WREX APPEAL How Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively built incredible £370,000,000 fortune – from gin to Gucci and Gossip Girl

Following the remarkable victory that Wrexham achieved on Easter Monday, Ryan Reynolds had more than one reason to celebrate with his fists pumping strongly.

Over the course of the past year, the owner of the Welsh football team and his wife, Blake Lively, have nearly doubled their wealth to account for a total of £372 million.

Blake Lively cheering on Wrexham AFC with her husband Ryan Reynolds

6Blake Lively cheering on Wrexham AFC with her husband Ryan ReynoldsCredit: Getty

The couple have racked up a business empire worth a combined £372m

6The couple have racked up a business empire worth a combined £372mCredit: Getty

The actor who plays Deadpool and the woman who plays Gossip Girl have both demonstrated that they are skilled strategists in the business world.

They are involved with a wide variety of products and industries, such as gin, mobile phones, non-alcoholic beverages, fashion, cosmetics, movies, and, of course, football.

During the previous year, Wrexham, which is owned jointly by Ryan and fellow actor Rob McElhenney, suffered a loss of nearly three million pounds.

However, by virtue of their 3-2 victory over their nearest promotion opponents, Notts County, this week, the North Wales side has established themselves as the odds-on favorite to climb out of the non-league and into the English Football League, which is a more financially successful competition.

The goal of the 46-year-old Canadian who purchased Wrexham was to get the club into the Premier League, which is worth six billion pounds.

Their struggle for success, which was chronicled in a television series that is available on Disney Plus, is proving to be a blockbuster viewing experience.

For Reynolds, the conflict between Wrexham and Notts County had “created drama unlike anything you’d ever see in a damn movie.” Reynolds remarked this in reference to the conflict.

Blake, his wife, has become a football enthusiast, and the couple is in the process of purchasing a home in the village of Marford that is valued at £1.5 million. The home is located not far from the Racecourse ground, which is the home of his team.

In this article, we take a look at the most significant deals and estimated net worth of Hollywood power couples.

He has a net worth of 348 million pounds.

As of the year 2020, Reynolds is one of the most bankable performers in Hollywood, with an annual salary of £57 million and an average of approximately £16 million for each film.

The agreement that he made in 2016 to feature in and produce the Marvel comic book movie Deadpool was a really astute move on his part.

Reynolds received a portion of the box office proceeds, which may amount to as much as thirty million pounds, despite the fact that he was paid “just” one million pounds in advance.

However, he is more than just an actor. He has been responsible for a good number of astute investments.

 

A drama unlike anything you’ve ever seen in a movie, for crying out loud.

A. Reynolds, Ryan

Mint Mobile, in which Reynolds had purchased a quarter share just three years earlier, has been acquired by the communications giant T Mobile, which has agreed to pay up to one billion pounds for the company.

Following the buyout, which is claimed to have earned him a total of £245 million, he is going to continue working in a creative capacity within the company.

It is believed that the actor holds a share of between 20 and 25 percent in Aviation Gin, and he has engaged in a great deal of promotional activity for the product.

It was in the year 2020 when the company was sold to the British beverage company Diageo for a price of half a billion pounds.

Reynolds bought the fifth division club in 2020 for £2million

6Reynolds bought the fifth division club in 2020 for £2millionCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Ryan is involved with Aviation Gin which was sold for £500 million

6Ryan is involved with Aviation Gin which was sold for £500 millionCredit: PA:Press Association

In the film Sex and the City, the comedic actor Reynolds was one of the co-founders of Maximum Effort Productions and Maximum Effort Marketing. The latter company was responsible for a humorous viral post that was about the character Big’s heart attack on the Peloton.

In order to market his products, the actor has demonstrated that he is skilled in the use of social media.

Purchasing Wrexham, a team that competes in the fifth division, was his most risky investment to date.

Rob McElhenney, an actor, was successful in persuading Reynolds to purchase the non-league team for a price of two million pounds, despite the fact that the two had never met and neither of them understood very much about football.

However, the two individuals have developed a strong addiction to the “beautiful game” and have fulfilled their commitment to invest in the squad.

The sports streaming site Fubo has received financial backing from Reynolds, who has also contributed to the company’s marketing strategy.

Match Group Inc., the company that runs dating websites Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, and PlentyOfFish, has accepted the actor as a member of their team.

Reynolds has collaborated with several companies over the years, including Armani, Hugo Boss, Nissan, and Hyundai. However, among the automobiles in his collection is a Lamborghini Aventador of 300,000 pounds and an Audi R8 of 150,000 pounds.

£24 million is Blake Lively’s net worth.

Blake received a payment of fifty thousand pounds for each episode of the teen drama Gossip Girl, which totaled more than six million pounds for the 121 episodes she appeared in.

A few months after giving birth to her fourth kid, Lively posted a snapshot of herself in a bikini top, revealing her toned midsection. The image was posted on her Instagram account last week.

A “multimillion” deal to be the face of the cosmetics giant L’Oreal in 2014 was just one example of the many firms that have paid to be linked with the actress, who is now 35 years old. It is not surprising that so many brands have used her over the years.

There are rumors that the fashionable celebrity made more than three million pounds in 2012 as a result of a partnership with the luxury fashion company Gucci.

Blake was the face of L'Oreal Paris from 2014 in a 'multimillion' dollar deal

6Blake was the face of L’Oreal Paris from 2014 in a ‘multimillion’ dollar dealCredit: Getty – Contributor

Blake made £6million from playing troubled teen Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl

6Blake made £6million from playing troubled teen Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip GirlCredit: Handout

In 2011 she was chosen to be the face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle handbag line, which is sure to have attracted a seven-figure fee.

Recently, she’s tried her hand at starting her own side hustle from acting.

Her latest venture is a line of non-alcoholic mixer drinks called Betty Buzz which makes sense for the teetotaller.

Blake, who has 39 million followers on Instagram, has been posting images of herself with the drink, named after her grandmother Betty, which she launched in 2021.

Blake and Ryan’s growing brood share a seven bedroom £4million mansion in Bedford, which is about one hour’s drive from New York. Their neighbours include Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

 

They are both believed to have invested in plenty of real estate.

But not everything Blake touched turned to gold, with the actress ditching a digital magazine and hand-made items sales site called Preserve a year after its 2014 launch.