“At the end of our first day climbing Mont Blanc for the Virgin Strive Challenge we found ourselves trapped on the side of the mountain as a huge rock fall caused boulders the size of small cars to fall on us.” Branson’s son Sam and nephew Noah were also with the team when the worst almost happened, and Branson says that in all his years of tackling extreme physical challenges he’s “never come so terrifyingly close to losing myself, my son and other team mates....

Early Life River Phoenix was born as River Bottom on August 23, 1970 in Madras, Oregon as the first child of itinerant hippie parents John Lee Bottom and Arlyn Dunetz. His first name was derived from the novel “Siddhartha.” Phoenix had Russian and Hungarian Jewish ancestry through his mother, and French, English, and German ancestry through his father. His siblings are Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer, all of whom also entered show business....

Early Life “Sammy the Bull” Gravano was born Salvatore Gravano on March 12, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York. He is the youngest of three children to Giorlando “Gerry” and Caterina “Kay” Gravano, who hailed from Sicily. While growing up and in school, Gravano suffered from dyslexia and was bullied. When he was 13, he joined the prominent street gang the Rampers. He first hunted down a group of thieves who had stolen his bicycle, taking on a few people at once while made men watched from a cafe....

Early Life and Education Sharlto Copley was born on November 27, 1973 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a brother named Donovan. As a youth, Copley attended St. Andrew’s Preparatory School in Grahamstown and Redhill School in Johannesburg. Film Career Shortly after leaving high school, Copley met filmmaker Neill Blomkamp. He would go on to become one of Blomkamp’s closest collaborators, starting with the filmmaker’s 2006 short films “Yellow” and “Alive in Joburg....

As a Chelsea’s member, he earned several domestic honors until 2008 when he got back to Manchester City. In August 2011, Wright-Phillips signed a three year contract with the Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee. Ever since he made his debut with the England’s national team in 2004, he has acquired 36 caps and scored 6 goals. What’s more he got selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Since retiring from basketball, Sheryl has worked as an assistant basketball coach at Washington’s Mercer Island High School (2010) and head coach for the women’s basketball team at Loyola University Chicago (2013–2016), but she was fired from Loyola after the school investigated allegations of “student-athlete mistreatment.” At her alma mater, Texas Tech, Swoopes served as a color analyst for women’s basketball broadcasts from 2012 to 2013, and in 2017, she was hired as the Director of Player Development for the women’s basketball program....

From 2012 to 2013 she served as a judge for the TV series Indonesia Mencari Bakat. She has also appeared in the TV series Ngabuburit in 2014 and Princess Syahrini from 2014 to 2015. Syahrini has won more than 30 awards including two Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids’ Choice Awards and two Yahoo! OMG Awards.

Early Life and Education Ted Kennedy was born as Edward Kennedy on February 22, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts as the youngest of nine children of prominent wealthy couple Joseph Kennedy and Rose. His siblings were Joseph Jr., John F. Kennedy, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, and Jean. Growing up, Kennedy moved often with his socially elite family, living in places such as Bronxville, New York; Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, Florida; and London, England....

The Queen’s income and net worth comes in part from the Crown Estate and the Sovereign Grant. The Crown Estate is owned by the reigning monarch and includes real estate properties like Buckingham Palace. The British treasury pays an amount known as the sovereign grant to the queen to cover the expenses Queen Elizabeth incurs as part of her official duties. Some of these expenses include travel, entertaining, and maintenance of the various castles and properties....

In 2016, Ye ranked number two on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list. The then 39-year-old appeared to be the unofficial energy envoy of China. He was jetting all over the world meeting presidents of various countries. And then in November 2017 it all came to a sudden halt when U.S. prosecutors alleged that an NGO had used its status with the United Nations to offer millions of dollars in bribes to African leaders....

Let’s start with the obvious ones: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Oprah Winfrey. They are the OG Hollywood billionaires. Then we will get into the legit Hollywood billionaire and first billionaire rapper, the one, the only, Jay-Z. Next, we will explore the slightly insane Kanye West and his rise from multi-millions in debt to multi-billionaire. Lastly, we will re-visit the question of whether Kylie Jenner is a billionaire or not....

Ask any kid or tween or 20 something and they can tell you who the biggest YouTube stars are. But what they may not understand is just how much money their favorite YouTubers are making. Of the top 10 highest-paid YouTube stars, the lowest-paid VanossGaming’s Evan Fong made $11.5 million. Makeup artist Jeffree Star made $17 million. A five-year-old Russian girl with cerebral palsy named Anastasia Radzinakaya made $18 million sharing videos of playdates with her dad, playing with her cat, and other typical things in a child’s day....

By the time he does get a chance to cash an NBA paycheck, the amount of money star players will receive will dwarf what LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Kobe Bryant make now. With new media contracts about to kick in, the current salaries are about to explode. Should the league continue to grow in popularity, in the years to come the next contracts will be even bigger making player salaries even higher....

Trevor resigned from the company in September 2020 amid allegations of investor fraud. Trevor continues town around 20% of the company. When he agreed to step down, he agreed to not vote his shares against the board of directors for a minimum of three years. To date, Trevor has sold $400 million worth of Nikola stock. In October 2022 Trevor was found guilty on three criminal fraud counts, including securities fraud....

He is probably best known as Aaron in the award-winning film drama Little Children (2006). In 2008, he starred alongside his sister, actress Ryan Simpkins, in the film Pride and Glory, where the brother and sister played the children of Colin Farrell’s character. He again starred alongside his sister in Revolutionary Road (2008). In 2013, Ty was cast alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the action film Iron Man 3 as Downey, Jr....

One year later, he traded them for the Metinvest stake. A Russian native who got his Ukrainian citizenship this year, Novinsky lives and works in Kiev and St. Petersburg. Also, he is married with three children.

In 2000, Putin won the presidential election and served two four-year terms until 2008. During his presidency, he implemented various reforms aimed at improving the economy, reducing poverty, and strengthening the rule of law. He also centralized power, bringing regional governments under federal control and cracking down on oligarchs who had amassed significant influence during the 1990s. Due to constitutional term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term in 2008....

Hooray! What a perfectly symmetrical and mutually-beneficial deal! Now it’s time to reach out to those 4 million students and begin to introduce them to all the amazing services offered by your bank. You fire up an introduction email and target to your entire list of 4 million registered users. You hit send. Now you just need to sit back and count the profits from all the new bank accounts you’re about to create....

For some probably unnecessary perspective, that’s more than enough to purchase an actual car of your own. But Bugatti owners are big spenders by default, and as Royalty Exotic Cars CEO Houston Crosta told CNBC Make It, it’s the limited nature of that club that keeps costs so high: “Bugatti services are so expensive because of the exclusivity of the product. Only select individuals own a Bugatti and the owners tend to have one or more Bugattis....

A-Rod, who is entering his 21st season in the major leagues, will turn 41 this July. After beginning his career in Seattle with the Mariners, he signed a 10-year, $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers after the 2000 season. The team never made the playoffs in his three years there, and prior to the 2004 season, Rodriguez was dealt to the Yankees. It was there that he won his first title, and also signed his record-breaking (second) 10-year contract....