Michael Jordan, the undisputed icon of basketball, continues to make history, even after his retirement from the court.
The 60-year-old athlete's latest feat? Join the exclusive list of the 400 richest people in the United States, according to the renowned Forbes magazine.
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But what makes this feat even more remarkable is that Jordan is the first athlete to achieve this prominent position on the list. Find out how much the legendary sportsman has “saved in the bank”!
The former basketball player, now 60 years old, has built a veritable financial empire based on his legendary sporting career.
One of the pillars of this success is the extremely profitable partnership with Nike, responsible for the “Air Jordan” line of sports sneakers. Even in retirement, Jordan continues to receive royalties from this collaboration, contributing significantly to his wealth.
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However, the definite jump in Michael Jordan's wealth ranking can be attributed to a recent move in business.
In June of this year, he sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets basketball team to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, accumulating an impressive amount of 3 billion dollars, around 13 billion real. This amount is 17 times greater than what Jordan invested when he acquired the team in 2010.
Although he is now the youngest billionaire from the Forbes list, this is not the first time that Michael Jordan has achieved records in the business world.
In 2014, he became the first billionaire athlete, reaching his first billion dollars and joining the Forbes list, which at the time included more than 1,800 billionaires around the world. His ranking at that time was 1,741st.
Currently, Michael Jordan's fortune is estimated at an impressive 3 billion dollars, around 15 billion reais at current prices.
This wealth is the result of several successful partnerships with renowned brands, including McDonald's, Gatorade and Hanes, which have earned the athlete around 2.4 billion dollars over the years.
With the “Air Jordans” shoe brand alone, Jordan received more than 260 million dollars (about 1.3 billion reais) in royalties in his last payment.
Michael Jordan's entry into the list of the richest people in the USA could be a glimpse of what the athlete plans for his next steps in his business career.
In 2020, Jordan became a team owner in NASCAR, with drivers Bubba Wallace and Denny Hamlin, indicating that their quest for successful ventures is far from over.
The basketball legend continues to conquer the business world in the same way he enchanted the basketball courts during his brilliant career: with extreme mastery!
