Junior Bridgeman

Former NBA player Junior Bridgeman played for Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers during his basketball career. He won the MVC Player of the Year Award twice and Coach Wooden “Keys to Life” Award. During his high school years, Bridgeman played for the Washington High School Senators Basketball Team, which was undefeated, eventually winning the Indiana State High School Championship. After graduating, he attended the University of Louisville and played under coach Denny Crum. He led the Louisville Cardinals to the 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament in his Junior and Senior years.

In the 1975 NBA Draft, Bridgeman was traded in the first-round pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. Eventually, he got traded to the Milwaukee Bucks along with three other players for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley. After playing for nine seasons with the team, Bridgeman was traded to the Clippers with two other players in exchange for three new players. He played for two years for the team and subsequently returned to Milwaukee Bucks for one season before retiring in 1987. With the investment money he got from his basketball career, Bridgeman went on to own several Wendy’s franchises and continues to grow his current net worth of $600 million!