One of the most popular trading card companies is Upper Deck. They do it all: baseball, basketball, football, hockey, even racing. And when they were founded in 1988, they were entering an industry that grew to $1.5 billion within four years. It’s also when they made what their CEO at the time called “the worst deal it had ever done.” DeWayne Buice was, by any measure, an unspectacular major league pitcher....
Justin Bieber was born in London, Ontario, Canada on March 1, 1994. He grew up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, with his mother, who had him when she was seventeen. He attended a French-language immersion elementary school, and was initially interested in sports, playing hockey and soccer. He began playing piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet, teaching himself to play the instruments. After winning a local talent competition when he was twelve, his mother uploaded a video of his performance to YouTube....
As the story goes, Jenkins was at a gathering of some of his fellow Irishmen and Irish-Americans in Miami in the mid 1990s. He learned that many of his countrymen had a yen to have a pinch of Irish soil sprinkled over their coffins after they died. Like a true American, though, he saw an avenue to profits and fortune in this simple emotional wish, and he started on a mission to find a way to sell Irish soil in America....
Early Life and Education Jerome David Salinger was born on January 1, 1919, in Manhattan, New York. He was the second of two siblings. His father, Sol, came from a Jewish family of Lithuanian descent, while his mother, Marie, was of Scottish, Irish, and German heritage. In 1932, when the family moved to Park Avenue, Salinger began attending the private McBurney School. Despite struggling to fit in, he wrote for the school paper, appeared in plays, and managed the fencing team....
Ma developed Alipay, the payment app that is the core business of Ant. He originally created it as a side project to fill a need in China’s growing e-commerce industry. Before Alipay, state-run banks with bad customer service and inefficient methods were the only options. Ant changed that. With Ant, people can apply for and get decisions on small loans quickly. They can also pay for things through Ant and invest in money market funds with as little as 15 cents....
James “Bubba” Stewart stands as one of the most influential and successful motocross racers in history, transforming the sport with his innovative riding style and unprecedented achievements. Known as “the Tiger Woods of Supercross,” Stewart broke racial barriers as the most successful African American motorcycle racer of all time. His aggressive, high-flying technique and signature scrub jump revolutionized how motocross is ridden at the highest level. Throughout his professional career, Stewart amassed 50 Supercross wins and multiple championships across both indoor and outdoor competitions, earning him a place among the sport’s all-time greats....
Wealth: James’ great-great grandfather invented the Kotex sanitary napkin and went on to serve as the President of multi-national personal care product conglomerate, Kimberly-Clark. According to James’ 2006 financial disclosure, his personal net worth was estimated at $26 million. The disclosure revealed he had $5 million invested in pharmaceutical companies, $3 million in manufacturing and that he held $3 million worth of stock in Merck & Co and $1.7 million in Kimberly-Clark....
In 2002, Panabaker appeared as Sam in “Dead Heat” and in several TV shows such as “Port Charles”, “ER”, and “7th Heaven”. She landed several small TV parts before appearing as part of the main cast of “Summerland” as Nikki Westerly in 2004. Panabaker had a recurring role on “Phil of the Future” and appeared on six episodes of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. Her other TV credits include “The Brothers Garcia”, “Mom at Sixteen”, “Medium”, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”, “Weeds”, “Boston Legal”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Lie to Me”, “Brothers & Sisters”, “No Ordinary Family”, and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”....
Born in Singapore in 1980, Kaylani Lei has built a notable career in the adult entertainment industry spanning nearly two decades and more than 200 films. Of Chinese and Filipino descent, Lei moved to the United States as a young adult and initially worked as an exotic dancer in Las Vegas before entering the adult film industry in 2002. Lei’s career gained momentum when she signed an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures in 2003, becoming one of their most prominent contract performers....
During his hiatus, he earned a film degree from USC and worked behind the scenes as a stunt coordinator and assistant director, contributing to films like “X-Men” (2000) and Wong Kar-wai’s “2046” (2004). Inspired by the success of “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018), Quan returned to acting and landed the role of Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022). His heartfelt performance earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making history as the first Vietnam-born Oscar winner....
Early Life Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr. was born on November 19, 1979, in Pomfret, Maryland. He is one of three children to Christine and Larry Johnson Sr. His father is a former high school vice principal, a high school football coach, a former defensive line coach at Penn State University, and a current defensive line coach at Ohio State University. Larry Johnson Jr. graduated from State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania, where he played for the State College Little Lions high school football team....
Zamperini joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1941 and became a second lieutenant. He was deployed to the Pacific Island of Funafuti on the B-24 Liberator bomber Super Man. While on a search, his plane crashed into the ocean and killed eight of the eleven men on board. Louis and two other survivors reached the Marshall Islands and were captured by the Japanese Navy and held as prisoners of war....
Early Life Matthew Michael Hasselbeck was born on September 25, 1975, in Boulder, Colorado. He is the son of Mary Beth “Betsy” Rueve and Don Hasselbeck, a former New England Patriots tight end. Matt grew up in Norfolk, Massachusetts, and attended Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. As a high school senior, “USA Today” named him an honorable mention All-American. Hasselbeck attended Boston College, where he played football for the Eagles from 1994 until 1997....
He is the author of several zombie books including: “The Zombie Survival Guide,” and the follow-up, “The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks,” which is a graphic novel series depicting the creation of zombies, and the lives of zombies, with several zombie events detailed in the book’s latter section. In 2006, Brooks published “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” which deals with the war between the human race and zombies....
In 2014, Monica married multi-billionaire Paychex founder Tom Golisano. Tom is 32 years her senior, and the two have been dating since 2009. Career Earnings During her career, Monica earned $15 million in prize money alone, roughly $25 million in today’s dollars. She earned roughly the same amount from endorsement deals. Early Life Seles was born on December 2, 1973, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), into an ethnic Hungarian family....
But that’s not all! Yesterday it was also confirmed that Elon’s OTHER company SpaceX had successfully raised a new round of money at a new all-time high valuation. The combination of these two events have made Elon musk A TON of money… Let’s take a step back for a moment. When evaluating Elon Musk’s net worth, it’s important to remember that it’s comprised of his stakes in both Tesla – which is publicly traded – AND SpaceX – which is still a privately-held company....
Upon Mary Travers’ death in 2009 and Peter Yarrow’s death in 2025, Stookey became the last surviving member of Peter Paul and Mary. Early Life and Career Beginnings Born in 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, Stookey spent his early years in Birmingham, Michigan. Before his folk music career, he led a high school rock band called the Birds of Paradise and worked as a stand-up comedian. After briefly attending Michigan State University, he moved to New York City in 1959, where he became part of the Greenwich Village folk scene....
The reasons behind his arrest are somewhat vague at the moment. What we know is that he is being held on anti-corruption charges with 17 other princes and government officials. They were reportedly arrested while attending an investment conference. And if you’re picturing the prince behind bars in a decrepit Saudi jail cell, think again. Alwaleed and his fellow accused, are actually being held prisoner at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh....
Early Life Ralph Ineson was born Ralph Michael Ineson on December 15, 1969, in York, North Yorkshire, England. He attended the preparatory school Woodleigh School and the boarding school Pocklington School, then he enrolled at Furness College, Lancaster University, to study theatre. After his first year at university, Ralph took a job at The Dukes, Lancaster, as a security man, working during open-air Shakespeare productions in Williamson Park. After graduating in 1991, he worked at York Sixth Form College as a teacher and cricket coach....
The school’s board of trustees was unanimous in supporting these moves and will make the final decision by October 18. If Pitino is fired with cause, he could lose up to $55 million from his remaining salary, which includes retention bonuses. According to his contract, Pitino must be given 10 days’ notice before any firing can be made official. However, his camp is preparing for the worst. Pitino’s lawyer Steve Pence said they “intend to fully enforce the terms of the contract....
