Anybody who’s, say, 25 years old or younger right now knows Foreman because of the George Foreman Grill, which has sold hundreds of millions of units since it was introduced in 1994. “It gets awfully confusing because a lot of kids walk up, and their parents say: ‘That’s George Foreman. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Getty ImagesForeman’s salesmanship goes back much further than the George Foreman Grill. But his biggest moneymaker came from the George Foreman Grill; he once said he made as much as $8 million per month from his share of the profits. The George Foreman Grill probably wouldn’t have existed if Foreman hadn’t made his boxing comeback—and if he hadn’t intently listened to the advice given by Mary Kay many years ago.

Source: Forbes November 18, 2019 16:16 UTC