{"id":129173,"date":"2021-08-08T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrichest.com\/?p=129173"},"modified":"2021-08-12T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:06:18","slug":"professional-nba-players-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/professional-nba-players-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Professional NBA Players Who Became Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports professionals know that their career is not a lifetime career, unlike other professions where a career could span forty to fifty years. Athletes often have between ten to twenty years as a professional before their body gives up, and they are faced with the reality of nothing. Many have since turned towards entrepreneurship as a second act, with many becoming successful and increasing their wealth in the process. In this list, we observe a few NBA players who became entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

NBA Players earn a lot of money during their active years in the league, with some of them signing lifelong contracts with brands, giving them a cushion to invest in various business enterprises, and some of them have gone on to become mega businessmen, with their NBA career becoming a footnote in their hugely successful business enterprise.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here are 12 professional NBA players who became entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

\u00a01. Michael Jordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Michael Jordan is widely known as the greatest player in the history of basketball. Along with the status is a financial status that places him above and shoulders ahead of any player, alive or dead, with a personal net worth of over 1 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

While he made a lot of his money from his basketball career, the bulk of his came from his entrepreneurial efforts, starting with his partnership with Nike<\/a> to create the Jordan Air brand, one of the world’s highest-selling shoes.<\/p>\n

Other entrepreneurial investments include owning a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets, a car dealership, multiple restaurants, and a Motorsport team.<\/p>\n

Michael Jordan has perfected the possibility of athletes having a second life post-playing career through smart investments.<\/p>\n

2. LeBron James<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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