Evans sued for wrongful dismissal and around $20 million in unpaid stock options. Less than a year later Evans was sacked for breach of contract by new owners SMG following -again – a string of no-shows and drunken incidents. The sale made him the highest-paid media presenter in the UK. Three years later, Evans and his consortium sold the station to Scottish Media Group for a little over $300 million, pocketing the bespectacled ginger approximately $125 million in cash and stock options. In conjunction with Venture Capital firm Apax Partners, he and his Ginger Media Group paid Richard Branson around $125 million for the station. Having quit the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in the mid-90s following a string of no-shows, drunken antics and ill-advised stunts, Evans moved to rival station Virgin Radio, which, in 1997, he decided to buy. He Made $120 million From the Sale of Virgin Radio…Then Lost itĮvans with Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall (Getty) As well as James Hunt’s World Championship winning Hesketh 308 F1 car, he also owns the iconic car from the children’s film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (about $750,000, in case you were wondering).Ģ. It’s not just Ferraris sitting in Evans’ garage, however. We say was: he sold it a couple years ago for a reported $10 million profit. But the jewel in his collector’s crown was the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, one of only 36 ever made, that he purchased for a shade under $20 million. He also set an auction record when he bought a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder once owned by actor James Coburn for over $8 million. In 2014 he purchased at auction one of the only 120 or so 1971 Ferrari 365 GTS/4s ever made for a world record $3.7 million. Evans has a multi-million pound car collection that is heavily concentrated upon Ferraris. Top Gear fans should know that not only is Chris Evans just as combustible, unpredictable and egotistical as Jeremy Clarkson, he’s equally nuts about cars. One of only 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs ever made (Getty)
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