I just took a stab at creating one of these memes to describe a phenomenon in the Los Angeles real estate market:
The story you’re about to read connects the dots on how a guy selling women’s handbags on QVC ultimately led to another guy building a house that he thought would sell for $500 million. It did not sell for $500 million, or any other price. And now the home is in default and entering receivership.
How did that commitment to success workout? Well, over the course of the last 45 years, Richard Branson has transformed himself into one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world with a vast array of successful businesses in dozens of industries. Furthermore, with a personal net worth of $6 billion Richard is the 9th richest person in the United Kingdom. He’s been knighted, set three world records, won multiple aviation awards, a handful of humanitarian honors, and even an honorary Grammy Award.
So, just how much money did Garnett, who was the first player in 20 years to jump directly from high school to the pros, make during his illustrious career? On-the-court earnings alone produced $336 million for Garnett. That’s more than anyone else in NBA history, including the recently-retired Kobe Bryant, who made $8 million less over his 20-year career. Add in Tim Duncan, who also retired this off-season, and that trio earned $890 million throughout their careers.
Gates stepped down as head of Microsoft in 2000. He remains at the top of the rich list despite his philanthropic giving thanks to his 2% ownership of the company and a portfolio of extremely diversified investments and assets.
In 2001, she was cast in the role that would make her a household name, as Winifred ‘Fred’ Burkle on the hit series, “Angel”. She played the role until the series ended in 2004. Since then, she has gone back and forth between film and television projects, including “Catch Me If You Can”, “Supernatural”, “Alias”, “Drive”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “October Road”, “21 and a Wake Up”, “Dollhouse”, “Human Target”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “Person of Interest”, and “Husbands”.
Andy Hui was born in British Hong Kong in August 1967. He sings in Cantonese and Mandarin. Hui was the first runner up in the New Talent Singing Awards in 1986. In 2004 he was named one of the New Four Heavenly Kings. His first musical release was his self-titled album in 1988 and he has released several recordings through the years. Andy Hui has starred in several films and TV series including Girls Without Tomorrow 1992, First Shot, Future Cops, Mack the Knife, Who’s the Woman, Who’s the Man, Swallowtail Butterfly, Feel 100%… Once More, The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra, Koma, To Grow With Love, Science, Dressage to Win, Claustrophobia, 72 Tenants of Prosperity, Summer Love Love, A Big Deal, I Love Hong Kong 2012, Nessun Dorma, and more.
In 2006 she joined Burberry as CEO. During her time the company’s value rose by over $5 billion Pounds. In 2012 Ahrendts was the highest paid CEO in the United Kingdom and earned $26.3 million. In 2014 she joined Apple Inc. as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores. In 2015 it was reported that she earns more than Apple CEO Tim Cook at $70 million. Ahrendts has been named to many lists of most powerful women in the world.
The most recent ruling forced Banksy to relinquish his trademarks for two works: “Radar Rat” and “Girl with an Umbrella.” Full Colour Black, a British greeting card company, argued in court that as works of graffiti in the public sphere, they have a legal right to reproduce Banksy’s work in their products, an opinion that was agreed upon by the European Union Intellectual Property Office in their ruling on the matter: “It was free to be photographed by the general public and has been disseminated widely.
Born in Shoreditch, London, England on August 6, 1937, Windsor was known for her role as Peggy Mitchell on EastEnders on BBC One. She originally appeared on the series from 1994 to 2010. She returned to the series from 2013 to 2016. She received the award for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards in 1999 as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Windsor was also known for the “Carry On” film series in which she appeared in ten films.
You might recall that other billionaires are also placing a substantial bet that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine turns out to be the one that hits the bullseye necessary to rid the world of the coronavirus, but in Lemann’s native Brazil the mission is especially urgent since the country is in second place behind the US in terms of the severity of the outbreak there. According to a statement from the Lemann Foundation, a donation of 100 million reais (or US $18 million) is being made to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (also known as Fiocruz) in order to build the factory, which if all goes according to schedule will be able to manufacture as many as 30 million doses of the vaccine per month by the start of next year.
That comes to about $140 million altogether, which Smith has consented to pay in exchange for a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice. That means that the settlement will also include an admission of the tax liabilities as well as improper tax filings, but he won’t face prosecution for the matter as long as he pays what he owes and follows a few other terms and conditions. The settlement puts a lid on an investigation that’s been going on for at least four years into over $200 million in financial assets that Smith’s Vista equity fund had set up in business entities in the Caribbean.
Caruso is a native of Los Angeles. His father, Henry Caruso, was the founder of Dollar Rent-A-Car. Rick graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles in 1976. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1980 and Pepperdine University’s Law School in 1983. After law school, Caruso got a job as a real estate attorney. However, Caruso found that the law wasn’t for him, so he went out and bought a duplex in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westwood and worked on renovating it on the weekends.
After the dust settled on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Lutke saw his fortune rise to $1.1 billion. Shopify’s shares jumped more than 3% after the retail platform had its best Black Friday ever. Shopify merchants sold more than $1 million per minute at one point during the November 24th sales day. Shopify offers retailers a platform to sell their merchandise online. It has more than 500,000 retailers participating on its platform.
Taylor graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree (2002) and a master’s degree (2003) in computer science. Taylor went on to be one of the founders of Quip, along with former co-worker at Google Kevin Gibbs. Quip is a modern word processor that enables the creation of documents on a variety of devices such as smart phones, tablets and other computer devices.
Tracy’s life coaching programs and seminars are designed help people achieve their goals in self development and unleash their personal power for business. Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people throughout 40+ countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Casey Wasserman was born Casey Myers in Los Angeles 1974. He is the son of the Los Angeles socialite and philanthropist Lynne Wasserman and Jack Myers. Casey’s parents were divorced and he took his mother’s maiden name, also the name of his famous grandfather, mega-agent Lew Wasserman. Casey Wasserman obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the UCLA. But it was his grandfather, Lew Wasserman, head of MCA, whom he claims to be his greatest teacher.
She starred with the Slumber Girls in Dance Revolution from 2006 to 2007. From 2009 to 2012 Cassie starred as Lauren Tanner in the TV series Make It or Break It. Since 2012 she has also starred as Heidi Weinerman on the series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja. She has starred in the movies Bring It On: In It to Win It, Soccer Mom, Not Another Teen Movie, Teen Spirit, A Holiday Heist, Music High, Isolated, Not Today, Sharknado, and Bearing Sea Beast.
Daniel Caesar was born in Toronto, Canada in April 1995. He plays guitar and his musical styles include R&B, soul, and neo soul. Caesar released his debut studio album Freudian in 2017 and the album reached #6 on the US R&B chart and #7 on the US Independent chart as well as #16 in Canada and #25 on the Billboard 200 chart. Daniel Caesar released the album Case Study 01 in 2019 which reached #3 on the US R&B chart as well as #6 in Canada, #10 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and #17 on the Billboard 200.
Medina is a member of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He won the May 2012 Dominican presidential election, defeating Hipolito Mejía with 51% of the votes. Danilo Medina Sánchez is the only Dominican President who descends from one of the Founding Fathers; Medina is great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, founding father of the Dominican Republic. In 1990, Medina was elected to the Political Committee of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) together with Leonel Fernández and Juan Temístocles Montás.
From 2006 to 2011 she starred as Rhonda Volmer in the television series Big Love. Chase is known for voicing the role of Lilo starting in the 2002 movie Lilo & Stitch. She voiced the same role in the TV series Lilo & Stitch: The Series from 2003 to 2006. She has also starred in the movies Donnie Darko, The Ring, Carolina, S. Darko, and Little Red Wagon and has appeared in episodes of the TV series Charmed, The Practice, ER, Yes, Dear, Touched by an Angel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, and Without a Trace.