Shaquille O’Neals Net Worth - 2023

 Shaquille O’Neals NBA Career

Shaquille O’Neal played for many teams during his 19-year NBA career. He is a heavily decorated NBA player. O’Neals individual accolades include the 1999-2000 Most Valuable Player Award, the Rookie of the Year, 14 All-NBA First Team Selections, 3 NBA All-Defensive Team, and 15 All-Star game selections. He also won five championships and three NBA Finals MVP awards. Shaq’s name is in the history books as one of only three players to have won the regular season MVP, Finals MVP, and All-Star game MVP awards in the same season. He was an easy Hall of Fame selection and was inducted in 2016. 

Shaq’s most extraordinary years were with the Los Angeles Lakers. He became synonymous with another NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and they went on to win their first ring together in the 2000 NBA season. This wasn’t the only time the duo would win an NBA championship. They would win back-to-back-to-back rings, cementing themselves in NBA history. They also had one of the most notable NBA feuds in history, with both Kobe and Shaq arguing about each other to the NBA media during practice and even during games. This NBA feud is so legendary it even has a dedicated Wikipedia page detailing its history. Eventually, this feud led Kobe Bryant to demand that the Lakers pick himself or Shaquille O’Neal. The Lakers ultimately chose to stick with Kobe and traded Shaq to the Miami Heat, where he helped the team pick up its first-ever championship ring. 

The rest of his career saw Shaq play for the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Boston Celtics before retiring. Shaq is now alongside Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith on Inside the NBA, where Shaq has been awarded a large yearly salary. 

Shaquille O’Neals Post-NBA Entrepreneurial Career

Shaq is one of the wealthiest NBA players in the world. Alongside being a dominant presence on the court during his career, Shaq has made waves as an entrepreneur and businessman. Taking advice from players like Magic Johnson, Shaq has been a highly successful post-NBA career. 

Shaquille O’Neal has an extensive investment portfolio. He was an early investor in Google. Other brands include Apple, Ring, Lyft, and plenty more. Shaq also owns ~150 car washers, 17 Auntie Annie’s, 40 gyms, and over a hundred Five Guy’s Franchises. 

But the list continues. Shaq is also involved with Gold Bond, Icy Hot, Buick, The General, JCPenny, and Forever 21. He owns movie theaters, Las Vegas Nightclubs, and a shopping center. Shaq has made bit appearances in movies and TV shows and is also a successful DJ. He really branches out to all types of genres.

Shaq has jokingly been said to “put his name on anything,” even inspiring an Inside the NBA bit titled “The Big Shill,” where the crew tries to guess what Shaq products are real and which are fake.