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Thousands of descendants of Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud, the founding father of Saudi Arabia, collect serious bank in most cases, just for being a member of the House of Saud. The 1996 cable was titled “Saudi Royal Wealth: Where Do They Get All That Money” and it gives us a very detailed picture of how Saudi Arabia’s royal patronage system works. It reads like a juicy novel and starts with the line: “Saudi princes and princesses, of whom there are thousands, are known for the stories of their fabulous wealth – and tendency to squander it....

Ask any kid or tween or 20 something and they can tell you who the biggest YouTube stars are. But what they may not understand is just how much money their favorite YouTubers are making. Of the top 10 highest-paid YouTube stars, the lowest-paid VanossGaming’s Evan Fong made $11.5 million. Makeup artist Jeffree Star made $17 million. A five-year-old Russian girl with cerebral palsy named Anastasia Radzinakaya made $18 million sharing videos of playdates with her dad, playing with her cat, and other typical things in a child’s day....

Early Life Tim Robinson was born on May 23, 1981, in Detroit, Michigan. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised mostly in Clarkstown, Michigan, where he attended Clarkstown High School. After graduating from high school in 2000 Tim began taking weekend improv classes at the Detroit branch of Second City. Career After touring with Detroit’s Second City troupe, Tim eventually joined Second City Chicago. In 2011 he was a series regular on a CBS sitcom called “Friend Me” that did not end up airing....

As I was plowing through the series recently, a question came to mind: Who profits off Jack Ryan today? Who owns Clancy’s most famous character and other intellectual property? Turns out, it’s kind of an interesting story. And while we’re at it, just how much money did Tom Clancy make during his lifetime off his incredible library of work? Tom Clancy died on October 1st, 2013 at the age of 66 in Baltimore....

Early Life Tom DeLonge was born on December 13, 1975, in Poway, California. Tom was raised in a middle-class household. His father was an oil company exec, and his mother was a mortgage broker. One of his first experiences with music was during a church camp when he played the guitar for the first time. He then received an acoustic guitar from a few friends at school one Christmas and started composing original songs for his two siblings....

Republican Senator Jim Risch is the official filer of the bill, and he had this to say about the rationale behind it: “Given Russia’s brutality and continued war crimes against the Ukrainian people, it is only right that Russian government funds in the United States be seized and repurposed to help Ukraine win the war and rebuild its country.” The $300 billion figure comes from the amount of Russian assets that have been frozen by the US and other western countries since the start of the war....

Early Life Vince Papale was born Vincent Francis Papale on February 9, 1946, in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. He lettered in football, track and field, and basketball at Interboro High School. During the year Papale played varsity football, he received All-Delaware County Honorable Mention honors. Vince joined the track and field team as a senior, and he won the pole vault event at the District I large-schools championship and finished in fourth place in the state meet....

Munger is the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and as such, Buffett’s right hand man. The two have worked together since 1978 when Buffett convinced Munger to leave his own investment firm to join him at Berkshire Hathaway. More than a decade earlier Buffett had also convinced Munger to leave his law firm because it wasn’t using his full talents. Buffett and Munger both grew up in Omaha. They both worked at Buffett’s grandfather’s grocery story, though not at the same time....

He founded the Scene Review News Network and has worked as a Security Consultant and Director. Chang founded Boylston Technology Group in 2007 and co-founded Crashlytics in 2011. He created i2hub in his dorm room at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Chang has been involved in lawsuits regarding Facebook and ConnectU.

Rule Change #1 Just four months ago, on April 25, 2013, British Parliament passed a bill called the “Succession to the Crown Act 2013”. This act reverses a 300 year old rule that made it so male heirs superseded their elder female siblings to the throne. That same 300 year old rule also required all future potential Kings and Queens be protestant and banned anyone who had ever married a Catholic person....

Sam Bradford signed his rookie contract with the Rams in 2010: six years for $78 million. The pay was staggered unevenly, so Bradford earned $21.2 million in his first season alone. This was the last contract for a #1 pick under the old CBA, and it’s safe to say it hasn’t quite panned out for St. Louis. Bradford has gone a subpar 18-30-1 in four seasons, and recently tore his ACL, so he’ll miss all of 2014....

Does this scenario sound impossible to believe? Well then you’ve clearly never seen our list of the highest earning YouTube stars. If you had read that list, you’d know that lots of YouTube stars are easily making over 7 figures a year. The top earners are making more than $5 million a year. The number one highest earning (and most popular) YouTube star in the world, “Pewdiepie”, makes a mind boggling $7 million a year thanks to his 30 million subscribers and 5....

Úrsula Corberó first came to widespread recognition in her country in 2008 with her role in the teen drama television series “Física o Química.” She appeared in many other series after that, including “14 de abril. La República,” “Isabel,” and the crime drama series “Money Heist,” which put her on the international map thanks to its distribution via Netflix. In 2021, Corberó made her Hollywood debut in the superhero film “Snake Eyes....

50 was already a rap superstar by the time he broke into movies, and he said that was crucial for allowing him to follow “one of the unwritten laws of power,” which is “to appear not to need anything.” Since he was already “in a financial place that I didn’t need one thing from him” when he met up with movie producer Avi Lerner, he was able to follow this law effortlessly....

Smith, who is 45 years old, is a native of Philadelphia, and worked in the music industry for 10 years before launching the program, which will be based in his hometown. The program will borrow from the examples and respective journeys of hip-hop moguls such as Jay Z, Sean Combs, and Dr. Dre, in order to teach students how to start their own successful businesses. “Hip hop, more so than any other genre, embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship,” said the Philly native....

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros formed in 2007 and released their debut studio album Up from below in 2009. Their album here in 2012 reached #5 on the Billboard 200 chart. The band has also released their self-titled album in 2013 and the album PersonA in 2016. Their most successful single is the song “Home”. Ebert also released the solo album Alexander in 2011.

Other comedy series he appeared in are Sibs (1991) and The George Carlin Show (1994). He also appeared in recurring roles on The Simpsons (1989) and The Facts of Life (1979) (as Nancy McKeon’s father). Rocco has appeared in two films directed by his son, screenwriter and director Marc Rocco: Scenes from the Goldmine (1987) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). Other film roles include The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Freebie and the Bean (1974), The Stunt Man (1980), Lady in White (1988), Get Shorty (1995) and Just Write (1997)....

She has signed with Next Models and has more than eight million followers on Instagram and three million on YouTube. Alissa Violet previously dated Jake Paul. She was popular on Vine with more than 600 thousand followers. Violet was a member of the group Team 10 and later CloutGang.

Early Life and Education Antonio Sabàto Jr. was born on February 29, 1972 in Rome, Italy to Yvonne and actor Antonio Sabàto Sr. He is of Czech and Jewish descent on his mother’s side, and has a sister named Simonne. In 1985, the family immigrated to the United States. Sabàto was educated at Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles, California. Modeling Career As a model, Sabàto first gained attention in the early 1990s when he was featured on the cover of Playgirl....

Levinson has appeared in “Rain Man,” “Bugsy,” “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Wag the Dog,” and “The Jury” as well as “The Tim Conway Comedy Hour” (1970), “The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine” (1971), “Silent Movie” (1976) “High Anxiety” (1977), “History of the World: Part I” (1981), “The Larry Sanders Show” (1993), “Jimmy Hollywood” (1994), “Quiz Show” (1994), “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” (2013), “Here Today” (2021), and “The Kominsky Method” (2021)....