A BILLIE A BILLIE!
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players, if not the greatest, to ever grace the hardwood. Although he has amassed championship trophies, NBA records and achieved a ticket to the Hall-Of-Fame, but one list he has not topped is the Forbes billioniare list.
He has now snuck into the 29th annual World’s Billionaires List with an estimated value of over $1 billion dollars in the list the magazine published today.
Combined with 89% ownership of the Charlotte Hornets (roughly worth $700 million) and his royalties from the Jordan Brand sneakers with Nike, your airness now becomes the 1,741st richest person in the world. In time, his name should be moving up the rankings
Among those ahead of Jordan include Steve Ballmer (owner of the Los Angeles Clippers), Paul Allen (owner of the Seattle Seahawks & Portland Trail Blazers), Phil Anschutz (owns the STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Kings & LA Galaxy), Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, Stan Kroenke, Robert Kraft & Jerry Jones.
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