Forbes enlists Michael Jordan on Billionaires League-Flatimes

Monday, 2 March 2015

Forbes enlists Michael Jordan on Billionaires League

Michael Jordan

The 52 year old basketball legend, Michael Jordan is among the 290 newcomers on the Billionaires List which was released by Forbes magazine.

He's now the 513th-richest person in the US with a net worth of $1.0 billion.

Read Forbes report below…

The most famous rookie on the billionaires list? Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time and indisputably the best-paid athlete of all time.

Most of his cash comes from Nike payouts on his iconic brand. The Jordan brand grossed an estimated $2.25 billion in 2013, earning his Airness some $90m. But his most valuable asset is his stake in the Charlotte Hornets, worth more than $500m. When ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a stunning $2 billion, values of all NBA teams skyrocketed, creating three new billionaires. Jordan’s old boss Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago Bulls, joined the list with a fortune of $1.3 billion, and Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander boosted his net worth to $1.6 billion.