LeBron James hired Mav Carter, a childhood friend, to help him with his money problems when they were both in their 20s.

Their media company is now worth $725 million thanks to him. He also got his $30 million stock deal with Beats and paid $100 million for a 2% share in Liverpool.Adding to LeBron’s worth of $1 billion or more, making him the first NBA player in recent history to hit this amazing mark.

Ask lots of smart people things.

When Maverick Carter was 22, he would tell himself that. Carter was close with LeBron James and worked for him.

He told CNBC, “When you meet someone successful, ask them as many questions as you can.” Carter is 34 years old. That’s something that teens and young adults should always do. “Because successful people love to talk about their wins, and you can learn a lot from watching them do that.”

Carter has done very well on his own. He and James grew up in Akron, Ohio. Off the court, he has been in charge of King James’s business. He helped him get a $1 billion deal with Nike not long ago. Carter met James when he was eight years old. James was only five years old. They have worked together for almost ten years.

Carter says that it is good to ask people interesting things because it helps you learn from them and get along better with them.

“I use that every day in every part of my life,” he told me. “People like talking to people who are interested in what they do, and you learn something from that.”

Carter learned to be interested from his dad. In terms of his daily life, he said, “My dad taught me to be very interested in everything, to always want to learn more, and to know why things work the way they do.”

Also, a quote by Albert Einstein moves him, and he keeps it in mind. This is something I read that Albert Einstein said: “I have no special talent; I’m only passionately curious.” Most people think he was the smartest person who ever lived. Right now, Carter is very interested in the market for media and information. Besides co-hosting the CNBC reality business show “Cleveland Hustles” with James, he runs the media company SpringHill Entertainment. I asked him, “I talk to people who have been successful at running networks, building production companies, building music companies, and other things, and I ask them about their successes.” “They’ll light up and tell you everything you need to know.”