14/12/2025
Shaquille O’Neal admits one of his greatest financial wins happened purely by chance. While eating lunch at the Four Seasons, he overheard a group chatting about a new search engine called Google. The idea sounded cool, so he casually invested—then completely forgot about it.
Years later, he was flipping through a newspaper when he saw his own name listed as an early Google backer. That’s when it hit him: he had made a lot of money.
“The newspaper told me how much I made, and I couldn’t believe it,” Shaq said.
That random eavesdropped conversation turned into one of the smartest investments of his life. His only regret? Not putting in even more before Google grew into a $1.7 trillion powerhouse. Wild story for an accidental millionaire.