10 Ridiculous Expensive Things Shaquille O’Neal Owns

Shaquille O'Neal is famous for many things being a near Giant at seven foot one being notoriously bad at free-throws and as we found out putting his face a name behind any company that's willing to pay him a pretty penny we're taking an inside look at ten ridiculously expensive things that Shaquille O'Neal owns stay tuned until the end of this video to see just how much Shaq spent on his daughter's sweet 16 party all right let's dribble through this there's no denying that Shaquille O'Neal is a legend he was drafted into the NBA in 1992 at the time to play for the Orlando Magic his most recognizable NBA team however was the Los Angeles Lakers which he joined in 1996 he had a record-breaking career earning over 28,000 596 points in regular season games and 5,000 250 points in the playoffs he was MVP in 2000 and helped his team beat Yugoslavia for the gold medal win in the 1996 Olympics although his time in the NBA was impressive it appears that Shaq made some of his best plays off the court in an interview with HBO Shaq divulged that he has made more money off of advertisements and endorsements than he ever did playing in the NBA according to Shaq himself he made thirty million dollars in his best year as a player which according to Basketball Reference amassed him a whopping 292 million during his career and now thanks to his numerous business ventures and investments the diesel is worth over 400 million dollars any good investor knows that when it comes to investments it's important to diversify while Shaq is no stranger to this philosophy for starters Shaq owns five franchises of the fast food chain restaurant Five Guys Burgers and Fries meaning he owns a total of 155 locations he also owns 40 24-hour fitness gyms and has taken extra care to tailor each fitness facility to his standards and specifications he's also taking over the internet well sort of although we're not sure how he got in as a Google investor before the company went public did exactly that this was definitely a smart business decision before Google went public in 2004 the company's stock traded at $85 per share as of 2019 one share of Google stock stands at one thousand one hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety three cents his other food-related ventures include Fruity Pebbles Muscle Milk and vitaminwater his investments basically sound like a late-night run to the supermarket and in the miscellaneous category Shaq has put his money into one hundred and fifty car washes condo development and real estate and multiple tech startups across the country are you writing all this down because it's a lot have you ever heard the saying more money than you know what to do with that's probably exactly how Shaq felt in 1992 when at 20 years old he signed a massive endorsement deal with a trading card company earning him his first cool 1 million dollars after hearing from his agent that the deal had closed he felt pretty good about himself wouldn't you the unfortunate part of the story is that Shaq failed to consider his agents 15% Texas state tax and the federal property taxes Shaq a longtime Mercedes lover went right to the dealership to buy himself a brand new 150 thousand dollar car when he went home to show his father what he'd bought his father replied quote that's nice where's mine at unquote prompting him to buy the same 150 thousand dollar Mercedes for his dad if you're keeping up with the math Shaq had already spent more than half of what he earned at this point when his mother after having seen the fancy cars decided she also wanted one in a smaller make so Shaquille dropped another 100,000 on his mom then presumably off a shopping high he went out and bought rings and jewelry to do what millionaires do after it was all said and done Shaq had spent 1 million dollars that day that's also the day he decided to get a business manager to make sure he never made the same mistake again and to put him on track to being a heavy hitter in the world of finance and investments his love of cars definitely didn't end there Shaq has a massive collection of vehicles before we give you the deets on Shaq's collection here's a figure that will make your head spin Shaquille O'Neal reportedly spends 23 thousand dollars a month on gas alone that's two hundred and seventy six thousand dollars a year Shaq likes to cruise around in an all-black Ford at 6:50 pickup truck but let me remind you Shaquille O'Neal is over seven feet tall so in order to fit all of that into his car the car had to undergo over $60,000 of modifications taking the car from the base price of 60 grand to a whopping 124 thousand 125 dollars jumping to perhaps the most impressive car in Shaq's collection the basketball legend fully customized his very own vade or Infiniti g35 built by super craft custom crafted cars the KITT car comes in at an estimated fourteen thousand dollars but the modifications cost anywhere up to 75 thousand it seems like Shaquille is the king of customized cars and with his 2001 Chevrolet G 1500 he took it a whole step further he installed a booming sound system iPads and other flat screens a minibar and to top it all off hardwood flooring and what better place to keep all your custom cars than an enormous lakeside mansion complete with a 17 car garage actually on the market now to be sold Shaq has owned this Florida property for the last 26 years when he bought the home in 1993 and only set him back a little less than four million dollar before you call us out on making that seem cheap get a load of how much he's selling it for now the 12 bedroom 35,000 square foot house sits on 3 acres of land and is located in the exclusive Isleworth community as you might expect from the most famous NBA player of all time there's a 6,000 square foot indoor basketball court with the words Shaq Center printed on the floor there's also a showroom full of memorabilia from his time in the NBA what is a place like this go for you ask well 22 million dollars located in beautiful Bell Canyon California a slightly more modest mansion sits perched atop the hillside featuring five bedrooms and four and a half baths the property boasts glossy snow-white porcelain tile floors the spacious property didn't set him back too far though only one point eight one five million to be exact you've probably gone to do some quick shopping at Walmart but in all their years of operation the largest amount of money anyone ever spent on a single purchase was spent by none other than the diesel himself Shaquille O'Neal once spent seventy thousand dollars at Walmart in a single visit after being traded from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns back in 2008 Shaq was getting impatient with his brand-new apartment because it was yet to be filled with any furniture or toiletries so he did what so many other Americans do when they need to buy something he headed to Walmart when he tried to use his credit card to pay for this massive order American Express called him immediately thinking his card must have been stolen when he informed the credit card company that he was indeed at Walmart they only had one question what on earth are you buying Shaq told Jimmy Kimmel that he likes to show his appreciation for the folks who work in the service industry so when he gets seated at a table the first thing he says is quote the quicker I get my order the bigger your tip will be and quote at the end of the meal once the 7-foot one giant is fed he asked the server quote how big do you want your tip to be and quote the largest amount of server ever asked for it was $4,000 and Shaq being a man of his word paid every last penny so if Shaq ever walks into the restaurant where you work you're gonna want to make sure they seat him in your section now we all know that Shaq is a generous man but did you know he's also a very generous father and an interview with hot team Shaquille O'Neal's son chérif O'Neal takes us on an amazing tour of his multiple shoe closets Sharif has full floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with expensive sneakers that he wears both on and off the court one of his favorite pairs from the collection are 90s Kobe 11 peach jams a shoe with a sweet peach colorway and a 675 dollar price tag his collection also features three pairs of Jordan red it's a 235 dollar classic shoe one of which he did little doodles all over can you imagine spending 235 dollars on a pair of shoes and then disgracing them with a black sharpie a couple of his cheaper shoes include custom Suicide Squad KY Reese lots of Jordans what the kobe eights and ovo tens okay we're not gonna go on and list every single pair of expensive sneakers that sharif owns you get the point he's got a lot but when you play basketball as often and as intensely as he does you need tons of backups for your favorite shoes we will however spotlight one pair from his collection because of its very impressive price tag Sharif has a pair of Ohio 12s that can cost anywhere up to $1,800 a pair for that price we never want to take them out of the box Sharif is in Shaq's only offspring who's been spoiled off his riches as a gift to his daughter Amira on her 16th birthday Shaq gave her what every little girl dreams of a crazy over-the-top whimsical party that cost the hall of famer 1 million dollars shaq rented out the rooftop of the prestigious and exclusive W Hotel in Los Angeles California there was a special performance by top-notch rapper and actor yg who graced the crowd with 8 songs including his top hits and to top everything off at the end of the night Shaq gifted his daughter Amira a brand-new Mercedes Benz G Wagen and just in case you were curious that's a 134 thousand dollar car this party puts my super sweet 16 to shame that's all for 10 ridiculous expensive things that Shaquille O'Neal owns did anything on this list surprise you let us know in the comments below be sure to join our notification squad subscribe to our channel and like this video thanks for watching and 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Length: 10min 43sec (643 seconds)

Published: Tue May 21 2019