Kobe was one of the highest-paid athletes in sports, even in retirement. Kobe earned hundreds of millions of dollars from salary and endorsements during his lifetime. He made extremely wise business investments. At the time of his death, his equity stake in the drink BodyArmour was worth $200 million. He paid $6 million for the stake just six years earlier. In October 2021, Coca-Cola paid $5.6 billion to acquire 100% ownership of BodyArmour.
By 2021, Hello Bello was the largest direct-to-consumer diaper brand. It signed up 130,000 subscribers and hit $200 million in net sales. But while those sales were looking impressive, the company was struggling financially after it started to expand. Unfortunately, the company just for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In its filing, the company listed over $100 million in liabilities, including $22 million owed to one entity, a paper producer. For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2023, Hello Bello had about $179 million in sales and a negative EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $15 million.
Seoane then recorded her first CD, which was released during 2004. Sere Una Niña Buena (I’ll be a Good Girl), her first album, became a mild success in Seoane’s show business career. The album peaked at No. 42 in the Top Latin Album on Billboard and her first single peaked at No. 18 on Hot Latin Tracks. Que no me faltes tu was her second single, which was successful and peaked No.
Early Life Marta Kauffman was born Marta Fran Kauffman on September 21, 1956, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in a Jewish household with mother Dorothy and father Herman. Marta attended Marple Newtown High School, where she acted in plays and directed a 1974 production of “Our Town.” After graduation, she enrolled at Brandeis University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater in 1978. As a college student, Kauffman was a member of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority.
That’s $6.988 million, to be precise, and the property’s official marketing materials have significantly loftier language in mind than “bachelor pad” when describing this secluded 1-acre property in the ritzy Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles: “Set in the midst of Paradise is this one of a kind 1-ACRE luxury retreat filled with absolute privacy, tranquility and nature’s beauty. This magnificent architectural masterpiece is truly a rare find. As the gate to the property opens you are greeted by a long driveway that is flanked by a canopy of trees.
Miguel Ferrer was known for his roles in the films “RoboCop,” “Blank Check,” and “Traffic” and on the television series “Twin Peaks,” “Crossing Jordan,” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.” On the small screen, he also had notable roles on such shows as “Shannon’s Deal,” “Broken Badges,” “LateLine,” and “The Protector.” Additionally, Ferrer did a good deal of voice-acting, with his credits including the animated film “Mulan” and the animated television series “Jackie Chan Adventures” and “Young Justice.
The Dirty Nik Richie was born Hooman Abedi Karamian in Hackensack, New Jersey, on February 12, 1979. He launched The Dirty in 2007 as thedirtyscottsdale.com. Initially the site focused on the local Scottsdale club scene and wannabes, but it soon expanded to covering regional and national rumors and gossip. In September 2007 Richie took on a $650,000 investment from a local entrepreneur named James Grdina. The business was reorganized as “Dirty World LLC”, with Richie owning 41% and Grdina owning 59%.
Bought in 1957 for $3 million from actor Edward G. Robinson, who needed to pay for his divorce, the Niarchos family’s art collection includes some of the world’s most recognizable pieces by some of the most important artists of their respective time. It is said to be the largest private collection of Van Gogh’s, including a self portrait of the Dutch master after having chopped off his own ear. Niarchos also owns one of the most iconic works by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
Early Life and Education Rémi Gaillard was born on February 7, 1975 in Montpellier, France. As a youth, he attended Preston Manor School in London, England.
Rise to Recognition After losing his job at a shoe store, Gaillard started using his free time to commit pranks in and on the public. He rose to national recognition in France for these pranks, particularly one in which he disguised himself as an FC Lorient football player in the final match of the 2002 Coupe de France.
Early Life and Career Wayne was born on May 17, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. He trained as a technical draftsman at the School of Industrial Arts in New York and then moved to California in 1956 when he was 22 years old. After working for a decade, he came up with an idea for his first business – a company selling slot machines. The company ultimately failed, and Wayne has since reflected that his failure was a lesson in the fact that he was not a great businessman but rather an engineer.
Whitley races his car along with his partner AZN. He purchased his car from Auto Trader in 1998. The 1970 Chevy Long Bed Truck has a “ZZZZZ” license plate. Whitley first became interested in trucks when he rode in his father’s 1956 Ford pickup at 12 years old.
Simona Halep has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice, between 2017 and 2019. During that time, she won the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Halep is the first Romanian woman to be ranked world No. 1 and the first to win a Wimbledon singles title. On July 7, 2018 Simona Halep was upset in the third round of Wimbledon by an unseeded player named Su-Wei Hsieh.
Based on these qualities, Henry certainly seems like an upstanding man of high moral value, right? Certainly not a man who at one point in his life allegedly used his $10 billion net worth to build built a secret sex lair under his house to host wild orgies. Certainly not a man who once faced charges of prostitution, distribution of cocaine, and meth. Certainly not a man who, allegedly, once smoked so much weed on his private jet that the pilot was forced to wear an oxygen mask to avoid getting a contact high.
She signed with Motown in 1986, and scored a #1 R&B hit with, “Where Do We Go from Here,” in 1989. Since the 1990’s Lattisaw has exclusively been singing gospel music and made the decision to retire from the music industry so she could concentrate on raising her family. Lattisaw currently runs a ministry for women called, Women Walking with Authority. She and her husband, Kevin Jackson, have two children (Kevin, Jr.
He retired in 2002 as the most successful truck racer of all time. Parrish works for ITV as a commentator and analyst for their coverage of Isle of Man TT. He previously commentated for BBC Radio and television. He has been called upon as an expert witness for motor racing incidents and holds a Guinness Book of Records world record for Fasted Speed Achieved in Reverse at 85 miles per hour.
The team thought it was bolstering its rotation by signing Lucas Giolito to a two-year, $38.5 million contract, potentially increasing to $58 million over three seasons. He was set to start on Opening Day and would serve as Boston’s ace throughout the year, though that dream was short-lived. Giolito reportedly has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) — which may require surgery — and a flexor strain in his right elbow.
Early Life Thomas Keller was born on October 14, 1955 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. His mother was a restaurateur. After his parents divorced, Keller moved with his family to Palm Beach, Florida, where he spent his summers working at the Palm Beach Yacht Club. Starting out as a dishwasher, he quickly moved up to cook and was awakened to his passion for cooking.
Career Beginnings While working as a cook in Rhode Island one summer, Keller was noticed by master chef Roland Henin.
Before he ran for office, Thomas founded the commercial real estate company the Ravenel Development Corporation. In 2004, he ran for the US Senate, finishing in third place in the Republican primary. Upon losing his first race, he went on to run for State Treasurer in 2006 and won, but his political career was plagued with scandal. In June 2007, Ravenel was indicted on federal cocaine distribution charges, and he was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison in March 2008.
Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down by J.E. Gordon Not everyone has their brain properly wired to grasp advanced astrophysics or engineering, but Musk has called Structures a “good primer on structural design,” and many of the technological principles that drive Musk’s ambitious SpaceX company can be found in this book. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson Just as it’s easy to see the connection between Structures’ subject matter and Musk’s chosen field, the parallels between Musk and his “hero” Ben Franklin aren’t hard to grasp.