andMichael Jordan’s legacy and importanceFor basketball He was a household name, nothing short of a legend.
His on-field success, reputation and good stewardship of resources through his brand, and Charlotte Hornets for saleallowing him to accumulate huge $3 billion wealth According to Forbes, this makes him the first professional athlete to rank among the 400 richest people in the United States.
This magazine, which specializes in business and finance, states Likelihood of a professional athlete becoming a multi-millionaire This is still not that common, only three people have achieved this:
Jordan was the first to achieve this milestone in 2014, LeBron James and Tiger Woods followed closely behind.
The 400 Other Richest People in America
Forbes pointed out Donald Trump is not on the listhis wealth fell 19% to $2.6 billion.
Likewise, it details how net worth is calculated Stock prices as of September 8, 2023.
In addition to MJ, here are the others among the 400 richest Americans in the United States:
- Tesla and Space X owner Elon Musk tops the list with $251 billion
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranks second with $161 billion.
- Oracle’s Larri Elison rounds out the top three with $158 billion.
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett ranks fourth with $121 billion
- Google founder Larry Page rounds out the top 5 with a fortune of $114 billion.
- Microsoft’s Bill Gates ranks sixth with $111 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Meta, ranks eighth with $106 billion.
- Nike founder Phil Knight and his family rank 18th with $39.5 billion
- American businessman, investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ranks 211th with $5.2 billion.
- Filmmaker Steven Spielberg ranks 238th with $4.8 billion