- Michael Jordan
Profession profit: $1.85 billion (2017 dollars)
Jordan still keeps up his long-lasting support associations with Gatorade, Hanes, Nike and Upper Deck, however the venture that made him a very rich person was the $175 million fire-deal value he got the Charlotte Bobcats (now the Hornets) for in 2010. Jordan knock his Hornets stake to 90% out of 2013, and the group is currently worth $780 million.