LeBron James has become a billionaire, marking the first time a player still active in the NBA has achieved such a status, according to a recently published list by Forbes.
The 18-time NBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has an estimated fortune of $1.2 billion in pretax earnings, Forbes reports, making him the first active NBA player to make the billionaires list.
The only other NBA star to have become a billionaire is Michael Jordan, who didn’t achieve that status until 2014, more than a decade after he retired as a player.
James’s billionaire status comes after the Los Angeles Lakers star earned a total of $121.2 million in 2021 and was named the game’s highest-paid basketball star….