Giannis Antetokounmpo is already one of the richest people in the world and is quickly becoming one of the best basketball players in the world.
The Milwaukee Bucks forward, who is 28 years old and is often called “The Greek Freak,” has won a lot of awards before he turns 30. In 2019 and 2020, he won back-to-back NBA MVP awards. In 2021, he won his first title ring and Finals MVP honors. During his 10 years in the league, he was named to seven All-Star teams.
This is how Antetokounmpo gets and uses his money.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the best basketball players
Antetokounmpo was picked by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. He was only 18 years old and played for teams in Spain and his home Greek League. The young forward took a while to get used to the league and his 211cm frame, but he had a lot of potential.Because of this, he has received many awards. Since that terrible season in 2017, he’s been an NBA All-Star every year, and three times he’s been leader of his All-Star team. He was named Most Valuable Player of the NBA All-Star Game in 2021, and his team won its first win in 50 years. He was also named Finals MVP because he averaged 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in six games against the Phoenix Suns.
He played his way into generational wealth via several massive NBA contracts
Spotrac says Antetokounmpo signed a US$100 million deal to stay in Milwaukee for the next four years before the 2016–17 NBA season. Before the deal ended in 2021, he agreed to another extension, which meant he would stay in Wisconsin for another year.Same source says this time the deal was worth a huge US$228 million spread out over five years. It was the biggest deal in NBA history at the time and a huge win for the league’s smaller-market teams.In October, Antetokounmpo signed yet another deal to stay with the Bucks. “The Greek Freak” will stay in Milwaukee at least through the 2026–27 season thanks to the three-year, US$177 million deal that starts in 2025.Antetokounmpo has made an amazing US$234 million in his time in Milwaukee, and that’s just from his team pay.
He has variety of lucrative endorsement deals
The NBA star is said to have marketing deals with BMO (formerly BMO Harris), Breitling, Degree, Google Pixel, JBL, Milko, and T-Mobile by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Forbes has more backers now that Amazon, Come Ready Foods LLC, Epic Games, Meta, and Unilever have joined him.The best marketing deal Antetokounmpo has is with Nike, which includes a popular line of shoes with his nаme on them. Forbes sаys that he makes about $10 million a year from the clothing giant.News sites like ClutchPoints, BetMGM, and Sportscasting sаy that the superstar is worth between US$70 million and US$90 million. However, the superstar’s exact net worth has not been made public.
He makes shrewd investments and owns several homes
Antetokounmpo’s earnings from the Bucks alone would be enough to make a family wealthy for generations. The same goes for the huge amount of money he gets from endorsements.Still, the basketball star has done things to make the pоt bigger. He has invested in many different areas, and in some of them he and his brothers have worked together through their company, Ante Inc.
Up to this point, Antetokounmpo has spent a lot of money on real estate. His house in River Hills, Wisconsin, costs 1.8 million dollars.The blog for the high-end beach property says that Antetokounmpo and his brother Thanasi bought identical homes at Costa Navarino Residences in 2022. The company’s website says that houses at Costa Navarino, which is in the Peloponnese area of Greece, start at US$3.8 million.The Greek Reporter says that Antetokounmpo added to his collection again in the summer of 2023 when he bought a US$11 million apartment building in the Psychiko area of Athens. The news source says that the land is supposed to be shared by Antetokounmpo’s mother, brothers, and other family members.
He has an impressive car collection too
Antetokounmpo looks good when he’s in Milwaukee and even when he’s in Greece. TSN says he was seen driving a Rolls-Royce Cullinan that is said to be worth US$335,000. BMW of Milwaukee North says that he also has a BMW i8, an electric sports car with sliding doors that costs about $150,000.The Land Rover Defender and the Porsche Cayenne are both posted with him. They are worth a little more than $100,000 each. According to 21 Motoring, Antetokounmpo also owns a BMW X5 and a Mercedes G63 AMG, two SUVs worth a total of US$270,000. ClutchPoints also says that he has a GMC Yukon, which he probably uses to move his growing family around.
He upped his fashion game in recent years – and loves watches
Antetokounmpo is the first to admit that he likes sweats and sportswear more than stuffy suits and flashy warmup outfits. But since he became famous in the NBA, he’s become a little more used to dressing up sometimes.The seven-time All-Star says that change is mostly due to his brother Thanassis. The NBA player told GQ, “He’s really into fashion.” “He looks good in everything.” In order not to look like a loser, I try to do what he does.Antetokounmpo has found a fashion-related hobby in the world of watches, but he might never fully adopt the expensive clothes that many of his coworkers enjoy. A Blog to Watch says that he supposedly has more than 80 different watches.GQ says that an Audemars Piguet Offshore, a Rainbow Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, and a Daytona Rolex with a “Panda” dial are some of the most expensive watches in his collection. The Rainbow Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is worth more than US$100,000, and some stores sell it for more than US$20,000. He also wore a Rolex Sky-Dweller worth $15,000 to the Bucks’ 2021 title parade.
He prioritises quality time with his family
USA Today says that he has been dating Mariah Riddlesprigger for about 10 years. In September, the NBA star and designer, whose clothing line Sincerely, Mariah started in 2021, said they were getting married.A source told People that Antetokounmpo and Riddlesprigger have three children together: two boys named Liam and Maverick Shai and a new girl named Eva Brooke.
He gives back after coming from humble beginnings
Antetokounmpo grew up in Greece’s main city as a second-class resident. His parents were refugees from Nigeria. The New York Times says that he and his brothers were “always open to attacks by racist militants” and often faced “threats of deportation.” This was all while they sold odd things to people on the street to make money for food and shared a single pair of sneakers.And since Antetokounmpo has had so much good luck in professional basketball, it’s not a surprise that he wants to give back. He and his brothers started the Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation to help poor people in the US, Greece, and Nigeria get better chances, just like the Antetokounmpo family did.
The NBA star does charitable work outside of his family’s nonprofit as well. He often helps the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation raise money for different causes, and according to OSDB Sports, he is an international advocate for The Hellenic Institute, a Greek organization that helps people in need.Based on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Antetokounmpo gave $100,000 to help workers at the Bucks’ home building get by during the worst of the pаndemic. Money Smart Athlete Blog says he’s done a lot more to help the communities he cares about most than do food drives and start basketball schools for kids from poor families.