Yao Ming is a famous Chinese retired professional basketball player. He used to play for the CBA’s Shanghai Sharks (Chinese Basketball Association). He has also represented the Houston Rockets in the NBA (National Basketball Association). With a height of 7’6″, Ming was the NBA’s tallest player. He is a well-known Chinese basketball player who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Yao Ming’s Net Worth and Salary in 2021
As of August 2021, Yao Ming’s net worth is predicted to be more over $160 million. As a professional basketball player, he amassed this money. Yao Ming began his career as a multi-millionaire at a young age. He was one of the highest-paid Chinese in the world for six years. In 2008, he made $51 million. He makes money through endorsing items from Visa, McDonald’s, Garmin, Apple, Coca-Cola, Reebok, Pepsi, and Nike, among others.
Yao Ming has a net worth of $160 million million.(SOURCE getty image)
Yao Ming is one of the most well-known basketball players on the planet. He is regarded as China’s most well-known international figure. He has also donated millions to numerous organisations and raised money for them. He is a conservation ambassador for elephants. In 2004, he co-wrote the autobiography “Yao: A Life in Two Worlds.”
Early Years of Yao Ming
Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China, to Fang Fengdi and Yao Zhiyuan. At the age of nine, he was 5’5″ tall. Ming went out for the Shanghai Sharks’ junior team when he was 13 years old. He used to practice ten hours a day at that time. In 2011, he enrolled in the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
