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ALEX RODRIGUEZ: How the highest-paid player in baseball history spends his $400 million

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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.

While 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.

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Source: Spotrac

He made $6 million last year, even though he was suspended and didn't play a single game.

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Source: Forbes

He has made more than $400 million total in career salary, which makes him the highest-paid player in MLB history.

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Derek Jeter, the 2nd-highest paid player, trails Rodriguez by more than $100 million.

Derek Jeter in tux
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Source: Spotrac

He has also made millions off of past endorsement deals with companies like Nike, Rawlings, Topps and Vita Coco.

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Source: Forbes

Here's how he spends all that money...

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He bought a Gulfstream IV jet in 2007, according to the NY Post.

Gulfstream IV Jet
Damian Dovarganes/AP

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.

Alex Rodriguez
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Source: NY Post

Using his own construction company, he then spent millions more building a "20,000-square-foot modern, minimalistic home."

Alex Rodriguez mansion construction
Pricey Pads

Source: ESPN

After living in it for a year, he sold the mansion for $30 million in 2013, pocketing a solid profit.

Miami Mansion
Pricey Pads

Source: ESPN

He later purchased a Miami beach condo for $2.1 million.

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Realtor.com

Source: Forbes

A little less than a year later, he sold it for nearly $2.6 million.

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Realtor.com

More recently, he bought Meryl Streep’s house in Hollywood Hills for $4.8 million.

Meryl Streep
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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.

Alex Rodriguez paintings
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Source: NY Post

His Nate Lowman painting is reportedly worth $140,000.

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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.

Alex Rodriguez car dealership
Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz

It was named "Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz."

Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz
Alex Rodriguez Mercedes-Benz

In 2014, Group 1 Automotive bought the dealership and changed the name to “Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake.”

Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake
Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake

It's okay, he's rumored to own a Porsche 911 Convertible, Maybach 57s, and a Ferrari 575 Maranello.

Black Maybach 57s
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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.

Alex Rodriguez construction
Frank Franklin II/AP

Source: ABC News

He's also invested in the Mexican gym franchise Energy Fitness.

Alex Rodriguez opens gym
Energy Fitness Mexico

Source: NY Mag

He likes to share his wealth with people close to him.

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Sources: NY Post, Complex

He once reportedly spent $17,000 at a New York boutique while shopping with his niece and then-girlfriend Torrie Wilson.

Alex Rodriguez and Torrie Wilson
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Source: NY Post

Since 2004, he has bought every rookie on his team three suits each.

Alex Rodriguez suit
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Source: Complex

With two years and $40 million left on his Yankees contract, his historic earnings figure is only going to grow.

Alex Rodriguez
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Source: Spotrac

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Ari Gilberg is an editorial intern for Business Insider's Sports page. Ari just finished his sophomore year at Syracuse University. He is currently double majoring in newspaper and online journalism and international relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citzenship and Public Affairs respectively.