Denise Coates

The 53-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group Ltd. pocketed 468.9 million pounds ($648 million) in pay and dividends, almost 50% more than a year earlier, according to a filing from the online bookmaker.

Denise Coates's salary of 276.6 million pounds from the closely held firm makes her one of the world's best-paid bosses. It also strengthens her status as the UK's richest woman, adding to a fortune already among the world's 500 largest, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Denise Coates, the British founder and chief executive officer of online bookmaker Bet365 Group Ltd., is more than 10 times richer than Queen Elizabeth II on the back of the bookmaker's latest accounts.

The 53-year-old founder and chief executive officer of Bet365 Group Ltd. pocketed 468.9 million pounds ($648 million) in pay and dividends, almost 50% more than a year earlier, according to a filing from the online bookmaker.

Denise Coates's salary of 276.6 million pounds from the closely held firm makes her one of the world's best-paid bosses. It also strengthens her status as the UK's richest woman, adding to a fortune already among the world's 500 largest, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Denise Coates, the British founder and chief executive officer of online bookmaker Bet365 Group Ltd., is more than 10 times richer than Queen Elizabeth II on the back of the bookmaker's latest accounts.