Great day for all basketball fans, since the greatest player in history celebrates his birthday today! Michael Jordan marked the 90s with all his class and allowed a sport then popular in the United States to democratize to reach other continents. If some can argue about who is stronger between him and Lebron James, one thing is for sure, MJ will have had a more eventful love life! Currently in a relationship with Yvette Prieto, a former model sixteen years his junior, the basketball player has had several long relationships during his life.
His first wife’s name is Juanita Vanoy. He met her in the 80s and decided to marry in September 1989 with the one who gave him two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James and a daughter, Jasmine. The couple experienced problems in the early 2000s and in 2002, they decided to separate, before giving it up some time later. It’s finally in 2006 that the divorce is going to take place. After a decision “mutual and amicable” according to both parties, an agreement is reached and Michael Jordan must pay the astronomical sum of 168 million dollars to his ex-wife!
He finds love again with Yvette
A record sum and their divorce remains to this day one of the most expensive in history for celebrities. Despite this huge loss, business is pretty good for Michael Jordan, who remains one of the richest sportsmen in the world. He will find love again some time later and in 2013, two years after their engagement, he decides to marry Yvette Prieto. Together, they will have twins born in February 2014.
A true sports legend, Michael Jordan is celebrating his 59th birthday this year and despite his retirement from the courts, he remains a very influential figure in the world of basketball. At the head of the Charlotte Hornets team, he continues to fascinate NBA fans and the smallest business having belonged to him is sold at a record price. Father of five children, he lives happy days with Yvette, hoping that he will not have to divorce a second time!