How much does Claudio Lotito earn? Salary and assets of the president of Lazio and senator
You either hate Claudio Lotito or you love him.
After having tried unsuccessfully to take over Altialia, the Roman entrepreneur and president of Lazio has now managed to get into Parliament on his second attempt.
In the political elections of 25 September 2022, Lotito was in fact elected on behalf of the centre-right in the single-member Senate constituency in Molise: after the mockery of 2018, now the doors of Palazzo Madama will truly open for him.
Having achieved popularity with the purchase of Lazio and his omnipresence on television screens, for some years now Claudio Lotito has been releasing statements to the media with a dribble, preferring to move behind the scenes and away from the spotlight.
But how much money does Claudio Lotito have? The president of Lazio is certainly wealthy but he is not one of the Scrooges of our country: according to his 2023 tax return his total income is more than one million euros.
read also Parliamentary salaries: how much do deputies and senators earn? Claudio Lotito's companies The name of Claudio Lotito became famous to most people when, in the summer of 2004, he became the new president of Lazio, personally shelling out over 18 million (he now owns 65% of the shares after other acquisitions).
For the Biancocelesti, this was certainly not the best period: after the glories of the Cragnotti era, the Capitoline club were on the brink of collapse, crushed by 140 million debts to the tax authorities due to unpaid taxes on the players' salaries.
Lotito's first move as the new number one of the Capitolines was to join the Salva Calcio, a much discussed decree issued by the then Berlusconi government which allowed him to spread the debt in this way.
After paying a sort of down payment of 8 million, Lazio then saw its debt repaid in 23 annual installments: every year the Biancocelesti pay 5.65 million, all this until 2028.
In the past with his brother-in-law Marco Mezzaroma he also managed Salernitana, brought back to Serie A before the sale to comply with the timeshare rule, but before his entry into the world of football Claudio Lotito's business was entirely based on various companies.
Between a cleaning company (Snam), a catering company (Omnia Service), two services (Bona Dea and Linda) and a security company (Roma Union Security), as can be seen the galaxy of companies in hand is very varied to the president of the Biancocelesti.
Salary and income Claudio Lotito as senator receives a gross monthly allowance of 11,555 euros.
Net, the figure is 5,304.89 euros, plus a daily allowance of 3,500 euros plus a reimbursement for mandate expenses of 4,180 euros and 1,650 euros per month as flat-rate reimbursements for telephones and transport.
Making a quick calculation and without considering any functional allowances, the members of the Senate are entitled to a salary of 14,634.89 euros each month compared to the 13,971.35 euros received by the deputies.
As reported by Calcio e Finanza, according to the report on Lazio's remuneration, for the financial years "2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, the all-inclusive and fixed gross annual compensation was equal to euro 600,000 for the President of the Management Board, 12,000 euros for the Management Board member, 15,000 euros for the chairman of the Supervisory Board and 12,000 euros for each of the five members of the Supervisory Board".
Basically, in the 2021/22 season Claudio Lotito, as president of Lazio, received a gross salary of 600,000 euros.
According to the 2022 tax return, which refers to 2021 as the tax period when he was not yet a senator, the Lazio patron's total income was 1,090,017 euros.
Income has increased in the last year for the Forza Italia senator, given that the overall income in the 2023 tax return amounted to 1,112,060 euros, approximately 20,000 euros more than in 2022.