Love Island Maya Jama's huge seven-figure earnings revealed

Maya Jama is cashing in on her huge telly and business success, earning almost £3m in the past year.

The Love Island host, 31, is making the fortune from her telly gigs, which saw her fronting the most recent series of the ITV2 dating show. She also has a number of lucrative ad jobs, appearing in commercials for big brands, including McDonald's, Rimmel London, and Dolce and Gabbana.

New accounts for her MIJ & Co Entertainment Ltd filed to Companies House this week show it has a bottom line of £2.6m for the 12 months to the end of January this year. That's up £800,000 from last year. It also holds cash deposits of £2m and has investments of more than £830,000.

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She paid a huge Corporation Tax bill of £570,326, showing a taxable income of close to £3m. But modest Maya valued herself at just £10,000 to the firm under a section called ‘goodwill’.

Not only a talented media personality, Maya is a shroud businesswoman with fingers in a number of pies. As well as presenting, she recently landed her “dream role” as a gangster’s wife in Guy Ritchie’s hit Netflix series, The Gentlemen.

She co-owns the Swedish plant-based milk company Sproud and also has eye mask firm MIJ Masks, as well as a big brand deal with Gordon’s Gin.

The Love Island host is the hottest property on TV after working her way up through the industry for the past decade. Maya - who is dating Manchester City footballer Ruben Dias - has earned her place as one of the most in-demand female TV presenters.

She moved to London from Bristol in 2012 when she was 16, and for many years struggled to earn enough money to travel to work. She told The Sunday Times: "I was broke, ­pretending I'd lost my Oyster card every day so I could get to work. Hustling my little way around London, having £1 ­chicken-shop meals every day."

She started working as a runner for the production company Jump Off.TV, where she moved up the ranks to host its weekly music video countdown, before moving to TRACE Sports on Sky, and Rinse FM. In 2014, Maya joined MTV on their show The Wrap Up, and in 2017, she presented the pre-Brit Awards Party as well as a Facebook Live from the red carpet.

She also co-hosted the MOBO Awards on Channel 5, Cannonball in 2017, and the first series of The Circle in 2018. In December 2021, Maya then landed a primetime gig as the host of Simon Cowell's glitzy talent series Walk The Line, and she went onto present ITV2's panel show Don't Hate the Playaz.

Maya also took over from Stacey Dooley as the host of the BBC Three series Glow Up, and co-hosted Crouchy's Year-Late Euros show alongside footballer Peter Crouch. As well as her television work, Maya had a regular slot hosting BBC Radio 1 until 2020,.

Maya reached the peak of her career when she was asked to host Love Island in 2023. She gushed that the job is a "golden ticket" for her, and she said yes to the offer straight away, before she even completing an audition. She was also the presenter for Love Island Games, a global spin-off show, until this summer.

And she's hoping to pass on her experience on to others needing a leg up. Maya has launched a new nationwide venture to find the stars of tomorrow. She has formed MIJ Mentorships and to show she means business she has even applied to trademark her brainchild to stop chancers cashing in on her name and fame.

Maya is looking to recruit a first batch of women to set them on the road to careers in the media – and possibly stardom. She said: “Whether you dream of being in front of the camera or behind the scenes, this is your chance to grow your confidence, gain industry insight, and get real career support.”

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