work with, tobacco, gambling and alcohol companies, for example.”
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