Achievements do not stop at basketball, Kobe Bryant's business empire has long surpassed the basketball court
If basketball is still the greatest achievement of my life 20 years later, I am doomed to failure.
The person who can say such a thing is exactly what we know, the stubborn and never-giving up Kobe.
Since retiring in 2016, Kobe Bryant, who has entered the business world, continues his "Mamba spirit",
Even after his death, he left behind a business empire that had surpassed the basketball court.
In fact, before Leaving the NBA, Kobe Bryant had already entered the investment field and began to lay out his future business empire.
In 2013, he co-founded a venture capital firm with an entrepreneur (Jeff Stibel).
The company now has more than $2 billion in capital and assets under management, investing in dozens of technology, media and data companies.
This includes alibaba, which we are familiar with (which was later sold).
In the same year, Bryant also founded his own brand development company.
The company invested $600w in a sports drink brand in 2014 and held a 10 percent stake in it. After Kobe's death, Kobe's widow, Vanessa, inherited all the shares (10% of the shares). Recently, the sports drink brand was formally acquired by the Coca-Cola Company, and after equity dilution, it received a generous return of $400 million for the Kobe family.
Kobe's early business layout made him quickly become a real entrepreneur and investor after retiring from the military.
In 2016, Bryant also founded granity studios focused on sports creative storytelling.
Through this company, it was written around Bryant and told the story of a short film called "Dear Basketball", which won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and achieved extraordinary results. And the company also published, Bryant himself wrote the autobiography "Mamba Spirit"
In the years after his retirement, Bryant also founded the Mamba Sports Academy, which is dedicated to providing a full range of sports facilities, training, and sports.
And Kobe Bryant also revealed that he was going to leave Nike and start his own sneaker brand.
Obviously, the legend on Kobe's court, off the field, will continue to be staged.
Although the Slovaks have gone, Kobe's commercial layout has left a business empire that has surpassed the basketball court.
His wisdom and foresight will continue to bring unparalleled wealth to the world and to his family.
Bryant Bryant's achievements go far beyond basketball.