Terry Meeuwsen net worth and salary: Terry Meeuwsen is an American television personality, author, and singer who has a net worth of $20 million. Terry Meeuwsen was born in De Pere, Wisconsin in March 1949. She won the Miss America pageant in 1973 after winning the 1972 Miss Wisconsin and 1972 Miss Appleton pageants. Meeuwsen became the first Miss America from Wisconsin. She is known for being the co-host of the television series The 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network. Terry Meeuwsen traveled with the singing group The New Christy Minstrels. After being Miss America she worked at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. She appeared on The 700 Club in the 80s and 90s before becoming a co-host in 1993. She began co-hosting the CBN television series Living the Life in 2000. Terry Meeuwsen released the album Eyes of My Heart in 1995. She has authored the books Christmas Memories in 1996, Near To The Heart Of God in 1998, Just Between Friends in 1999, and The God Adventure in 2005.

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Lamont Dozier net worth: Lamont Dozier is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $8 million. Lamont Dozier was born in Detroit, Michigan in June 1941. He has produced and co-written 14 #1 hits on the US Billboard chart and four #1 songs in the UK. As an artist he has released the albums Out Here on My Own in 1973, Black Bach in 1974, Love & Beauty in 1974, Right There in 1976, Peddlin' Music on the Side in 1977, Bittersweet in 1979, Working on You in 1981, Lamont in 1981, Bigger Than Life in 1983, Inside Seduction in 1991, and Reflections of Lamont Dozier in 2004. Dozier has been featured as a member of The Romeos, The Voice Masters, Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters, and as La Mont Anthony. He co-wrote hit songs including "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins, "Loco in Acapulco" by The Four Tops, and more. Lamont Dozier was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

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Carl Tanner net worth: Carl Tanner is an American operatic tenor who has a net worth of $8 million. Carl Tanner started taking violin lessons at 13 years old. He sang in his high school choir and graduated from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music at Shenandoah University. He worked as a big rig truck driver and moonlighted as a bounty hunter. Tanner moved to New York City and worked as a singing waiter. He starred in a performed of Edgar at the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia in 1994 and has gone on to star in several productions including with the Washington National Opera. He has been a soloist with the Atlanta and St. Louis symphonies and in 2004 he sang "O Holy Night" for the Christmas tree lighting at the White House. Carl Tanner released the Christmas album Hear the Angel Voices in 2006. He founded the jewelry design company Carl Tanner Designs in 2016.

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David Frizzell net worth: David Frizzell is an American country music singer who has a net worth of $7 million. David Frizzell was born in El Dorado, Arkansas in September 1941. His older brother is country music legend Lefty Frizzell. David Frizzell released his debut studio album Carryin' On the Family Names (with Shelly West) in 1981 and the album reached #6 on the US Country chart. H released the album The David Frizzell & Shelly West Album (with Shelly West) in 1982 which reached #8 on the US Country chart. His album The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine was released in 1982 and reached #7 on the same chart. He has also released the albums Our Best to You (with Shelly West) in 1983, On My Own Again in 1983, In Session (with Shelly West) in 1984, Solo in 1984, Golden Duets (The Best of Frizzell & West) (with Shelly West) in 1984, My Life Is Just a Bridge in 1993, For the Love of Country in 1999, Confidentiality in 2004, Frizzelli & Friends – This Is Our Time in 2010, Frizzelli & Friends – It'll Be Alright in 2012, and Frizzeli & Friends present Buddy Holly Country Tribute: Remember Me in 2014. His single "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" reached #1 on the US Country chart as did the single "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (with Shelly West).

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Celines Toribio net worth: Celines Toribio is a Dominican actress, model, and television personality who has a net worth of $4 million. Celines Toribio was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. As an actress she has starred in several films including Los locos tambien piensan, La soga, Tropico de Sangre, America, Mediterranean Blue, Morir Sonando, Maria Montez: The Movie, The King of Havana, Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores, Falling, Las siete muertes, and Colao. Toribio has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Sabago gigante and Big Dogs. She has also served as a producer on films including La soga, Maria Montez: The Movie, The King of Havana, and Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores. As a model she has appeared in publications including Stuff Magazine, the New York Post, and The Source Magazine. Celines Toribio has been featured on Major League Baseball coverage for ESPN Deportes and Fox Sports. She hosted the FIESTA 2008 concert in Central Park.

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Zynga founder Mark Pincus is stepping back from the company he founded. In a blog post on Medium last week, Pincus announced that we would be converting his super voting shares in the company into regular Class A common stock. Basically, this means that Pincus will no longer control 70% of the voting power, which made Zynga a "controlled company." Once his shares are converted, they will have the same monetary value, but he will only control 10% of the votes. This is a reversal of the dual class stock structure that the gaming company has been operating under.

Pincus will also leave his full time employment at Zynga. He will become a non-executive Chairman of the company.

In his post on Medium, Pincus wrote:

"With Zynga in a strong position and a team focused on our players, it's a good time to evolve my role again," Pincus wrote in his post on Medium.  "I will continue to be passionately engaged in Zynga and will continue to partner with Frank on strategy, especially on new platform efforts like Facebook Messenger Instant Games."

Following the news of Pincus' departure and the release of Q1 financial results, shares of Zynga fell 2% on Wednesday.

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Pincus stepped down from the CEO role at Zynga once before. He returned to the company behind games like Words With Friends in 2015, when the company was experiencing financial difficulties that led its CFO to resign. In 2016, Zynga hired Frank Gibeau from EA to take over the CEO gig from Pincus.

It is the stability of the company that led Pincus to reevaluate and change his role. Zynga IPO'd at $10 a share in 2011 for a $7 billion valuation Over the past six years, it has been in the $3-$5 range. As of this writing, shares of Zynga, Inc. are $3.77.

Pincus did not reveal what he plans to do next, but consider this: by changing the status of his stock, he is also giving himself the ability to sell all of it. In his Medium post he wrote:

"I love bringing new ideas to consumers, testing, learning and iterating. And I love investing in entrepreneurs and teams doing the same where I can help. Expect to see a lot more of both from me."

Could there be another Pincus founded company in the near future?

Mark Pincus has a net worth of $425 million.

Read more: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gives Up Voting Control Of Company He Founded

Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier suffered a terrifying spinal cord injury in a game in November. He underwent surgery soon after and missed the rest of the season. The thought around Shazier was not whether he'd ever play again, but whether he'd even be able to walk.

However, Shazier made a triumphant, emotional return to the franchise during the NFL Draft, walking across the stage to announce Pittsburgh's first-round pick. It was a touching moment – but the Steelers' latest move is even more admirable.

Pittsburgh has converted $8.26 million of Shazier's $8.718 million base salary into a signing bonus. That means Shazier, who's on the PUP list and won't play this year, can make his money immediately.

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There are no salary cap implications for Pittsburgh since this is the final year of Shazier's contract, and the money was guaranteed anyway. But at Shazier's request, the team offered him his money several months in advance.

It's a great gesture of goodwill for a player recovering from a scary hit. Shazier's fiancee Michelle aided him across the stage, and he still may never play football again. But those medical bills and physical therapy will be easier to cover with his new signing bonus.

And who knows? Shazier has already made more progress than most people expected. He may one day find himself back on the field. The Steelers will certainly be rooting for him.

Read more: The Steelers Did Something Really Cool For Injured Linebacker Ryan Shazier

It isn't easy to move to a new country. Usually, the language will be different. The culture will be different. You'll be far away from your family and friends. There is a steep learning curve when you move to a new country. The following 9 people conquered those challenges, and more, by earning hundreds of millions to billions after immigrating to the United States.

Celine Dion
Country: Canada
Net Worth: $800 million
While Celine Dion may not have the billions that some of the tech entrepreneurs have, this French-Canadian songbird has made $800 million over her career. Not only will her heart go on, but so will her bank accounts.

Kavitark Ram Shiram
Country: India
Net Worth: $2.1 billion (estimated)
Kavitark Ran Shiram is a former executive at Netscape. He is also an early investor in Google, which made him a big chunk of his fortune.

Jorge Perez
Country: Argentina
Net Worth: $3.3 billion
Jorge Perez lived in Argentina and Columbia before moving to Miami. He is a real estate tycoon who runs the Related Group of Florida, which builds residential housing in the U.S., Mexico, and South America.

Do Won and Jin Sook Chang
Country: South Korea
Net Worth: $5.9 billion
Do Won and Jin Sook Chang moved to Los Angeles from South Korea in 1981. Three years later, the husband and wife team founded fast-fashion brand Forever 21. The first store did so well the Changs set out to open a new store every six months. There are now 723 Forever 21 stores in 48 countries.

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Shahid Khan
Country: Pakistan
Net Worth: $7 billion
Khan was born in Pakistan and moved to the U.S. when he was 16 years old to study engineering at the University of Illinois. Post-college, he went to work for Flex-N-Gate, an auto parts company making bumpers, as an engineering manager. Khan saw how inefficiently the manufacturing process was, streamlined it and started his own company – Bumper Works. Soon after he bought Flex-N-Gate which, since the 1980s has been the sole bumper supplier for Toyota.

Hamdi Ulukaya
Country: Turkey
Net Worth: $1.5 billion
Hamdi Ulukaya grew up on a dairy farm in Turkey. He moved to the U.S. to complete his education. He went on to found Chobani Yogurt. Hamdi built his yogurt empire entirely from scratch. He is largely credited with stoking the flames of the Greek yogurt trend, and all because he thought American yogurt tastes bad.

George Soros
Country: Hungary
Net Worth: $25 billion
Born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Soros moved to New York, working with F. M. Mayer as an arbitrage trader, and with Wertheim & Co. as an analyst. During the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crises, Soros made a reported $1 billion after anticipating the British government would devalue the pound, becoming known as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England." Soros is chairman of the Open Society Institute and Soros Fund Management

Sergey Brin
Native Country: Russia
Net Worth: $38 billion
Sergey Brin's family left Moscow for America in 1979 during a period of anti-Semitism in their native land. Brin was 6 years old. The family settled in Adelphi, Maryland and Brin got his B.A. in mathematics and computer science in 1993 at the University of Maryland. After that, he set off for Stanford for a MS and PhD,  which is where he met Larry Page. The two came up with the idea for Google and launched the now ubiquitous search engine in 1998. When Google went public in 2004, Sergey Brin became a billionaire overnight.

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Mark Valley net worth: Mark Valley is an American actor who has a net worth of $3 million. Mark Valley was born in Ogdensburg, New York in December 1964. From 1994 to 1997 he starred as Jack Devereaux on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. From 2001 to 2002 he starred as Robert Greeley on the TV series Pasadena. Valley starred as Det. Eddie Arlette on the series Keen Eddie from 2003 to 2004. From 2004 to 2007 he starred as Brad Chase on the television series Boston Legal. Mark Valley starred as John Scott on the TV series Fringe from 2008 to 2009 and as Christopher Chance on the series Human Target from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012 he starred as Oliver Richard on the television series Harry's Law and in 2013 he starred as Tommy Sullivan on the TV series Body or Proof. Valley has also had recurring roles on the TV series Once and Again, Crisis, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and The Millionaires. Valley has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, and a Behind the Voice Actors Award.

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Paul Kalkbrenner net worth: Paul Kalkbrenner is a German musician, DJ, producer, and actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Paul Kalkbrenner was born in Leipzig, Germany in June 1977. He is often called a live act and not a DJ because he reassembles elements of his tracks onstage. His debut studio album Icke wieder was released in 2011 and reached #2 in Germany and #4 in Austria and Switzerland. Paul Kalkbrenner released the album Guten Tag in 2012 which reached #1 in Switzerland and #4 in Germany. He released the album x in 2014 and his album 7 was released in 2015 and reached #1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, #3 in Belgium, and #5 in the Netherlands. His most successful single "Sky and Sand" (with Fritz Kalkbrenner) reached #2 in Belgium and #7 in the Netherlands. Paul Kalkbrenner starred in the movie Berlin Calling as Martin "DJ Ickarus" Karow in 2008.

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Alex Meruelo net worth: Alex Meruelo is a Cuban American businessman who has a net worth of $2 billion. Alex Meruelo was born in New York City, New York. His parents both fled Cuba with nothing after Castro came to power. The family eventually moved to Los Angeles, California and graduated from California State University, Long Beach. Meruelo started out in his father's tuxedo business. He opened his first pizza restaurant which would become part of the chain La Pizza Loca Southern California in 1985. He actually took over a failed pizza place and within five years had grown to 25 locations and $10 million in annual revenue. Alex Meruelo then founded the Meruelo Group which is a real estate development and construction firm. The group owns the TV station KWHY-TV, the Grand Sierra Resort (a casino in Reno), Select Electric Inc, Neal Electric Corp, Doty Bros, a bank in Orange County, a maker of prepackaged sushi, and two LA radio stations including Power 106 (LA's #1 station) and KDAY (LA's #3 station). In 2017 the group purchased the SLS Las Vegas which was formerly known as the Sahara Hotel and Casino. He had to put down $100 million to acquire the SLS. His goal is to transform the SLS into a lationo-friendly casino which also appeals to the general public. He brilliantly uses his various media assets to promote one-another. For example, he runs contests on Power 106 that sends listeners to his SLS casino in Vegas. At one point he attempted to buy the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Alex Meruelo and his wife currently live in Reno, Nevada.

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Ah, love, it can be grand. It can also be vile, acrimonious, and bitter—leading a married couple to break the ties of matrimony. Divorce is hard no matter how much you have in your bank account, but for multi-millionaires and billionaires, divorce becomes way more uncomfortable. Consider the fact that many of the people on this list got married well before they built their incredible fortunes. Why would a struggling young actor named Mel Gibson need a pre-nup with his long time girlfriend? The following 10 exes had the most expensive divorces in history. We're talking settlements in the hundreds of millions of dollars range. There's even a few divorces that ended in settlements of $1 billion or more.

#10. Bob Johnson and Sheila Crump Johnson
Married: 1969-2006
Settlement: $400 million
The co-founders of cable network BET became the first African American billionaires in 2000. When they divorced, Sheila walked away with $400 million.

#9. Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore
Married: 1980-2011 (separated in 2006)
Settlement: $425 million
When Mel Gibson married Robyn Moore in 1980, he was an unknown Australian actor who had just filmed Mad Max. The couple separated in 2006 after reports of Gibson's infidelity surfaced. The $425 million settlement was half of Gibson's net worth at the time and is the biggest Hollywood divorce payout in history.

#8. Craig McCaw and Wendy McCaw
Divorced: 1997
Settlement: $460 million
Craig McCaw is a pioneer in the cell phone industry. Wendy McCaw is a newspaper publisher. They divorced amicably in 1997. The $460 million settlement was largely comprised of Nextel stock.

#7. Dmitry Rybolovlev and Elena Rybolovlev
Married: 1987-2014
Settlement: $604 million
When Elena Rybolovleva filed for divorce from her husband Dmitry, she called out his infidelity. The Russian courts originally awarded Elena a $4.5 billion settlement in 2014. Dmitry appealed that and she ended up with $604 million.

#6. Adnan Khashoggi and Soraya Khashoggi
Married: 1961-1980 (separated in 1974)
Divorced: 1980
Settlement: $874 million
Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi married 20-year-old Sandra Daly from England in 1961. She converted to Islam and changed her name to Soraya. The couple separated in 1974 and divorced in 1980. Soraya's $874 million settlement would be equivalent to more than $2.6 billion today.

#5. Harold Hamm and Sue Ann Arnall
Married: 1988-2004
Settlement: $975 million
Oil magnate Harold Hamm and his ex-wife Sue Ann Arnall had a whopper divorce settlement. After the acrimonious divorce, Hamm wrote Arnall a check for $974.8 million. She didn't cash it as she was fighting for more money. She lost that appeal and cashed the nearly $1 billion check in 2015.

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#4. Steve and Elaine Wynn
Married: 1962-1986, 1991-2010
Settlement: $1 billion
Casino mogul Steve Wynn and his ex-wife Elaine were married twice—to each other. Their second divorce was one of the most expensive of all time. The embattled mogul was recently accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct and is accusing his ex of starting that ball rolling.

#3. Bernie Ecclestone and Slavica Radic
Married: 1985-2009
Settlement: $1.2 billion
Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone is one of the richest people in the UK. He divorced his wife of 24 years, former model Slavica Radic in 2009. The divorce settlement was a whopping $1.2 billion, for Ecclestone. Radic is paying her ex-husband roughly $100 million a year as a result of their divorce.

#2. Rupert Murdoch and Anna Torv
Married: 1967-1999
Settlement: $1.7 billion
Rupert Murdock and journalist Maria Torv were married for 31 years. They had three children together. They amicably separated in 1998 over different ideas of when Murdoch would retire. She received a $1.7 billion settlement.

#1. Alec Wildenstein and Jocelyn Wildenstein
Married: 1978-1999
Settlement: $3.8 billion
In 1999, art dealer Alec Wildenstein divorced his plastic surgery obsessed wife Jocelyn. She was awarded a total of $3.8 billion-$2.5 billion upfront and $100 million a year for 13 years.

Read more: The 10 Most Expensive Divorce Settlements Of All Time

Haim Saban made his fortune in part from the franchise spawned from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but he's finally decided to cash in his Megazords. The Los Angeles Times reports that he's selling the rights to the franchise to toy company Hasbro in a cash-and-stock deal said to be worth a total of $522 million. As Saban himself put it in a press statement:

"Twenty-five years after launching Power Rangers, I believe the future for this brand has never been greater. Hasbro's leadership in innovation, storytelling and brand stewardship make it the perfect company to further develop the global reach and appeal of the Power Rangers property."

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The deal means that the Power Rangers characters are joining the Hasbro family of toys, which includes other A-list toy properties like Transformers, My Little Pony, Monopoly and Play-Doh. And the deal also includes other less well known properties joining Hasbro's stable: My Pet Monster, Popples, Julius Jr., Luna Petunia and Treehouse Detectives.

Power Rangers purists may be alarmed that Saban is letting go of the property he created from existing Japanese action shows in 1993, but not to worry: He's staying on board "in a consulting role to further guide our development of this valuable property for the next generation of Power Rangers fans," according to Hasbro Chief Executive Brian Goldner.

The sale of the Power Rangers brand to Hasbro is not the first time Saban has relinquished it to other owners. In 2001, rights to the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and its sequels were sold as part of the Fox Family to Disney, but after languishing under the Disney banner it was sold back to Saban in 2010 for under $100 million. Then, in February of this year, Saban and Hasbro struck a licensing deal: For $22.25 million, Hasbro secured the rights to become "the global master toy licensee" starting in April of next year, but the company then decided to buy the property outright (the cost of the licensing deal was put towards the purchase price).

Now, Hasbro plans to begin "unlocking Power Rangers' full potential" with toys, video games, and perhaps further TV shows and feature films.

Read more: Haim Saban Sells Off 'Power Rangers' Rights To Hasbro For Over $500M

NHL legend Wayne Gretzky just acquired a sprawling hilltop home in Thousand Oaks, California for $13.5 million. Or should we say, he re-acquired a home because Gretzky has owned this house previously. In fact, he designed it himself. This house has a very interesting history involving the 2008 financial crisis and another former professional athlete, disgraced baseball player/financial guru Lenny Dykstra.

The 10,815 square foot home sits on 6.5 acres within the exclusive Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. Gretzky designed the home himself with the help of famed architect Richard Landry. The house features hardwood floors, plaster detailing, an open floor plan, a state-of-the-art kitchen, a home theater, an outdoor wood-burning pizza oven, and a pool.  The main house has six bedrooms, and seven and a half bathrooms. One of the guest houses has a full gym, and there is a sunken tennis court out back, as well.

In 2007, Gretzky sold the house to former professional baseball player Lenny Dykstra for $18.5 million. At the time, Dykstra was living the high-life as a self-proclaimed financial guru. Dystra earned $36 million in salary (before taxes) during his MLB career. After retiring in 1998, he threw himself into the investing world. And, for a brief moment, Lenny appeared to be living the life of a brilliant entrepreneur. He took part of his baseball fortune and invested in several car-wash and quick-lube franchises throughout the Los Angeles area. The businesses were so successful that he was able to take home a $1 million dollar annual salary.

Over the next few years, business boomed. In 2007, Lenny sold his car wash and lube empire for $51 million. He purchased a fleet of cars, and of course the Gretzky mansion for $18.5 million. By 2009 he estimated his personal net worth to be just under $60 million. An amazing feel-good entrepreneurial story if there ever was one.

Lenny became a CNBC commentator and had a weekly stock picking column on Jim Cramer's website. Private clients paid Lenny $995 a year for his stock advice.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last. The financial crisis hit Dykstra like a fastball to the face. Almost exactly one year after bragging about his $60 million net worth, Lenny declared bankruptcy, listing $50k in assets and $50 million in liabilities.

Lenny was soon living out of his car and would eventually be living out of a 6×8 jail cell.

Lenny did try to sell the home, but it was literally the worst time in history to sell real estate. He initially listed it for $18.5 million. A few months later he dropped the price to $14.9 million. A few months later he listed it for $9,999,999. He eventually lost it to foreclosure.

In 2010, the sprawling mansion was purchased by an investment firm called Index Investors for a mind-bogglingly low, $760,000.

Index held onto the home until 2013 when they flipped it for $9.5 million.

And to bring it full-circle, Wayne Gretzky is once again the owner for a cool $13.5 million. Hopefully Gretzky will have more luck with the property than Lenny!

Read more: Wayne Gretzky Just Re-Acquired This Sprawling California Estate With A Fascinating History For $13.5 Million

For most of us, we worry about running out of money. Jeff Bezos and other multi-billionaires don't have that worry. With a net worth of $126 billion, he can do anything he wants and still be a billionaire—or so it seems. Could Jeff Bezos find a way to blow through his entire fortune? Possibly. Bezos' net worth will continue to grow. But do you know what else continues to grow? Bezos' interest in space travel. He has called his space exploration company Blue Origin, his most important project. He sells about $1 billion in Amazon stock each year to invest in Blue Origin. But can he spend more than $100 million on it?

Bezos was awarded the 2018 Axel Springer award recently. According to the award's website:

"The prize recognizes what has been achieved and encourages going forward. The Axel Springer Award is a prestige prize without prize money"

This year's festivities were called "An Evening With Jeff Bezos." At the award ceremony, Bezos said:

"The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel. I am going to use my financial lottery winnings from Amazon to fund that. I get increasing conviction with every passing year, that Blue Origin, the space company, is the most important work that I'm doing. And so there is a whole plan for Blue Origin."

But could it lighten his wallet to the tune of $126 billion?

"That is basically it. Blue Origin is expensive enough to be able to use that fortune. I am liquidating about $1 billion a year of Amazon stock to fund Blue Origin. And I plan to continue to do that for a long time."

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While Bezos is best known for Amazon, it seems he'd prefer to be better known for Blue Origin. His space exploration company is the realization of a childhood dream. His big goal is to make flights to space affordable so that humans can move there. In fact, the reason Bezos founded Amazon and was driven to make it such a success is to fund his campaign for space travel.

Blue Origin is not a hobby, it is Bezos' passion. His rocket, New Shepard, is designed to carry tourists, payload, and researchers on short suborbital trips. The rocket is named after the late Original Seven astronaut Alan Shepard. The company is also working on rocket engines and orbital launch systems that would compete directly with Elon Musk's space exploration company SpaceX's equipment. Bezos also financed an expedition to recover the remains of the discarded first stages of Apollo 11 and a couple of others.

Bezos can spend billion dollars a year on Blue Origin and still have money to spare, but in reality, what else is he going to spend it on? He could join the Giving Pledge, for one thing. But that's not how Bezos sees it. He thinks that he really doesn't have many alternative ways to spend his vast fortune.

"You're not going to spend it on a second dinner out. That's not what we are talking about. I am very lucky that I feel like I have a mission-driven purpose with Blue Origin that is, I think, incredibly important for civilization long term."

Bezos believes that space travel is necessary to advance human civilization.

"I'm pursuing this work, because I believe if we don't we will eventually end up with a civilization of stasis, which I find very demoralizing. I don't want my great-grandchildren's great-grandchildren to live in a civilization of stasis," he said.

Bezos also believes that space exploration could help slow energy usage on Earth and increase human productivity.

"The solar system can easily support a trillion humans. And if we had a trillion humans, we would have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts and unlimited, for all practical purposes, resources and solar power unlimited for all practical purposes. That's the world that I want my great-grandchildren's great-grandchildren to live in."

Bezos plans to put humans into his Blue Origin rockets by early 2019.

Blue Origin is also building an enormous orbital vehicle that will take flight for the first time in 2020. This is just one of the steps in Bezos' goal to have "millions of people and then billions of people and then finally a trillion people in space."

Read more: Could Jeff Bezos Burn Through His Entire $126 Billion Fortune

The list of celebrities claiming The Weinstein Company owes them money has grown by at least two more stars. They're rappers Jay-Z and Eminem, who according to The Blast are now suing for more than $800,000 between the two of them, stemming from work on a variety of film projects from the past few years. Eminem and Jay-Z are in good company in being owed money by the company started by Harvey Weinstein, and it remains to be seen how their claims will be resolved.

First up is Jay-Z (the two artists are suing The Weinstein Company totally independently of one another). According to Jay-Z's suit, The Weinstein Company owes him at least $480,000 for a documentary series on Kalief Browder and Trayvon Martin that Jay-Z produced with TWC last year. The former, Time: The Kalief Browder Story represents "at least" $240,000 in unpaid fees for Jay-Z, and the latter, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, another $240,000. And as the lawsuit makes clear, those figures could be low, since it alleges that The Weinstein Company "hasn't been forthcoming with its accounting," which happens to be something of a recurring theme in many of the financial complaints against the company.

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For The Weinstein Company's part, they mention Jay in their own bankruptcy filings, but only to deny owing him anything for Time, while the filings omit mention of Rest in Power altogether.

Eminem, on the other hand, wants $352,000 in fees he says he's still owed for having produced the soundtrack for the 2015 film Southpaw. Em says he never got paid in full for the job, and the suit reportedly includes emails to The Weinstein Company as late as October, 2017 asking for the fee to be paid in full. But he and his suit says the money never came in, hence resorting to legal means to get it.

Read more: Now Jay-Z And Eminem Are Suing The Weinstein Company Over Unpaid Fees

Like Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, and Mark Cuban, Bill Gates is not a fan of Bitcoin or any of the cryptocurrencies that have cropped up in recent years. He's no stranger to philanthropy and big goals. Recently he pledged $1 billion to a company called Earth Now, which plans to "deploy a large constellation of advanced imaging satellites that will deliver real-time, continuous video of almost anywhere on Earth." He's also throwing money at an effort to grow meat in labs to solve the world's hunger crisis. But one thing this tech guru with a $91 billion net worth isn't going to get into is Bitcoin.

He recently revealed on an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box" that he does not own any cryptocurrency, but he was once given some as a birthday gift. (After all, what do you get the man who quite literally not only has everything but can buy absolutely anything he wants?)

"Somebody gave me some for my birthday. A few years later, I thought, 'Hey I'm going to sell that.'"

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At the beginning of 2017, Bitcoin's price was below $1000. By the end of the year, it was over $19,000. In early 2018 its value dropped sharply. Today, Bitcoin is trading for right around $9,300.

Gates believes that Bitcoin is "one of the crazier speculative things. I would short it if there was an easy way to do it," he said.

One of the reasons Gates is not a fan of digital currencies is because he thinks they don't have any real value.

"As an asset class, you're not producing anything and so you shouldn't expect it to go up. "It's kind of a pure 'greater fool theory' type of investment," he said on CNBC.

Warren Buffett shares in Gates' skepticism of cryptocurrency, saying:

"You're just hoping the next guy pays more. And you only feel you'll find the next guy to pay more if he thinks he's going to find someone that's going to pay more."

Gates also has issues with the lack of governance of digital currencies and the anonymity of it:

"The government's ability to find money laundering and tax evasion and terrorist funding is a good thing. Right now, cryptocurrencies are used for buying fentanyl and other drugs, so it is a rare technology that has caused deaths in a fairly direct way."

His feelings about cryptocurrency aside, Gates is interested in the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10,000 to the blockchain company Bitsoko in 2015. The blockchain is the digital ledger that confirms and records transactions. His foundation also partnered with Ripple, the creator of the XRP cryptocurrency last year in an effort to create mobile payment systems for the poor.

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For most of us, Instagram is nothing more than an outlet for us to post photos of ourselves, view our friends' photos, and to watch funny dog videos. But for some, Instagram is a way to make some major bucks. Perhaps the best example of someone who is making the most of her Instagram following to make a killing is none other than Kylie Jenner.

According to social media insights firm D'Marie Analytics, Kylie Jenner is now the highest earning person on Instagram. According to the firm, a single social media post from the 20-year-old is worth $1 million in traditional advertising. To put that number into perspective, a 30-second Super Bowl commercial reportedly cost $5 million.

"Kylie is an undeniable global brand, which may make some roll their eyes," said D'Marie Analytics' CEO, Frank Spadafora, "But the reality is this young, female entrepreneur's savvy helped her reach a milestone in the influencer marketing and advertising industry which many seasoned professionals have failed to achieve."

As of May 9, Jenner has 108 million followers on Instagram. While she doesn't have the most followers on the social media platform, her engagement (likes and comments) is what makes her the most valuable entity on Insta. Over the course of the past month, Kylie's posts have generated over 186 million engagements, which averages out to about 6.2 million daily.

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In addition to her 108 million IG followers, Jenner has 25.5 million followers on Twitter. When taking her Facebook followers into account, the 20-year-old has a total of roughly 150 million followers; and counting. As of April 1, D'Marie Analytics reports that she has gained about 25,530 followers daily across her social channels.

"Influencer valuations move up and down like the stock market, but Kylie is methodical about consistently generating aspirational content for her social audience, without jeopardizing authenticity," said Spadafora. "Her use of social media to personally connect with and listen to her fans enables her to deliver products they will actually purchase. This is a true case study for how brands can greatly benefit from working with social media influencers like Kylie."

And who exactly did Kylie Jenner dethrone to become the Queen of Instagram? None other than the Queen Bey herself, Beyonce.

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Tuesday night was the first part of a three-day auction of pieces from the world famous art collection of the late David Rockefeller, and it broke, or came close to breaking, enough sale records to make even the most seasoned collector's head swim. And if the widely reported numbers from the first day are any indication, the entire auction is well on its way to cracking the $1 billion margin when all is said and done.

It only took a day for the Rockefeller collection to fetch more than $646 million and become the most valuable ever sold at auction in the process, safely surpassing the $484 million that Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé's collection got in 2009. And the sale is slated to continue both at Christie's in New York and online until May 11th.

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The auction's chief highlight was Fillette à la corbeille fleurie, a 1905 painting from Picasso's Rose Period, pictured above. It had a pre-sale estimate of $100 million, but like much of the collection it surpassed those expectations by a significant margin, eventually selling to an anonymous buyer for $115.1 million. That made it the second-most valuable Picasso sold at auction, right behind Les femmes d'Alger (version 'O') which got $179.3 million in 2015.

Then there's Odalisque couchée aux magnolias, a Matisse that also surpassed expectations and went for $80 million, a new sale record for the artist. Water Lilies in Bloom by Monet kept the trend going during a heated five-way exchange between bidders dueling to own the painting. The bidding quickly jumped past the painting's $50 million estimate, eventually reaching $84.7 million including fees, which also happens to be, you guessed it, an artist record. Christie's auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen commented on the pair of record-breakers shortly after:

"To have on the same night records for two of the geniuses of painting, Matisse and Monet, is something that I never imagined would happen."

In a few days we'll know exactly how much the art collection has brought in, and the good news is that the Rockefeller family is donating all of the proceeds from the sale to 12 different charities.

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Michael Gira net worth: Michael Gira is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and artist who has a net worth of $1 million. Michael Gira was born in Los Angeles, California in February 1954. He is the co-founder, vocalist, and guitarist of the band Swans. The band formed in 1982 and has released the albums Filth in 1983, Cop in 1984, Greed in 1986, Holy Money in 1986, Children of God in 1987, The Burning World in 1989, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity in 1991, Love of Life in 1992, The Great Annihilator in 1995, Soundtracks for the Blind in 1996, My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky in 2010, The Seer in 2012, To Be Kind in 2014, and The Glowing Man in 2016. Gira formed the band Angels of Light in 1998 and they released the albums New Mother in 1999, How I Loved You in 2001, Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home in 2003, The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People' in 2005, Akron/Family & Angels of Light in 2005, and We Are Him in 2007. Michael Gira has also released several solo albums and is the founder of Young God Records.

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