Post Basketball Career and Personal Life
Seikaly owns and runs a multi-million dollar real estate investment company; he is also an investor in the South Beach, Miami restaurants Quattro, Sosta, Solea, and Club Wall.
He is also an avid music lover, and has been producing and working as a house music DJ in some of the biggest clubs in the world. He is frequently spotted with his close friend DJ Erick Morillo, and has performed alongside him at Club LIV in the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Seikaly signed with artist management company SKAM Artists, and has singles released on Nervous Records, Subliminal Records, and more. He has performed DJ gigs across the globe playing house music.
Every year, Seikaly hosts the annual Rony Seikaly Golf Tournament for cystic fibrosis. When Magic Johnson returned to the NBA HIV-positive, and there was opposition to his inclusion in the league, because of his health status, Seikaly challenged him to a game of one-on-one to show everyone that HIV is not contagious by touch.
He was formerly married to Mexican model Elsa BenÃtez, the 2001 and 2006 cover girl for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. They divorced in 2005; they have a daughter, Mila.
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