Shaq is almost equal parts famous for his wild financial decisions as he is for his NBA career. <\/p>\n
The basketball star has an impressive net worth of $400 million.<\/p>\n
While he earned a fortune from his illustrious NBA career, he\u2019s also an incredibly savvy businessman. <\/p>\n
READ MORE: Shaq takes fans inside his new $27 million private jet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Needless to say, Shaq is anything but strapped for cash.<\/p>\n In fact, he\u2019s made a number of sometimes surprising investments that have contributed to his wealth, including buying a couple of Krispy Kreme stores to a series of car wash businesses. <\/p>\n He also owns a percentage of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Munroe and David Beckham\u2019s royalties.<\/p>\n But the way he spends his money isn\u2019t always as smart. <\/p>\n <\/a>Shaq \/ Instagram<\/a>Shaq \/ Instagram<\/p>\n He was recently a guest on the podcast Drink Champs<\/a> and revealed a pretty reckless financial decision he once made.<\/p>\n While browsing the luxury cars on display at a Rolls-Royce dealership, Shaq enquired about a number of prices.<\/p>\n It was clear the salesman didn\u2019t know who he was dealing with.<\/p>\n \u201cYou asked about all these cars, can you afford them?\u201d he asked the player.<\/p>\n The question understandably hit a nerve.<\/p>\n His revenge?<\/p>\n To place an order, or three.<\/p>\n \u201cI want that one, that one, and that one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I want them dropped off.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a>Shaq \/ Instagram<\/a>John Mathew Smith \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n The vehicles cost $400,000 each.<\/p>\n While he might have proved to the car salesman that he could indeed afford the luxury cars, Shaq was left with serious buyer\u2019s remorse.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got three Rolls-Royce that I never drive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo there goes another million.\u201d <\/p>\n The basketball player has an enviable fleet of cars and is known to be a Rolls-Royce<\/a> fan.<\/p>\n He\u2019s owned two Phantoms and bought a Cullinan <\/a>in 2020.<\/p>\n In the past, he\u2019s also been known to gift luxury cars to a lucky few. <\/p>\n He wrote his brother a cheque specifically for a Rolls-Royce once and also gave LeBron James one for his 25th birthday.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking to gift a couple more, Shaq, we\u2019d be more than happy to take them off your hands.<\/p>\n The post Shaq spent 7 figures on cars in one day after car dealer asked him unbelievably annoying question<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shaq is almost equal parts famous for his wild financial decisions as he is for his NBA career. The basketball star has an impressive net worth of $400 million. While he earned a fortune from his illustrious NBA career, he\u2019s also an incredibly savvy businessman. READ MORE: Shaq takes fans inside his new $27 million …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":42395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}