Gaël Monfils, the 31-year-old French tennis star, is known as “Sliderman” for his on-court showmanship. He may take chances when trying to win Grand Slam matches, but when it comes to personal finance Monfils – who reached a career-high of No6 in the world in 2016 – says he is risk-averse. His investment platform of choice? The world’s leading social trading network eToro[1], which specialises in cryptocurrencies.
Monfils has been described by The Sunday Times magazine as “the most interesting guy in tennis” and Britain’s former world No1 Andy Murray reckons the agile Frenchman is the best athlete in the sport. He is not bad when it comes to investing in crypto, either, and began actively trading on eToro in 2017 (see his profile here[2]), having heard about the award-winning platform from his brother-in-law. He was drawn to its wide selection of cryptos and innovative investment tools.
Now he is sponsored by eToro, and the video the platform produced introducing Monfils – which you can see below – has generated almost four million views since late May.
The Swiss-based tennis maestro, who played in his tenth Wimbledon in July and had reached two Grand Slam semi-finals (both at the US Open, in 2008 and 2016) and has amassed £10.5 million of prize money in his career, says another big plus for is eToro is its excellent multi-channel user-friendly interface.
“I use [eToro] while travelling and it gives me some independence with my money,” he said in an interview for The Times on the eve of The Championships at Wimbledon (see here[3]). “I have a diverse portfolio, with a particular interest in big tech stocks.”
Monfils claims he made a healthy profit recently when selling his crypto assets on
