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While most footballers only think about showing off their luxury watches, high-end cars and providing their wives with all the necessary elements to turn them into
influencers
,
there are others who prefer to furnish their brains to have their future covered.
While he was an Arsenal player in his first season (2004-2008), Mathieu Flamini (40) enrolled in law and as soon as he transferred to AC Milan, he founded, together with his partner, an economics graduate named Pasquale Granata, the company GF Biochemicals.
with the intention of revolutionizing the energy industry.
But before that it was presented as a project for a sustainable business model for the Polytechnic of Milan and the University of Pisa.
As a child, Mathieu Flamini had two dreams and passions, football, like any child his age, and sustainability since growing up in Marseille near the sea he was aware that we had to take care of the sea and reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. Since 2008 he dedicated himself body and soul to research to find an alternative to petroleum until they found levulinic acid by treating wood and corn. This acid is
capable of replacing black gold in the manufacture of plastics,
cosmetics, lubricants and pharmaceutical products, among others.
During the first five years he kept his other life parallel to football a secret from his loved ones and teammates who, by the way, saw him arrive at training dressed in a suit and no one questioned the reason. According to experts,
levulinic acid is one of the most important renewable molecules in the world.
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Flamini and Granata are currently tasting success. According to experts, the company has a stock market value of around 30,000 million euros, which many have equated since its valuation is higher than Real Madrid, Barça, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester United combined.
The business has made him one of the richest soccer players on the planet
and many media outlets are eager to point out that his fortune is 30 times greater than Ronaldo's, which
Sporting News
and
Celebrity Networth
estimate between 460 and 560 million. of euros. However, personal assets have nothing to do with the market capitalization of a company, in which the former athlete owns 60% of the shares.
As for his private life, Flamini is not married or has children, he loves to cultivate himself intellectually, he practices outdoor sports in the parks of the cities where he lives and is a staunch fan of David Attenborough (97), one
of the most prestigious naturalist popularizers of recent decades
who have nothing to envy of Jacques Cousteau. Among the hundreds of documentaries he has made, Flamini often recommends
Green Planet
and
Prehistoric Planet
. In the past he played for Olympique Marseille (2003), Arsenal in his second spell (2013-2015), Crystal Palace (2016) and Getafe CF (2017-2019).