9 NFL Players Turned Successful Entrepreneurs

3. John Elway (Estimated net worth: $145 million)

Up next on our list of NFL players turned successful entrepreneurs we have John Elway, who started out as a quarterback for the Denver Broncos. The Hall of Famer led his team to their first ever NFL Championship and in back-to-back victories (1998, 1999). Super Bowl fans know him as the man who made “The Drive” for his 15-play, 98-yard offensive spectacle. Despite being the General Manager and Executive Vice President of the Denver Broncos, Elway also made a career outside of football by being a restaurant owner and car dealer.

The legendary quarterback owns a couple of steakhouses named Elway’s. He used to own five car dealerships called John Elway Autos but sold them in 1997 to AutoNation Inc. for $82.5 million. In 2007, he bought Manhattan Beach Toyota and became the co-owner of Crown Toyota in Ontario, California. Elway still owns a couple of dealerships in Colorado. One for Chevrolet in Englewood and one for Chrysler in Greeley.