Articles Written by Amy Lamare

Amy Lamare is a Los Angeles-based writer covering business, technology, entertainment, philanthropy, and pop culture. You can find her other work at Los Angeles Magazine, Your Tango, Thinknum Media, Nicki Swift, and Heavy among other publications. Follow her on Facebook. Amy's favorite self-made billionaire is Sara Blakely.

How To Become A Billionaire In A Few (Not So) Easy Steps
Let's focus on how to become a billionaire. It's not easy, but there are paths to it that can be followed if you are determined, focused, and, let's face it, lucky. Only about 5,700 people in the whole world are worth more than $500 million. Billi...
The Average American Needs To Work For 10 Years To Make What Kylie Jenner Does In One Day
You might want to sit down for this: Makeup mogul, reality TV queen, and model Kylie Jenner takes just over 2 hours (2.38 to be exact) to make the $45,552 average American salary.
The Golden Age Of America Is Right Now. No, Really!
Politicians and pundits like to wax philosophically about a simpler time gone by and how this era was somehow better and more American than the one we live in. That's a whole lot of baloney. Even just 100 years ago, life in America was vastly diff...
The Incredible Work Ethic Of One Of India's Youngest Self Made Billionaires Has Made Him An Enormous Fortune
Div Turakhia became one of India's youngest self-made billionaires in 2016 when he sold Media.net, his ad tech startup for $900 million. That wasn't the now 36-year-old's first big success, either.
Chewing Gum Billionaire Moves From Candy Aisle To Medical Marijuana
William Wrigley Jr. II helped sell his family's business to Mars Inc. back in 2008. Now, he's got a new business. He recently led a $65 million investment round for the Georgia based medical marijuana company Surterra Wellness.
Rams Owner Stan Kroenke Becomes Sole Owner Of Arsenal FC
Billionaire Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke is about to become the sole shareholder of Arsenal football club after minority shareholder Alisher Usmanov accepted Kroenke's offer to buy his 30% stake in the team
This Man Built And Lost Billion Dollar Empire Then Built It Again
In August 2007, John Goff sold his Crescent Real Estate for $6.5 billion. His share of that amounted to roughly $220 million. Of course, the timing of this was impeccable. The real estate market was at its peak. Soon, it would all crumble and he w...
Heiress Arrested In Connection With Sex Slave Cult Nxivm
Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman has been arrested on racketeering charges for her role in the sex cult Nxivm. She posted bail in the amount of $100 million and was allowed to go home
James Packer Quit His Jobs, Seeking Treatment For Depression
Billionaire and former fiancé of Mariah Carey James Packer has resigned from the directorships of 22 companies in Australia over the past few weeks
Pampered Pooch Enjoys $493,000 Mansion Built Just For Him
Talk about a pampered pooch! I thought my dog was spoiled, but I'd better not tell her about Sylar, a four year old border collie in Beijing who enjoys his 13-acre mansion with a swimming pool and spa, just for him

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