from Trung Phan | by Trung Phan

Bjorn Kuipers refereed the Italy-England final. He is the world’s “richest referee”, worth ~$15m from his ownership of a Dutch grocery chain. It’s called Jumbo Supermarket and sponsored F1 superstar Max Verstappen! Legendary. t.co/SF6bD0s9hn

“he studied business in university” but comes from a family of Big Game Football refs t.co/P08mjEy3r5

CORRECTION: Kuipers owns a number of Jumbo locations, not the entire chain (which is apparently huge in Netherlands). h/t @dannypostmaa t.co/2Qp4hAWQ0p