Karl Malone: Truck Driver
Karl Malone Truck Driver
Karl Malone is the kind of player that would never have to worry about working after retirement, especially as he played many seasons as a professional athlete. Not the kind of person to wilt away after one door closes, he started investing in a lot of small businesses in his spare time since playing professionally, and even takes on the odd truck driving gig here and there too, simply because he loves it.
This love became even more clear when he invested in a company that works with timber hauling. He now drives for them from time to time and is said to be very passionate about this line of work. Well done to him for finding something that can give him purpose and meaning irrespective of what others might think.
Vinnie Johnson: CEO of the Piston Group Manufacturing Company
Vinnie Johnson CEO Piston Group Manufacturing Company
Vinnie Johnson was a so-called “Bad Boy” of the NBA, with Detroit Piston fans recalling some heated exchanges between him and other players in the late eighties and early nineties. When he decided to call it a day in 1992, he is said to have found a new path that gives him a lot of satisfaction.
Starting his own company wouldn’t be easy, but in no time at all Piston Group, a small manufacturing company, was growing into a multi-million dollar asset for him. Now working as the CEO full-time, Johnson has shown that he’s a pro at this thing we call life, having two successful career stints in vastly different industries.
