Michael Jordan, born on February 17, 1963, is a former professional basketball player renowned as one of the greatest in history, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. He has numerous accolades, including six NBA Finals MVP awards and ten scoring titles, and is a cultural icon who helped popularize basketball globally. In addition to his sports career, he is a successful businessman, owner of the Charlotte Hornets, and became the first billionaire player in NBA history.

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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born February 17, 1963, also known by his
initials MJ, He is an American businessman and former professional
basketball player. His biography on the official National Basketball
Association (NBA) website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the
greatest basketball player of all time." He played for fifteen seasons in the
NBA, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Michael
Jordan is the principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the
NBA and of 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. He was integral in

2. popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming
a global cultural icon in the process.
Michael Jordan Career
Michael Jordan played college basketball for three seasons under
coach Dean Smith with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he
was a member of the Tar Heels national championship team in 1982.
Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick, and quickly
emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring while
gaining a reputation as one of the game's best defensive players. His
leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw
line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and
"His Airness".

3. Michael Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991, and
followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a
three-peat. Michael Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the
1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball but returned to the
Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996,
1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular seasons, wins in the
1995–96 NBA season, He retired for the second time in January 1999 but
returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of
Washington.

4. Wizards. During the course of his professional career, he was also
selected to play for the United States national team, winning four gold
medals (at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992
Tournament of the Americas, and 1992 Summer Olympics), while also
being undefeated.
Michael Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include six
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ten NBA scoring titles
(both all-time records), five NBA MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team
designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star
Game selections, three NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, three NBA steals
titles, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award He holds the
NBA records for career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per
game) and career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game). In 1999,
he was named the 20th century's greatest North American athlete by ESPN
and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of

5. the century. Jordan was twice inducted into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame, once in 2009 for his individual career and again in
2010 as part of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
("The Dream Team"). He became a member of the United States Olympic
Hall of Fame in 2009, a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
in 2010, an individual member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015, and a
"Dream Team" member in 2017. In 2021, Jordan was named to the NBA
75th Anniversary Team.
One of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation, Jordan is
known for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air
Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1984 and remain popular today.
Jordan also starred as himself in the 1996 live-action animation hybrid film
Space Jam and is the central focus of the Emmy Award-winning
documentary miniseries The Last Dance (2020). He became part-owner
and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats (now named

6. the Hornets) in 2006 and bought a controlling interest in 2010. In 2016,
Michael Jordan became the first billionaire player in NBA history. That year,
President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
As of 2022, Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1.7 billion.