{"id":33902,"date":"2022-06-02T18:32:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-is-first-active-nba-player-to-become-a-billionaire-lebron-james\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T18:32:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:32:05","slug":"lebron-james-is-first-active-nba-player-to-become-a-billionaire-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-is-first-active-nba-player-to-become-a-billionaire-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James is first active NBA player to become a billionaire | LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LeBron James has added another title to his collection: billionaire. Forbes estimated the Los Angeles Lakers star’s net worth at $ 1bn in a report published on Thursday. He is the first active NBA player to reach the status.<\/p>\n
Michael Jordan, whose net worth Forbes has pegged at $ 1.7bn, didn’t reach billionaire status until 11 years after he retired. Forbes estimated James earned $ 121.2 million last year, a figure eclipsed only by Lionel Messi, who brought in $ 130m.<\/p>\n
Becoming a billionaire is a feat James spoke of in a 2014 interview with GQ.<\/p>\n