Contracts, Salary & Career Earnings Over his 12-year NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Irvin earned more than $15 million in salary. His rookie deal in 1988 was worth just under $2 million over four years, reflecting the modest pay scale of the era. In 1995, at the peak of his career, he signed a five-year, $15 million contract extension, which made him one of the league’s highest-paid wide receivers at the time....
In parallel with Destiny’s Child’s success, Williams launched a solo career focused initially on gospel music. Her 2002 debut solo album, “Heart to Yours,” was the best-selling gospel release of the year. She followed it up with “Do You Know” in 2004. Both albums showcased her spiritual convictions and vocal strength, earning her a devoted audience in the gospel world. In 2008, she transitioned into pop and dance music with “Unexpected,” which included the club hit “We Break the Dawn....
Limak aside, Nihat Ozdemir is also a former vice president of the Fenerbahce SK, a football giant in the Turkey Super Ligi. Moreover, he served as deputy president of the team until August 25, 2011. Married with two children, he currently resides in Ankara, Turkey. Both his son, Batuhan Ozdemir, and his daughter, Ebru Ozdemir, are involved in the family business. Batuhan works in energy production and distribution and Ebru is in Limak’s business development and finance departments....
In addition, he has made some other investments and holds a contemporary art collection with works by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Furthermore, he backs financially the Manhattan restaurant Eleven Madison Park. In 2008, he made several major deals. First, he sold a 14,700-square-foot mansion in London’s Kensington neighborhood to steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, and then he bought a former ice factory for $34 million in downtown Manhattan, tore it down and built a 12,000-square-foot home....
Early Life and Education Olamide Gbenga Adedeji was born on March 15, 1989 in Bariga, Nigeria as the second of three children of Ronke and Pa. His siblings are TemmyGold and Eniola, the latter better known as DJ Enimoney. Olamide attended Tai Solarin University as a young adult but dropped out due to financial difficulties. Recording Career Olamide began his recording career in 2010 with his debut single, “Eni Duro.” The song was included on his debut studio album, “Rapsodi,” which was released in 2011 through the label Coded Tunes....
He advised selected contestants and started designing nightgowns for them to wear. He became President of the Miss Venezuela Organization in 1981 and has helped the country have seven Miss Universe winners, six Miss World titleholders, six Miss International winners, and two winners of Miss Earth. He made controversial comments in an interview in 1997 about his bias against contestants with African features. In 2007 Sousa judged Univision’s Hispanic beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina....
Founded in 1993 with headquarters in Shenzhen, China, AAC supplies with micro components some of the major makers of smartphones and tablets, most notably Apple. Pan Zhengmin witnessed a major increase in his fortune last year as the company’s revenue rose by 48% in the first six months of 2013, making profit boost by almost half to $1.1 billion.
In 2013, she landed a recurring part as Lea Marquez on soap opera “All My Children”. Garcés’ first major film role came as Francesca in 2002’s “Clockstoppers” alongside Jesse Bradford. She landed a part in “Marci X” with Damon Wayans and Lisa Kudrow and later appeared in “Man of the House” with Tommy Lee Jones. Her other film credits include “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle”, “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!...
Her first roles came uncredited in the movies Last Action Hero in 1993 and Blue Chips in 1994. From 1997 to 1998 she starred as Denise Williams in the television series Breaker High. From 2000 to 2008 her best known role came as Lynn Searcy in the TV series Girlfriends. From 2012 to 2013 White starred as Abby Bennett Wilson in the series The Vampire Diaries. She has also starred in the films Blood Dolls, Red Letters, Earthlings, Everyday Joe, Spoken Word, Mafia, Dysfunctional Friends, The Marriage Chronicles, Guardian of Eden, Black November, No Mo Games, and Unity....
He is also the second-largest investor in FJ Benjamin, a fashion distributor in Singapore. His other interests include logistics and agri-business. He has shares in Chinese property developer Yanlord Land and British automaker McLaren. Recently, Lim stepped up his investments in Malaysia and partnered with state-owned property developer UEM Land Holdings to build a $1.2 billion motor racing complex, Motor City, in the Iskandar region in Johor. He is also partnered with Johor’s royal family through his Thomson Medical to build a medical hub in the area, a part of the $3 billion integrated development called Vantage Bay which was developed by Rowsley, a company he also controls....
Known for writing in a variety of genres, Ray Bradbury’s most celebrated works include the novels “Fahrenheit 451,” “Dandelion Wine,” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” and the short-story collections “The Martian Chronicles,” “The Illustrated Man,” and “The October Country.” For the screen, Bradbury co-wrote John Huston’s 1956 film adaptation of “Moby Dick.” Early Life and Education Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois to Esther and Leonard....
Early Life and College Reginald Shon Jackson was born on April 16, 1990, in Pordenone, Italy, while his father was serving in the U.S. Air Force. The family later settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jackson attended General William J. Palmer High School and earned recognition as the 2008–09 Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year. He went on to play three seasons of college basketball at Boston College, where he steadily improved and broke out during his junior year by averaging over 18 points per game....
With labor and materials being far cheaper than in Britain, he started to sell the newly discovered high quality but cheaper garments from Hong Kong to UK retailers through his International Clothing Designs (ICD). By 1979, he moved his entire family permanently to Hong Kong as the business bloomed. At its highest performance, ICD provided 70% of the clothing sold by British high street retailers, mainly supplying Marks & Spencer, Mothercare and Next....
Comcast is now promising to put forth a bit that is at least as favorable to Fox shareholders as the one Disney has on the table. More concerning for Murdoch is the plan that Roberts’ deal is a cash one. Once the sale to Disney is done, Murdoch planned to make Lachlan the head of a smaller Fox company based on Fox News and Fox Sports. Lachlan would also take over The Sun, The Times, and the Wall Street Journal....
Early Life and Education Sage Steele was born on November 28, 1972 in the Panama Canal Zone. She is the daughter of Mona, who has Irish and Italian ancestry, and Gary, who is African-American and was a star athlete in the Army. Steele has two brothers named Courtney and Chad. Due to her father’s career in the Army, she moved around often with her family, living in such countries as Greece and Belgium....
Funes and Sánchez Cerén defeated the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). His political ideology is rooted in various democratic and revolutionary organizations to which he holds membership. Cerén was a member of the PRAM (Partido Revolicionario Abril y Mayo), a political party that was against the dictatorship and advocated anti-imperialism. He then joined (UDN) Union Democratica Nacionalista and PAR (Partido Accion Renovadora). He was also a participant of the (UNO) Union Nacional Oppositora as member of the UDN....
Shay has stayed busy on the reality television circuit, appearing in shows like Vh1’s Charm School and has served as a guest host on several radio shows. Most recently, Shay has been the subject of the reality show Love & Hip Hop Atlanta where she is was vying for the affection of rapper Lil Scrappy. Scrappy would go on to propose to his baby mama Erica Dixon. Shay Buckeey Johsnon is 5 foot 4 inches tall, 125 pounds and has brown eyes....
Simon Kirke is best known as the co-founder and original drummer of the English rock bands Free and Bad Company. Notably, he has been the only continuous member of Bad Company since its founding in 1973. Beyond his two main bands, Kirke has released some collaborative and solo albums. The band Free released six studio albums. Their 1970 album Fire and Water hit #17 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the UK Top 100 charts....
In February 2014, Brightoil Petroleum made a deal to buy $1.1 billion of oil and gas assets in eastern China’s Bohai Bay from Anadarko Petroleum of Texas. Aside from chairing his group, Sit Kwong Lam is a vice president of the China Chamber of Commerce for Petroleum Industry, as well as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
