- Shaquille O’Neal’s NBA career and business empire have led to him being worth over $400 million
- He has six children, but for them to inherit any of his wealth, he wants them to get three degrees
- Shaquille O’Neal revealed that his children were made when he told them this rule
Shaquille O’Neal is as involved in raising his children as he was dominant on the basketball court. But that doesn’t mean he spoils them. He once shared that he made them a bit angry by telling them what they would have to do to have a chance to claim a part of his $400 million fortune.
“I got one daughter that’s a marketing director at Pepsi. So listen, I just want you to do education, have fun, be yourself,” Shaquille O’Neal said on a podcast with Logan Paul.
“And I tell them (his children), they kind of got mad at me for this, but I say, ‘In order to touch daddy’s cheese, you gotta have three degrees. Because I believe in respectable nepotism.”
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Shaquille O’Neal has six children. Taahirah O’Neal is his eldest daughter, she is 27 years old and works with PepsiCo.
Myles O’Neal is 26 years old, and he is a musician and a model, while Shareef O’Neal is trying to follow in Shaq’s basketball footsteps.
Amirah O’Neal, his 21-year-old daughter, is at Texas Southern University, where 20-year-old Shaqir O’Neal is also enrolled. His youngest daughter Me’arah attends high school.
All of Shaquille O’Neal’s children are carving their path in the world.
Shaquille O’Neal Explained Respectable Nepotism Using A $250 Million Example
Shaquille O’Neal once opened up on Miami Heat Micky Arison and his son Nick, who had to work his way up through the ranks despite his father owning the team. During the same interview, Shaq gave another example he saw during his time in Miami.
“I was with the Miami Heat one day and an article came out. Grandmother leaves the son $250 million. I didn’t think anything of it since it’s a rich family.
“So I go into the locker room one day to shoot and this kid’s on his knees scrubbing the bathroom floor. And I look at him like, ‘Hey man, didn’t your grandmother just give you $250 million?’
‘Yeah, but Dad wants me to work up from the bottom.’ So he had to do that, he was picking up chucks, and he was starting a marketing firm. Once I saw that, I said, that’s respectable nepotism.”
This is an excellent philosophy for any parent to follow, and it will only lead to more successful lives for all of Shaquille O’Neal’s children. And it seems it’s already working, considering how well-adjusted and lovely his children seem to be.
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