Early Life Francis Lee Bailey Jr. was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on June 10, 1933. Bailey studied at Cardigan Mountain School and Kimball Union Academy. After graduating as a member of the class of 1950, Bailey went to Harvard College but dropped out in 1952 to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He earned his aviator wings as a jet fighter pilot in 1954. He was discharged in 1956. In 1957, he was admitted to Boston University Law School, where he achieved the highest grade point average in the school’s history....

Fair enough. I mean it’s easier to begin a project when you’ve got a personal net worth of $400 million rather than $400, but his point is valid. Hung might be singing a different song today, though. In 2012, Hung announced a $1.3 billion plan to build “the world’s most luxurious casino resort” in Macau that would feature the world’s most extravagant hotel suite where rooms will cost almost $130,000 a night and jewelry items in private boutiques will cost $1 million at minimum....

Early Life Fortune Feimster was born Emily Fortune Feimster on July 1, 1980, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She grew up with older brothers Jay and Price in Belmont, North Carolina, and she attended Belmont Central Elementary School, followed by Belmont Junior High and South Point High School. As a high school student, Fortune played softball, basketball, and tennis. After graduating in 1998, she majored in communications at Peace College in Raleigh, which was a women-only university at the time....

Only one slight problem: none of those whispers were true. Antetokounmpo is, in fact, happy in Milwaukee, and he signed a new massive extension to stay with the Bucks. The contract, worth $228 over five years, is the largest in NBA history. In the final season of his new deal, Antetokounmpo will earn nearly $52 million, which will be one of the largest single-year salaries a player has ever made....

Early Life and Career Beginnings Glen Travis Campbell was born on April 22, 1936, in Billstown, Arkansas. He had 11 siblings, and his parents, Carrie Dell and John Wesley, were of Scottish descent. The family lived on a farm with meager resources but were able to sustain themselves by growing corn, potatoes, watermelon, and cotton. At the age of four, Glen began playing the guitar when his father gifted him one he bought at Sears for five dollars....

Woodman grew up in Atherton, California; a city in Silicon Valley as the youngest of four children. His father was a successful executive who brokered the sale of Taco Bell to Pepsi. He was a B+ student who focused more on sports than academics. Once he discovered surfing, he was hooked and attended the University of California, San Diego not just for its academic reputation, but for its La Jolla location close to great surf and 360 days a year of glorious Southern California sunshine....

Hanson joined the website FanDuel this fall, when he saw a commercial for the site during an NFL game. On a whim, he signed up for an account and deposited $25. He then added another $10 a few weeks later. Total amount invested during his entire Fanduel career? $35. Unlike a traditional fantasy football league, daily leagues like FanDuel utilize a salary cap instead of a draft. Every player in the NFL is assigned a dollar amount, or “salary”, based on their performance throughout the season, as well as their expected performance for the upcoming week....

Jonas Salk, was born on October 28, 1914 in New York, New York. He showed a high level of intelligence and a curious mind early on, and when he was thirteen, he was accepted to Townsend Harris High School. Townsend Harris was for gifted students who didn’t have the funds, or the family connections, to attend one of the area private schools. The schedule at Townsend was notoriously rigorous and intense, since it crammed four years of high school in to just three years....

Gotti first gained recognition producing for DMX, Kanye West, and Jay-Z at Def Jam. His biggest success came through discovering and developing artists Ja Rule and Ashanti, creating numerous hit songs including “Always on Time,” “Mesmerize,” and “Foolish.” Murder Inc. faced legal troubles in 2003 when federal authorities investigated the label for money laundering and connections to drug trafficking. Though Gotti was cleared of charges in 2005, the investigation damaged the label’s reputation and commercial success....

On February 9, 2025, Jalen led the Eagles to a Super Bowl victory against the Kansas City Chiefs. Salary Upon being drafted by the Eagles, Jalen Hurts signed a 4-year $6 million contract that came with a $1.9 million signing bonus and $2.8 million in guaranteed money. As we mentioned a moment ago, in April 2023 Jalen signed the richest contract in NFL history, a 5-year $255 million deal. Here are the annual base salaries through 2024:...

Kennedy capitalized on his “Scream” success with his own hidden camera prank show, “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment” (2002-2004), which featured him in various disguises pranking unsuspecting people. The show’s catchphrase “You’ve been X’ed!” became briefly popular in pop culture. He starred in several comedic films, including “Malibu’s Most Wanted” (2003), where he played B-Rad, a wannabe rapper from Malibu, and “Son of the Mask” (2005), though the latter was poorly received....

During a National Constitution Center event in 2015, Bezos’ step-father Mike Bezos recalled how a generous investment from he and Jeff’s mother Jackie back in 1995 allowed the company to eventually grow into the behemoth it is today. As he told it, Jeff made his pitch like this: “I want you to know how risky this is, because I want to come home at dinner for Thanksgiving and I don’t want you to be mad at me....

Basically, the idea is that Bezos will give $50 million each to philanthropists he deems worthy of funding to do with as they wish, similar to the famous MacArthur Fellows Program, known informally as the “genius grant.” Bezos established the program in 2021 when political commentator Van Jones and humanitarian activist and chef José Andrés were the first recipients of the prizes. Dolly Parton won the Courage and Civility Award in 2022, and then, for whatever reason, there was a pause in 2023....

Jeff Hornacek was born in Elmhurst, Illinois in May 1963. He was a shooting guard who played for Iowa State from 1982 to 1986. Hornacek’s #14 jersey was retired by Iowa State in 1991. Jeff was drafted #46 by the Phoenix Suns in the 1986 NBA Draft. He played for the Suns from 1986 to 1992. Hornacek played for the Philadelphia 76ers from 1992 to 1994 and for the Utah Jazz from 1994 to 2000....

He grew the company into one of the most successful shoe manufacturers in the world. It currently has 4000 employees spread out over multiple locations around the globe. 25% of the company’s shoes sold in the US are actually made in the US. Though New Balance staunchly avoided the use of celebrity spokespeople or endorsement for many years, it recently launched a line of shoes in conjunction with Heidi Klum, and became the official footwear and clothing sponsor for the Red Sox....

Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart was born in Tampa, Florida in February 1955. Neidhart set a California high school record in shot put. He played for the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders in the NFL but only in practices and preseason games. He trained with Stu Hart in Calgary and worked for Stampede Wrestling from 1987 to 1983. Jim married Stu’s daughter Ellie Hart and became the brother-in-law of wrestlers Bret Hart and Owen Hart....

Early Life and Career Beginnings Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on May 1, 1946, in Srinagar, India, during the waning days of the British Raj. Her mother, Thyra Beatrice Rose, was English, while her father, Major James Rutherford Lumley, was Indian-born with English and Scottish roots. At the age of eight, Lumley decided to stay in England after initially visiting with her parents on leave. There, Joanna boarded at Mickledene School in Rolvenden, Kent, and later attended St....

Yarbrough’s company Video Gaming Technologies makes video games that are networked for multi-players. VGT was founded by Yarbrough in 1991 and he has served as their Chairman of the Board and President. The company is best known for developing and producing video game like slot machines used in casinos. In June 2014 he announced plans to sell the company to the Australian firm Aristocrat Leisure for $1.28 billion.

That last bucket received a big boost after James and longtime business partner Maverick Carter raised $100 million to expand their brand into a large media conglomerate. Investors include Guggenheim Investments, UC Investments, Sister Investments, and SC Holdings. SpringHill Entertainment will include multiple divisions, most notably Uninterrupted. This is the athlete empowerment media and consumer product company James has promoted through episodes with other players. SpringHill Entertainment will also feature a culture brand agency Robot Company and a production company....

She was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the theme song to “The Bodyguard”, and “I Have Nothing” was performed by Whitney Houston. Her songwriting career began in the mid-80s, penning Kenny Rogers’ “Our Perfect Song”. She went on to work on “To Where You Are” with Josh Groban, “Miracle” with Celine Dion and “Drowning” with the Backstreet Boys. Thompson shares the 2003 Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “Aren’t They All Our Children”....