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Carlos Lehder transformed himself from a humble car smuggler to one of the richest and most powerful cocaine dealers in history. He owned a private island and a fleet of airplanes. And it all started from a chance conversation with his prison cellmate, George Jung.

Thanks to his "Three-Peat" trademark, retired NBA coach Pat Riley has an extra special reason to root for the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl…

Pat Riley will be rooting extra hard for the Kansas City Chiefs to win a third consecutive Super Bowl…

When the Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 he had 144,000 Bitcoin. At that time those 144k Bitcoin were worth $25 million at $180 per coin. Today they're worth a bit more…

When he moved from Pakistan to the United States, Shahid Khan had no money. He spent his first night in a $2 YMCA room. His first job was washing dishes for $1.20 an hour. Today, he is worth $10 billion. He also owns the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. In other words, he is the ultimate example of the American Dream.

No studio would touch Mel Gibson's literal "Passion" project with a 10 foot pole. So he put up $45m of his own money… and went on to earn the largest single windfall in Hollywood history.

Today Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil producer. In 1949, it was a barren desert that had never produced a drop. But that didn't stop Jean Paul Getty from acquiring the majority of the area's oil rights and subsequently becoming the richest person in the world!

R&B musician Richard Berry wrote "Louie Louie," AKA the most recorded rock song of all time. He sold his rights for $750 and ended up homeless until something amazing happened…

This is the true horror story of an investment banker who probably had the most humiliating experience that has ever occurred on a private jet.

Late in his life, Joe DiMaggio was surprisingly not rich. That all changed thanks to an extremely smart lawyer and a few shrewd business deals…

After appearing in 2001's "The Fast and the Furious," Ja Rule could have signed on to make a fortune from all of the multi-billion dollar sequels. Unfortunately, he blew off a very important meeting…

Publicly, Jack MacDonald gave off the appearance of a man who was living out his final years just barely above the poverty line. Privately, Jack was living with an amazing secret.

Just one simple Christmas gift has the power to make you unimaginably wealthy for the rest of your life. Don't believe me? Just ask "To Kill A Mockingbird" author Harper Lee…

Sick of your job? Tired of being broke? Well, we have a very simple suggestion: Write one Christmas song. As you are about to learn, a hit Christmas song is the real gift that keeps on giving.

Some of the most beloved and well-known Christmas songs were actually written by Jewish songwriters. Let's take a look at seven of them.