Shaquille O’Neal – My Biggest Mistake is not Investing in Starbucks
Shaquille O'Neal is a 50-year-old retired basketball player with a net worth of $400 million. He played in the NBA for 19 years and was a rookie of the year, won four NBA championships, was a three-time NBA Finals MVP, and won an Olympic gold medal. He earned nearly $300 million in salary throughout his career, averaging about $16 million per year. After retirement, he earns about $60 million per year. He owns a 10% stake in a group that includes 150 Five Guys restaurants, 17 Auntie Anne's Pretzels restaurants, 150 car washes, 40 24-hour gyms, a large shopping mall, a theater, and was an early investor in Google. He is also a DJ known as DJ Diesel and has released several platinum records with sales exceeding one million copies. He is also the host of the TNT NBA program "Shaq in the fool."