Former San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker has launched a lucrative new business and put a few million into it.
A superstar in the United States after his incredible NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs and his championship titles, Frenchman Tony Parker is also a legend of French basketball. Since the end of his career, the legend has been discreet, but has created a veritable self-employed empire. He also participated in the M6 game “Who wants to be my partner” very recently, with the objective of investing in the most convincing project of the participants.
Tony Parker owns a basketball club, a training center, a ski resort, a stud farm and even a wine estate. And it’s not over because according to the latest information he plans to invest in a new, very lucrative business. This is why he called on the show The Agency, luxury real estate for the familybroadcast on TMC and TF1 +. In this show, the NBA champion received an agency owner in Monaco and presented him with an XXL project: launching into cognac.
“I am looking for a property in Cognac (in Charente, editor’s note) because I would like to start a brand of cognac”he explained. “But I’m not looking for vineyards, I want a castle.” All this for a budget of 3 to 5 million euros.
The Frenchman wants to make this estate a real presentation place, a showcase for his future Cognac brand. “You also need a place with a bit of history. As we are in France, it’s always nice to have a place where, when you arrive, you can explain to customers that this castle has lived this or that.”
But business does not prevent the little whims of the star. Tony Parker also has one last requirement and not the least: that this domain be a real place to live. “I would also like it to be a place where I can go with my family. Yes, it’s a business, but on the other hand, I can go there privately and spend time there with the kids. So it has to be a nice place.”he asked.
The French’s requirements are very precise. “If you find it with vines, why not, but it’s not an obligation”he continues. “What I would like is something with an entrance. I like it when there is a beautiful portal, you enter and you have this ‘wow’ effect !’. It has to go down.”