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In 2014, LeBron James made roughly $30 million doing absolutely nothing.

He’d begun an endorsement partnership with Beats Electronics back in 2008, taking an equity stake in the company over cash payment for doing nothing more than just wearing the headphones in public. Six years later, when Apple acquired Beats for $3 billion, James got to cash out — big time. Beyonce did the same with Uber. And the artist David Choe, with Facebook.

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