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With His Second Masters Win, Rory McIlroy Is Now A Chip Shot Away From Breaking Tiger Woods' PGA Career Earnings Record
After capturing his second Masters title, Rory McIlroy is closing in on financial history. He is now just $6.3 million shy of breaking Tiger Woods' all-time PGA Tour career earnings record.
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Here's How Much Caitlin Clark Will Make This WNBA Season
Caitlin Clark is one of the faces of the WNBA. She's about to make a lot more money after the league's new collective bargaining agreement.
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Every WNBA Player Is Getting A Big Raise With The League's New Collective Bargaining Agreement
The WNBA and its players negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement, and it's paying dividends for the players.
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Floyd Mayweather Reportedly Hit With $7.3 Million IRS Lien For Unpaid Taxes
As the boxing legend prepares for massive comeback fights against Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, his complicated cash flow and net worth are once again in the spotlight.
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Kevin Durant Invested In Whoop When It Was Worth $125 Million. Today It's Worth $10 Billion. What's That Mean For Kevin's Net Worth?
While the world watches Kevin Durant sink jump shots for the Houston Rockets, his venture capital firm 35V just turned a brilliant early bet on the Whoop fitness tracker into a massive nine-figure windfall. We break down the exact math behind Whoop's $10.1 billion valuation and explore how Durant is quietly orchestrating his path to billionaire status off the court.
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I Hate To Say I Told You So, But… Khaby Lame's "Billion-Dollar" Deal Has Flopped 94% Since The January Hype
Did Khaby Lame really sell his company for $975 million? Forbes and Bloomberg said yes, but the SEC filings and a 95% stock crash say otherwise. Discover the truth behind the Rich Sparkle (ANPA) "billionaire" myth, the frozen brokerage accounts, and why this TikTok mega-deal is currently hitting a brick wall.
What Are The Net Worths Of The "Laguna Beach" Stars 20 Years Later?
Twenty years after "Laguna Beach" turned a group of Orange County teenagers into overnight celebrities, their financial lives have gone in dramatically different directions. From massive retail empires to quiet corporate careers, here's how the cast's net worths stack up today.
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What Is Lauren Conrad's Net Worth? The Untold Story Of Her Kohl's Empire, Annual Retail Royalties And Licensing Fortune
More than 20 years after "Laguna Beach," Lauren Conrad is back for the reunion, but her real story happened after the cameras stopped rolling. Here's how she quietly turned reality TV fame into an $80 million empire powered by one of the most successful retail licensing deals in the business.
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Konnor Griffin Is A 19-Year-Old Shortstop—The Pirates Just Gave Him $140 Million
Konnor Griffin is still a teenager, but he just signed the largest deal in Pittsburgh Pirates franchise history.
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How Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney Turned A "Free" Welsh Soccer Club Into A $500 Million Empire
Back in 2021, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney paid $2 million for a Welsh soccer team called Wrexham. By spending aggressively, leveraging a hit documentary, and monetizing a worldwide audience, they rewrote the playbook for how a small sports team can scale. And now thay investment is paying off…
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How Magic Johnson Turned $40 Million NBA Earnings Into A $1.6 Billion Net Worth (That's Secretly Built On $30 Billion Boring Insurance Company)
Magic Johnson didn't just turn a Hall of Fame NBA career into a fortune, he methodically stacked one deal on top of another to build a $1.6 billion empire. The most surprising part? The biggest engine behind his wealth isn't sports or endorsements, it's a quiet insurance company most people have never heard of.
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Thanks To A Tip From His Uncle, Kenny G Was A Pre-IPO Investor In A Tiny Seattle Coffee Company With Six Stores Called… Starbucks
Long before Starbucks became a $100+ billion global giant, it was a six-store Seattle coffee company looking for investors. Thanks to a tip from his uncle, Kenny G got in early—and that bet may have quietly turned into one of the most lucrative investments in music history.
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The Forrest Gump Of The Internet: How Craigslist's Founder Turned A Simple Email List Into One Of The Most Profitable And Disruptive Websites In History
A simple email list sent to friends in the 1990s quietly evolved into one of the most profitable and disruptive websites in internet history. Craig Newmark never set out to build a fortune, but Craigslist made him one anyway.
A 94-Year-Old You've Never Heard Of Just Sold A Business You've Never Heard Of (But Have Definitely Experienced) For $30 Billion
A 94-year-old businessman you've likely never heard of just pulled off one of the biggest deals in history, selling a low-profile warehouse chain for nearly $30 billion. Here's how Nathan Kirsh quietly built a food distribution empire that most Americans use without ever realizing it.
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Pokémon Is Quietly The Highest Grossing Media Franchise Of All Time (Higher Than Star Wars and Mickey Mouse). Who Owns Pokémon And How Rich Are They?
Most people think Pokémon is just a kids' game or a stack of trading cards, but it's actually the most lucrative media franchise in history, generating over $100 billion. This is the story of the creation of Pokémon, and the mysterious half-billionaire behind it all.