Michael Jordan | $2.2 Billion

Following a championship win in college basketball with North Carolina, Michael Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls as the third overall draft pick, and he quickly emerged as the league’s star, entertaining the crowd with his prolific scoring the gravity-defying aerial moves. Jordan also gained the reputation of being one of the best defensive players in the NBA. In his 15-season career, in which he won six championships with the Bulls, Jordan achieved a tremendous degree of success in professional basketball as well as business.

Years after his retirement from the game, Jordan made several business investments and became the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA, as well as in the NASCAR Cup Series. Also, his Jordan Brand generates billions of dollars in sales for Nike. In 2014, Jordan was named as the first NBA player to become a billionaire following an increase in his Hornets stake. Today, his estimated net worth is $2.2 billion.