Athletes, the new business angels banking on tech
Sep 13, 2019 · 12 min read
If you were watching the Ellen DeGeneres Show over the summer, you might have caught ex-NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal explaining how he invested in Google in pre-IPO in the late 90’s after watching someone else’s kid at a Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. That person ended up putting him on the Google investment opportunity which then went on to becoming one of the biggest tech company in the world. According to Shaq, he made “a really big return” and still owns shares as of today.
