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Bird Was The Fastest Company In History To Reach A $1 Billion Valuation. Today The Scooter Company Has Crashed Into The Gutter
Bird, the scooter company, is the fastest company ever to reach a $1 billion valuation. It then went public at a $2.5 billion valuation. Today it's worth… A LOT LESS.
Back In 1997, When Disney Fired Mike Ovitz After A Year Of Work, It Paid Him The Inflation-Adjusted Equivalent Of $250 Million
Bob Chapek will walk away from Disney after a little under three years as CEO with $20 million. Back in 1995 Mike Ovitz walked away with a whole lot more for a whole lot less work.
In 1982 The Oakland A's Couldn't Solve A Gnarly Accounting Error. The Answer Was Framed On Rickey Henderson's Bedroom Wall.
There are a lot of crazy stories about the legendary baseball player Rickey Henderson. Some are fact, some are fiction. One of those crazy stories involves Rickey's very first $1 million signing bonus check, and it is both 100% true and totally hilarious.
A Stubborn NYC Tenant Held Out For An Absolutely Insane Amount Of Money To Finally Leave His Rent-Controlled Apartment
This story of a New York City hermit who stubbornly refused to leave his tiny rent-controlled apartment above Central Park will blow your mind. This guy is my hero.
In 2015 Elizabeth Holmes Was Multi-Billionaire Biotech Tycoon. Today She Was Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison.
Once upon a time, Elizabeth Holmes was the biotech industry's darling. She was glowingly written about. She amassed a multi billion fortune. She was heralded as an innovator and genius. Those days are over. She's now going to jail for a very very long time.
Video: Mattress Mack Wheelbarrows $10 Million In Cash Onto A Private Jet In Vegas
When you win the biggest bet in sports gambling history, at some point you need to pick up your money. And Mattress Mack wasn't interested in being paid with a check.
Shaq To Kanye: "I got more money than you, so why would I listen to you?"
Shaquille O'Neal has no interest in taking Kanye's social media bait. So he just shut him down with a simple and surprising (if true) retort.
Is Kanye West Still A Billionaire Or What?
As I'm sure you know, Kanye West was dropped by Adidas this week. So, is he still a billionaire or what?
While Red Bull Was Giving You Wings, It Was Giving Dietrich Mateschitz A $20 Billion Fortune
Necessity is truly the mother of invention. For Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz, his necessity came in the form of jet lag on a business trip to Thailand. The resulting invention was a little company called Red Bull.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Has $42 Million Reasons To Hope Elon Musk Fires Him On Day 1
And honestly? After the year he has had, Parag has earned it.
Is Alec Baldwin Shedding Assets To Shield Himself From Looming Rust Lawsuits?
Alec Baldwin recently listed his longtime Hamptons home for $30 million. It's a gorgeous property that no one would ever WANT to sell. So is there another motivating factor?
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, And Iran All Want The $400 Million+ 109-Carat Koh-i-Noor Diamond, Back From The British Crown
The fabled jewel, said by legend to be bad luck for men but good luck for women, was part of Elizabeth II's crown and is currently on display in the Tower of London's Jewel House.
How Early Investments In GM and Coke Made Ty Cobb One Of The Richest Athletes Of All Time
Thanks to shrewd investments in companies like Coca-Cola and General Motors, baseball hall-of-famer Ty Cobb amassed a personal fortune so large that it would have made him a multi-billionaire today.
Elvis Was Not Nearly As Rich As You Might Guess When He Died. So Where'd All The Money Go???
One man bilked Elvis Presley out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Here's the incredible tale of how one manager took "The King" for almost every penny he ever earned.
What Was Johnny Carson Making Per Year At The Peak Of His Empire? And How Much Money Did He Leave Behind?
Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for 30 years. At the show's most popular point, Carson had himself an incredibly lucrative career.