David Beckham sits with Tani Bryer from CNBC at the 2025 World Economic Forum.
In an interview with CNBC leader Tani Bryer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in Switzerland, David Beckham opened the story of “simple values” to which his parents taught him, which he passed on to his children.
The former football star was first attended by WeF to receive a crystalline award for philanthropy, for its work to protect vulnerable children as UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador since 2005.
Bryer asked Beckham about where his passion came from to make the difference and values his parents taught him.
“I think they instilled in me the right values, and these are the simple values of the treatment of everyone in the same way and showing respect for people, and I tried to do the same with my children,” Beckham said.
The 49-year-old father of four said his youngest, Harper, has 13, and his oldest, Brooklyn, 25 years.
“All my boys know that they allow a woman to go through the door before them. They get up when the lady leaves the table, shake hands, look in the eyes. You know all these values, their pleasure, their thanks.
“All my kids have said, please and thank you from two, three years. So, the simple values with which I and Victoria adults have tried to instill in our children,” Beckham added.
He said that what he had children was also inspired by his work with children around the world. Beckham traveled a lot to raise awareness of UNICEF’s work with children. He visited Cambodia to meet children who were victims of violence and abuse, South Africa to meet with the families living with HIV and AIDS, and the Philippines where he met with children affected by Haiyan typhoon.
“I have taken several of my children on different trips. They know exactly the job I do for UNICEF. Everyone wants to get involved in the work of the UNICEF I do. Everyone wants to help in different ways and different charity organizations.
“I continue to show them pictures for pictures for pictures when I get home from these trips, and it just gives them the impression of what’s really going on in the world, and I think it’s very important.”
Beckham also pointed out in a speech at the award that “girls” were restrained by poverty, violence and discrimination.
“I want my daughter Harper to have the same options as her brothers, and that should be the case with all the girls everywhere. Being a girl should not determine what you can do, where you can go and who can become,” he said.
In his interview with Bryer, Beckham touched on several topics, including his famous 20-year football career from 1992 to 2013, becoming the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF Football Club, and his Think of social networks.
