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Wesley Snipes Played Chicken With The IRS… And Lost. Badly. Really Badly. He Literally Went From Passenger 57, To Prisoner #43355-018
Nothing it certain in life except for death and taxes. Wesley Snipes is still alive, but he can definitely vouch for the taxes half of that famous saying.
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Kim Kardashian's Apparel Business Is Now Worth $4 BILLION… What Does That Mean For Her Net Worth?
Kim Kardashian's apparel business, "Skims," just raised $270 million in a funding round that values the business at $4 BILLION. What does that valuation mean for Kim's net worth?
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How Master P Flipped A $10,000 Life Insurance Settlement Into A $250 Million Business Empire
The incredible story of how Master P parlayed a career-ending basketball injury into a $250 million empire starting with a $10,000 insurance settlement check.
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Stands To Make $200-500 Million If He Can Get The Microsoft Acquisition To Close
15 years ago, Activision and Blizzard merged to form the largest independent gaming company in the world. Now, a new merger is on the horizon.
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Go Down With Titanic Or Sneak Onto A Lifeboat? Multi-Millionaire Ben Guggenheim Chose….
If you were an extremely wealthy male passenger on Titanic, would you take a spot in a lifeboat or go down with the ship? Ben Guggenheim chose…
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When The Titanic Sank, The Richest Person In The World Was On Board And Went Down With The Ship
More than 1500 people died when the Titanic sank. Many of the casualties were third class passengers from steerage. But not all the victims were poor. In fact, one of the casualties happened to be the richest person in the world…
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You May Be Surprised To Learn Who/What Actually Owns Rolex…
Rolex is one of the most recognizable brands in fashion. And for more than half a century, the company has been owned by a family trust.
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James Cameron Made A Titanic Amount Of Money By Trading Salary For Backend Profits On "Titanic"
Back in late 1996, production of "Titanic" was way over budget. As a compromise to Fox, the studio backing the production, director James Cameron gave up his $8 million salary in exchange for a boosted share of backend points. That was a good move.
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Video Game Streamer xQc Signs Non-Exclusive $100 Million Contract With Twitch Rival Kick
The base value of the contract is $70 million, but its various financial incentives push it into the $100 million neighborhood, which means the streamer could earn more than LeBron James will with the Lakers.
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Is Russell Simmons Broke?!? Leaked Whatsapp Messages With Daughter Appear To Imply Major Financial Problems For The Disgraced Mogul
Russell Simmons spent much of his adult life as a venerated mogul who ran multiple empires. Today he's somewhat of a pariah thanks to a series of sexual assault allegations that date back to the 1980s and 1990s. Is it possible he is also now broke?!
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"Wheel Of Fortune" Isn't Pat Sajak And Vanna White's Only Big Salary Every Year…
If I told you that Vanna White makes $3 million a year turning letters for "Wheel of Fortune," how would you feel? If I told you that wasn't even her biggest yearly paycheck, how would you feel?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Largest Career Payday Came From The Absolutely Last Movie You'd Ever Guess
Out of all his massive blockbuster successes that earned hundreds of millions at the box office, which movie resulted in Arnold Schwarzenegger's largest career paycheck? The movie that gave Arnold his single largest acting payday, is totally unexpected. And how this came to be is fascinating.
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In 1980 This Software Pioneer Skipped One Meeting (To Fly His Plane!)… That Was A $100+ Billion Mistake
If it wasn't for one bungled meeting with IBM in the summer of 1980, two things would have happened: #1) A software pioneer named Gary Kildall would have become the richest person in the world. And #2) No one would have ever heard of the name "Bill Gates."
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Imagine Turning Down $300-$500 Million From LIV Golf Out Of "Loyalty" To The PGA. And Now The Leagues Are Merging…
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama… you might want to steer clear of these guys for a few months.
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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.