During his Hall of Fame NBA career, Shaquille O'Neal went by a plethora of nicknames -- the Big Aristotle, the Big Shaqtus and the Big Shamrock among them.
Now, it's time to add a new jumbo-sized moniker to Shaq's list: The Big Networker.
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The Internet at large discovered Shaq's LinkedIn profile this week and lost its collective mind. Both SBNation and Business Insider deemed it "perfect" in headlines. Deadspin said that we should all aspire to have LinkedIn profiles like Shaq's, while Complex posited that if your LinkedIn profile doesn't look like like Shaq's, you're losing at life.
Well, then.
But here's the thing: Shaq's LinkedIn profile actually deserves the hype, despite a lot of copy errors.
The title listed on his profile -- "Owner, a lot of companies" -- is a true statement; Shaq was an early investor in Google and has gained a reputation as a businessman with quite the diversified portfolio. But it's Shaq's description of his job responsibilities as "CEO, President" of "Alot [sic] of different companies, Inc." that really slays us.
"My best asset is that I am proven to lead teams to championships," he writes. "I mean multiple championships."
Word, Shaq. Word.
Turner Sports confirmed to Slate that the profile in question is, in fact, real. (Shaq is an NBA analyst for Turner.)
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner also tweeted a warm welcome:
Welcome, Shaq! -- This is the Best LinkedIn Profile via @slate http://t.co/9P3TPMssUO— Jeff Weiner (@jeffweiner) April 23, 2014
Now if you could just check your account, Mr. CEO, President, we'd love to add you to our professional network.
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