This is CelebrityNetWorth.com so we’re not here to denounce these 10 tycoons for being so exceptionally rich. But it is rather remarkable and maybe a teeny bit unsettling to see so much wealth owned by 10 humans?
What Happened This Week? Several of these tycoons are sitting at all-time net worth highs because the companies they founded hit all-time share price highs.
Unprecedented Wealth The richest person in the world today is Jeff Bezos.
A van was cruising down Interstate 580 in Castro Valley when an unspecified cell phone violation alerted the California Highway Patrol officer who then attempted to pull the van over. As the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office tells it, at that point a second vehicle – this one, a car – pulled in front of the patrol car in order to distract the cop and let the van get away, the first indication that this was not going to be a routine traffic stop.
Not bad, but nothing in comparison to the second house they toured on Tuesday. From the valley, they drove straight over to Beverly Hills where they toured a newly built mountain mansion that is truly stunning. It’s asking price?
$85 million So what do you get for $85 million? First of all, you’re looking at 38,000 square feet of new construction sitting on 5.2 acres. With outdoor areas, the home has 46,000 square feet.
It climbed to number 22 on the charts, and he later told the story of how he turned down an appearance on “American Bandstand” with Dick Clark to promote the track. Cale released more than a dozen studio albums between 1972 and 2009, including “Troubadour”, “Shades”, “Grasshopper”, “Number 10”, “Closer to You”, and “To Tulsa and Back”. Several of his songs went on to be covered by famed musicians such as Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Santana, John Mayer, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
He has also released the EPs Get to Know You in 2014, Shy in 2015, and “Heart Miles” in 2016. Waetford’s single “Your Eyes” was certified Gold and reached #6 in Australia. In 2013 he was nominated for Poprepublic.tv Awards for Favorite Australian Male Artist and Breakthrough Artist of 2013. As an actor he stars as Angus Beaumont-Hannay on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
Dale appeared as Danny Jordan on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” in 2002 and landed the part of Ben in the film “Nola” in 2003. He’s best known for playing Chase Edmunds in 24 episodes of the hit series “24” and for starring as Will Travers in 2010’s “Rubicon”. Dale also appeared as Robert Leckie in “The Pacific”, as Eric Savin in “Iron Man 3”, and as State Trooper Barrigan in “The Departed”.
He was born James Child Drury on April 18, 1934, in New York City, New York. Being the son of a New York University professor, Drury spent his childhood dividing his time between Manhattan and Oregon, where his mother ran a ranch. Drury was just eight-years-old when he made his stage debut as King Herod in a Christmas production at a Greenwich Village settlement house. By the age of 10, he turned into a voracious reader, often acting out the characters in the books.
Jay Ryan was born in Auckland, New Zealand in August 1981. In 2002 he starred as Sam Hooper on the television series Being Eve. Ryan starred as Jack Scully on the TV series Neighbours from 2002 to 2005. From 2007 to 2009 he starred as Able Seaman Billy “Spider” Webb on the series Sea Patrol. Jay Ryan starred as Kevin on the television series Go Girls from 2009 to 2012.
Who is Jeffrey Skoll? He is an entrepreneur turned philanthropist turned film producer. How did he earn billions? Jeffrey was eBay’s first employee. He has spent most of the last 20 years trying his damnedest to save the world. What drives this commitment to improving the world? It was a simple phrase echoed often throughout the Jewish community that would ignite a lifelong philanthropic spark in Skoll:
tikkun olam That simple phrase, which means “to heal the world,” inspired Skoll to devote his entire life, and the vast majority of his $7 billion personal fortune, to social entrepreneurism and philanthropy.
Early Life and Career Beginnings Jennifer Jason Leigh was born as Jennifer Leigh Morrow on February 5, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Her father Vic was an actor, while her mother Barbara was a screenwriter; they were both Jewish. When Leigh was two, her parents divorced. Her mother subsequently remarried to filmmaker Reza Badiyi; later, in 1982, her father was killed in a helicopter stunt that went awry. Leigh has a half-sister named Mina from her stepfather, and had an older sister named Carrie who passed away in 2016.
Early Life Jeremy Miller was born on October 21, 1976 in Covina, California. Early on in his life, Miller appeared in some commercials on television. For his higher education, he went to the University of Southern California, but dropped out after his first year. Diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder, he found himself struggling to sit still in the classroom.
Career Beginnings In 1984, Miller made his acting debut on television in an episode of the NBC sitcom “Punky Brewster.
Yarbrough’s company Video Gaming Technologies makes video games that are networked for multi-players. VGT was founded by Yarbrough in 1991 and he has served as their Chairman of the Board and President. The company is best known for developing and producing video game like slot machines used in casinos. In June 2014 he announced plans to sell the company to the Australian firm Aristocrat Leisure for $1.28 billion.
Early Life Justin Samuel Halpern was born in September 1980. His father Samuel Halpern is a retired doctor of nuclear medicine who was known for being blunt and giving memorable, expletive-laden life advice to Justin and his childhood friends. Justin attended Point Loma High School followed by San Diego State University where he was a pitcher on the baseball team. After graduating in 2003, Justin moved to Hollywood to launch a career as a screenwriter.
Other popular games produced by the company are Aion, Guild Wars, Wildstar and City of Heroes. Today, NCSoft has expanded beyond the boundaries of South Korea opening subsidiaries in the U.S.A., Thailand, Japan, China and England. With around 3,000 employees, the company has estimated revenues of $686.6 million (2012). Reportedly, Kim Tack-Jin sold 25% of his stake at Nexon in June 2012. That earned him $685 million and left him approximately 10% of the company’s stakes.
Leila George was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on March 20, 1992. In 2016 she appeared in the television firm Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?. Leila George appeared in the movies Mortal Engines in 2018 and The Kid in 2019. She studied at Brighton College, Crawley College, the Arts Educational Schools, Sydney Film School, and the Lee Strasberg Institute. George was a camera operation for The Last Impresario documentary in 2013.
Simmons told the paper he has “no regrets” about putting the home back on the market, since both he and his family ended up spending very little time there owing to Simmons’s own busy touring schedule and his wife (model Shannon Tweed) and kids’ preference for cooler climates. As for the home itself, it’s a Las Vegas suburban palace worthy of the God of Thunder, sprawling across 11,000 square feet with features like an outdoor floating walkway, a two-story “great room” with glass walls and a view of the Las Vegas Strip, an 11-seat movie theater, and a bar with a 12,000 gallon saltwater aquarium.
She is also notable for her diminutive size. Linda was diagnosed with hypopituitary dwarfism as a teenager, and her height is 4 feet 9 inches. Hunt won an Academy Award for her performance in the 1982 film “The Year of Living Dangerously,” and she has appeared in more than 50 film and television projects, including “Dune” (1984), “Kindergarten Cop” (1990), “Prêt-à-Porter” (1994), and “The Practice” (1997–2002). She has narrated the ‘God of War" video game series as well as the PBS series “American Experience” (1998–2006), and she lent her voice to the films “Pocahontas” (1995) and “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (2018).
In 2011 she starred in the same role on the series Castaway. Since 2013 she starred as Callie on the television series The Fosters. Mitchell starred in the movies After the Dark in 2013 and Hot Summer Nights in 2017. She has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Jessie and in the Disney Channel Original Movies Phineas and Firb and Teen Beach 2. Mitchell has been nominated for five Teen Choice Awards for The Fosters and Teen Beach 2.
Mark Grant was born in Aurora, Illinois in October 1963. He was a pitcher who threw and batted right handed. Grant was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round of the 1981 MLB Draft. He played for the Giants in 1984 and from 1986 to 1987. Grant played for the Padres from 1987 to 1990. He played for the Atlanta Braes in 1990, the Seattle Mariners in 1992, the Houston Astros in 1993, and the Colorado Rockies in 1993.