| Capital: | € 1.7 billion |
| Age: | 57 |
| Born: | February 17, 1963 |
| Country of origin: | United States of America |
| Source of wealth: | former basketball player, entrepreneur |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former basketball player who has set many records in the US Professional League NBA. In addition to his sports career, he acts as an entrepreneur, advertises the face of various brands and owners of the majority of Charlotte Hornets. Michael Jordan gave a new basketball popularity in the 1990s and produced billions of dollars in sales. He was said to be the best basketball player ever. Jordan resigned from basketball several times and played golf and baseball of them. However, he always returns to his “sports”.
Early life
Michael Jordan was born in New York, more precisely in Brooklyn. However, he grew up with his four siblings in a small town in North Carolina. Working class families do not offer a luxurious environment to grow. His father urged him to work hard and didn’t get along on the road and entered a bad company.
His father recognized his son’s talent early. He encouraged him to practice and at the age of ten Micheal was trained by a professional coach. However, in the 10th grade, he failed to join the Laney High School basketball team. However, he was not discouraged, well trained and received into the team the following year.
The success of hard training is not long ago. Scouts talent immediately became aware of him. As usual in America, it quickly offers a variety of sports grants. In 1981 he decided to go to North Carolina University. There he could draw attention to himself in the first year and secure his place in the core team.
Under Coach Dean Smith, Michael Jordan developed into the top of the team. He reached an extraordinary individual show, but could not make a decisive contribution to the emergence of his team’s team heel. After this experience in the junior season, Michael Jordan was able to get a foothold as a draft NBA. The Chicago Bulls who had not managed to add it to his team. It puts the NBA career foundation.
Career
In the first season, Michael Jordan had “Rookie of the Year”, a newcomer this year. With his extraordinary show, he managed to play his club in the playoffs. However, they cannot affirm themselves there this year. After a serious injury, Micheal Jordan could not play for most of the second season. However, when he returned to the fields, he played his team again in the playoffs. Again they lost in the first round. In this game, Jordan also set a record to appoint a playoff in the game with 63 points.
The following season even more successful. Jordan scored more than 3000 points. He occupied the list of NBA’s top scorers. However, the overall performance of the Chicago Bulls did not work. However, in 1988 Jordan was chosen as the “most valuable” player “NBA. In the same year Jordan won the NBA All-Star-Star-Game and Slam Dunk contest for the second time. The way and the spectacular style of the game in the basket make it get the name of the “Air Jordan” and “Airness” nickname.
Income from advertising contracts, especially with Nike Outfitter, carrying large amounts of Michael Jordan. The “Air Jordan” shoe line, named after his nickname, is still released every year and is a line of sports shoes that are globally successful.
Jordan was able to build his success in the early 1990s. Many records lined their athletics career. In 1991, the longing of Chicago Bulls – for success finally came and they won the championship for themselves.
Bulls won the championship again in 1993, and Michael Jordan played a key role in success here too.
After this success, Jordan announced his exit from a professional basketball. He wants to fulfill his father’s dream and become a professional baseball. In the following years he was active as a baseball player, but with a rather moderate success.
After this brief interlude, in 1995 he announced it back to Chicago Bulls and Basketball with short words “I returned”. Other titles and success followed.
In 1995 he retired from professional sports again. As the manager of the Washington Wizards, he remained loyal to the basketball. With this team Michael Jordan returned to the basketball for the 2001-2003 season. At the age of 40, he finally resigned.
He donated an annual salary of $ 1 million for survivors of the victims of September 11 terrorist attacks.
Career highlights
Michael Jordan participated twice in the Olympic match and won a gold medal with a team. Jordan as high as 1.98 m accepted the title of the most valuable player in the NBA five times.
He won the title championship six times with Bulls. In 2009 Michael Jordan was appointed in the Hall of Fame of the Naismith Memorial Basketball. Furthermore, it can reach countless titles, notes, and appreciation in basketball.
Micheal Jordan is also a big success as an actor in the film space of jam, playing alone, and produces millions of dollars. The Jordan brand also makes a large number every year. He is also the owner of the majority of Charlotte Hornets.
Success tips
The secret of Michael Jordan’s success is determination and hard work. His attitude is that he changed his weakness into powerthrough hard work. For example, Jordan always recommends reinforcement and perfecting the basics, because if you practice with the wrong technique, you will only manifest the wrong technique. Therefore, it makes more sense to perfect the basics to improve.
Someone should not be postponed by obstacles too. Everyone will be faced with it in his life. However, it is important not to be discouraged by this, but to find ways and means to overcome these walls, to walk through them or to cut it.
In this way Michael Jordan can develop into one of the richest men in the United States and while it has a fortune of one billion dollars.
