LeBron James, billionaire at 38 years of age

LeBron James is considered one of the best players in the nba and several even compare him to the legend of Michael Jordan. However, the 'King' has achieved something that no other basketball player has achieved in his career. Reach billions of dollars.

According to the prestigious magazine 'Forbes', LeBron's estimated fortune reached billions of dollars, a figure that only Michael Jordan has reached in the NBA, but he did so a decade after retiring thanks to to the investment he made with the Charlotte Hornets.

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“It's my biggest milestone,” James told GQ in a prescient 2014 interview. “Obviously, I want to maximize my business. And if I make it, if I'm a billion dollar athlete, ho. Hip Hip Hooray ! Oh my gosh, I'm going to be excited." It took a few years, but surely James is excited.

Previously, in Sportico it was announced that the Lakers player had dethroned the Irishman Conor McGregor as the highest paid athlete in the world, and this would have earned him to reach the historical figure that few athletes can boast.

Forbes gave an estimate of how the 'King' got to a billion dollars. Here at AS USA we review it.

-Spring Hill Company $300 million: SpringHill combined three companies into one: the marketing agency for James' Robot Company, the athlete platform Uninterrupted, and SpringHill Entertainment, founded in 2007 as a production vehicle for the award-winning documentary about the years from James High School, More Than A Game. James is the company's largest individual shareholder, although his stake is believed to be no more than 50%. The same company helped produce Space Jam: A New Legacy.

-Fenway Sports Group $90 million: James acquired a minority stake in Liverpool FC, the English Premier League soccer team, in 2011, when his sports marketing business partnered with Fenway Sports Group. His share is just 1% in the group that owns Liverpool FC, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Real Estate $80 million: You own at least three properties, worth around $80 million in total. He built a $10 million mansion near his hometown of Akron, Ohio. He bought an 8-bedroom tract in the tony Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2017 for $23 million. His latest splurge: a 13,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion. James paid $36.75 million for the 1930s hilltop home, which he has already torn down to replace it with a mansion of his own.

Blaze Pizza $30 million: James has been involved with Blaze Pizza for years, including working behind the counter and taking to the streets to deliver pies to promote the brand.

Salaries and other investments $500 million: Forbes still believes James has more than $500 million in net assets beyond what's listed above.

According to the prestigious magazine 'Forbes', LeBron's estimated fortune reached billions of dollars, a figure that only Michael Jordan has reached in the NBA, but he did so a decade after retiring thanks to to the investment he made with the Charlotte Hornets.