After graduating from Nihon University in 1999, Yoshikazu went to work for So-net Entertainment, a division of Sony Internet. Tanaka enjoyed the experience, but soon realized that he wanted to be involved with a startup. In February 2000, Tanaka went to work at Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. He was employee number 50. While Rakuten is now one of the world’s largest and most successful e-commerce sites, at the time when Tanaka joined, it was just three years old....

Tom Hanks was born in Concord, California, and grew up in a very religious family. He grew up in both Catholic and Mormon households and spent most of his teenage years carrying a Bible around and evangelizing. He describes himself as a “horribly, painfully, terribly shy” teen. His fellow students and teachers didn’t know what to do with him, and his social issues were compounded by the fact that he had a habit of yelling out comments during movies, among other eccentricities....

Guerrido settled in Miami and joined the HBC Radio Company. There she co-hosted a radio program with the added duties of broadcasting news and traffic conditions. Eventually, she was given her own music show at WRTO (98.3). She also landed a job in television as a traffic reporter for WSCV, Miami’s Telemundo affiliate, working for the radio station and television station at the same time. Univision took notice of Guerrido and made her an offer to become the meteorologist for Al Amanacer de Noticias 23, the then-morning show for Univision flagship WLTV....

Jane Elliot was born in New York City, New York in January 1947. since 1978. Elliot has starred in more than 750 episodes of General Hospital. She has also had recurring roles in the TV series Once an Eagle, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Rosetti and Ryan, Knots Landing, All My Children, and The City. Elliot won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series for General Hospital in 1981....

Jaslene Gonzalez was born May 29, 1986 in Puerto Rico, United States, with Territories. Gonzalez grew up in Humboldt Park, Chicago and attended Notre Dame High School for Girls on the northwest side of Chicago. She had done some modeling prior to America’s Next Top Model, having been represented by Avant Garde Models. In her CW ‘Close-up’ interview, it was revealed that she had also appeared in fashion shows for local Chicago designers, including Michelle Gomez of Chicago and Alexis Arquette....

Lee has also starred in the films Born in East L.A., Back to the Future Part II, Murder in Mind, Tale of the Mummy, Soldier, Lilo & Stitch, Nomad, Balls of Fury, Seventh Son, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Burn Your Maps, and more. He has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Matlock and Hawaii Five-0 and starred as Aladdin in the 2000 miniseries Arabian Nights....

Early Life Jim Breyer was born James W. Breyer in 1961, in New Haven, Connecticut. His parents, Eva and John, immigrated to the U.S. from Hungary. Eva was a Honeywell executive, and John worked at International Data Group as an executive and engineer. Jim attended Stanford University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with Distinction in Interdisciplinary Studies in 1983. During his junior year, he studied in Florence, Italy, and as an alumnus, he got involved with the university’s Breyer Center for Overseas Studies there....

Early Life John Paul Jones was born John Richard Baldwin on January 3, 1946, in Sidcup, Kent, England. Both of John’s parents were in the music business, and they toured the country with their vaudeville comedy act. Jones’ mother was a singer, and his father, Joe Baldwin, played piano and arranged music for big bands in the ’40s and ’50s. John began playing piano when he was 6 years old, and due to his parents’ touring, he was sent to boarding school as a child....

Jon is also known for his voice work in projects such as “Open Season” (2006), “G-Force” (2009), “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (2018), and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (2010-2013). He also created “The Mandalorian,” a “Star Wars” TV series that began streaming on Disney+ in 2019, and “The Book of Boba Fett” in 2022. Jon owns two production companies: Fairview Entertainment and Golem Creations. Disney Contract In 2019, Jon signed a 5-year, $125 million contract to make shows and films for Disney....

He released his second single Last Dance soon after. In 2013, Strickland was cast in a lead role in VEGAS! the Show, performing as Elvis and other iconic artists in the world famous Vegas-themed musical showing at the Saxe Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Miracle Mile Shops. Strickland was promptly cast by David Saxe after the closing of Peepshow and subsequently replaced longtime VEGAS! the Show Elvis performer, Lou Gazzara....

Kim Kardashian put her new fragrance line, KKW Fragrance, on sale online on Wednesday, and in just one day, sold $10 million worth of product. Customers got to choose between 3 fragrances; Crystal Gardenia, Crystal Gardenia Oud and Crystal Gardenia Citrus, all of which were inspired by Kim’s Paris robbery last year. Kardashian said that the crystal look of the bottle is in reference to healing crystals that helped her in the aftermath of the robbery....

As pretty much everyone knows by now, in October 2012, Armstrong was banned from professional racing amid allegations that he used steroids. Lance was forced to give up his seven Tour de France medals and lost all of his major sponsors, including Nike, Oakley, Trek, and Anheuser Busch. On the flip side, throughout his career, Lance has been an inspiration to millions of cancer patients around the world. His cancer foundation, which he no longer is associated with, has raised nearly $500 million for research since its inception....

Lin Shaye was born in Detroit, Michigan in October 1943. She studied acting at the University of Michigan and then moved to New York and appeared in Off Broadway productions. Shaye moved to Los Angeles, California in 1977 to pursue her acting career. She has 180 acting credits to her name starting in the 1975 movie Hester Street. Shaye has starred in the movies Goin’ South, The Long Riders, Alone in the Dark, Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Brewster’s Millions, Critters, Extreme Prejudice, Slam Dance, The Hidden, The Running Man, Lucky Stiff, Book of Love, Pump Up the Volume, Roadside Prophets, Loaded Weapon 1, Amityville: A New Generation, Corrina, Corrina, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, Last Man Standing, Living Out Loud, There’s Something About Mary, Detroit Rock City, Who’s Your Daddy?...

Marcelo Vieira (born 1988) established himself as one of soccer’s greatest left-backs during a 15-year career at Real Madrid (2007-2022). He won 25 major trophies with the club, including five UEFA Champions League titles and six La Liga championships, becoming the most decorated player in Real Madrid’s history. Known for his attacking prowess, technical skills, and explosive speed, the Brazilian international revolutionized the left-back position with his forward runs and creative playmaking....

Business Empire Marques Colston is also known for his savvy business acumen, investing in several successful ventures in and outside of football. He has owned shares of the Harrisburg Stampede of the American Indoor Football League and the Philadelphia Soul and Albany Empire of the Arena Football League. He is also an early investor in a compression apparel startup called Enerskin. Early Life Marques E. Colston was born on June 5, 1983, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....

Early Life Mary Caroline Pierce was born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of an American father, Jim Pierce, and a French mother, Yannick Adjaj. Mary was raised in the United States, and at the age of 10, she was first acquainted with the sport thanks to her father. Just two years later, she took home the U.S. National 12-and-under junior title. Fourteen-year-old Pierce made history by being the youngest tennis player to have participated in a professional tour....

Russell holds 104.7 million shares of his company, roughly one third of all available shares. Luminar has a market value of $3.4 billion. Investors in Luminar include Peter Thiel, who helped Russell get Luminar started when he made him a Thiel Fellow in 2012, Alec Gores of The Gores Group, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, and billionaire Dean Metropoulos, who is chairman of Luminar. Thiel’s fellowship that Russell was a part of in 2012 offered young people with big ideas $100,000 to drop out of college to pursue their dreams....

OSI is owned by 88-year-old billionaire Sheldon Lavin. He owns the majority of the $6.3 billion company. Lavin, who is worth $3 billion, tends to be secretive and shies away from any press. His company supplies food for Oscar Mayer and Whole Foods. He supplied the Impossible Whoppers for Burger King. He supplies 45 million pounds of steak, salsa, barbacoa, beans, and carnitas for Chipotle. OSI makes Starbucks’ breakfast sandwiches....

Mike Lazzo was born in Atlanta, Georgia on April 10, 1958. Lazzo dropped out of high school at 15 and started working in the mailroom of TBS. He programmed animation for TBS and became the first programmer for the Cartoon Network. He helped create the late-night animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to coast for CN in 1994. Lazzo formed the production company Ghost Planet Industries and created the spin-off series Cartoon Planet....

‘Ndrangheta, considered the most powerful criminal organization in Italy reportedly backed the bonds through front companies meant to obscure the true origin of the organization’s revenue, which comes from the usual mafia practices, including drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, and other criminal activities. These companies’ links to ‘Ndrangheta are now leading to criminal charges and the exposure of some of the group’s financial entanglements. Some of the bonds were formed from unpaid public health debt on the part of companies to medical institutions in Italy, debt that was then bought off in huge quantities by the financial institutions in question....