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McClendon was the co-founder of Chesapeake Energy, which he built into the second-largest U.S. gas producer, behind Exxon-Mobil. He was the kind of guy who drove his cars fast and snuck champagne into the movie theatre for his wife. McClendon was smart and determined, but he had trouble following the rules. He is one of the pioneers of the fracking industry. His general flouting of the rules for his own means led to him being removed from the company he helped found in 2013....

It all began in 1992, when Archie Karas (born Anargyros Karabouniotis in Greece) drove to Las Vegas with $50. He was 41 years old and had made his way to the United States working as a waiter on a cruise ship. Once he was in the U.S., Karas worked at a restaurant in Los Angeles that was next to a bowling alley and pool hall. He honed his pool skills and eventually made more money playing pool that he did as a waiter....

Additionally, some people have turned the platform into a full-time career. Swedish YouTuber Pewdiepie has earned an estimated tens of millions of dollars since 2010 thanks to his gaming channel, featuring him yelling and cursing while walking through a series of different games. Of course, like most things in life, to truly have a successful channel, it takes a lot of work and perseverance. Sometimes, that means pairing up with a person or a group of people to achieve that goal....

Green transitioned to Hollywood, starring in films like “Road Trip” and “Freddy Got Fingered,” which he also wrote and directed. The latter became a cult classic despite initial poor reception. He had a brief but high-profile marriage to actress Drew Barrymore. Throughout his career, Green has continued to work in various media, including stand-up comedy, web series, and podcasting. He’s hosted talk shows, appeared in reality TV, and made guest appearances on numerous television programs....

While all of that drama was unfolding, the Grizzlies quietly made sure they secured their other guard — who’s quickly approaching All-Star-level talent. The Grizzlies and Desmond Bane agreed on a five-year, $207 million deal. It’s the largest contract in Grizzlies franchise history. Combined with Morant’s contract, the Grizzlies now have $400 million invested in their starting backcourt. The Grizzlies selected Bane out of TCU with the 30th pick in the 2020 draft....

But if Davis wants to earn $23 million of the five-year, $145 million contract he signed last off-season, he had better have a few more 50-point games up his sleeve. Thanks to an odd rule of the collective bargaining agreement, the Rose Rule, if a player signs an extension after his rookie contract, he’s eligible for a 30 percent max-level raise structure, provided he meets one of three criteria before the extension kicks in....

Chris Hughes Net Worth: $500 million Hughes, 36, didn’t follow in Zuckerberg and Moskovitz steps, he actually graduated from Harvard in 2006. Hughes was one of the lucky few who decided to live in Palo Alto with Zuckerberg during the summer of 2004. Hughes returned to Harvard and graduated in 2006 magna cum laude. He then moved back to Palo Alto to continue working at Facebook. In return for his early contributions, Hughes was given a 2% stake in the company....

It has been estimated that 60% of athletes go broke within five years of retiring. Clearly there are some athletes who have beaten those odds. Guys like Hall-of-Famer David Robinson. David, who is nicknamed “The Admiral” because of his graduation from The Naval Academy, made good money during his playing days, but in retirement has made so so so much money off the court. Don’t believe me? Well, consider this: In retirement, David has co-founded not one, but TWO private equity funds....

He is the editor and founder of the political magazine The Weekly Standard. He served as chairman of the New Citizenship Project from 1997 to 2005 and co-founded the Project for the New American Century in 1997. Kristol is a member of the board of trustees for the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and is a director of the Foreign Policy Initiative. He is also a member of the Policy Advisory Board for the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is a board member of Keep American Safe and the Emergency Committee for Israel....

She is the richest person in Virginia Beach and one of the three richest people in Virginia. She is the current president of the Johnson Family Foundation, a charitable organization. She keeps a very low profile in comparison to other family members. Family Winnie’s parents, Samuel and Imogene, had four children, including Winnie. Winnie’s brother Herbert Fisk Johnson is the Chairman & CEO of the family business, S.C. Johnson. Her brother Samuel Curtis “Curt” Johnson III is a sex offender who was convicted in March 2011 of sexually assaulting his step-daughter over a period of three years starting when she was 12....

Yul had more than 40 acting credits to his name, including the films “The Ten Commandments” (1956), “Anastasia” (1956), “The Brothers Karamazov” (1958), “The Sound and the Fury” (1959), “The Magnificent Seven” (1960), “The Madwoman of Chaillot” (1969), and “Westworld” (1973) and the CBS sitcom “Anna and the King” (1972), which was a non-musical adaptation of “The King and I.” He directed the 1969 TV movie “15 Million Men Without a Country” as well as episodes of “Studio One” (1949), “Actor’s Studio” (1949–1950), “Life with Snarky Parker” (1950), “Starlight Theatre” (1950), “Sure As Fate” (1950–1951), “Danger” (1950–1953), and “Omnibus” (1953), and he served as a producer on “The Robert Q....

Williamson is projected to make $20 million over his first two years in the league. However, NBA first-round picks have team options on the final two years of their deals. Unless Williamson flames out spectacularly quickly, the Pelicans are going to pick up those additional two seasons. Thanks to the NBA salary cap rising to $109 million this upcoming season, that means Williamson will make about $45 million over his first four years in the league....

#1: Clive Palmer – Net Worth: $2.2 Billion Australian Clive Palmer has a net worth of $2.2 billion. He is the owner of Mineralogy, a mining company that provides iron ore to China. Palmer is well known for his bizarre ideas. In 2012, he spent millions of dollars on research into cloning dinosaur was planning to clone a dinosaur. Why? He thought the novelty of a real live dinosaur would attract guests to his 5-star Palmer Coolum Resort....

After appearing together in Joan of Arcadia, Himelstein became close friends with his co-star, Chris Marquette. The pair had been acquaintances for several years but did not become friends until working together on the show. He made headlines in 2007 after he began dating fellow actress Leighton Meester. The pair met while working together on Remember the Daze, which was also released that same year. Aside from acting, Himelstein has also taken on producing work, having helped produce A Shore Thing, Choose Connor, Fellowship, and Incest – all of which are films, aside from Incest which is considered to be a short....

Early Life Abby Lee Miller was born on September 21, 1965, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Abby Lee was raised by a mother who was a dance teacher and a dance studio owner. This meant that she was involved in dance from an extremely young age. While growing up in Pittsburgh, Miller learned how to dance while attending classes at her mother’s studio. By the age of 14, she was choreographing and coaching some of the competition teams at the studio....

It put Z Films on the map, and four years later, he directed “Amores perros”, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film. After that movie, Z Films made its way to Hollywood. González Iñárritu has since worked on movies including “21 “Grams”, “Babel”, “Biutiful”, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”, and The Revenant”. González Iñárritu has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture for “Babel” in 2007 and Best Foreign Language Film for “Biutiful” in 2011....

Gary Barlow was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, England on January 20, 1971. He had a clear interest in music from a young age, and would dance around in front of the television to concerts by groups like Depeche Mode. When he was ten, he asked for a keyboard and began teaching himself how to play. By his mid-teens, he was recording songs and performing on the club circuit around London....

Early Life Ava Max was born Amanda Koçi on February 16, 1994, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her parents, Andrea and Paul, fled Albania in 1991 after the fall of communism, and they spent a year living at a Paris church that was supported by the Red Cross. During their time in Paris, Andrea and Paul met a woman from Wisconsin who gave them passports to the U.S. They moved to Wisconsin, and during Max’s childhood, they each worked multiple jobs without speaking English....

That is simply too much for any one player to count against the cap, especially if the team expects to sign anyone who can help them return to the Super Bowl. They had to create some room. So they did, but it came with a pretty hefty price tag; $66.4 million, to be exact. Flacco had three years worth about $58.6 million left on his last contract. With the extension, he is under contract for the next six years for $125 million....

Arnault is the richest person in the fashion industry. He lives in Paris and has a vacation home on the French Riviera. He made headlines in April after pledging more than $450 million towards the repair of Notre-Dame after the devastating fire that ravaged the historic church. Arnault has been the chairman and CEO of LVMH since 1989. The company is a family business. Four of his five children work at LVMH or one of its brands....