Lewis Hamilton may not have had much success on the track in Formula 1 lately, but the Mercedes driver is still celebrating after his vegan food chain reached a valuation of $100million.
However, business is booming for the 38-year-old after his Neat Burger venture, launched in 2019, surpassed the milestone valuation. It read: “The chain, which is backed by British racing driver Lewis Hamilton, raised $18m from new investors including boutique bank LionTree and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, as part of a series B round led by B-Flexion, the family office of Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli.”
He added: “Every big company in the game had some sort of board meeting and they were like ‘OK, right, we need to go big on plant-based.’Meanwhile, Hamilton was linked with another big payday at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix with multiple reports indicating that Ferrari are preparing an offer worth £40million to tempt the seven-time World Champion to Maranello for 2024.