Michael Jordan just scored a major career milestone: He is the first pro athlete to enter Forbes' list of the 400 Richest Americans
The 60-year-old entered the annual list for the first time Oct. 3, ranking at No. 379. He shares the spot with 15 other people, including producer Haim Saban—co-creator of the"Power Rangers" franchise. As for others on the list, coming at the top is Tesla CEO Elon Musk with a net worth of $251 billion, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is No. 2 with $161 billion.
Throughout his career as what many considered to be the greatest NBA player of all time, Jordan won six championship titles with the Chicago Bulls and earned a salary of $90 million, Forbes reported.In 2003, Jordan retired from the NBA for the third time and after playing in the league for 15 seasons.In addition to his paychecks from his regular job, Jordan also received $2.4 billion from Nike and other corporate partners such as Hanes and Gatorade, Forbes reported..
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