What is Shaquille O’Neal Net Worth? Know about all his endorsements
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Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O’Neal was the most dominant player of his era; his opponent was not able to figure out how to stop when he was in his prime. Shaq played in NBA for almost 19 years, in his whole career he played for six teams i.e. Magics, Lakers, Heats, Celtics, Cavaliers, and Suns. Meanwhile, he won four NBA championships three with the Lakers and one with the Heats.
Not only for the franchises he played, he even represented America in the 1996 Olympics where he won the gold medal for the country. In 2011, when he was playing with the Celtics, he decided to end his NBA career due to multiple injury issues. Although he stopped playing professional basketball, he continued to be a part of the game by becoming an NBA analyst.
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Shaquille O’Neal Net Worth – Salary earned in NBA
Shaq was the biggest sensation at the start of this century, and the teams, brands were ready to pay him the amount he wants as they wanted to be a part of his successful career. It is estimated that Shaquille O’Neal’s net worth is around $400 million as of 2018.
O’Neal started his career with the Orlando magic when he was drafted in NBA, and later become part of the undefeatable Lakers. In this whole seven years of span, he earned almost $200 million after a contract extension in his career.
Moreover, right now, he is earning through his analyst job inside the NBA and YouTube channel Shaqtin a fool where he uploads funny incidents that happened on the NBA court.
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Shaquille O’Neal Investments and Endorsements
The 7’1 forward during his initial days in his NBA career did a lot of mistakes by wasting money, but later he learned about its value and now he is one of the smartest investors among the NBA players.
According to a report, it is estimated that Shaq has a lot of hands in 50+ businesses ranging from restaurants, shopping centers, a movie theatre, car washes, and nightclubs. Moreover, in 2019 he also joined the Board of Directors of Papa Johns which will see him earn $8.25m (£6.24m) in salary and stock over three years.
The list of his earnings hasn’t stopped here, he has endorsed many products like are Icy Hot, Buick, and Monster headphones. He has also deals with Macy’s, Zale’s, and Arizona Beverage Co. where they launched Shaq Soda which is considered a huge profit.
Shaq has also released many rap albums but his “Shaq Diesel” in 1993 went to become certified platinum and right now he is continuing has DJ and produce music under the name ‘DIESEL.’ It is true that he is living the most colorful time after his retirement and hopefully he will continue to entertain us through his hilarious commentary and funny YouTube videos, Instagram reels
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