Michael Jordan is now so rich, he’s considered one of the wealthiest 400 people in America!!!
Forbes just bestowed the honor on the NBA legend … after it said the sale of his stake in the Charlotte Hornets earlier this summer pushed his net worth to $3 BILLION.
Jordan, according to the outlet, now comes in at No. 379 among the country’s wealthiest 400 … just a few slots below WWE honcho Vince McMahon.
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He’s become the first professional athlete to ever make the list.
His Airness, of course, gained a ton his of fortune through NBA contracts and his huge endorsement deals with companies like Nike and Gatorade … but it was the Hornets sale that pushed him into the rarified air.
As we reported, Jordan sold the team to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall in June for $3 billion … this after he initially bought the majority stake of the organization in 2010 for a mere $175 million.
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MJ’s got a ways to go to climb even higher on the famed Forbes list — cracking the top 100 requires a bankroll of nearly $9 billion — but if we were betting on anyone to do it … arguably the most competitive man in sports history seems like a safe choice.
