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Nine CEOs, including those at Chipotle, Discovery Communications, and CVS Health, are paid 800 times (or more!) in compensation than the average employee at these companies. Discovery’s David Zaslav, Chipotle’s Steven Ellis and Montgomery Moran and CVS’s Larry Merlo are bringing home staggering salaries in comparison to the people who work under them. When annual reports come out, it is easy to gloss over or even justify the CEO pay packages — after all, the CEO runs the company....

Jim Aronstein founded the Cimarron Mountain Club along with this wife Patsy, intended it to be “a sanctuary for 13 families who want to ski untracked powder and preserve a beautiful wilderness setting for future generations to enjoy,” as per a recent Business Insider interview. Aronstein explains: “I was simply tired of the ski resort experience and dreamed for decades about creating the world’s only, intimate and private wilderness club with skiable terrain to rival the best… My wife and I identified more than a dozen potential sites, located in six Rocky Mountain states and provinces, and visited every one....

Not that he needs the money! Tom Brady retires as the second-highest earning NFL player of all-time when you include both NFL contracts and endorsement income. When you total it all up, Tom earned $430 million during his incredible 22-year career. By our count, the highest-earning NFL player as of this writing is Peyton Manning. His salary and endorsement income tops $570 million. At the peak of his career Tom earned $20-30 million on the field from salary plus an additional $20 million from endorsements....

Financial Disclosure According to the financial disclosure she released as part of her 2020 Presidential campaign, at that point Tulsi Gabbard’s net worth was $500,000. Early Life and Education Tulsi Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa, American Samoa, and moved to Hawaii at the age of two. The fourth of five children, Gabbard was raised in a multicultural and multi-religious household, with her father being a Catholic of Samoan and European descent and her mother a Hindu of European descent....

Bon Kim didn’t set out to become the e-commerce king of South Korea. He was born in Seoul and from the age of seven, he spent much of his life abroad. At 13, he went to boarding school in Massachusetts. He was a varsity athlete in track and wrestling. When it came time for college, Kim stayed local and went to Harvard, where he started a student magazine called the Current....

After purchasing an antique at a local flea market, the scrap metal dealer wanted to melt his trinket down to turn a quick profit on the metal parts. Unfortunately, every smelter told him the metal was worth far less than the $13,000 he paid. So the antique sat on his kitchen counter for a frustrating 10 years. In 2012, this story took an incredible turn thanks to a random late night Google search....

In 1999, Ajay Devgan won the National Film Award as the best actor for the movie Zakhm which was produced and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. During the early part of the 2000s Ajay Devgan appeared in movies like Lajja, and Company. Again he won the National Film Award as the best actor with the release of Bhagat Singh, which was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. During his career, Ajay Devgan has released many commercially and critically successful movies including Yuva in 2004, Raincoat in 2004, Omkara in 2006, Rajneeti in 2010, and Singham in 2011....

Today it was announced that the Arab-based news conglomerate Al Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s cable news channel Current TV for $500 million! Gore is the founder of Current TV and owned 20% of the company, which is how his take from the deal will be $100 million. Gore and his partners were very eager to close the deal before December 31st 2012 when capital gains tax rates were raised from 15% to 20%....

“No cuts. No color. Just blowouts.” The salons are designed like bars with cashiers being called bartenders and hairstyles named after cocktails. In 2018 Drybar had more than 100 locations and 3,000 employees. The company reportedly generates $100 million in revenue and is valued at $100 – $200 million. Drybar products have been sold in Sephora and on QVC.

Career Earnings During his NBA career, Arvydas Sabonis earned a bit more than $47 million in salary. Early Life and Education Arvydas Sabonis was born on December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania in what was then the Soviet Union. He began playing basketball at the age of 13, and by the time he was 15 he was a member of the Soviet national junior team. For his higher education, Sabonis attended the Lithuanian University of Agriculture....

As his popularity grew, Simmons made the All-Star team three years in a row. The Sixers offered him a five-year, $177 million contract in 2019, an indication the team and player would continue a long and fruitful relationship. But after the 2021 playoffs, Simmons found his career heading in a downward spiral. Most NBA fans have seen the highlight of Simmons passing up an open dunk in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks....

Early Life Bif Naked was born Beth Torbert on June 15, 1971, in New Delhi, India. At the time of her birth, her parents were teenagers attending boarding school. Bif was adopted by American missionaries, and she grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and Manitoba, Canada. Her father worked as a professor at the University of Kentucky. Naked attended Manitoba’s Kelsey Elementary School, and after the family moved to Winnipeg, she studied at John Taylor Collegiate and the University of Winnipeg, where she majored in theatre....

Garrett’s comedic talents garnered him first prize on the “Star Search” TV competition in 1984, which provided a launchpad for his acting career. He appeared in several TV shows and movies, but his most defining role came with “Everybody Loves Raymond,” where he played Ray Romano’s lovable yet oft-overlooked brother. His outstanding performance earned him five Emmy nominations and three wins for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Beyond “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Garrett’s distinctive deep voice has made him a popular choice for animated characters, including roles in “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “Ratatouille” (2007)....

The day after the Brexit vote, global shares suffered a whopping $2.1 trillion loss, and cost some of the world’s wealthiest people billions of dollars. It was the heaviest lost suffered in a single day – heavier than the $1.9 trillion that was lost on September 29, 2008, when the U.S. Congress rejected the $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street. Attempts to calm the market failed. On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average, Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, the Nasdaq, and London’s main FTSE 100 index fell more than 2 percent....

Candace Bushnell has since written “4 Blondes”, “Trading Up”, “Lipstick Jungle”, “One Fifth Avenue”, “The Carrie Diaries”, and “Summer and the City”. Her novel, “Lipstick Jungle”, was also adapted for a TV show that starred Brooke Shields. In 2005, she judged the reality show “Wickedly Perfect” and, two years later, began hosting her own talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio called “Sex, Success and Sensibility”. Bushnell’s eighth book, “Killing Monica”, was released in 2015....

If the story’s sources are correct, Lemon is getting the same amount he would have earned had he stayed on CNN for the three and a half years he had left on his contract before his firing. If the settlement amount and time frame are accurate, $24.5 million for 3.5 years of work would imply that Don Lemon’s CNN salary was $7 million per year. A spokesperson for CNN has denied the report: “While we never comment on specifics of any employee contract, this story is incorrect....

“Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” today. I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement. Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!” Sports analysts like Darren Rovell were immediately skeptical of the tweet. Rovell put up a poll overnight asking his follower if they believed Conor’s retirement announcement and 90% of the roughly 8,000 voters said NO....

After graduating from Stanford, McCaw returned to Seattle and joined his father’s business. He quickly became interested in the emerging cellular phone industry. In 1974, he founded McCaw Cellular, which became the largest cellular phone company in the United States. McCaw was a visionary leader in the cellular phone industry. He saw the potential of cellular phones long before most people did. He was also a brilliant businessman. He was able to acquire spectrum licenses and build a nationwide network of cellular phone towers....

Most NFL contracts are not guaranteed. In fact, nearly all of them are made up of generally unguaranteed money. Teams do this so that they can cut players who are injured or underperforming without penalty. It’s a cruel business, but it happens. Revis, though, will be getting more than half of his five-year, $70 million contract regardless of what happens. The first two years of Revis’s contract are fully guaranteed–$16 million the first year, and $17 million the next year....

Career Earnings During his NFL career, David Nelson earned $3 million in total salary. Early Life and College Career David Nelson was born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas. He attended Rider High School where he excelled as a football player. His talent earned him a scholarship to the University of Florida, a school known for its strong football program. At Florida, Nelson played under head coach Urban Meyer and was part of the Gators teams that won BCS National Championships in 2006 and 2008....