Nigeria’s finance minister created new policies to aid whistleblowers in December, and since anonymous tipsters are now entitled to up to five percent of recovered public funds found to have been stolen, more than $180 billion has been recovered (and that figure comes from February, so it doesn’t include this $43 million or any other more recent recoveries). This particular cache was discovered after just such a tipster noticed a “haggard” woman wearing “dirty clothes” carrying bags in an out of the apartment, an unusual sight given its superficially upscale surroundings, according to a statement by the Nigerian anti-corruption unit itself.
When Jeff Bezos announced he and MacKenzie Scott were separating, that was easier to grasp. Jeff is a little younger than Bill, and in the years before separating he had physically transformed from a geeky CEO to a muscle-bound world titan. So, it wasn’t a total shock to learn that Jeff Bezos would throw it all out the window for a busty former weather girl. Are we soon to learn that Bill Gates has a young hot girlfriend?
Casa Birdman measures nearly 20,000 square feet, with ten bedrooms, multiple suites for guests, not just one but two wine cellars, a private home movie theater, and a full chef’s kitchen complete with pizza oven. Outdoors, you’ll find a “private beach volleyball court,” one hundred feet along the water for oceanfront views, a large outdoor party area with bungalows, and a dock big enough to accommodate a large yacht. The house has something of an interesting recent history over the last few years.
Britney, on the other hand, recently claimed in court documents that she was afraid of her father. She wasn’t asking to be released from the conservatorship, she just wanted a court-appointed professional to take it over from her dad. Her father is fighting that move tooth and nail saying he must remain in charge of her conservatorship because he loves her and wants to protect her. For the record, Britney Spears is a now 39-year-old mother of two teenagers who has completely bounced back and revived her career from the 2008 meltdown that led to her conservatorship.
He was born in Kingston, Jamaica on April 10, 1947. Wailer’s birth name was Neville O’Riley Livingston. Bunny was best known for being one of the original members of The Wailers, along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. The Wailers formed in 1963, when each singer was still a teenager. The trio split up in 1973, at which point they all pursued solo projects. Bob Marley soon became a global star and for a time brought the Wailers on his tour as backup singers.
Carlos Santana was born on April 8, 1986 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Santana made his Major League Baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians on June 11, 2010. He had previously signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005. He received a $75,000 signing bonus from the Dodgers, which he used to buy his mother a home. He spent several years in the Dodgers farm system before being to the Indians in 2008.
At one time, Christine Chiu was rumored to be one of the newest cast members of the hit Bravo reality television series, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Rumors flew when Chiu was seen filming with castmember Brandi Glanville. Speculation began mounting that she would be replacing either Carlton Gebbia or Joyce Giraud who were reportedly dropped from the show after one season. Christine Chiu was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States for college when she attended Pepperdine University.
That year, her character was voted the most beloved character in a novela by viewers. Due to the sensual appeal and prominence in the novela and the success of Lara, Secco appeared on the cover of Playboy for the 27th birthday edition of the magazine in August that year. In 2003, she joined the cast of the novela Celebridade and in 2005 she played her first prime-time role in América as Sol, a woman trying to make a living in the United States as an illegal immigrant.
Early Life and Collegiate Career Donovan McNabb was born on November 25, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. As a teen, he went to Mount Carmel High School, where he played on the football team. A star player, he helped his team win the 1991 State Championship over Wheaton Central. As a senior, McNabb led the team to a Chicago Prep Bowl championship. Beyond football, he also excelled in track and field in high school.
Dylan Penn was born in Los Angeles, California in April 1991. She is the daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Dylan moved with her family from Los Angeles to Marin County in the mid-1990s. In middle school and high school her family lived in the town of Ross. She attended Marin Academy for high school and then went on to USC where she dropped out after one semester.
Eden Sher was born on December 26, 1991 in Los Angeles, California. She began her acting career when she was eight years old and has appeared in several well-known television series including Weeds, Sons and Daughters, and The O.C. She has also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the short film, Stuck, and in ads for Capital One and Fruity Pebbles. Her breakout role was as Sue Heck, a dorky, quirky, ever-hopeful teenager in the ABC comedy series The Middle.
Elizabeth Egan Gillies was born in Haworth, New Jersey in July 1993. At the age of 12 Elizabeth started to appear in commercials for companies like Virgin Mobile. Her first role was a recurring one on the 2007 series The Black Donnellys. She appeared in the movie Harold and the TV movie Locker 514. Gillies appeared on the show The Battery’s Down. In 2011 she starred as the voice of Daphne in the series Winx Club: Enchantix.
Early Life Evan Rachel Wood was born on September 7, 1987 in Raleigh, North Carolina to actor and director parents Sara Lynn Moore and Ira David Wood III. Her mother, who had converted to Judaism, raised Wood and her brothers in the Jewish faith. Growing up, the children were all actively involved in Theatre in the Park, a local community company of which their father was the executive director.
Career Beginnings Wood made her professional acting debut as a kid in 1994, appearing in two television films, “In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness” and “Search for Grace.
Seo started his company in 2002 after his former company Daewoo Motors, went out of business. Celltrion developed treatments for Covid-19 over the past year, which gave Seo the boost he needed to hit $12.5 billion in net worth and become the richest in his country. Celltrion develops generic versions of drugs with expired patents. Celltrion’s revenue rose 64% to $1.6 billion in 2020 after South Korea conditionally approved an antibody treatment for Covid-19.
Becoming a citizen of Cyprus could also give Schmidt one heck of a tax break. In a program known as “Citizenship by Investment,” the country provides tax breaks to foreigners after they’ve invested a pre-determined sum of money (usually a few million dollars) into the country. Cyprus’s “Citizenship by Investment” program is one of the most popular ones. The cost of buying citizenship in Cyprus is about $2.5 million. In all likelihood, Schmidt applied for citizenship in Cyprus within the last year.
In case you have been living under a rock, on August 14, WeWork parent company the We Company filed an S-1 form to announce their intention to secure an Initial Public Offering. From the moment the S-1 landed, the document became a punchline. Not only because it used silly metaphors and grandiose statements that had nothing to do with operating a professional business, but also just from a straight-up business evaluation perspective.
Preston joined YouTube in 2010 with the channel TBNRfrags. In 2012, he changed his channel name to PrestonPlayz and it was basically him filming videos of himself playing Call of Duty and Minecraft. He did fine with that, but never really broke through to be one of YouTube’s top earners, until, at least, he switched up the type of content from just gaming videos to kid-focused vlog-style content. He changed the name of his channel to Preston.
History of the Hilton Fortune Conrad “Connie” Hilton, recently portrayed as a needy, shoot-from-the-hip businessman in AMC’s Mad Men, bought his first hotel in Texas in 1919, after a deal to buy a bank fell through. His timing was impeccable. The ongoing oil boom in the state ensured fully booked rooms that could sometimes be turned over three times in one day. He went on to build the high-rise Dallas Hilton in 1925, and followed with three more Hiltons in Texas over the course of the next five years.
Jacob has been featured in nearly 200 episodes of Little People, Big World since 2006. In 2012 he was featured in the spin-off series Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm. He has also appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Jacob and family friend Mike Detjen were injured in 2006 on the family farm when a pumpkin catapult prematurely launched. He underwent surgery due to a small piece of his skull pushing into his brain.
Early Life James Dolan was born in Massapequa, New York on May 11, 1955. He was one of six children born to billionaire Charles Dolan and wife Helen Ann. Unlike James who inherited his entire fortune and place in life, Charles Dolan actually built an empire from scratch through hard work and steady management over decades. Charles and Helen got their start in media packaging sports clips and syndicating them around the country.