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Michael Jordan

Also known as Air Jordan, His Airness

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the wealthiest athlete of all time, and one of the world's richest celebrities, with a $4.3 billion net worth as of 2026.

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Michael Jordan is an American basketball and baseball player, as well as a spokesperson and entrepreneur. Born in Brooklyn in 1963, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He played shooting guard and small forward for the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team and the Chicago Bulls, who drafted him. He also played outfielder for the Scottsdale Scorpions and Birmingham Barons.

Jordan received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, and NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year. He participated in the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Tournament of the Americas. He is recognized in the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection and owns the Charlotte Hornets.

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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and…

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Instance of: human
Part of: Jordan Rules
Given name: Jeffrey
Family name: Jordan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Occupation: autobiographer
Educated at: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: FIBA Hall of Fame
Participant in: 1984 Summer Olympics
Sport: baseball
Member of team: North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Position played: swingman
League: National Basketball Association
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 198
Image: Michael Jordan holds up his Chicago Bulls jersey on September 12, 1984.jpg
Height: 198
Residence: Highland Park

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Commons category: Michael Jordan
date of birth: 1963-02-17
topic's main category: Category:Michael Jordan
ethnic group: African Americans
owner of: Charlotte Hornets
handedness: right-handedness
influenced by: Julius Erving
drafted by: Chicago Bulls
sport number: 12
nickname: Mr. J
wears: suit
different from: Michael Jordan
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
end of work period: 2003-00-00
start of work period: 1984-00-00
name in native language: Michael Jeffrey Jordan
facial hair: toothbrush moustache
writing language: English language
trained by: Doug Collins
short name: Michael Jordan
net worth: 3800000000

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the wealthiest athlete of all time, and one of the world's richest celebrities, with a $4.3 billion net worth as of 2026.

Jordan played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982. As a junior in 1984, he was named the national college player of the year and was selected by the Bulls with the third overall pick of the 1984 NBA draft. With the Bulls, he emerged as a league star known for prolific scoring, defensive prowess and vehement competitiveness. His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat. Citing physical and mental exhaustion from basketball and superstardom, Jordan abruptly retired before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization. He returned to the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for the second time in 1999, then returned for two NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards. He was selected to play for the United States national team during his college and NBA careers, winning four gold medals—at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1992 Tournament of the Americas and 1992 Summer Olympics—while also being undefeated.

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