Swati Bhatia
www.totalprosports.com
In 2004, Shaquille O’Neal announced partnership with popular gym brand 24-Hour Fitness. He owns 40 fitness centres in the Atlanta area.
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24-Hour Fitness
Shaq has a stake in nine Papa John's outlets in the Atlanta area. He also granted the company rights to use his image and voice for $8.5 million.
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Papa John's
In 2016, the NBA Hall of Famer bought a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop on Ponce de Leon. Shaq reportedly invested $1.4 million to revive the place.
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Krispy Kreme Donuts
In 2007, Shaq invested in Auntie Anne’s Pretzels restaurants. He owned 17 restaurants, costing around $6.5 million. However, he sold the franchise in 2022.
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Auntie Annie's Pretzels
Shaquille O'Neal once bought 155 Five Guys restaurants worth over $100M. In 2016, he sold all the franchises and started his own restaurant.
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5 Guys Burgers
In 2013, Shaq bought a 2-4% stake in the Sacramento Kings. He sold his stake in 2021 for reportedly $72 million.
Sacramento Kings
Shaquille O'Neal had invested $200 million on the Ring doorbell camera. He also appeared in commercials for them. The company was later acquired by Amazon for $1 billion.
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RING
One of Shaq's most successful investment was in Vitamin Water, a company that was bought by Coca-Cola for $4.2 billion in 2007.
Vitamin water
In 2013, the LA Lakers' legend invested in Lyft. The company later went public in 2019 at a valuation of $22 billion.
Lyft
Shaq got invited to invest in Google’s Series A in 1999 by his friend. The company went public in 2004 at a valuation of $23 billion.