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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.

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.

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?

They've battled aliens, voiced toys, raced muscle cars, and even saved the galaxy—sometimes without ever showing their face. These 20 stars have collectively powered more than $300 billion in global ticket sales (adjusted for inflation). From blockbuster icons to behind-the-scenes MVPs, here are the highest-grossing actors of all time… and a few might seriously surprise you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

She started as a Hooters waitress at 16. By 35, she was running a billion-dollar brand—and that was just her warm-up.

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.

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.

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.