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He made "Jaws," "E.T.," and "Jurassic Park." But Steven Spielberg's most lucrative deal isn't a movie—it's a quiet contract that pays him tens of millions every year, just because Universal has theme parks. And the kicker? It was signed in 1987 and lasts forever.

If you invested $10,000 in the Microsoft IPO 40 years ago today, how rich would you be? See how stock splits and DRIP turned $10k into a massive fortune and incredible annual dividend earnings.

For people who enjoy reading stories about extreme wealth, March 13 should be a holiday. What happened 40 years ago today? A little software company in Seattle called Microsoft went public.

Kyler Murray spent seven seasons in Arizona. He'll be playing for the Minnesota Vikings this year, but the Cardinals owe him a ton of money.

Before he became a billionaire selling Patrón tequila for $5.1 billion, John Paul DeJoria was homeless and living out of his car. Now the self-made mogul is selling one of the most unusual homes in Hawaii, a Balinese temple-style compound he had built in Indonesia, dismantled, shipped across the Pacific, and rebuilt overlooking the Big Island for $32.5 million.

"Seinfeld" may have been a show about nothing, but financially it became one of the most valuable television franchises in history. More than 25 years after the finale, the sitcom has generated billions in revenue and made its creators extraordinarily wealthy, while its supporting stars earned huge salaries but only a small slice of the long-term profits.

In 1989, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld sat down to write a pilot for NBC. That pilot was titled, as you may have guessed, Seinfeld, and it went on to run for nine seasons from 1989 to 1998. It is the most profitable and popular half-hour television series in the history of TV.

Daniel Jones joined the Indianapolis Colts last season, unsure if he'd win the starting job. He just signed a deal worth up to nine figures.

A brilliant deep-sea treasure hunter found the legendary "Ship of Gold" and recovered a fortune in lost treasure—only to become a fugitive, vanish with 500 missing gold coins, and end up behind bars for a decade… until his release this week.

What if you invested $10,000 in the Oracle IPO 40 years ago? Discover how stock splits and dividend reinvestment turned a modest stake into a massive fortune and annual dividend passive income stream…

Forty years ago, a little-known Silicon Valley database company went public and quietly launched one of the greatest wealth-creating machines in history.

Last week Netflix revealed it had quietly acquired an AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck, surprising Hollywood insiders who didn't even know the company existed. Now new reporting suggests the mysterious venture, called InterPositive, could pay out as much as $600 million, instantly turning Affleck's stealth side project into one of the biggest AI deals in entertainment history.

Meet the legends behind 42 #1 hits. From Janet Jackson's "Control" to their 2026 Vegas residency, explore the iconic 40-year career of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Howard Schultz grew up dirt poor in a Brooklyn housing project, the son of a truck driver with no health insurance or job security. One visit to a tiny Seattle coffee shop in 1981 changed his life and eventually helped turn Starbucks into a $115 billion global empire, making him a billionaire in the process.

The Chiefs traded Trent McDuffie to the Rams this offseason. Less than a week later, the Rams offered him a record-setting deal.