Michael Koman is an accomplished American comedy writer, producer, and creator whose influential work has shaped modern television comedy for over two decades. Though less visible than the stars who deliver his jokes, Koman’s distinctive comedic voice has permeated numerous critically acclaimed shows including “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Nathan For You,” “SNL,” and “The Colbert Report.” His particular talent lies in crafting offbeat, absurdist humor that pushes comedic boundaries while maintaining mainstream appeal....

Early Life Mikey Graham was born Michael Christopher Charles Graham on August 15, 1972, in Dublin, Ireland. He is the son of Sheila, a homemaker, and William, a carpenter. Mikey grew up with six older siblings on the Northside of Dublin, and he attended Billie Barry Stage School. At a young age, Graham began appearing in TV commercials for products such as T-Mobile and Mikado biscuits. Before finding fame, he worked as a mechanic, a trait he shares with his Boyzone bandmate Shane Lynch....

Neil Kadisha was born in Tehran, Iran in 1955. He graduated from the University of Manchester. After graduating Kadisha purchased a major stake in a aerospace tooling and aircraft component manufacturer company called Stadco. He then served as company’s president and CEO. Neil Kadisha co-founded GNC Industries Inc. in 1981 and later purchased Stadco outright. He bought HPM Corporation in 1996. Neil Kadisha and his relatives co-founded satellite communications company Omninet Corp....

Early Life Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom was born on January 13, 1977, in Canterbury, Kent. His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine (née Copeland), was born in India, and her family also lived in Australia and Japan. Until he was thirteen years old, Bloom believed that his biological father was his mother’s husband, the anti-Apartheid South African novelist Harry Saul Bloom, who actually had passed away when he was just four years old....

He earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Blvd. Widmark was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2002. During his career Widmark had over 75 acting credits to his name. He retired from acting in 2001. Richard Widmark passed away on March 24, 2009 at 93 years old after battling a long illness.

Early Life Stella Parton was born on May 4, 1949 in Sevierville, Tennessee as the sixth of twelve children of Avie and Robert. One of her older sisters is Dolly Parton, who also became a country singer-songwriter. Together, they appeared on a Knoxville television show as children. Stella Parton also sang gospel music with her sisters Cassie and Willadeene. In high school, she began writing her own songs. Music Career Parton recorded her first album, “In the Garden,” in 1967, a collaboration with her sisters Cassie and Willadeene and their mother....

Epstein is a native New Yorker who taught calculus and physics at Manhattan’s elite Dalton School before becoming an options trader in 1976. In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of clients with more than a billion dollars in net worth. When a famous or wealthy (or both) person was invited to one of Epstein’s parties, they were served elaborate gourmet meals prepared by celebrity chefs, like Rocco DiSpirito....

Side note: We want to acknowledge the morbid (but true) fact that some early Presidents owned slaves, and those slaves were counted as assets when accounting for their wealth. Whenever we publish an article about early Presidential wealth, we receive a handful of complaints from people who think we are making light of slavery by including it as part of someone’s net worth. We are not making light of slavery....

The magnificent spectacle of property, located at 2820 Scott Street in one of the nation’s most expensive cities to live in, takes the title of single most expensive home in the city from another high-end listing, the $25 million Beaux Arts mansion at 2250 Vallejo in Pacific Heights. While many house hunters may drop their jaw at the home’s nearly $29 million price tag, the Scott Street wonder is no doubt a piece of prized real estate property and comes with the credentials to back it....

Early Life Zhong Shanshan was born in Hangzhou, China on December 1, 1954. He dropped out of school in sixth grade when his parents became persecuted by local authorities amid the chaos and uprisings of the Chinese cultural revolution. In his early teen years Zhong took any job he could find to help support himself and his family. He worked in construction, as a mushroom farmer, and as a door-to-door beverage salesman....

Many of these landowners hold their power by birthright, others through shrewd business moves. Some rule their nations and thus legally “own” all the land within their borders. Others have spent decades acquiring ranches, timberlands, or farmland as strategic assets. Their holdings span continents, ecosystems, and economic sectors—but they all have one thing in common: they’ve carved out private kingdoms across the globe. Here are the 10 largest individual landowners on the planet, ranked by total acreage controlled....

In the late 80s, he co-founded the very successful Carlyle Group. The heads of the Carlyle Group, Mr. Conway, David Rubenstein, and Daniel D’Aniello, were very well connected politically, and used those relationships to buy defense-oriented businesses throughout the late 80s and early 90s. The Carlyle Group now manages nearly $160 billion across 162 funds. In addition to his work with the Carlyle Group, he is also an active philanthropist....

Early Life and Career Beginnings YG was born Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson on March 9, 1990, in Compton, California. He had a troubled youth, as he joined the Bloods gang at the age of 16. His father, meanwhile, was in prison for tax fraud. At the age of 20 in 2010, Jackson released his debut single, “Toot It and Boot It.” Featuring Ty Dolla Sign, the song reached #67 on the “Billboard” Hot 100 and garnered Keenon much acclaim....

It’s thanks to a business model known as “freemium,” which gives users a watered-down, low-level version of the game or app for free, and then charges money if they want to use special features (Spotify is a particularly prominent example of how freemium services can work). In the case of Clash of Clans, players actually do have the option to play the entire game without spending any money at all, but using real-world money to buy in-game resources can speed up the game – to paraphrase PT Barnum, you can never go broke underestimating the impatience of the American public....

Aimée was famously the only member of her family who refused to participate in the MTV reality series, “The Osbournes”, which ran from 2002 to 2005, even after it became a massive hit and cultural phenomenon. She would later state that, at age 17, having her life splashed all over for the public to see, was not something with which she was comfortable. Though she has appeared in a number of documentaries about her family and played a role in a 2003 television production of “Wuthering Heights,” she has largely chosen to remain out of the public eye and rarely joins her family for appearances on talk shows or at awards ceremonies....

Early Life and Musical Beginnings Born Angela Laverne Brown on December 18, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina, Angie Stone’s musical journey began in her childhood church choir, where she developed her distinctive vocal style. Her professional career launched in 1979 when she formed The Sequence, one of the first successful female rap groups. Their hit “Funk You Up” became a pioneering track in hip-hop history, demonstrating Stone’s early versatility and innovative spirit in the emerging genre....

Levchin is the founder of online lender Affirm. He founded the company in 2012. It just made it’s IPO, but we will get to that in a moment. The IPO prospectus revealed that shares were expected to sell for $33 to $38 each. At $38 per share, Levchin’s 27.5 million shares would be worth a bit over $1 billion, and Affirm would be valued at $9.2 billion. Levchin’s shares account for 11% of the total outstanding shares....

Early Life and Education Beeple was born Michael Joseph Winkelmann on June 20, 1981, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His mother worked at a senior center, while his father was an electrical engineer. For his higher education, Winkelmann attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, graduating in 2003 with a degree in computer science. Art Career On May 1, 2007, Winkelmann started his famous “Everydays” project, which involves the creation of a piece of art every day....

He won the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 1966 and was a two time AFL All-Star. Griese was selected to six Pro Bowls and was a two time AP First-Team All-Pro. He was the NFL MVP in 1971 and 1978 and was the NFL season passing touchdown leader in 1977. Griese won the Walter Camp Man of the Year in 1992. He has had his Miami Dolphins #12 retired and has been inducted into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll....

Following his fighting career, he made a remarkable transition to entertainment, co-creating and hosting popular podcasts including “The Fighter and The Kid” with Bryan Callen and “King and the Sting” with Theo Von. His solo podcast “Below the Belt” further cemented his place in combat sports commentary. Schaub’s comedic talent led him to stand-up comedy tours and a Showtime special “You’d Be Surprised” in 2019. His ability to reinvent himself from fighter to entertainer demonstrates remarkable versatility, though his outspoken nature has occasionally generated controversy within both the fighting and comedy communities....