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How Ben & Jerry Turned a $5 Ice Cream Class Into a Billion-Dollar Empire (And an Enormous Corporate Headache)
They started with a $5 correspondence course and a dream. What Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield built became a billion-dollar brand—known as much for its chunky ice cream as its outspoken politics. But after decades of flavor and friction, Ben & Jerry's is now at the center of one of the strangest corporate breakups in modern business history.
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In Court Testimony Today Cassie Revealed Diddy Paid Her A $20 Million Settlement
Cassie just revealed—under oath—the exact amount Diddy paid her to quietly settle her explosive 2023 abuse lawsuit. It's the first confirmed detail from one of the most secretive celebrity settlements in recent history, and it came during her pivotal testimony in Diddy's ongoing federal sex trafficking trial.
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Good Grief, Great Fortune: How Charles Schulz Built One of the Most Lucrative Estates in History Off Snoopy And Charlie Brown
Twenty-five years after his death, Charles Schulz is still earning tens of millions every year. Discover how the creator of "Peanuts" turned a humble comic strip into one of the most profitable posthumous empires in history—thanks to Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and a licensing machine that just won't quit.
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From Hot Wings to Hot Buns to Clean Greens: How Kat Cole Went from Hooters Waitress to Billion-Dollar Brand Mogul
She started as a Hooters waitress at 16. By 35, she was running a billion-dollar brand—and that was just her warm-up.
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Alfred Hitchcock Made A Psychotic Amount Of Money Off "Psycho" Thanks To TWO Brilliant Trades
Alfred Hitchcock made a bold, unconventional deal to get Psycho made—one that shocked the industry at the time. What he earned from it would go on to rival the biggest paydays in Hollywood history.
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When Ben Franklin Died In 1790, He Left Behind Two Trust Funds That Gathered Interest For The Next 200 Years…
When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he left £2,000 to Boston and Philadelphia—with instructions not to spend it for 200 years. What happened next is one of the greatest compound interest experiments of all time.
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The Time Authorities Stumbled Upon $200 Million In Cash In The Back Bedroom Of A Suburban Mexico City Home In
In 2007, police raided a Mexico City mansion and found something truly unbelievable: $226 million in cash stacked floor to ceiling in a back bedroom. What followed was a global saga involving meth cartels, Las Vegas casinos, and one of the wildest criminal defenses ever claimed. This is the insane true story of the biggest drug cash seizure in history.
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In 1998 This Stanford Professor Gave Two Students $100k To Launch A Little Company Called… Google. He's Now The Richest College Professor Of All Time
In 1998, two Stanford grad students convinced their professor to invest $100,000 in their search engine startup company. That startup's name? Google.
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How The Founder Of Electronic Arts Earned A $100 Million Fortune… Then Lost It All To Private Jets And Bad Tax Advice
Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts, earned $100 million then blew all of it on a lavish lifestyle that included mansions, private jets, luxury cars and a whole bunch of awful tax advice.
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Roy Raymond Just Wanted to Buy His Wife Some Lingerie. He Ended Up Launching An Empire… Then Lost Everything
Before it was a $5 billion brand, Victoria's Secret was just one man's awkward trip to the lingerie section. Roy Raymond had the vision—but not the empire-building instinct. His story is one of brilliance, heartbreak, and the brutal cost of being early.
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In 1965, A Man In Omaha Asked His Neighbor To Manage His $67k Life Savings. His Neighbor Was Warren Buffett.
In in the mid-60s, an Omaha man named Myer Kripke humbly asked his neighbor, a young upstart money manager named Warren Buffett, to manage a small life savings. Wait till you hear how that turned out…
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Gettin' Paid For Gettin' Laid: The Highest Earning Stud Fee Stallions In History
Imagine getting paid $400,000 every time you had sex AND you got to have sex for that fee hundreds of times a year for years and years. That's the life of the biggest studs in the world. Horse studs.
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Everything To Know About The Wealth, Prize Money, And Costs That Go Into The Kentucky Derby
From $1,200 underdogs to $100 million stud fees, explore the staggering wealth, risk, and reward behind America's most iconic horse race.
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Apple's Long-Lost Founder Parodies His $300 Billion Mistake in Busch Light Ad
Ronald Wayne co-founded Apple, sold his stake for $800, and vanished into obscurity. Nearly 50 years later, he's back — starring in a Busch Light ad that pokes fun at the most infamous financial mistake in history.
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49 Years Ago, Apple's Long-Forgotten Third Co-Founder Made The Worst Financial Decision Of All Time
49 years ago, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and a guy you've never heard of co-founded Apple Inc. That "other guy" would soon make the worst financial decision in human history.
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Tom Shadyac Made $50 Million Directing Blockbusters Like "Ace Ventura"... Then Gave It All Away And Moved Into A Trailer Park
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Dr. Dre's Wife Claims She Co-Owns The Trademarks To His Name And His Album "The Chronic"
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Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Prison For Role In NXIVM Sex Cult
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24-Year-Old YouTube & Tik Tok Megastar David Dobrik Just Bought This $9.5 Million LA Mansion
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