Before The Grand Tour hit our screens, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond set up a TV company to ensure they would get a slice of Amazon’s profit pie from the motoring show.
It has now emerged that after the first season of The Grand Tour aired, the company co-founded with former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman, W Chump and Sons, made 8.39 million pounds ($10.9 million) in pre-tax profit between November 2015 and the end of 2016.
AOL reports that the company employs 20 people and in a statement, W Chump and Sons said that “the directors are satisfied with the results for the year end and will continue to pursue business opportunities as they arise in the future.”
Of course, this company isn’t the only source of income for the trio of presenters. Reports from 2015 indicated that Clarkson’s salary with Amazon exceeded $15 million a year and that Richard Hammond and James May weren’t far behind with each reportedly netting $11.1 million a year for the three-year show.
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