Ronaldo first active athlete past $2 billion in earnings

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorForbes says Cristiano Ronaldo, forty-one, is the first active athlete past two billion dollars in career earnings, at two point oh nine billion.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorKenji, you're up with a take.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHot take: the most followed person on Earth, six hundred seventy-nine million on Instagram, will post a screenshot of the number and get to keep none of it.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHOT or NOT? It's HOT. The screenshot is the only part that's tax free.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMy take: that number isn't adjusted for taxes, agent fees or inflation, so Forbes's own net worth estimate, one point two billion, is the real number.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNine hundred million dollars went somewhere.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhere?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentForbes doesn't itemize it. I'd still like the receipt.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat one's HOT, Nina.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFinal take: Forbes projects two point three nine billion by May twenty twenty-seven, and I say the agent already has a lunch booked.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRated HOT, before fees.