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Hoops stars turned owners, investors and moguls.

11 profiles, published in one list. Every profile is fact-checked against its sources, and every source opens inside the magazine.

Eleven profiles of basketball stars who turned fame into ownership — as team owners, investors and moguls in their own right.

The list features Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Their playing careers are the part everyone knows; these profiles are about the other part — the businesses, the stakes and the portfolios.

The league pays a salary; ownership pays for generations. This list tracks the men who understood the difference early, and shows its work — every profile fact-checked, every source linked.

Magic Johnson
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