Muddy Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi in April 1913. He passed away in April 1983. He played the guitar and harmonica. He started playing at 17 years old. In 1941 he was recorded for the Library of Congress. Waters moved to Chicago in 1943 to be a full-time musician and recorded his first records in 1946. He recorded several albums with his band Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Rogers, Elga Edmonds, and Otis Spann and sometimes Willie Dixon....

But what’s even more impressive is what Olajuwon has done after leaving the game. While many athletes struggle to maintain their wealth or drift into obscurity, Olajuwon launched a second act that may be just as remarkable as his first. Through a quiet, calculated, and deeply personal approach to real estate investing, he’s built a $300 million portfolio — not with flashy developments or borrowed money, but with patience, discipline, and his own cash....

His mother passed away in 1972, leaving he and his sister in charge of the family fortune, much of which was in trust or tied up in one of their many charities. However, he and his sister became estranged a year later, and he ended up with primary control of the family foundations and funds. He started the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper, in 1970. The publication is known for openly skewing towards the right and it has never really turned a profit....

Robert Tapert was born in Royal Oak, Michigan in May 1955. He co-founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. Tapert has produced or executive produced the films The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, The Gift, The Grudge, Boogeyman, Poltergeist, and more. He created and served as executive producer, writer, and director for the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. He also worked as executive producer, writer, and director for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys from 1994 to 1999....

Selenis Leyva was born in Baracoa, Cuba in May 1972. Leyva was raised in The Bronx, New York and appeared in many Off-Broadway productions. In 2001 she starred in the TV series Taina. From 1999 to 2010 she had a recurring role as Detective Mariluz Rivera in the television series Law & Order. From 2011 to 2012 she had a recurring role as M.E. Craig on the TV series Blue Bloods....

Now, the Chiefs have several questions to answer this offseason. Perhaps the biggest is what to do with one of the most popular players the franchise has ever seen: Travis Kelce. The 35-year-old tight end has been with the team since 2013 and is the Chiefs’ all-time leader in receptions (1,004) and receiving yards (12,151). He’s also made 10 straight Pro Bowls and has been named to eight All-Pro teams throughout his career....

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been in a free fall recently, and the Winklevoss twins’ fortunes have plummeted as a result. Cameron and Tyler have seen their fortunes fall by 37% in just the past month with the fall in value of Bitcoin. The Winklevoss twins invested $11 million of their Facebook settlement money in bitcoin back in 2013. That was an even riskier move back then than it is today—after all, very little was known about the viability of cryptocurrency five years ago....

As a National Guard member, she received the physical fitness award, and she is recognized for her excellence in marksmanship, skydiving, boxing, and archery. She was crowned Miss Kansas in 2013, and went on to compete in the Miss America pageant. She made history as the first Miss America contestant to show tattoos during the swimsuit portion of the contest. She reached the Top 10 and won the “America’s Choice” portion of the competition....

These five billionaires grew their fortunes at a greater pace than anyone else in the world in 2017: #5. Ma Huateng +$21.8 billion Net worth: $44.3 billion Nicknamed “Pony”, Ma Huateng is the founder, president, chief executive officer, and executive board member of Tencent Holdings, Ltd., one of the biggest telecommunications companies in China. Pony earned his B.S. in software engineering in 1993, and, in 1998, founded Tencent with four friends....

Built in 1956 in the “West Indies” style, the mansion sits on 194-feet of beachfront property. In 2004, Donald’s sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, purchased the property in 2004 for $11.5 million. In May 2018 she transferred the deed to a Delaware-based LLC called “1125 South Ocean LLC” for an unrecorded amount. Eric Trump and Don Jr. are listed as officers of the LLC. Eric is the President, Don Jr....

George Murdoch, better known by his ring name Tyrus (previously Brodus Clay), has established himself as a versatile figure in entertainment, transitioning from professional wrestling to political commentary and acting. Standing at an imposing 6'7″ and weighing over 375 pounds, Tyrus first gained fame in WWE as the “Funkasaurus” before moving to Impact Wrestling, where he captured the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Beyond the ring, he has built a successful media career as a Fox News contributor and co-host on “Gutfeld!...

The Blair Witch Project Cast Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, the directors of The Blair Witch Project, did not cast their film through the usual Hollywood channels – probably because they didn’t have access to them. Instead, they placed an ad to try to find actors willing to improvise on camera for what was at the time, an unorthodox horror film. The ones who got cast were paid just five hundred bucks for their work, but luckily for them, their contracts also included shares of the box office gross, so once the film was picked up and became a box office smash, they ended up coming out OK....

Since, the company has built up a $3.5 billion portfolio of shopping centers spread across France, Italy and Spain. A decade later after its formation, Travella took his firm public in 2004. Some three years later, he went on to from Altarea Cogedim Group, with a presence in residential, commercial and enterprise property development markets.

Traditional blood testing requires vials and vials of blood and is expensive. With Theranos, you just walk into your local Walgreens, provide a few drops of blood from a finger, and for a bit over $5 you get a complete blood count panel (CBC). The standard cost of a Vitamin D test done the traditional way, for example, is $200. With Theranos, it is $20. It all sounds too good to be true, right?...

Early Life and Career Beginnings Ashleigh Barty was born on April 24, 1996, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. She is the daughter of Josie and Robert Barty. Through her father, she is a member of the indigenous Ngaragu people of New South Wales and northeastern Victoria. Ashleigh has two older sisters, Sara and Ali. As a youth, she attended Woodcrest State College, and she began playing tennis at the age of four in nearby Brisbane....

Early Life and JYP Entertainment Bang Si-hyuk was born on August 9, 1972, in Seoul, South Korea. He is from a family of musicians. His passion for music started early on, although his parents urged him against pursuing a career in the field. As a teen, Bang went to the all-boys Kyunggi High School. He subsequently attended Seoul National University, where he made his debut as a composer. In the mid-1990s, Si-hyuk met Park Jin-young, with whom he went on to write numerous songs....

His rugby career ended in injury. Bill Gammell then followed his father into business, founding Cairn Energy with venture capital funding. The company had modest success with a Pennsylvania oilfield but really hit payday when an oilfield Cairn owned was revealed to contain more than one billion barrels of oil. Bill Gammell’s father is close friends with George H.W. Bush through oil investments and the two family became close friends....

Diaw has been with the Spurs since 2012, and currently plays with San Antonio as of October of 2014. He earned French League Rising Star honors in 2002 and was named the French Player’s MVP a year later. In 2006, Diaw was the league’s Most Improved Player while playing with the Suns, and he was part of the Spurs’ 2014 NBA Championship-winning team. Diaw competed internationally with the French national team, earning a gold medal at the 2013 FIBA EuroBasket in Slovenia and a bronze at the 2014 World Cup in Spain....

Liu bought the penthouse for his bride about two years ago, six months before the couple married in Sydney in October 2015. He paid $16.2 million for the home. Prior to marrying the e-commerce billionaire, Zhang was an internet star known as the “Milk Tea Sister.” Her husband is China’s 13th richest man and Zhang is China’s youngest female billionaire as a result. China’s billionaires consider a Sydney bolthole—a home they can escape to and hide—a necessity....

After retiring from the military in the early 1990s, Colin earned a fortune, initially thanks to speaking engagements. In 2000 alone, he earned $7 million from 109 speaking engagements, charging around $64,000 per speech on average but periodically charging north of $100,000. He received a $6 million advance for his 1995 autobiography, “My American Journey.” In 2001, ahead of being confirmed as Secretary of State, Colin’s financial statements showed he was worth around $28 million....