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In 1990, Ralph Lauren, then 51, had a net worth of $600 million and was the 138th-richest person in the U.S. Today, Lauren, 80, is worth $8.2 billion and he is the 154th-richest American this year. 

In 1990, Jaqueline Mars, then 51, was the 29th richest American with a net worth of $1.7 billion. Today, Mars, 80, an heiress to the candy fortune, has a net worth of $37 billion and is the 19th richest person in the U.S. and the fourth-richest woman.

In 1990, Les Wexner, then 53, had a net worth of $1.8 billion and was the 25th richest person in the U.S. Today, Wexner is 82, worth $4.8 billion and despite being worth $3 billion more than he was in 1990, he is the 154th richest American this year.

Sometimes Karma truly does work out. WeWork founder Adam Neumann is losing a key part of his golden parachute from SoftBank due to multiple new and significant civil and criminal investigations into the shared-space office leasing company. He is no longer a billionaire.

Bill Gates has been the richest man in the world for 18 of the last 33 years. Back in 1991 and 1992, however, Taikichiro Mori, a mild-mannered economics professor turned billionaire real estate developer, was the richest man in the world.

The NBA could lose out on $500 million in ticket revenue if the entire season and playoffs are canceled completely. Despite this likelihood, some NBA players have decided to help out the people who would be working in the arenas in which they play.

In 1990, Paul Allen, then 37, was the 56th-richest American, with a net worth of $1.2 billion. That seems like chump change compared to the $20 billion he was worth when he died in 2018, at 65.

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan must have extremely mixed feelings about Coronavirus. On the one hand, it's a global tragedy. On the other, it has doubled his net worth.

Bloomberg reportedly spent $500 million on TV ads, another $100 million on digital advertising and tens of millions to employ "media consultants, pollsters and digital strategists."

In the late 1980s, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was sitting on top of the world. He was the richest person in the world with a net worth of $20 billion.
And then it all came to a stunning end and Yoshiaki was sent to prison and his empire collapsed.

The volatility of the stock market right now is insane. Word of advice: do not check your 401K balance. Fears of the coronavirus outbreak and our federal government's rather lukewarm response to the virus has the Dow Jones (and NASDAQ) going nuts.

Gulnara Karimova the daughter of the former tyrannical ruler of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. A few years ago, there were rumors circulating that Gulnara was missing and that she'd possibly been poisoned to death. Now, she's been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a $2 billion corruption scandal.

Mike Bloomberg might have just dropped half a billion on the most expensive self-funded political campaign in American history, but he's still got at least $40 million left to spare in the now worldwide fight against COVID-19.

Warren Buffett's decision to start working from home came late in the game, and as many of us, he began taking it more seriously as more information came in.

Today, News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch has a net worth of $13 billion. He's known as the founder of the Fox News machine and all that goes with that. But back in 1990, he was 59 years old and the 60th richest person in the world with a net worth of $1.1 billion.