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Hailey Bieber Just Sold Her "Rhode" Skincare Company For $1 Billion
$600 million in cash. $200 million in stock. $200 million future earnout. All in, Hailey Bieber is now $100 million richer than her husband.
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How Ty Warner Turned Beanie Babies Into A Multi-Billion Dollar Toy And Luxury Hotel Empire
Ty Warner built a billion-dollar fortune from Beanie Babies, then quietly transformed it into a luxury hotel empire spanning North America. His journey from failed actor to plush toy king to real estate mogul is one of the most improbable business stories of our time.
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Trump Pardons Reality Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Who Lived Lavishly Off $30 Million in Fraudulent Loans
Todd and Julie Chrisley went from reality TV fame to federal prison after defrauding banks out of $30 million. Now, thanks to a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, they're walking free, but not entirely debt-free.
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How Harold Alfond Turned A $1,000 Abandoned Shoe Factory Into 1.6% Of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
He turned a $1,000 investment into a billion-dollar fortune, and made Warren Buffett regret it forever. This is the incredible true story of Harold Alfond, the Maine shoe salesman who struck the greatest deal in Berkshire Hathaway history.
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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 15 Years Ago Today, Someone Used 10,000 Bitcoins To Buy Two Large Papa John's Pizzas (That's $1.1 Billion Today)
Fifteen years ago today, a Florida programmer traded 10,000 bitcoins for two large pizzas. At today's prices, that meal would cost over $1.1 billion, making it the most expensive dinner in history. But the full story of Laszlo Hanyecz goes far beyond pizza, and might just explain how Bitcoin truly went mainstream.
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John Ratzenberger Has Had A Surprisingly Impressive Entrepreneurial Career Away From Hollywood
You know him as Cliff from Cheers and the voice in nearly every Pixar film, but did you know John Ratzenberger built a surprisingly successful business empire away from Hollywood?
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How Two British Brothers Earned A Half Billion Dollars Off A Controversial, Violent, Cinematic, Culture-Shifting Epic Video Game Franchise
They built a video game empire on crime, controversy, and total creative control. With Grand Theft Auto, Sam and Dan Houser didn't just change gaming—they created a $10 billion juggernaut that rivals Hollywood's biggest franchises.
The Incredible Rise And Shocking Fall Of Suge Knight: From $750 Million Rap Empire To 28-Year Prison Sentence
Suge Knight helped build one of the most powerful empires in music history—then lost it all in a spiral of violence, paranoia, and crime. This is the incredible true story of how the man behind Death Row Records went from reshaping hip-hop to serving 28 years behind bars.
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How Much Did 50 Cent Make From His Famous Vitamin Water Endorsement/Equity Deal?
50 Cent made one of the greatest deals in hip hop history by taking equity in a little-known sports drink. That decision earned him more than his entire music career combined. Here's the true story behind the Vitamin Water fortune.
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What Happens To Money Confiscated From Drug Busts?
Ever wonder what happens to the piles of cash hauled in during massive drug busts? It turns out, the fate of that money—and the drugs—is murkier than you might think.
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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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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.
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.