MJ made over $500 million from sponsors from 2000-2012

Former Chicago Bulls superstar and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets Michael Jordan has done commercials and advertising with a lot of corporate sponsors. He is one of the most recognizable faces, even if you aren’t a basketball fan. From Hanes to Gatorade to Nike, Jordan has done it all and he has made a crap ton of money doing it.

Jordan is currently in the middle of a legal battle against Safeway as he is seeking a ten million dollar payout for the company using his name without his permission during a 2009 promotion with the now defunct Dominick’s Finer Foods grocery store line. He has a pretty good reason for it too. He says that any time his name is on or associated with a…