More Millionaire Income at the IOC Income Olympics

Salary Development in the First Class of Volunteers

The International Olympic Committee is an Association under Swiss private law. It consists of 112 members. Becomes a member who is appointed by the IOC¹. It declares its activity as volunteering². Every year, the IOC has to disclose the salaries of a portion of its members of the American Tax Administration (IRS), which the NGO Propublica published on December 22nd.³. In the last Olympiad From 2020 to 2024, the circle expanded to 23 to be published.

The circle of Income millionaires Growing from 1 to just 4 Salaries increased by 7.4 per year.%. The highest paid volunteer is still Christophe de Keeper, Director General, with good $1.6 million per year. Sports Director Kit McConnell's salary nearly doubled $1.2 million and was therefore the most dynamic. In averages increased the income of $517 thousand on $684 thousand. All members are entitled to travels in the First class⁴. For travel, Hotels and housing subsidies were additionally per IOC member $123 tsd available⁵.

The IOC differentiates Second-class volunteering. This class belonged to the games of Paris 2024 41,189 people⁶. These volunteers must commit to work for at least 10 days up to 10 hours/day in one or more shifts and may No money at all accept for this⁷. Accommodation costs and arrival are to pay yourself. Food is provided only at work⁸. Volunteering at the Olympics is paid for with the possibility of becoming ‘empowered, skilled, and connected individuals’⁹.

volunteers The main activity in Germany is unpaid. From 2026, the activity will also be tax-remunerated up to a tax-free voluntary allowance of €960 per year. For trainers, a tax-free amount of €3,000 per year applies.

One Association is no longer considered non-profit if its economic activity generates more than €45,000 per year¹⁰. In addition, he becomes subject to corporate or business tax.

NOlympia Hamburg Speaker Eckart Maudrich In this regard:

‘Paris 2024 generated €4.3 billion in revenue. From a German perspective, it is clearly not non-profit. Since the final abolition of the amateur paragraph in 1990, the association IOC has been a professional sports administrator who now pays millions of salaries to his first-class flying professional honorary staff – like a corporation. To label high-paid officials as volunteers is incompatible with the idea and rules of volunteering in sport in Germany; A slap in the face for every volunteer in Germany who does good with idealism in sports. The games still do not want to adapt to the organizers or the city, because the tax exemption of the IOC revenues would have to guarantee Hamburg or Germany.¹. Hamburg has deserves sporting events that excel in team spirit when it comes to financing fair play and taxation.”

1 Olympic Charter Rule 16 No. 1.2, 19

2 IOC Annual Report 2024, S241

3 Propublica.org. IOC, Form 990, Part VII, 22.12.2025

4 see Footnote 3, Annex J

5 see Footnote 2, S239 Transport, Travel and residence expenses & Session, Exec Board expenses

6 Official Report Paris 2024, S220

7 Volunteer’s Charter of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

8 see Footnote 5.

9 Hidden heroes

10 AO §67a I

11 Host City Conract Principles 22.1ff.