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FROM BASKETBALL TO BILLIONS

‘ONE THING ABOUT MICHAEL THAT STOOD OUT WAS HOW HARD HE WORKED’

HE WAS barely out of his teens when he became a basketball superstar and one success after another followed as he got older.

It wasn’t long before Michael Jordan cemented his status as one of the world’s greatest athletes. And over time he’s expanded his empire to becoming the owner of a basketball team and being behind the iconic Air Jordan brand partnership with Nike.

Now he has another feather in his cap – he’s the first professional athlete to crack The Forbes 400, the magazine’s list of America’s 400 wealthiest people.

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