If there are fans who pay attention to basketball, I believe that everyone is no stranger to James, the star. James was the first draft in the 2003 NBA Draft, james has been working in the NBA for 19 years. More importantly, James has been at the top of the pack from start to finish, averaging at least 25 points per game in the rest of the season, except for his rookie season of 20.9 points per game, which is indeed a remarkable achievement.
For a professional player, if you want to stay at your peak for a long time, you have to stay in good health, and it's clear that James did that. James has basically not had a major injury in his entire career, which also makes James' attendance quite high, all thanks to James's forward thinking. That is why James spends millions of dollars every year to maintain his body and keep himself in a good competitive state, which is why in the fast-changing NBA league, James can always be at the "tip of the pyramid".
To know that many NBA players do not have an annual salary of one million dollars, but James can spend millions of dollars a year to maintain his body, which also makes many fans send out a soul torture, that is, how much wealth does James have? In fact, "Forbes" once revealed part of the situation, when "Forbes" published a report, the news pointed out that James's wealth is about to exceed $1 billion (james wealth was more than $800 million at the time), such a huge amount is indeed breathtaking.
At the same time, Forbes also posted active athletes who accumulated $1 billion faster than James, namely Woods (golf), Mayweather (boxing), Messi (football) and Cristiano Ronaldo (football). Because Mayweather has retired, this means that James has become the fourth person in the sports world, and the athletes who have not yet retired, only Woods, Messi and Ronaldo are richer than James, which is enough to show that James's wealth is indeed quite large.
James has been playing in the NBA for so many years, plus James has won 4 NBA championships, and he is also attacking the 1st position in his career total, which also makes James come with a traffic aura. Throughout his career, James has won several top-salary contracts, and James' career salary has exceeded $430 million. Interestingly, the total career salary ($430 million) accounts for only 1/2 of James's total wealth, because James's total wealth is currently more than $870 million, which also shows fans James's excellent business ability.
So how strong is James's ability to do business? The first is that James has set his sights on the development prospects of football, as a basketball player, James has become a minority shareholder of Premier League team Liverpool 11 years ago (2011). At that time, Liverpool was in a downturn, and after James joined the stock and waited for a few years, Liverpool finally ushered in an outbreak, winning the Premier League championship and the Champions League, which also made Liverpool's market value rise, and James, as a minority shareholder, naturally benefited from it.
In addition to football, James also experimented with film and television, investing in a media company called SpringHill. I believe you still remember James's previous film "Slam Dunk in the Air 2", and the production company behind this movie is SpringHill. Although the box office of the film is not very ideal, james, as the boss, has an actor addiction, which can also be regarded as satisfying James's dream of being an actor, and SpringHill has also made James a lot of money.
On the other hand, James also invested in the catering industry, and Blaze Pizza is the pizza brand that James invested in. Blaze Pizza has opened hundreds of branches, and James sometimes travels to one location to play the role of a food orderer and interact happily with customers. Many pizza-eating customers don't seem to pay attention to basketball, they don't recognize James pretending to be an employee, but this does not prevent James from making money, and the Blaze Pizza brand has become one of James's sources of income.
Compared with the investment in the football industry, the film and television industry and the catering industry, James also has a simple and crude investment, that is, investment in real estate. James bought a property in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and after he joined the Los Angeles Lakers, he naturally did not give up the opportunity to invest in real estate. After all, the Lakers are located in the bustling city of Los Angeles, so James also invested in real estate in Los Angeles, and in Los Angeles, where the land is scarce, the property purchased by James is also appreciating.
Overall, James's wealth is still increasing, and including all the investment projects and the total salary of his career, James's total wealth has exceeded $870 million. In addition to the career salary, James's investment outside the basketball court is at the top level, especially the investment in Premier League team Liverpool, which reflects James's ability. Before James invested, Liverpool's popularity was not as wide as it is now, and now Liverpool has become a regular in European competitions, which shows that James's business ability is indeed very strong!