Blog 1: Story Telling Michael Jordan Life after retirement

Whether you’re a sports fan or not chances are you know who Michael Jordan is. There are just some names that everyone knows regardless of whether or not they’re sports fans.  Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Gretzky, David Beckham, and Michael Jordan also falls under this category.

            For those that don’t know Michael Jordan he is regarded as the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. He played his college basketball for the university of North Carolina for 3 years, after his 3^rd year finished he entered into the NBA draft and was selected by the Chicago Bulls 3^rd overall in 1984. Jordan went on to play 15 seasons in the NBA winning 6 championships while holding multiple records, but forget all that this is where it gets good.

            Michael Jordan is now 51 years old and makes more money now then when we was playing in the NBA. At 51 years old Michael Jordan is currently the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, and has a huge endorsement shoe deal with Nike he has his own brand called Jordan, but I’m sure most of you already knew that. His net worth is an estimated $1 billion dollars, and his annual earnings range from $90-100 million dollars. What’s amazing about all of this is that Jordan was virtually on his way to being dead broke after Michael Jordan went through a divorce with his former partner Juanita Jordan in 2002, Jordan was ordered to pay a settlement of an estimated $168 million dollars all was said and done. Some say that only reason Jordan survived that was his Nike shoe deal, or else he wouldn’t have made it. Regardless of what could or should have happened Michael Jordan has found a way to make his retirement years even more successful then his playing career, and considering how a lot of pro athletes fail and fall after they retire I’d say Michael Jordan is doing pretty good for himself.  

How do you plan on living your life after retirement?