9 NBA Players Turned Successful Entrepreneurs

5. LeBron James (Estimated net worth: $300 million)

LeBron James has recently delivered Cleveland’s first championship, ending a 52-year drought in the professional sports title. He also showed an epic finals performance leading all players of both teams in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals—plus a triple-double in Game 7. He made history in leading the Cavs as the first team in NBA Finals history to come back from a 3-1 deficit. The King is a three-time NBA champion, three-time Finals MVP, four-time regular season MVP, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

But The King’s reign isn’t limited to the court alone, he is also taking command of the business world. James has his own agent and sports-marketing agency LRMR. He also owns Uninterrupted, a digital video company hosted on Bleacher Report. Aside from that, The Chosen One formed the production company SpringHill Entertainment, along with friend Maverick Carter, which produced More Than a Game, Becoming, Survivor’s Remorse, and the animated series The LeBrons. He is also a minority owner of Liverpool Football Club.

His endorsements for 2016 is valued at $54 million and he is currently the third highest paid athlete in the world with a current salary of $23.2 million. James has yet to sign another contract with the Cavs for next season. He also inked a lifetime deal with Nike late last year and it is said to be worth more than $1 billion. LeBron shoes generate a revenue of $350 million a year. LeBron is one of the 9 NBA players turned successful entrepreneurs who is set to have an even better career as a business mogul once he retires from the game.

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