“You never know who the parents are”: Shaquille O’Neal hilariously explains how he ended up investing in google at The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Shaquille O’Neal also known as “Shaq” and “DJ Diesel” is a retired National Basketball Association player and a legendary Hall of Famer as he is the most dominant force ever seen in the league. In his retirement, Shaq has turned into a businessman, musician and NBA analyst as he still loves to be around the game and enjoy it. With a net worth of around $400 million and more Shaq currently is ranked as one of the richest NBA players in both the active and retired lists.
Shaq earned around $292 million playing on six different boards as his salary. When he was an active player in the league regarded as the most dominant force in the post ever. But today unlike many other players he is earning more than ever as he is a successful businessman and built himself a business empire from his great investments and side businesses. Shaq is an investor in many successful companies and firms which after years of investment are still paying him back as the major part of his wealth currently comes through the investments he did years ago.
On the other hand, Shaq is still chasing the bag as he features in many advertisements for many companies. While also being a part owner in many like The General, Gold Bond, Icy Hot, Buick, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Forever21, JCPenny and some betting sites too as recently he sold his stakes of Sacramento Kings to step in the betting business. Apart from this Shaq also claims to be a part-owner for 155 Five Guys Burgers restaurants, 17 Auntie Annie’s Pretzels restaurants, 150 car washes, 40 24-hour fitness centers, a shopping center, a movie theater, and several Las Vegas nightclubs.
But still, the biggest investment from his side is at Google. As a clip of him hilariously explaining how he got in the chain of investing in the search engine at the Ellen DeGeneres show stands viral.
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Shaquille O’Neal reveals the hilarious Google investment story to Ellen DeGeneres
Talking about the great investments of Shaq when Ellen DeGeneres questioned him about his Google investment replying to it the Big Diesel quoted: “So one time, this was like when I first got to LA almost like ’93, ’94. So I am in the Four Seasons Hotel and I’m playing with somebody’s kid and they’re in the meeting. So I’m playing with the kid at the next table…I’m actually babysitting the guy’s kid while he’s in the meeting. So after the meeting he says, you know what? You’re good with kids. I like you imma bring you in on this investment and it was called Google. He said in the future, you’re going to be able to type on your phone search engine this do this, boom, boom, boom. You should invest. I invested and then a couple of years later I got a really big return.”
Ellen DeGeneres listening to the story quoted: “Good for you. That’s amazing. See, you just play with kids sometimes and it pays off. You never know who the parents are.” Shaq is still on Google’s board as he enjoys his returns from that early investment till today. In the interview alongside Ellen, he also mentioned how he uses his 76,000 square feet big mansion. While also sharing the rules he has made for his kids where two educational degrees will provide them a part of his wealth since he wants them to be independent.
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