The boss of gambling firm Bet365 has reportedly earned a pay packet worth £469 million in a single year.
Denise Coates, 53, is said to have earned a £421 million salary in a 12-month period, along with £48 million in dividends – thought to be one of the biggest packages in UK corporate history.
She founded the online gambling company in the early 2000s in Stoke-on-Trent after spotting the potential of internet betting to revolutionise the industry.
The company told the BBC the arrangements were “appropriate and fair”.
Denise Coates was the UK’s largest taxpayer for the second year in a row (Alex Severn/Bet365/PA)