Junior Bridgeman: Coca Cola Distributor
Junior Bridgeman Coca Cola Distributor
With twelve years under his belt, you’d think that Junior Bridgman wouldn’t have been tempted to keep increasing his wealth. Playing for the Lakers and the Bucks between 1975 and 1987, after retiring from the game he made the smartest financial decision of his life: investing in and acquiring 450 restaurant chains. Heard of Wendy’s, anyone?
Selling the chains off one at a time, he started working with Coca Cola, acting primarily as a distributor for the brand. He even bottles Coke as an independent supplier, with his net worth growing in excess of $600 million as a result. Is there anything this man can’t do?
Chris Washburn: Mortgage Company Employee
Chris Washburn Works For Mortgage Company
Drafted as the third pick in 1986, Chris Washburn was one of the biggest guys ever to play the sport. Sadly, drugs got in the way of him ever reaching his full potential, and he was given a lifetime ban from the league after failing three tests over the course of 36 months.
This would be the shock he would need to eventually clean up his act in 2000, when he started a fried chicken business with his partner. A year later, he decided to call it quits as an entrepreneur, and now works full-time for a home mortgage business.
