Early Life and Career Beginnings Florence Pugh was born on January 3, 1996, in Oxford, England. She is the daughter of dancer Deborah and restaurateur Clinton. Florence has three siblings: Toby, Arabella, and Rafaela, the first two of whom are also actors. As a child, Pugh suffered from tracheomalacia, resulting in many hospital visits. When she was three, the family moved to Sotogrande, Spain, hoping the warmer weather would benefit her health....
This article takes a journey through the richest people from 1820 to the present, including a year-by-year breakdown from 2020 to 2025, and highlights notable figures who may have been overlooked. We’ll also share fun anecdotes and legacy facts about each person along the way. 1820s – Stephen Girard (Net Worth: $7.5 Million) Adjusted for inflation: $105 Billion Stephen Girard, a French-born merchant who settled in Philadelphia, became the richest person in the world by 1810....
Early Life Garrett Morris was born Garrett Isaac Morris on February 1, 1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Garrett’s mother was 16 years old when he was born, and in a 2014 interview with CBS News, Morris revealed that the pregnancy was the result of a rape. Garrett’s grandfather was a preacher at a Methodist church, and he got Morris interested in the blues. Garrett has said that he “was singing the gospel AND the blues by the time [he] was four or five....
Wright’s album The Dream Weaver was released in 1975 and reached #7 in the US. His next four albums The Light of Smiles in 1977, Touch and Gone in 1977, Headin’ Home in 1989, and The Right Place in 1981 all charted in the US. Gary Wright also released the albums Fire and Ice soundtrack in 1986, Who I Am in 1988, First Sings of Life in 1995, Human Love in 1999, Waiting to Catch the Light in 2008, and Connected in 2010....
First entering the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll at No. 24 in 2011, Hardwell rose to No. 6 in the 2012 edition of the poll before being crowned World No. 1 DJ in the 2013. His record label Revealed Recordings has also grown to become a dominant force as a tour brand in its own right, named Hardwell presents Revealed, having staged events in America, Greece, Switzerland, Austria and Netherlands....
The following day, the Washington Football Team released Haskins, who they hoped could fill in for a few weeks while starter Alex Smith recovered from an injury. Haskins didn’t play as well as expected, and the amount of money the team will owe their former quarterback all depends on if another team signs him or not. Haskins is owed $4.266 million over the next two seasons. He’ll make that money either way, regardless of if he’s signed by another team....
But beyond his on-screen legacy, Stewart was also a trailblazer in Hollywood business practices. In the early 1950s, at a time when actors traditionally received a flat salary for their work, Stewart made a groundbreaking decision that would forever change the way stars negotiated their pay. Jimmy Stewart was the first actor in history to trade salary for points on a movie’s backend… A Deal Is Born In the late 1940s, Stewart had a desire to make a film version of the successful stage play “Harvey,” about a man who’s friends with a giant invisible rabbit....
In 1950, Oei Wei Gwan bought a nearly defunct cigarette company in Central Java. It was called Djarum Gramofon, which means gramophone needle. He shortened the name to Djarum. He grew the business into one of the largest cigarette makers in Indonesia. When Oei died in 1963, he left the business to his sons R. Budi Hartono and Michael Hartono. The brothers updated and modernized the company’s equipment after a fire that nearly gutted the company....
Howard Hughes was known for both his incredible financial success and his later eccentric, reclusive lifestyle. He founded Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932, the Hughes Helicopters Division in 1947 and Hughes Aerospace Group in 1948. Howard also took over a controlling interest in TWA airlines in 1939. He purchased the airline Air West in 1970 and changed the name to Hughes Airwest. Hughes personally set many world records as a pilot and aircraft engineer....
But even with all those accolades and accomplishments, for the last 40 years Larry has been driven by one burning truth that is at the core of his soul: He fucking hates Bill Gates. I’m not even exaggerating. Sure they might be pleasant to each other in the stands of tennis tournaments, a shared passion, but there is no love shared between these two software titans. And now with today’s announcement that Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage, Larry will finally get to accomplish a goal he has been grasping at for decades: He’ll finally get to be richer than Bill....
He went on to open his own car dealership, specializing in the acquisition and repair of exotic cars. He has acquired specialty cars for multiple celebrities, including Charlie Sheen and Tim Allen, and also supplies cars for movie and television programs. His business, Flat 12 Gallery, is based in Lubbock, Texas, and is the focus of the CNBC reality series, “The Car Chasers”. The program follows Jeff and his employees as they find, refurbish, and resell classic and exotic cars from all over the United States....
From 2011 to 2014 Schram starred as Karen Nadler on the television series Falling Skies. She has also had recurring roles in the TV series Medium, Crash, Mad Men, Once Upon a Time, and The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. She is also known for starring as Susan Davis in the Hallmark Channel television movie series Jane Doe. Schram has starred in the movies I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, Keith, and Unstoppable....
Early Life and Education Joe Gibbs was born on November 25, 1940 in Mocksville, North Carolina to Winnie and Jackson. He has a younger brother. As an adolescent, Gibbs went to Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, California, graduating in 1959. He went on to attend Cerritos College and then San Diego State University, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the latter. Football Coaching, 1964-1980 Gibbs began coaching football in 1964, serving as an offensive line coach at his alma mater San Diego State University....
Two years later, Helman appeared in the Tom Cruise action thriller “Jack Reacher” as Jeb, and after, he was cast as Morts in “Blinder”. Helman played the villainous William Stryker in 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” alongside Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, and Ian McKellen. Helman is slated to appear as Slit in 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” featuring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. He is also set to appear in eight episodes of the new TV series “Flesh and Bone” as Bryan....
The battle over the property has shocked the public. The nuns favor the deal from restaurateur Hollister, the genius behind L.A. hot spots Cliff’s Edge and Villains Tavern, because she will keep the property open to the public. The Archdiocese prefers Perry’s all cash deal to Hollister’s reliance on loans and promissory notes. The dispute pits Los Angeles archbishop Jose Gomez against 86-year-old Sister Catherine Rose Holzman and 77-year-old Sister Rita Callanan....
Amaya owns gambling websites PokerStars and Full Tilt. They were recently in talks to merge with William Hall, but they were called off after U.K. activist investor Parvus Asset Management opposed the union. Baazov also was prepared to pay $200 million toward a deferred payment of $4.9 billion the company owes to the former owners of PokerStars, the BlackStone Group. At the time, Baazov was a relative unknown. He went into the deal with Amaya’s stock trading at just under $7 USD, and wanted investors to buy shares at nearly $18 a piece....
During this time she also starred in films such as Glory Daze and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Probably her most well-known film role, however, was in 2000’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana. Bauer’s list of credits are still dominated by television, with guest roles in shows such as Boomtown, Two and a Half Men, Less Than Perfect, CSI, Desperate Housewives and Bones and a recurring role in That’s Life....
But while the world knew him as the king of comedy, few realized he had another remarkable talent: making tons of money. Beyond the spotlight, Bob Hope quietly built a financial empire, making savvy investments that left even the biggest Hollywood power players in awe. His name was synonymous with laughter, but behind the scenes, his fortune was growing in ways that no one expected. Early Life & Career Beginnings Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, on May 29, 1903....
Early Life Lucy Boynton was born Lucy Christabel Boynton on January 17, 1994, in New York City. She is the daughter of English journalists Adrianne Pielou and Graham Boynton, and she has an older sister named Emma-Louise. Lucy grew up in southeast London and holds dual citizenship between the U.K. and the U.S. When Boynton was 10 years old, she realized that she wanted to be an actress thanks to her “brilliant drama teacher, Helen Kay....
Bundrant just intended to take a break from his pre-veterinary studies in Tennessee. He ended up in Bristol Bay, Alaska sleeping on docks and trying to grab any work that he could. He didn’t know anything about fishing, boats, or catching crab and salmon and processing it. He just heard there was money to be made fishing and set out to make it. He never made it back to his college in Tennessee....
