LeBron Jamesthe Los Angeles Lakers superstar, became the first active player in NBA history to reach a fortune of 1,000 million dollars net, Forbes magazine reported Thursday.
(Miami and Formula 1, a pair of US$400 million).
Only one other NBA figure, Michael Jordan, surpassed the $1 billion mark, but he did so more than a decade after retiring.in 2014, thanks to an investment in the Charlotte Hornets team, the publication noted.
LeBron James, 37, is considered one of the best basketball players in history, with four NBA championship rings, four MVP awards (Most Valuable Player) and 18 selections for the All-Star Game. Second all-time leading scorer in the league, James has managed to maximize his career and his business to more than $1.2 billion in pre-tax profits, Forbes calculated.
in the NBA, James has received salaries of more than 385 million dollars from the three teams to which he has belonged in his 19 active years.: Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Lakers. Off the field, the player has earned more than 900 million in income from sponsorships, investments and other projects, such as his participation last year as an actor in the movie “Space Jam: A New Era.”
The forward has a stake in Fenway Sports Group, a firm that owns different sports teams such as Liverpool of English soccer and the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Your investment in the chain Blaze Pizza is estimated at about $30 million, while his $80 million in real estate they include two houses in Los Angeles, California and a mansion in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
LeBron had a turbulent final season with the Lakers, missing the playoffs for the fourth time in his career. Even so, last May he appeared in second position on Forbes’ annual list of highest-paid athletes with 121.2 million dollars, only surpassed by Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi (130 million).
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