Shaquille O’Neal is a retired NBA player, entrepreneur, television host, and commercial endorser from the United States.
Shaquille O’Neal’s net worth is $400 million as of this writing. Shaq earned $292 million in salary alone throughout his NBA career.
During the same time span, he earned well over $200 million from endorsements. Shaq still earns roughly $60 million per year from endorsements and numerous commercial ventures, despite the fact that he has been retired for several years.
Shaquille O’Neal was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 6, 1972, to Lucille O’Neal and Joe Toney. When O’Neal was a baby, his father was hooked on narcotics and went to prison for drug possession.
Shaq’s parents never married, and his father fled soon after his release from prison, just after Shaq was born. For decades, O’Neal was estranged from his father.