Celebrity News | Celebrity Net Worth

Thanks to a dizzyingly complex corporate ownership infrastructure, the net worth of IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad is extremely difficult to pin down.

Yesterday, Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson performed an absolutely amazing Christmas miracle for a group of local at-risk kids. What? No I'm not crying. I was just chopping onions. Jeez.

On December 11th, 2008, the FBI arrested Bernie Madoff for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. How did Madoff get so much trust, money and power in the first place? How did it all go so terribly wrong?

One of the greatest men who has ever lived, Nelson Mandela, passed away today at the age of 95. His influence on the planet will be felt for generations to come and his legacy will not be soon forgotten. Rest in peace..

In news that probably will not shock you at all, former child star Aaron Carter filed for bankruptcy earlier today.

Even though music sales are supposedly dead, there are still quite a few billionaires getting very rich off the music industry.

Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing has just donated his entire $3.25 million bonus to his hardest working factory employees. Best boss ever?

After getting fired from Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen took a very risky gamble with his new show Anger Management. But if the gamble pays off, he could be looking at a $200 million pay day soon. ***Update August 29*** Charlie just hit a very important $$$ milestone.

Yesterday Warner Brothers announced that Ben Affleck will be taking over the role of Batman. What do you think of this choice? And who is the richest Batman actor of all time?

If Alex Rodriguez can successfully exploit an obscure contract loophole, he can retire after one game this season and collect his full $114 million contract. If not, he might get suspended for steroids and get nothing.

San Francisco 49er Tarell Brown just found out the hard way that skipping a single pre-season team workout will cost him $2 million.

Can billionaire Dan Gilbert single handedly save Detroit? He already owns around $1 billion worth of downtown real estate and might use this bankruptcy as an opportunity to buy low and sell high.

Before Bill Clinton entered the White House in 1992, he earned a salary of $38,167 as Governor of Arkansas. Today he is making millions of dollars a year to give speeches all over the world.

An 84 year old widow from Florida has finally come forward to claim the largest lottery jackpot in history, last month's $590 million Powerball

Want to find a career that pays a ton of money? Forget applying for a job at Goldman Sachs. Go out, create a Youtube account and watch the money pile up. Here are the top 25 highest paid Youtube stars.