Alex Rodriguez has signed two of the largest contracts in MLB history. He's currently making $21 million this season, and still has two more years left on the monster deal he signed in 2007.
2015-07-03While he has spent his record $400 million in career earnings lavishly at times (he's really into houses and fine art), he has also used it to invest in several business ventures.
Here is how A-Rod makes and spends his money.
He's making $21 million this season, which makes him one of the 20 highest-paid MLB players.
Source: Spotrac
He made $6 million last year, even though he was suspended and didn't play a single game.
Source: Forbes
He has made more than $400 million total in career salary, which makes him the highest-paid player in MLB history.
Source: Spotrac, Business Insider
Derek Jeter, the 2nd-highest paid player, trails Rodriguez by more than $100 million.
Source: Spotrac
He has also made millions off of past endorsement deals with companies like Nike, Rawlings, Topps and Vita Coco.
Source: Forbes
Here's how he spends all that money...
He bought a Gulfstream IV jet in 2007, according to the NY Post.
Source: NY Post
*Above image is of a Gulfstream IV but not Rodriguez's specific jet.
He's really interested in real estate. In 2010, he bought a $7.4 million piece of land in Miami for his future home.
Source: NY Post
Using his own construction company, he then spent millions more building a "20,000-square-foot modern, minimalistic home."
Source: ESPN
After living in it for a year, he sold the mansion for $30 million in 2013, pocketing a solid profit.
Source: ESPN
A little less than a year later, he sold it for nearly $2.6 million.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
More recently, he bought Meryl Streep’s house in Hollywood Hills for $4.8 million.
Source: LA Times
He is also a big fan of art — he has a collection which includes pieces by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nate Lowman.
Source: NY Post
He has a number of business interests. In 2004, he became a partial owner of a Mercedes-Benz car dealership in League City, Texas.
Source: Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz, Ad Age
It was named "Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz."
Source: Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz
In 2014, Group 1 Automotive bought the dealership and changed the name to “Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake.”
It's okay, he's rumored to own a Porsche 911 Convertible, Maybach 57s, and a Ferrari 575 Maranello.
Source: Complex
*Above image is of a black Maybach 57s, but not specifically the one Rodriguez owns.
He owns Newport Property Construction, a company based in Florida.
Source: ABC News
He's also invested in the Mexican gym franchise Energy Fitness.
Source: NY Mag
He once reportedly spent $17,000 at a New York boutique while shopping with his niece and then-girlfriend Torrie Wilson.
Source: NY Post
Since 2004, he has bought every rookie on his team three suits each.
Source: Complex
With two years and $40 million left on his Yankees contract, his historic earnings figure is only going to grow.
Source: Spotrac