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Crypto Investor Balaji Srinivasan Loses $1 Million Bitcoin Bet
Most of the time when you see a headline that an investor "lost a bet," it simply means that they made an investment that didn't pay off. But this is not one of those times.
"Inappropriate Relationship" Will Cost Recently-Fired NBC Exec Jeff Shell $43.3 Million Golden Parachute
In the world of top-level executive compensation, one thing you definitely don't want to do is be fired "with cause." For an example of why that it is, take a look at former NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell.
After Giving Drake $400 Million, Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge Is Grabbing A Huge Bag For Himself
Grainge will earn a salary of $5 million, a fairly paltry sum by top executive standards, with an annual performance bonus of $10 million. But Grainge will be able to earn some real money thanks to that equity award.
Most Money Won On A Game Show: The 7 Biggest Money Winners In Game Show History
If you've ever dreamed of winning money on a game show, check here to see just how much you can bring home. Hint: it's a lot.
A Japanese Insurer Is Being Sued For More Than $1 Billion In Damages Over A Famous Van Gogh Painting Stolen By The Nazis
The surviving heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy want the painting back, $690 million in damages for Sompo's alleged "unjust enrichment" in acquiring the painting, and another $750 million in punitive damages
You Can't Take It With You! Scottish Lottery Winner Blew Through $50 Million In The Eight Years Before His Death
Weir, who passed away of sepsis and an injury to his kidneys at the age of 71, won what is still one of the largest European lottery jackpots of all time.
8-Year-Old Diamond Heiress Devanshi Sanghvi Gives Up $61 Million Fortune To Become A Nun
Sanghvi was set to eventually inherit the family fortune behind the Sangvhi and Sons diamond company, but that she has waived her inheritance by taking the vow of renunciation known as "diksha" before thousands of in-person witnesses.
Feds Seize Roughly $700 Million In Financial Assets Connected To Sam Bankman-Fried
The biggest proportion of the assets by far is made up of more than 55 million Robinhood shares valued at an estimated $526 million. But since the shares are alleged by prosecutors as having been purchased with funds stolen from bilked FTX consumers, their true ownership remains in limbo.
An Old Nazi Treasure Map May Hide A Secret Cache Of Gold And Gems Worth Millions
A Dutch Archives spokesperson points out that the treasure may well have already been dug up ages ago, but the hope of striking it rich on buried loot is too enticing to just let it go without a try.
Barbados Reportedly Wants To Make "Fabulously Wealthy" British Politician The First Individual To Pay Slavery Reparations
One plan is to convert Drax Hall in Barbados to "an Afro-centric museum" and low income housing, and for Drax himself to pay for at least some of the work that would be necessary for that to happen.
The Time Soccer Legend Pelé Got Paid $120,000 To Tie His Shoes
Pelé was set to play with Brazil against Peru in the 1970 World Cup semi-final, and Puma approached the team's most famous player with an offer for $120,000 – or about $1 million in today's dollars.
Judge Strips Alex Jones Of Bankruptcy Protection Against $1.5 Billion Sandy Hook Defamation Ruling
According to Jones's own attorneys, he needs a bump in salary in order to keep doing his "Infowars" program, which he needs to do in order to pay off the various rulings against him.
Kevin O'Leary Admits He Lost $15 Million Payday From The Collapse Of FTX
Famous investor Kevin O'Leary is admitting he got taken in by what he's now describing as "groupthink" in his decision to only invest in but publicly endorse the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
A Random 22-Year-Old Stole Billions Worth Of Bitcoin From Silk Road And Just Sat On The Secret Fortune For A Decade… Then He Was Arrested.
The raid happened back in November of last year, when investigators traced more than 50,000 bitcoins to Zhong that were the cyber-property of Silk Road founder (and convicted felon currently serving a life sentence) Ross Ulbricht
Matt Damon-Endorsed Crypto Firm Accidentally Sent Someone $10 Million Instead Of $100 – So She Went Out And Bought A Mansion
Crypto.com intended to send Thevamanogari Manivel of Melbourne, Australia a refund for $100 in May of 2021. Instead, a technical error resulted in a payment of $10,474,143.