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Jeopardy creator Merv Griffin made earned a staggering amount of money off royalties from the show's famous theme song. A song that only took him 30 seconds to write.

By all accounts, Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla should have become the world's first billionaire thanks to lucrative royalties. So how did he end up dying alone, senile and bankrupt?

Jeff Bezos moved to Florida – a zero-income-tax state – in NOVEMBER. Fast forward a few months, and he has sold $8.5 billion worth of Amazon stock in NINE trading days. And the move saved him $600 million.

If you were a billionaire, how would you feel if you found out that your entire fortune exists because your grandparents were Nazi sympathizers?

When Charlie Ayers decided to take a job as the company chef for a tiny Silicon Valley startup with a funny name, his friends probably thought he was insane. He ended up being employee #56 at company called Google.

Michael Jackson transformed a $47 million investment in The Beatles catalog into a multi-billion dollar music publishing empire. But along the way, he burned a very important friendship.

Jed York has more going for him than his family name and money. Under his leadership, the 49ers have seen a remarkable resurgence in their success, popularity, and domination.

If you had seen Griselda walking down the street, you would have almost certainly assumed she was the quintessential Colombian grandmother. In reality she was the mastermind behind one of the most successful, and ruthless, cocaine operations ever.

19th century lumber and mining tycoon Wellington R. Burt hated his immediate family so much that concocted what has been called the most bizarre and spiteful will in American history…

I'm pulling back the curtain a bit to vent some frustrations with how Google displays search results.

It takes a whole lot of money and manpower to produce a Hollywood blockbuster, and these 10 motion pictures really take the cake.

Someone has to pay for all of the fancy cars, elaborate costumes, and special effects.

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.

The suit calls Kamu's practices "naked theft and piracy" and claims that the karaoke lounge was using tracks that were intended for non-commercial listening in a clearly, and lucratively, commercial manner.

In the 1970s, even an NFL superstar like Roger Staubach needed an offseason side job to make ends meet. Amazingly, Roger's side job would eventually turn him into one of the richest athletes on the planet.