John Coates

$4.25B
as of 10/04/24

About John Coates

John Coates is the co-CEO of U.K. company Bet365, one of the world's largest online gambling businesses.

He joined his billionaire sister and co-CEO, Denise, in 2001 to launch Bet365 after she sold some of their father's betting shops.

Bet365 has since become a global player, with over 53 million customers across 200 countries; John owns a quarter of the firm.

In July 2015, he became the vice chairman of English Premier League's Stoke City Football Club, in which Bet365 has a majority stake.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Source of wealth

Online gambling

Residence

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/07/70 (age 54)

Number of children

2

Self-made

self-made

John Coates’s fortune is worth

71K

troy ounces of gold

65K

median U.S. household

42K

median U.S. income

0.085%

U.S. credit card volume

0.017%

GDP of the United States

0.012%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Bet365 handles more than $65 billion of bets a year.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

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