‘Known for Being the Human Calculator’- Yankees Icon Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez Attributes Business Savvy Mindset to His Father’s Brilliance

Published 06/26/2022, 9:30 AM EDT

Love him or hate him. One can not ignore Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and his legacies. He is one of the very few professional athletes who has been equally successful in their post-retirement career. But being a professional athlete, where did A-Rod learn the skill to make wise investments?

Having played for over 20 years of baseball, Alex Rodriguez is probably the only baseball player who has a worldwide identity. Whether it is about his baseball career or business, A-Rod likes to sit at the top. While playing for the New York Yankees, A-Rod won everything that a baseball player dreams of.

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Unlike every other professional athlete, A-Rod did not take a break after his retirement. Instead, the Yankees legend started doing more business. With a net worth of over $350 million, A-Rod is one of the wealthiest athletes in the world. Recently, he revealed he got the inspiration and motivation from his father to become a successful businessperson.

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez has got his business-savvy mindset in heritage

A normal kid from the allies of Miami to one of the greatest baseball players, A-Rod‘s journey has never been easy. Per a recent podcast of The Jordan Harbinger Show, the former Yankees star said that he has always been passionate about baseball and business.

While talking on the podcast, he also opened up about how he got inspiration from his father, who was also an entrepreneur.

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“I think from a very early on for me; I have always had the passion for two things. Early on, I have always enjoyed two bees, baseball, and business. My father was very much in the business spirits,” A-Rod said. “He was an entrepreneur who was great with numbers.”

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Talking about his father’s legacy, A-Rod called his father a human calculator.

“We owned our own shoe store in our apartment in Washington Heights. And he was very much known for being like the human calculator… We have an iPhone and he would do all the numbers and he had very quickly,” added Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez.

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Given his growth as a businessman, where do you see A-Rod in the next five years?

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Abhishek Kumar is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. After completing his Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Abhishek has been working in the media industry since two years. Before joining EssentiallySports, he previously worked at APN News as a sub-editor, where he has written articles on sports and politics.

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Vibhanshu Kumar

‘Known for Being the Human Calculator’- Yankees Icon Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez Attributes Business Savvy Mindset to His Father’s Brilliance

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez has got his business-savvy mindset in heritage

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