Although Mr Johnson’s short term as Prime Minister is coming to an end, he will not be short of opportunities.
Previous prime ministers, including Tony Blair and David Cameron, have made fortunes from book deals and speaking at events.
Mr Blair is reported to have received “up to £5m” in 2007 for his political memoir A Journey.
Mr Blair reportedly paid up to £5m for his political memoir A Journey (PA) / PA Archive
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Meanwhile, Mr Cameron is reported to have earned £1.5m for his memoir For The Record.
Similarly, Mr Blair is said to earn up to £300,000 per speech and Mr Cameron is reported to earn £120,000.
Neil Martin, senior agent at NMP Live, the speaker booking agency that represents everyone from comedian Sir Lenny Henry to Nigel Farage, said the soon-to-be former prime minister could command “six-figure” sums at the circuit.
“For someone like Boris they’re going to grab him with a desk, he’s always stopped talking,” he said.
However, he said Mr Johnson would do less in the UK than on the international stage.
“You tend to find with people in his position that the popularity in their own country is less.
“So everyone knows that Tony Blair has done exceptionally well on the speaking circuit, but the British people see your own prime ministers and leaders very differently to the rest of the world.
“Everyone has an opinion about Tony Blair and all that stuff.
“Tony Blair’s huge speaking income comes from America and Asia. UK businesses will not pay a fortune to hear Tony Blair speak. It’s just one of those things and it’s the same with Cameron.
“Cameron has made a lot of money speaking, but I’d imagine the UK bookings are a lot less than internationally – and the same will be the case for Boris.”
He added that Mr Johnson would not make “big money” in the UK.
“The whole reason Boris is going is obviously because of popularity,” he said.
“Although there will be some British businesses, associations and institutions who will pay to hear him speak, because he is our own Prime Minister, we kind of know what he has to say in that sense and his views on a lot of things , and because of his popularity, he won’t make big money here.
“He will be snapped up, probably by a major US speaking agency, who will get him more work in the vast territory that is America and Asia than in the UK.”
Besides potential future earnings, the Prime Minister also has assets to rely on. He owns a £1.2million house in Camberwell with his wife Carrie, as well as 20% of his father’s farm in Somerset.
No stranger to book deals, he is reported to have received a £500,000 advance from Hodder & Stoughton for a Shakespeare book.
However, his finances received media attention, most notably when the renovation of his flat at No. 11 Downing Street was reported by The Times to have cost £200,000, well above the £30,000 annual budget available to Prime Ministers for such work .
Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row was to pay the extra expenses, but after the news broke Mr Johnson offered to foot the bill himself.
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