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He was kicked by Chelsea's star Hazard, and now he has more than $150M

This former ball boy now owns a successful business after 11 years being kicked by Eden Hazard.

By Emmanuel Mendez

A former Swansea ballboy Charlie Morgan has a successful business.
A former Swansea ballboy Charlie Morgan has a successful business.
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Eleven years ago today, in the English League Cup semifinal game between Swansea City and Chelsea FC, Eden Hazard was sent off for kicking a Swansea City ball boy! The outrageous act caused shock across the football world because of how Hazard reacted toward the boy. Chelsea was losing 2-0 in the 80th minute of the second leg of the English League Cup, and the ball boy was wasting time by holding the ball.

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Out of frustration, Hazard wanted to quickly grab the ball and make the ball boy let go of it; the Belgian winger kicked the kid. In the replay, the kick wasn't that bad, but the kid acted like he was kicked hard to waste more time. The ball boy's name is Charlie Morgan, and he was 17 at the time of the incident with Hazard.

After the game, Hazard apologized for the incident with the ball boy and said didn't mean to harm the kid. Hazard said, "The ball boy came in the changing room and we had a quick chat. I apologised and the boy apologised as well, and it is over. Sorry."

That ball boy didn't go on to become a footballer but he did go on to make a multimillion-dollar business that made him named one of the richest UK people under 35.

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Charlie Morgan owns Au Vodka, a premium, gold-filtered vodka brand that made $53 million in revenue

Charlie Morgan is the founder of premium, gold-filtered vodka brand AU Vodka. AU Vodka reported $53 million in revenue with a $15 million profit in 2022. In 2023, AU Vodka was named the most popular vodka brand on the internet by Spirits Business. Ronaldinho and Floyd Mayweather are two big athletes who endorsed the vodka.


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