Sep 10, 2013 - VALENTINO Rossi is the only motorcycle racer to make the Forbes top ten. Total earnings $30m (salary/winnnings $28m; endorsements $2m). Team Movistar Yamaha and Valentino Rossi announce that a new contract will bind them for two full extra seasons after 2016.

Valentino Rossi is an Italian based Expert motorcycle road racer and also a MotoGP World champion. He is one of the successful and wealthy motorcycle racers of all time. He has won Nine Grand Prix World Championships and including seven of Premier class. He also owns a Sky Racing Team Which drives in the Moto 2 and Moto3 group. Now let’s have a close look at the net worth of Valentino Rossi in the year 2019.

Early Life and Biography

Valentino was born in Urbino, Marchel on February 16, 1979. During his childhood, he moved with his family to Tavullia. His father, Graziano Rossi, was a former motorcycle racer. Valentino started riding bikes at a very young age. Before touring bikes, His racing love was karting. His mother Stefania, was a housewife, and always took better care of Valentino, It was his mother who encouraged Valentino’s father for Karting, Instead of Bike. After that, Valentino won regional Kart championship in the year 1990. Valentino continued to the racing kart and won several championships at an early age including “Minimoto”.

Personal Life

In the year 2007, Valentino became a suspected person in case of evasion of tax from the Italian Government. The amount involved in this dispute was around 35 million euros. Later this dispute got settle at the same amount.

Valentino is a big fan of Italian football club Internazionale, and who once in the year 2009, congratulated him on the occasion of Valentino’s ninth world championship win, by the medium of their website.

He loves number 46, which is also his bike number. This number was his father’s favourite number, and he also rode with this number in his racing days.

Career, Awards, and Nominations

He learned to ride 125cc motorbikes in the year 1995 after winning the championship. Later he won Italian championship in group 125cc and also came at the third position in the European Championship.

In the year 1996, he participated in the world championship in Malaysian Grand Prix where he achieved the ninth position. After one year, he took part in the world championship, held in Aprilia, and became the youngest bike rider ever to win the tournament.

He has won all types of championships, trophy’s related to bike racing world including Grand Prix Motorcycle racing season. Till 2013, he has won 107 races out of which 80 are 500cc/MotoGP championships.

Net worth and Earnings

Being a successful motorbike champion, Valentino has won many trophies and prizes which has led him building a total estimated net worth of $160 million. He is one of the most successful and the highest earning motorbike racer in the world. Most of his income came from bike racing and brand endorsements.

Valentino Rossi is one of the best among the Italian bike racers. He has remained at the position of highest earning biker in the world. He always followed his dreams which have taken him at this state. He has a great fan following in real life as well as on social platforms like Twitter.

Wealthiest Italian motorbike racer Valentino Rossi was born in Urbino, Italy. His parents Graziano (father) and Stefania Rossi (mother) brought him up along with two siblings Luca Marini and Clara Rossi. As per the resources, it is found that his father also took part in the racing contests. As a kid, his mother gifted a kart, rather giving him a bike as she was over possessive mother. By the age of 5, his kart speed was upgraded with a 60cc motor to 100cc motor and in doing so he conquers the local cart championship.

In 1991-end, Valentino became a proficient biker and liked to partake in multiple events. Additionally, he competes in national kart championships occurred at Parma and ultimately took the 5th position. Afterward, his father brought a mini moto for him exclusively so that he trains himself about the particulars of minimoto racing.

In 1993, Valentino’s father friend Claudio Lusuardi supported him to join Cagiva Sports Production team and in a while, he rode Cagiva Mito 125cc motorcycle and finished at ninth place. Through his first race was peculiar as his first bike crashed, but his family reinforces him to join Italian Sports Production Championship. In 1994, he achieved his first title.

During 1996-1997, Valentino raced for 125cc using a Rotax Engine and then switched to Aprilia. Later from 1998-1999, Valentino participated in 250cc World Championship. Since 2000, he is participating for MotoGP World Championships till the current context.

In 2001, he became the victor of 500cc World Championship with Honda. In the next two seasons i.e. during 2002 and 2003 he won the MotoGP World Championships and maintained the streak of one after the other championships by conquering the 2004 and 2005 titles after quitting Honda and joining Yamaha. In 2008, he again gained the title and preserved it till 2009. In 2011, he switched to Ducati while during 2013 and 2014 season he signed up with Yamaha.

Valentino Rossi Salary 2019:

• Around, $12 Million is the Valentino Rossi salary 2019.

Valentino Rossi Sponsors 2019:

• Like other athletes, besides earnings from the racing, he is also working with few sponsors. In 2009, he signed a contract of $3.2 million with Monster Energy Drink Company. Furthermore, he also worked for Honda, Bridgestone, Oakley, Yamaha, and many others.

Endorsements Earnings of Last Year: $10 Million

Valentino Rossi Net Worth 2019:

• About, $140 Million is the Valentino Rossi net worth 2019.

Valentino Rossi Earnings 2019:

• The present one is not confirmed but in last year he earned about $23 million.

Till date, he has garnered Grand Prix World Championship nine times out of which sever were of the premier class. He has also made a record of winning most 500cc/MotoGP races. Hence winnings and sponsors added a lot to his total sum.