Ulysses Bridgeman — aka Junior Bridgeman — has an impressive resume — both on and off the basketball court.
The 69-year-old Bridgeman, who earned a peak of $350,000 a season in the NBA, has a fortune of $650million.
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Ulysses ‘Junior’ Bridgeman has a net worth of $600millionCredit: Getty
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The former Milwaukee Bucks player was a sixth-man and posted nine straight seasons, averaging double-digit pointsCredit: Getty
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The 69-year-old turned his basketball earnings into an empireCredit: Getty
The six-foot-five forward began his career as a first-round pick in 1975 for the Los Angeles Lakers.
He was traded by Los Angeles immediately and would be sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster deal featuring all-time record points scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Bridgeman would play in the NBA for 12 seasons and 10 with the Bucks.
He’d head back to Los Angeles for two seasons with the Clippers.
As a player, Junior would be used off the bench as a sixth-man option.
He posted nine straight double-digit scoring seasons.
In 1987, Bridgeman would retire and begins his vast fortune.
Over his 12 years in the NBA, Bridgeman’s on-court earnings were an estimated $4.2million.
During offseasons, Junior learned the ropes of the fast-food restaurant business by working at Wendy’s.
Bridgeman invested in the franchise when he was still a player and owned three branches of Wendy’s by the time he retired.
The East Chicago native worked behind the counter at his own restaurants.
Bridgeman Foods Inc grew so much that it included more than 100 branches of Wendy’s and Chili’s across the US.
In 2016, Bridgeman’s company controlled more than 280 restaurants with 11,000 employees.
In that same year, Junior sold his fast-food business and currently has a net worth of around $600million, via CelebrityNetWorth.
Bridgeman’s estimated net worth is higher than LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and Shaquille O’Neal.
And Junior is now the president and CEO of Coca-Cola Heartland.
The former six-man owns a company named Bridgeman Sports and Media which bought popular magazines Ebony and Jet in 2020.
It’s hard to find ex-players with more net worth than Junior.
In the year he sold his food empire, Forbes ranked Bridgeman the fourth-wealthiest retired athlete in the world behind basketball legend Michael Jordan, soccer star David Beckham, and golfer Arnold Palmer.
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