Where the money comes from
| Focus rank, 2020 | 81st of the 100 richest Ukrainians, with $106 million, the only sportsman on the list 24 Kanal Sport (sport.24tv.ua) |
| Sources of wealth | Hotels in Kyiv and sports events, according to the report 24 Kanal Sport (sport.24tv.ua) |
| First appearance | Focus first listed the Klitschko brothers together in 2016, at No. 63 with $80 million TSN |
Wladimir Klitschko is one of the most dominant heavyweight champions in boxing history. After winning Olympic super heavyweight gold for Ukraine in Atlanta in 1996, he turned professional and held a world title for most of the next two decades, including an unbeaten run from 2006 to 2015 in which he collected the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO belts.
He lost his titles to Tyson Fury in 2015 and retired after a dramatic defeat to Anthony Joshua at Wembley in 2017. With his brother Vitali, also a former heavyweight champion and now mayor of Kyiv, he built a business around boxing promotion, events and property. Focus magazine put his own fortune at $106 million in 2020.
How he made his money
Klitschko's fights were among the biggest events on European television for a decade, filling football stadiums in Germany and selling broadcast rights across the continent. Purses from those fights, together with the brothers' own promotion company, Klitschko Management Group, are the core of his wealth.
He also invested in property. When Focus ranked him in 2020, the report attributed his fortune to hotels in Kyiv and sports events. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 he has been one of his country's most prominent voices abroad.
About this estimate
Focus is a Ukrainian weekly magazine that publishes a yearly list of the 100 richest Ukrainians. It first listed Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko together in 2016, at No. 63 with $80 million, as TSN reported. In its 2020 list, reported by 24 Kanal Sport in September 2020, Wladimir appeared on his own at No. 81 with $106 million, and he was the only athlete in the ranking.
Like all rich-list figures, it is a journalist's estimate rather than an audited number, and it is several years old. We show it exactly as published and have not adjusted it for anything since.
Career and money timeline
- 1996
Wins super heavyweight gold at the Atlanta Olympics.
- 2000
Wins the WBO heavyweight title.
- 2006
Starts his second reign by winning the IBF title.
- 2011
Adds the WBA title by beating David Haye.
- 2015
Loses his titles to Tyson Fury after nine and a half years as champion.
- 2017
Retires after losing to Anthony Joshua at Wembley.
- 2020
Focus puts his fortune at $106 million, 81st among Ukrainians.
Wladimir Klitschko net worth FAQ
What is Wladimir Klitschko's net worth?
The Ukrainian magazine Focus put Wladimir Klitschko's fortune at $106 million in its 2020 ranking of the 100 richest Ukrainians, where he placed 81st, as reported by 24 Kanal Sport in September 2020. He was the only athlete on the list. It is the latest individual estimate from a rich list that we could find.
Where do these numbers come from?
The net worth figure is Focus' own published estimate, linked with its date at the top of the page. Every figure on this page is linked to its source below.
Sources
- 24 Kanal Sport (sport.24tv.ua), Top 100 richest Ukrainians by Focus magazine: who is connected with sport (September 14, 2020)
- TSN, Akhmetov and Poroshenko in the top ten, the Klitschkos among newcomers: Focus rich list 2016 (April 22, 2016)
- Background facts: Wikipedia, Wladimir Klitschko (accessed October 26, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.
Photo: MSC/Kuhlmann, CC BY 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
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