8Muhammad Ali – Net worth: $50 million
Retired boxer Muhammad Ali is born in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 17, 1942.
With an estimated net worth of $50 million, Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., has won 56 matches out of 61 total fights.
Nicknamed ‘The Greatest’, ‘The Louisville Lip’ and ‘The People’s Champion’, he won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics.
An interesting fact that you may not know is that Muhammad Ali attended several ‘Nation of Islam’ meetings, although the boxing champ kept his involvement hidden from the public.
The African-American Muslim minister, Malcolm X, became later his political and spiritual mentor.
