During a recent online interview, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal shared that he’d paid for 15 of his friends to earn their master’s degrees.
He noticed that when he would meet with people to do a deal, they would immediately look to his lawyers and accountants to talk details, so he wanted to get his MBA.
University of Phoenix told Shaq they needed 15 people to do an in-person class, so he found 15 friends interested in getting their master’s degrees and paid the bill for all of them.
Source: Black Enterprise