We all know Maverick McNealy as a rising star since he earned his PGA Tour card in 2019. But everybody doesn’t know about his support system. Behind every successful person, there’s always a helping hand, and in his case, it’s Scott and Susan McNealy, his parents. Impressively, Scott McNealy is a billionaire and a star in his field.

What do Maverick McNealy’s parents do?

In the golf world, Scott McNealy may be known as the father of Maverick McNealy, but he is a tycoon in the tech world. For over thirty long years, he has inspired a generation of young entrepreneurs as the founder and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Scott McNealy founded his company in 1982 and then, 28 years later in 2010, later sold it to Oracle Corporation for a whopping 7.4 billion dollars.

McNealy’s company rose from 30,000 personnel to a worldwide organization with over $10 billion in revenue under his leadership in just a decade. The golfer’s father is worth over $1 billion now and is one of the world’s richest self-made billionaires. That’s dedication! The golfer’s father graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and did his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

So, Scott did not come from a tech background. In fact, he started his career in the manufacturing industry but s we know, fate had other plans for him, big ones. Maverick Sr. is believed to be a businessman in true fashion. He was a risk-taker, a determined individual, and a motivator. Those who worked around him were well aware of his business acumen.

He was not your typical CEO; he could poke fun at himself and take a stern stand when required. Oh, and he was a humorous man too, he loved April Fool’s pranks, and they were apparently legendary. In a 1996 Business Week article, Sun’s former treasurer, Thomas J Merddith, saw this as one of McNealy’s key strengths: “his humor and ability to raise a crowd to its feet is in many respects exactly what you need in CEOs and leaders of today’s industry.”

Maverick McNealy grew up in a life of luxury, residing in a stunning 28,000-square-foot, but his father has always taught him the importance of money. “Most well-funded start-ups always fail, and that a short cash runway lights a fire under your rear that’s hard to emulate,” Scott McNealy once shared about his father’s teachings.

But what about his mother’s influence? Scott McNealy’s wife, Susan McNealy, has been the driving force behind the golfer’s values and work ethic. She is a homemaker and reportedly a socialite. Maverick McNealy says that her mantra was simple: “Good grades, good attitude, good effort.”

He also revealed about her being the strict one in the family, and her rules were clear. If Maverick didn’t meet her expectations, she would take away his golf and hockey gear. Well, that’s a warning! Maverick McNealy was a hockey player before he switched to clubs. Here are some more amazing facts you might not know about him.

Things you didn’t know about Maverick McNealy

Born on November 7, 1995, in California, McNealy has three brothers, Dakota, Colt, and Scout. Interestingly, all of them are named after iconic American cars, thanks to their grandfather’s roots in the Detroit auto industry. Speaking about cars, the golfer was named after Ford Maverick.

McNealy pursued his graduation at Stanford University, studying management science and engineering. At campus too, he didn’t stay back at amusing others, shooting a 61 in the Pac-12 Conference Championship. As he turned 18, McNealy qualified for the 2014 US Open at Pinehurst. In 2017, he also received the prestigious Ben Hogan Award as the greatest collegiate golfer in the United States.

Gradually he received the PGA Tour card for the 2019-20 season and since then has never looked back. Even though he hasn’t won on the PGA Tour, he has finished second twice and is currently ranked 67th, according to the OWGR. Impressively enough, golf isn’t the only thing McNealy does. In 2023, when the 6 foot got a shoulder injury, he obtained his pilot’s license.

What, in your opinion, is the most interesting aspect of Maverick’s life outside of golf?