Michael Jordan has a lot of money, and the NBA legend loves to spend it.
According to the Forbes 400, Jordan is worth $3 billion, so he definitely has plenty of cash to splash around.
But according to a now-viral story, the sports star has always been prepared to spend big, regardless of his financial situation.
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In 1984, a young 21-year-old Michael Jordan had just signed with the Chicago Bulls, who drafted him third overall that year out of North Carolina.
Soon after, Jordan visited a drive-in lot with his dad, mom, grandmother, siblings.
There are seven people in total.
“Michael said, ‘I want to buy seven cars. You see that big black four-door Mercedes? That’s the one for me,'” Don Godwin told D Magazine.
“‘I wish my mom had a little Mercedes next to me, I wish my dad had a Mercedes. ‘I wish my grandma had a big Pontiac Bonneville and my siblings had a Firebird Trans Ams, nice Pontiac. ”
He chose seven different cars, one for each member of his family and kept just one for himself.
Car salesman Godwin knew how eager young athletes were to spend money, so he suggested Jordan consider making a purchase.
But even so, Michael Jordan was still confident that he could achieve glory in the NBA, so he persisted.
Considering his current collection of supercars and hypercars – he was right and has taken other steps to build wealth in retirement.
Long before joining the Forbes 400, he repaid Don Godwin (a car salesman) for helping his father buy a car as a child.
“I learned from that that if you respect people and be nice to them, they will always remember you,” he said.