Jamal Mashburn’s Empire
Jamal Mashburn Owns Papa John's and Outback Steakhouses
On the opposite end of the spectrum you have people like Jamal Mashburn. He played in the NBA for 13 seasons, earning $75,623,634 over that time. Instead of squandering it, he invested the money and now owns 71 restaurants (specifically, 34 Outback Steakhouses and 37 Papa John’s), as well as car dealerships! Why? Jamal said in a recent interview, “I’ve always wanted to carry a briefcase. It’s just something you want to do growing up in NYC. When I was younger, I always wondered what was in them.” Today, it’s a fairly good guess that Jamal’s proverbial briefcase is stuffed with massive dividend checks from the millions of dollars in profit thrown off from pizza, chicken, bloomin’ onions, and soda sales to his customers.