Donald Flynn had made his living as an attorney but was funding his retirement of world travel out of the money he’d made from owning two Burger Kings in San Francisco. While his father was off seeing the world, Greg kept an eye on his dad’s franchises and noticed something—they were veritable gold mines. The one on busy Van Ness Avenue made $2.5 million a year. That one restaurant funded his father’s entire retirement of world travel....
The Kilcher family is the subject of the Discovery Channel reality series, “Alaska: The Last Frontier”, which follows the residents of Homer, Alaska as they live off of the land. Otto Kilcher is the uncle of singer, Jewel Kilcher, and was also part of the first expedition to ever successfully cross the Harding Icefield in 1968. Alaska: The Last Frontier debuted in 2011 and entered into its seventh season in 2017....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Paul Anka was born on July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His parents, Camelia and Andrew, were both of Lebanese Christian ancestry; his mother was an immigrant from Lebanon, while his father came from Syria. As a youth, Anka sang with the St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral choir and studied piano under Winnifred Rees. Later, while attending Fisher Park High School, he was part of a vocal trio known as the Bobby Soxers....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Ralph Rexford Bellamy was born on June 17, 1904, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Charles and Lilla Bellamy. At the age of 15, Ralph ran away from home and found employment with a roadshow. Eventually landing in New York City, he started acting on stage, and by 1927, he owned his own theater company. Bellamy started his film acting career in 1931 when he appeared in four movies....
As the NFL statistics imply, he made a total of 819 tackles, 47 interceptions, and four touchdowns. Along with football, Buchanan was a rap artist and recorded a rap album in 2002. He currently works for Fox Sports Radio.
Early Life and Career Beginnings Ryan Dunn was born on June 11, 1977, in Medina, Ohio. He grew up in Williamsville, New York. Later, Ryan moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he attended West Chester East High School. It was at school where Dunn met Bam Margera, with whom he would become close friends and colleagues. Together, along with friends and relatives of Margera, they were part of a group called the Camp Kill Yourself crew, also known as the CKY crew....
Her television debut came in the series Zoey 101 in 2008. In 2009 she starred as Katherine in the short Little Victories and as Kamilla Faraday in the TV movie Mending Fences. Caswell has appeared in episodes of the television series iCarly, Bones, The Mentalist, The Middle, CSI: NY, and Vegas. She has also starred in the movies Detention, Snow White, The Conjuring, and Feels So Good. Shanley has starred in the shorts Adrift and Come Find Me and the TV movies Untitled Adam Carolla Project and Red Zone....
The 20 richest controlling owners of professional sports teams have a combined net worth of around $426 billion. From Indian cricket teams and English football teams, to American basketball teams and everything in between, these are the 8 richest professional sport team owners… #8. Joseph Tsai Net Worth: $10.5 billion Team: NBA’s Brooklyn Nets Source: Alibaba Joseph Tsai is part of the group that founded Alibaba in 1999. Today he is the company’s second-largest individual shareholder, after Jack Ma....
Fortunately for Shaq, two things happened next: #1) His banker immediately called him up in a rage, warning Shaq that he would end up like so many other athletes –FLAT BROKE – if he didn’t get his life under control. #2) Shaq listened. Many young athletes might have ignored the banker’s advice, but Shaq didn’t come with any attitude of entitlement. When he was told to shape up, he actually listened, making him a rare breed of professional athletes....
The Texas billionaire is the co-founder and CEO of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company building the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota. That isn’t the only controversial pipeline Warren is laying. He’s also behind the Trans-Pecos pipeline near Big Bend National Park–the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. Warren has spent millions in support of right wing politicians. He donated $700,000 to Texas governor Greg Abbott’s PAC....
Unlike other superstars, Enya has never gone on tour, rarely grants interviews, and has been seen in public only a handful of times in the past decade. She lives in near-total seclusion in a castle on the outskirts of Dublin, eschewing social media, industry parties, and even contemporary music. The question is: why? And how did this Irish songstress rise to such global fame while remaining almost entirely out of reach?...
For the 24th film in the James Bond series, Mr. Hinx, played by professional wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista, finds himself behind the wheel of a sleek orange Jaguar C-X75 that was brought back to life for the blockbuster action film. Hinx gets involved in a high speed chase with James Bond and his Aston Martin DB10 through the streets of Rome. Fans of the series first took notice of the car during Jaguar’s “Good to be Bad” ad campaign, which debuted during the Super Bowl in 2015....
But not all athletes are so outrageous with their bank accounts. Check out these five guys that take their frugal spending very seriously. LeBron James LeBron James has made more money than just about anyone else in the NBA. And while he does spend lavishly on his houses, that’s one of his few indulgences. Former teammate and close friend Dwayne Wade calls LeBron “the cheapest guy in the NBA,” claiming he’s hesitant when paying for premium music services or mobile data....
He signed with Interscope Records in 2003 and was dropped from the label in 2009. Yayo spent 2003 in prison and was released in January 2004. One day later he was arrested again and was in prison until May of that year. In 2007 he faced more legal charges and was arrested for the alleged assault of a 14 year old boy. The charges were dropped in 2008. Yayo is the CEO for the record label G-Unit Philly....
The Third Founder It all started in 1976. Wayne got to know Jobs when they both worked for video game maker Atari. Jobs frequently asked Wayne, who was older and more established, for advice, according to a BBC report. One day, Jobs asked Wayne to help mediate a discussion between Jobs and Wozniak over starting a new computer company. He agreed, and helped the “Steves” hash out their first business plan and contract....
To compute historical fortunes into modern present-day net worths, we used a combination of basic inflation calculations, the relative purchasing power of wealth to GDP over time, and finally, the historical value of two primary assets: gold and land. We started with over 100 historical and present-day figures who were known to be exceptionally wealthy. Business tycoons, kings, queens, emperors, landowners, tyrants… We ended with 25 individuals. Those 25 individuals were the richest people of all time at that point....
According to Darren Rovell of ESPN, an authorized replica of Tom Brady’s Super Bowl LI ring went up for auction this past Friday,. The ring, which is being auctioned through Goldin Auctions, is being sold by an anonymous seller. According to Rovell, the ring is an authorized replica that friends and family of players can purchase, and is nearly identical to the rings that the players receive. Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions told Rovell that it is very out of the ordinary for any item related to Brady to become available for purchase....
Bert Butler Beveridge II, also known as Tito, was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1961. Growing up, his dream was to someday become a doctor. Tito was a whiz in all things science related and enrolled in college as a pre-med major. Like many people, Tito’s focus changed during college and he ended up with a degree from the University of Texas, where he majored in geology, geophysics and rowdiness....
Johnson starred as Alycia Barnett on the television series Melrose Place from 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to 2002 she had a recurring role on the TV series JAG as Rep. Bobbi Latham and in 2003 as Ms. Kimberly Trotter on the series The System. Johnson starred as Sharon Upton Farley on the television series Girlfriends from 2003 to 2004 and as Donna Cabonna on the TV series That’s So Raven in 2006....
In 2012, a U.K. court ruled in BTA’s favor and issued a $4.9 billion civil judgment again its former chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov and his son-in-law Iliyas Khrapunov. Ablyazov took control of BTA in 2004. The bank was taken over by the Kazakh government after it alleged he and his associated used a series of fraudulent loans to steal billions. Khrapunov is accused of laundering money for Ablyazov. Ablyazov and Khrapunov deny all allegations against them....
