How Michael Jordan Still Earns $80 Million A Year

Posted Feb 15, 2013
Michael Jordan earned an estimated $80 million last year from corporate partners Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, Upper Deck, and 2K Sports among others. Other Jordan assets include six restaurants, a car dealership, a motorsports team and his 80-percent stake in the Charlotte Bobcats. Jordan out-earns almost every member of the world’s highest-paid athletes 10 years after his last NBA game. (Yahoo! Sports)

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