Juwan Howard net worth
Juwan Howard Net worth and Salary: Juwan Howard is a retired American professional basketball player with a net worth of $80 million. Juwan Howard is known for being the first NBA player to receive a $100 million contract. From 1996 to 2006, his annual salary was $15 million. Juwan Howard was born on February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. Howard was raised by his adoptive grandmother, Jenny May Howard. His mother was only 17 years old, too young to raise the child alone, and Juwan did not have a good relationship with his father. He was an honors student and played on the basketball team as a center in high school at the Chicago Career Academy, where he was named the best player in the nation. He was discovered by several universities and decided to go to the University of Michigan. Along with Chris Webb, Jaylen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson, he was a member of the Michigan Five Tigers, whose combined efforts led Michigan to the 1992 and 1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) , Men’s Basketball Championship. Many of Michigan’s records and achievements were confiscated by NCAA sanctions due to the University of Michigan’s basketball scandals between 1992 and 1998, but Howard’s All-American season achievement in 1993-94 remains.
Juwan has been married to Jenny Vodali since 2002 and they have two sons, Jess born in 2001 and Jett born in 2003. Juwan has another son, born in 1992 with Miss Michigan State Basketball runner-up Makita Braden. He is the founder of the Juwan Howard Foundation, which helps underprivileged youth in Washington, D.C. and Chicago by promoting youth basketball. Howard had a short acting career in the 1999 episode “The Crackpots and These Women,” where he played Mr. Grant, a former Dodd basketball player who served on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. He also appeared in the 1994 basketball movie Hoop Dreams, and appeared on several TV shows such as Arli$$, Beyond Glory, and “Son-in-law.”
