The Koch brothers – Charles and David – are two of the wealthiest people in the U.S. each are worth $40 billion. The Koch brothers are co-owners of Koch Industries. Originally engaged solely in oil refining and chemicals, Koch Industries now also deals in process and pollution control equipment and technologies; polymers and fibers; minerals; fertilizers; commodity trading and services; forest and consumer products; and ranching. Harold Hamm of Continental Resources has a net worth of $13....

Subsequently, the duo invested into several biotech companies based in Germany through their Athos Service GmbH and Santo Holding. Thomas Strungmann is also said to have an extensive collection of Swiss watches and modern art pieces in his possession. Away from business, he is a married man and a father of four.

What’s more, he is the owner of two notable hotels in Dallas, the Joule and Lumen Hotels. Apart from his involvement in the oil and gas industry, Headington is a partner at GK Films, a production company that has produced several award winning features. The company’s latest bankable projects are the romantic thriller The Tourist (2010) and animated film Hugo (2011). The latter has won five out of eleven nominations in total....

In 2012 GitHub raised the largest first round of venture capital funding at $100 million. Preston-Werner also created the avatar service Gravatar which he sold to Matt Mullengweg, the founder of WordPress. He went on to co-found the non-profit organization Codestarter which donates computers to child programmers. On June 4, 2018, Microsoft agreed to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion. As a result of the acquisition, Tom Preston-Werner was given $1....

Christof Engelhorn owned a 22.3% stake in Corange Ltd. which is the family holding company and nettled almost $2.5 billion. The fortune was split between Ursula, her daughter Vera, and her two grandchildren from her deceased son Stefan. Ursula Engelhorn lives in Lucerne, Switzerland.

In the 1970s, Waylon joined the Outlaw movement and recorded albums such as “Lonesome, On’ry and Mean,” “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “Dreaming My Dreams,” and “Are You Ready for the Country.” Jennings struggled with cocaine addiction in the ’80s before joining The Highwaymen, which also featured Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. Waylon sang and composed the theme song for the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001....

The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs is referred to as “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” by the many who venture out each year to don gigantic hats, sip mint juleps, and bet on their favorite horse. It’s a refined (well, depending on how many mint juleps you have), the old Southern tradition that draws sports stars, celebrities, and socialites from all over the country. If boxing is more your speed, this Saturday night one of the biggest events in boxing history goes down at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – the long-awaited, much hyped Mayweather/Pacquiao fight....

In the absence of official disclosures, there have been various speculative reports and investigations by international media outlets and watchdog groups about the wealth of Xi’s extended family. Some of these reports suggest that his family members might have accumulated substantial wealth through various business ventures and investments. However, it is important to note that these reports often rely on limited publicly available data and may not directly implicate Xi Jinping himself in wealth accumulation....

We learned this from former hit maker Scott Storch. Storch, whose net worth peaked at $70 million at one point in his career, has hit rock bottom with a shockingly low net worth of $3,600. While he admitted to his cocaine addiction and sought help through a drug rehab center, he still wasn’t able to bounce back totally – also filing for bankruptcy for the second time. How could someone so filthy rich accumulate roughly $4....

In 2002, a single 1933 Double Eagle that was once owned by the King of Egypt sold at auction for $7.6 million. That’s just one coin and that was 13 years ago. Imagine owning ten 1933 Double Eagles! Then imagine having them stolen… by the US Government! That’s exactly what happened to an 80-year-old woman named Joan Langbord, who finally got her sweet revenge earlier this week. The reason 99% of the Double Eagles never made it out of the US mint is because less than a year after FDR ordered their production, he decided to take the United States off the gold standard completely....

Net Worth details: Alberto Bailleres earned his fortune through Grupo Bal. He owned 69%of refined silver producer Industrias Penoles. Bailleres owned a 98% stake in Grupo Palacio de Hierro which is a department store operator. He also owned majority stakes in insurance companies Grupo Nacional Provincial and Grupo Profuturo. Bailleres also owned a minority stake in Latin America’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, Femsa.

Alicia Sacramone won numerous medals during her career, including four golds at the World Championships and a silver with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is one of the most decorated American female gymnasts in history. Early Life and Education Alicia Sacramone was born on December 3, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts to hairstylist Gail and orthodontist Fred. She has an older brother named Jonathan. Sacramone began dancing at the age of five and started doing gymnastics when she was eight....

His albums Freedom in 2002 and This I Gotta See in 2004 both reached #7 on the US Country charts. Andy Griggs released the albums The Good Life in 2008 and Naked in 2013. His singles “You Won’t Ever Be Lonely” and “She’s More” both reached #2 on the US Country chart and his singles “I’ll Go Crazy” and “She’s More” both reached #2 on the Canadian Country chart. His singles “She Thinks She Needs Me” and “If Heaven” both reached #5 on the US Country chart....

In 2004, he hit three home runs (twice) in the single game, becoming only the 14th player in MLB history to do so. Also during his stint with the Chicago Cubs, Ramirez hit his 200th career home run and also had one of the best games of his career, ending a crucial game (ironically) against the Milwaukee Brewers with a two-out, two-run home run at the bottom of the ninth inning off of pitcher Francisco Cordero to cap a five-run comeback win....

Included in these holdings were properties with many major national brands, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Fatburger, Days Inn Hotels and Jack LaLanne Health Clubs. Throughout his career, Falcone excelled at acquiring, improving and selling a wide variety of real estate-related operating businesses and companies. The largest and most lucrative holding was South Florida based Transeastern Homes, Inc., which was established in 1989 by capitalizing on foreclosures against distressed housing debt brought on by the national recession in the late 1980s and early 1990s....

NIL Deals & Endorsements Even before officially becoming a professional athlete, as a college student Caitlin Clark signed several endorsement deals with major brands, including Nike, State Farm, Gatorade, Hy-Vee, Bose, and H&R Block. She earned an estimated $3.1 million while still in college from so-called “NIL” deals (name, image & likeness). Upon turning professional and being drafted, Caitlin signed a number of new endorsement deals. The most notable was an extension with Nike....

He starred in a performed of Edgar at the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia in 1994 and has gone on to star in several productions including with the Washington National Opera. He has been a soloist with the Atlanta and St. Louis symphonies and in 2004 he sang “O Holy Night” for the Christmas tree lighting at the White House. Carl Tanner released the Christmas album Hear the Angel Voices in 2006....

Carl Weathers played football for the Oakland Raiders and B.C. Lions in the early ’70s, and after retiring in 1974, he decided to pursue a career in acting. Carl had 80+ acting credits to his name. His notable roles include Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in “Predator” (1987), Jericho “Action” Jackson in “Action Jackson” (1988), and Chubbs Peterson in “Happy Gilmore” (1996). Weathers also played a fictionalized version of himself on four episodes of the critically-acclaimed series “Arrested Development” (2004; 2013), and he began playing Greef Karga on the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” in 2019....

The bulk of Tatum’s millions come from 2012’s Magic Mike. The film was based on Tatum’s pre-Hollywood life. Before the 35-year-old was the toast of Tinsel Town, he was a male dancer in Tampa, Florida taking it all off for his paying public. Now while Channing’s got some sweet moves, understandably studios balked at a movie about a bunch of male strippers. Traditionally, Hollywood has not been all that on board with pushing the envelope on female-centric films....

Teams in the NFL are valued on average at $1.43 billion. In the NBA, with deals like the one for the Clippers last year, the average value is up to $1.1 billion. There are now 15 MLB teams valued at over $1 billion; league average sits at $1.2 billion. Hockey is not as highly regarded in the United States as the NFL, MLB, or NBA and it shows in the valuation of the teams....