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Ahmed Helmy Net Worth

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Ahmed Helmy net worth: Ahmed Helmy is an Egyptian actor and television host who has a net worth of $16 million. Ahmed Helmy was born in Banha, Egypt in November 1969. His career started in 1993 on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast. Helmy has starred in several movies including Abboud Above the Borders, The Principle, Omar 2000, Why Did You Let Me Love You, 55 Ambulance, Snakes and Ladders, A Love Trip, Sleepless Nights, Mido the Troublemaker, Emergency Case, She Made Me a Criminal, A Streep Bump, This is Satisfactory, Sorry for the Inconvenience, Congratulations, Molasses, Bolbol is Confused, X-Large, Over My Dead Body, Made in Egypt, Over and Over, and Indian Pepper. He married Egyptian actress Mona Zaki in 2002. Ahmed Helmy has also served as a judge on the reality television series Arabs Got Talent. He has won Best Actor awards in 2003 at the Damascus Film Festival, 2004 at the Paris Biennial of Arab Cinema, and 2009 at the Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema.

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Alex Witt Net Worth

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Alex Witt net worth: Alex Witt is an American television news journalist who has a net worth of $4 million. Alex Witt was born in Pasadena, California in April 1961. She graduated from the University of Southern California and then worked as a field producer for the Today Show. Witt's first on-air job was in Salinas, California at KCBA. She would go on to work for KCBS-TV, KNBC-TV, and KABC-TV. From 1990 to 1992 she was a reporter at KCBA and from 1996 to 1998 she worked at WNYW-TV. Alex Witt joined MSNBC as an anchor in 1999. She has served as a host for the TV series MSNBC Live as well as Morning Joe First Look on MSNBC. She has also hosted the television series Weekend Today and Weekends with Alex Witt. She is a distance relative of President George Washington and is a member of the National Society of Washington Family Descendants and a member of the band called Mrs. Robinson.

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Luke Steele Net Worth

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Luke Steele net worth: Luke Steele is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter who has a net worth of $6 million. Luke Steele was born in Perth, Western Australia in December 1979. He is the primary songwriter and vocalist for the alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson as well as a member of the electronic duo Empire of the Sun. The Sleepy Jackson formed in 1998 and released their debut studio album Lovers in 2003 which reached #21 in Australia. They released the album Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird in 2006 which reached #10 in Australia. Empire of the Sun formed in 2007 and released their debut studio album Walking on a Dream in 2008 which reached #6 in Australia. Their album Ice on the Dune was released in 2013 and reached #3 in Australia and #20 in the US. Empire of the Sun's album Two Vines was released in 2016 and reached #7 in Australia. Their popular singles include "Walking on a Dream", "We Are the People", and "Alive".

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Eleven Women With Youth, Beauty, Fame, And Insane Wealth

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The 11 women below are some of the youngest and wealthiest female billionaires in the world. Some inherited their family's money, others inherited the family business, and two founded their own billion-dollar businesses. Let's take a look at these amazing and lucky women.

Tory Burch
After college, Tory Burch moved to New York City and worked for the Yugoslavian designer Zoran, who dressed Lauren Hutton and Isabella Rossellini.  A move into public relations landed her first at Vera Wang, then Polo Ralph Lauren, and finally Loewe during the tenure of Narciso Rodriguez. In 2004, her then husband, Chris Burch, gave Tory $2 million to start her own line. She immediately began designing her own line of clothes and accessories from her kitchen table. She launched her fashion label in February 2004, opening her first store in New York City right away. This highly unusual move paid off right away for Burch. With her idea of a brand providing affordable luxury, she decorated and stocked the space according to her vision. She wanted the space to tell the story of her brand in a visceral manner. By the end of Burch's opening day the original Tory Burch boutique had almost entirely sold out of inventory. Burch has a net worth of $1 billion

Sara Blakely
They say that necessity is the mother of invention and that certainly proved to be true for Sara Blakely. While working as a door-to-door fax machine salesperson, the then 25-year-old Blakely came up with an idea for a revolutionary women's garment. She then used her entire $5,000 life savings to launch a line of body-shaping undergarments called "Spanx". Over the next 10 years, Spanx became a wildly popular item that has been imitated but never matched by dozens of major competitors. Today Spanx is a multi-billion dollar business and Sara Blakely has a net worth of $1 billion.

Lynsi Snyder
Lynsi Snyder is the In-N-Out Burger heiress. The beloved burger chain was founded by her grandfather. When she turned 35 in 2017, she inherited the entire In-N-Out fortune. She owns 97% of the family company and has a net worth of $1 billion.

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Lee Seo-Hyun
Lee Seo-Hyun is the 41-year-old president of textile manufacturer Cheil Industries. She expanded the business into fashion and chemicals. She has net worth of $1.1 billion.

Serra Sabanci
Serra Sabanci is a board member and shareholder of Sabanci Holdiings, Turkey's largest financial and industrial conglomerate. The 39-year-old went to the University of Portsmouth and graduated with honors from the Department of Economics of Istanbul Bilgi University. She has a net worth of $1.3 billion

Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela
Ana Lucia's great grandfather founded Itau, one of Brazil's largest banks. When Itau merged with Unibanco the new entity, known as Itau-Unibanco, became the largest non-state owned bank in Latin America. Ana Lucia has a net worth of $1.3 billion. The 44-year-old is the youngest female billionaire in Brazil.

Aerin Lauder
Aerin Lauder is the 46-year-old heiress to cosmetics giant Estee Lauder. She has her own cosmetic, fragrance, fashion, and furniture line. She owns 16 million shares of Estee Lauder and has a net worth of $1.85 billion.

Holly Branson
Holly Branson hit the genetic and financial jackpot. Her dad is none other than British billionaire mogul, adventurer, island owner, and founder of The Virgin Group, Richard Branson. But don't expect to see this well grounded billionaire offspring acting like a celebutard. Holly is an M.D. who works for The Virgin Group's charitable arm setting up healthcare clinics in Africa. Holly Branson is worth $3.8 billion.

Dylan Lauren
Dylan Lauren is the youngest child and only daughter of fashion designer, Ralph Lauren. Alongside her two brothers, the 40-year-old is heir to her father's $8.2 billion fortune—a number that is still growing. Dylan is also the proprietor of Dylan's Candy Bar, the world's largest candy store, which she opened in New York City in 2001. David Lauren works in marketing at dad's company and Andrew Lauren is a filmmaker.

Amanda Hearst
Amanda Hearst is the great granddaughter of The Hearst Corporation founder William Randolph Hearst. She is also the niece of bank robber Patty Hearst. Amanda has worked as a model and has appeared on the covers of Town & Country and International Harper's Bazaar. She is currently an associate market editor at Marie Claire. The Hearst Corporation owns all three magazines. Amanda Hearst has a net worth of $8.7 billion.

Vanisha Mittal
Vanisha Mittal is the daughter of Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian steel magnate. Vanisha knows how to spend daddy's billions. When she married investment banker Amit Bhatia in 2004, she threw a wedding so lavish it made Kim and Kanye's nuptials look like a backyard barbeque. She is the only person ever to be granted the right to have a private party at the Palace of Versailles, which was the site of her engagement ceremony. She has a business degree and works for her father's company. She stands to inherit $15 billion. Recently separated from her husband, Mittal is once again one of the world's eligible billionaire bachelorettes.

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Is NASCAR Ripe For A Sale?

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It wasn't all that long ago that NASCAR was big business. Races were jam packed with spectators. Nearly every weekend you could find a race on television. Sponsors flocked to race teams. NASCAR had become ubiquitously American, possibly even more so than baseball and apple pie. Today, there's a different story surrounding NASCAR. Declining attendance and a waning taste for the high-octane world of stock car racing has left the sport vulnerable to sale.

Richmond Raceway used to seat 112,000. Now it seats half of that. Many large NASCAR venues have been downsized. It isn't good business for television broadcasts to show empty seats. Television ratings have been on a decline for 10 years. This year's Daytona 500 was the lowest-rated broadcast in history. The sports' biggest stars—Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon have all retired. It would have been unthinkable 10 or 11 years ago for there to be threat of a sale of NASCAR, but today the sport is so cash-strapped it seems all but inevitable.

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In fact, Reuters reported in May that NASCAR's owners are exploring a potential sale of the privately held company with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs. Industry insiders believe that the France family, which owns NASCAR, is testing the marketplace. With the rapid and continued decline of the sport, a sale may be the only way to save it. Look at the UFC, it was not a popular or money making sport before Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta bought it for $2 million. They sold UFC 17 years later for $4 billion. Could NASCAR be ripe for a similar sale and revitalization?

NASCAR stands for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Unlike the NFL, which has individual team owners and a commissioner to oversee it, NASCAR is a family owned business. NASCAR is owned by the descendants of Bill France, who founded the sport in 1948. His son, Bill France Jr. built the sport into an empire thanks to marketing by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Third generation CEO and chairman Brian France took over in 2003 and oversaw expansion of NASCAR from coast to coast.

There is not a real estimate of how much NASCAR is worth. No one knows (outside of the France family and their financial advisors) what the profit margin of the sport is. The closest way to determine a rough value is to look at Formula One racing. Liberty Media bought Formula One in 2016 for $8 billion. It is believed that NASCAR would fetch much more, especially if International Speedway Corporation (a publicly traded arm of NASCAR), were included in the deal.

NASCAR benefits from having little overhead, not many expenses—it is essentially a sanctioning body with a license to print money. NASCAR collects fees from every entity it interacts with. The biggest among them is of course the television deals. NASCAR currently has deals with Fox and NBC worth $8.2 billion. Those deals expire in 2024. The revenue from the broadcast deals is shared with track owners and drivers. NASCAR also receives money from sponsors and corporate partners who pay a fee to be associated with the NASCAR brand. Owners of race tracks pay fees to host races. Team owners pay to enter events. Drivers and crew members are required to purchase annual licenses. And then, of course, there is the merchandising. But perhaps most importantly, any potential buyer would want to know if NASCAR can attain the audience it had a decade again? Could it ever be as popular in Los Angeles and Seattle as it is in Daytona and Richmond? Could it expand to Canada? Mexico? South America?

So what killed NASCAR's money printing machine? It could be traced back to the death of the sport's most beloved figure – Dale Earnhardt. His black Chevy painted with the Number 3 was a menace on the race course. Earnhardt died in a crash during the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Or perhaps it was the redesign of the cars in 2007. The new "Car of Tomorrow" made the sport safer. It also took away the long standing rivalry between Fords and Chevrolets that was at the heart of many NASCAR fans' passion. That same year, NASCAR let non-American made cars into the sport for the first time. For many, seeing a Toyota Camry circling the track was not right.

Perhaps the biggest factor in the decline of NASCAR was its rapid expansion. In an effort to grab audiences in major media markets, NASCAR allowed owners to close legendary venues in North Carolina in the 1990s to open fancy new racetracks in Las Vegas and Southern California. This alienated the sports core fans. Even worse, those new fans in Las Vegas and Southern California proved to be fickle. They just didn't take to the noise, gas guzzling spectacle the way fans in the South did.

Then NASCAR kept changing the details. They added a post season. They changed the point structure. They divided races into segments to bring the drama for three hour plus television broadcasts.

And, of course, the 2008 economic crisis didn't help. The sports' core fans were hit hard. When the economy rebounded, many NASCAR fans stayed home.  That led to NASCAR's main revenue stream-the corporate sponsors to either slash their commitment or walk away from NASCAR completely. Add in millennials shift away from car culture and NASCAR ended up with a fan base that was not only getting smaller, but also getting older.

Officials for NASCAR continue to insist their audience is larger than race day attendance. To be clear, more fans turn out for NASCAR races than do for most MLB game.

Can NASCAR reinvent itself for an era in which many people get their content from social media and their phones? If the sport sold, who would buy it?

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You Can Have Lunch With Warren Buffett!

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If you've ever dreamed of bending the ear of the Oracle of Omaha, now is your chance. For the 19th straight year, you can bid on lunch for you and seven friends with billionaire Warren Buffett. Bidding began on Sunday, May 27th on eBay. The bidding started at $25,000. By Wednesday morning, bidding was at $2,900,900. All proceeds from the annual bidding for lunch with Warren Buffett are donated to charity. Bidding ran through 7:30PT on Friday, June 1st.

Last year's winner paid $2,679,001 for lunch with Buffett. It wasn't always a multi-million dollar lunch date. In 2000, during the first year of the charity auction, tech entrepreneur Pete Budlong paid $25,000 during an in-person auction for his chance to eat lunch with Buffett.

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The highest bidders have shelled out more than $25 million combined. The proceeds of the auction this year will be donated once again to San Francisco based Glide, a charity that fights poverty and inequality. Glide also works with homelessness in the midst of a severe crisis of affordable housing in San Francisco. Glide was one of Buffett's late wife Susan's favorite charities.

The winning bidder and his or her friends will have lunch at one of Warren Buffett's favorite restaurants-the steakhouse Smith & Wollensky in New York City.

Edited to Add: This year's winning bidder, who chose to remain anonymous, paid $3.3 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett.

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Izabella Scorupco Net Worth

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Izabella Scorupco net worth: Izabella Scorupco is a Polish actress, singer, and model who has a net worth of $4 million. Izabella Scorupco was born in Bialystok, Poland in Jun 1970. One of her best known roles came starring as Bong girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 film GoldenEye. Scorupco has also starred in several other movies including With Fire and Sword, Vertical Limit, Reign of Fire, Exorcist: The Beginning, Cougar Club, Solstorm, and more. Izabella Scorupco released her debut studio album IZA in 1991 which reached #11 in Sweden. Her single "Shame, Shame, Shame" reached #2 in Norway and #3 in Sweden and her single "Substitute" also reached #3 in Sweden. As a model she appeared on cover the Vogue magazine. From 1996 to 1998 she was married to professional hockey player Mariusz Czerkawski. In 2012 she hosted the reality television series Sweden's Next Top Model. She has relocated to New York City and Los Angeles.

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Ted Shackelford Net Worth

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Ted Shackelford net worth: Ted Shackelford is an American actor who has a net worth of $6 million. Ted Shackelford was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in June 1946. From 1979 to 1991 he had a recurring role on the television series Dallas as Gary Ewing. Shackelford also starred as Gary Ewing on the TV series Knots Landing from 1979 to 1993. From 1994 to 1995 he starred as Lieutenant Patrick Brogan on the series Space Precinct. Ted Shackelford had a recurring role as Charles Alexander on the television series Savannah in 1996. From 2006 to 2015 he starred as Jeffrey Bardwell on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. In 2009 he won a TV Land Award for Knots Landing and he was nominated for Soap Opera Digest Awards for Knots Landing for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role on a Prime Time Serial in 1986 and for Outstanding Hero: Prime Time in 1991.

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Benedict Wong Net Worth

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Benedict Wong net worth: Benedict Wong is an English actor who has a net worth of $3 million. Benedict Wong was born in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England in June 1971. From 2014 to 2016 he starred as Kublai Khan on the television series Marco Polo. Wong has also had recurring roles as Frankie Li on the TV mini-series Supply & Demand in 1998, as DS David Chiu on the series The Bill from 1997 to 2002, as Terry Cheung on the television series tlc in 2002, as Pete Cheng on the TV series State of Play in 2003, as Errol on the series 15 Storeys High from 2002 to 2004, as Li on the television series Spirit Warriors in 2010, as Vincent on the TV series Top Boy from 2011 to 2013, as Lau on the series The Wrong Mans in 2013, and as Ashley Chan on the television series Prey in 2014. Benedict Wong starred as Wong in the Marvel movies Doctor Strange in 2016 and Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and has starred in several other films including Dirty Pretty Things, Johnny English Reborn, Prometheus, Kick-Ass 2, The Martian, and more.

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You're Not Rich Until You Have $25 Million… At Least  

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Have you ever considered at what point you'd feel rich? At what point you'd actually be rich? Well it turns out you're not rich until you've made at least $25 million, according to bankers. And, by the way, bankers define that as $25 million in investable wealth. That gives you enough money to ride out the ups and downs of the stock market and economy without losing sleep over worries that you'll go broke.

Of course most of us could make quite a nice life for ourselves with just a fraction of $25 million. To make matters more daunting, even $25 million really isn't all that rich. To reach the exclusive ranks of the first class rich, you'd need to have $200 million that you could easily invest. If you want to attain the level of wealth that has you traveling by private jet, you need to have $1 billion.

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What to feel even worse about your personal finances? Back in 1994 just $3 million was enough to be considered an ultra-high net worth individual. So in less than 25 years, we've seen an increase of $22 million.

To put that $25 million into perspective, you'd need to make $500,000 a year for 50 years to amass $25 million.

I sense we ALL have some catching up to do…

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Warren Buffett Offered $3B To Uber, But The Deal Fell Through

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File under: What might have been. If things had gone a little bit differently in the not-too-distant past, Warren Buffett might be in the rideshare business at this very moment. But now, Bloomberg reports that an offer by Buffett to invest $3 billion in rideshare company Uber ended up falling through due to "disagreements over the terms and size of the deal."

Buffett's offer to exchange $3 billion in cash (along with his sterling financial reputation) for a "cushy" investment deal with Uber has similarities with a deal he famously brokered with Goldman Sachs when the bank was in dire straits in 2008. That deal saw a reported $1.6 billion profit for Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, and Buffett's terms for a deal with Uber would have held similar potential: Protection for Buffett if Uber were to crater financially, but "significant upside if Uber continued to grow in value," according to anonymous sources familiar with the proposal.

Those sources also say that Uber's Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi gave Buffett a counteroffer that involved decreasing the investment from $3 billion to $2 billion, with Buffett's share of the company going down in turn, but the two parties just weren't able to reach a mutually agreeable arrangement.

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Buffett confirmed to CNBC that talks between himself and Uber had taken place:

"I'm a great admirer of Dara. Some of the reported details are not correct but it's true that Berkshire had discussions with Uber."

One of the reasons that Buffett wasn't able to get the kind of terms he was looking for from Uber might be because they're recently flush with cash, with a reported $6.3 billion in cash as well as a $1.5 billion term loan that was closed earlier this year. Whatever the reasons may be, it just goes to show that even investors at the top of the financial world just can't close the deal sometimes.

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RIP Kate Spade. How Handbags Made Kate Spade A Centimillionaire

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There's heartbreaking news in the world of fashion today. Designer Kate Spade has died. The 55-year-old was found dead of an apparent suicide by hanging in her Park Avenue apartment. She was found by her housekeeping staff at 10:20am Tuesday, June 5. She left a note at the scene. A few years ago we wrote about her inspirational success story. It is below. But first, we must say, if you feel alone and like there is no hope–reach out to a friend, a family member, a doctor, or a suicide crisis line. (800-274-8255) There is hope. The world needs you in it.

If you were a woman of a certain age in the late 1990s, there was only one handbag that mattered: the Kate Spade "Sam" bag. I still have two, both well-worn, well-loved, and holding too many memories to let go of. My closet might also hold several tote bags, a wallet, and a messenger bag bearing Kate's recognizable black rectangular label. Everywhere you went from about 1997-2000, it would have been impossible to avoid seeing a few women carrying that simple square nylon bag with the perfectly sized handles. Fittingly, this great success helped Kate Spade herself to amass a net worth of $200 million. All from handbags! This is her inspirational success story!

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Kate Brosnahan Spade was born on Christmas Eve in 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended an all girls Catholic high school before going on to college at Arizona State University, where she majored in journalism, was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and worked in a local biker bar. She graduated in 1985. After college, Spade worked in a men's clothing shop in Scottsdale, Arizona where she met her future husband Andy Spade, brother of actor David Spade.

By 1986, Kate was in Manhattan, working in the accessories department at Mademoiselle Magazine. Kate remained at Mademoiselle for five years, leaving in 1991 with the title of senior fashion editor/head of accessories. During her time at Mademoiselle, Kate noticed that there was a serious lack of stylish and sensible handbags, so she decided to create her own. She wanted to design a handbag that was simple, functional, attractive, and, most of all affordable. To get inspiration, Kate browsed local flea markets and secondhand stores. She also researched the styles, fabrics and potential production costs associated with creating her own handbag.

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Eventually, her boyfriend Andy withdrew $35,000, the total balance of his 401K account, to fund the production of Kate's handbag. Her debut line infused classic shapes, colors, and fabrics into a now iconic square bag with a little black label sewn to the outside of the bag that said "kate spade new york".

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The gamble paid off. In 1993 Kate Spade New York had $100,000 in revenues. In 1995, revenues had climbed to $1.5 million. What Kate and Andy Spade understood early on is that handbags are not just about the handbag itself. They are aspirational. Handbags are about the life you see yourself living in your dreams. Kate's bags exuded a simple elegance and innocence that belied the post-grunge, pre dot-com bubble of the mid-to-late 1990s. Kate Spade's bags gave a generation of women a basis for their budding personal style.

In 1995 Kate and Andy Spade got married. In 1996, Spade opened her company's first shop in Soho, New York. That first collection of nylon handbags became an instant classic. Every woman of a certain means had to have one. In 1999, Kate, Andy and their partners sold 56% of their brand to Neiman Marcus for $34 million.

Andy and Kate had to decide what they wanted to do next. More than 20 years into the company, Kate's priorities had shifted. As an experiment, Kate and Andy decided to see how many times they were called on to make a decision over the course of one day to determine whether or not to stay with the company.

At the end of that fateful day, Kate and Andy Spade realized they had been contacted 266 times to make a decision. And, even more telling, it hadn't been a particularly busy day. Further playing into their decision was the fact that Kate had recently delivered the couple's first child, a little girl named Bea. Kate was in her early 40s and didn't want to consign the raising of her daughter to a series of nannies and babysitters while she was busy perusing leather dyeing options.

In 2006, Kate and Andy sold their remaining 44% of kate spade new york to Neiman Marcus for $60 million. Neiman Marcus quickly turned around and sold the entire brand to Liz Claiborne.

At the peak of it's sales, Kate Spade was generating more than $750 million per year.

In 2017, Coach acquired the brand for $2.4 billion. Unfortunately, neither Kate nor Andy had a stake in the company at that time. Our most recent estimate for Kate Spade and Andy Spade's net worth is a combined $200 million.

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Akiho Yoshizawa Net Worth

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Akiho Yoshizawa net worth: Akiho Yoshizawa is a Japanese adult film and mainstream actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Akiho Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan in March 1984. She first posted for various magazines starting in 2002 and made her adult video debut in 2003. Yoshizawa has appeared in pink films which are Japanese theatrical releases that include any nudity or sexual scenes or themes. She starred in the pink films Picture Book a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform in 2004, Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs in 2006, Temptation: Eating Me in 2007, and Maid-Droid in 2009. Akiho Yoshizawa also starred in the Korean film Maze: Secret Love in 2015. She was named 3rd place for Best Actress at the 2007 Pink Film Awards. Akiho Yoshizawa was a member of the musical group Ebisu Muscats from 2008 to 2013. The group performed J-pop and had a rotating roster.

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Rhett Reese Net Worth

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Rhett Reese net worth: Rhett Reese is an American film and television producer and screenwriter who has a net worth of $20 million. Rhett Reese wrote the movies Clifford's Really Big Movie and Cruel Intentions 3 in 2004. In 2009 he co-wrote and executive produced the movie Zombieland. Reese co-wrote the film G.I. Joe: Retaliation in 2013. In 2016 he co-wrote and executive produced the movie Deadpool. Rhett Reese co-wrote the films Life in 2017 and Deadpool 2 in 2018. He created and wrote for the television series The Joe Schmo Show and wrote the 2017 short Deadpool: No Good Deed. He has also worked on the movies or TV shows Tarzan 2, Invasion Iowa, Living the Dream, Monsters, Inc., Dinosaur, Stuck on Dirty, and more. He won an Empire Award and a Golden Schmoe Award for Deadpool. Rhett Reese was also nominated for a Saturn Award in 2017 for Best Writing for Deadpool.

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David Garrison Net Worth

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David Garrison net worth: David Garrison is an American actor and singer who has a net worth of $3 million. David Garrison was born in Long Branch, New Jersey in June 1952. His best known role came starring as Steve Rhoades on the television series Married with Children from 1986 to 1995. Garrison starred as Normal Lamb on the TV series It's Your Move from 1984 to 1985. In 1990 he starred in the series Working It Out as Stan. David Garrison has also had recurring roles on the TV series The Practice as Asst. U.S. Atty. Theodore McNally and as Richard Billings on the series Law & Order. He has also starred in many stage productions including The Wizard, Wicked, Dead Poets Society, Oliver!, Titanic, The Pirates of Penzance, and more. David Garrison has won two Drama-Logue Awards and been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award.

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Kate Spade Net Worth: Massively Successful Handbag Tycoon Dead At 55

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Shocking, sad and tragic news. Handbag designer Kate Spade was found dead this morning of an apparent suicide at the age of 55 at her Manhattan apartment. Kate was one of our favorite business success stories on Celebrity Net Worth. Her story was the epitome of the American dream. She had an idea for a product and did whatever was necessary to make it a reality. Rest in peace Kate. This is her business success story:

Kate Brosnahan Spade was born on Christmas Eve in 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating from Arizona State University, she got a job a local men's clothing shop in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was at this shop that she met a guy who would become her future husband, Andy Spade. Andy's brother is comedian David Spade.

In the mid-80s Kate and Andy moved to New York City where by 1986 she landed an editorial job at the magazine Mademoiselle. Andy got a job in advertising.

During her time at Mademoiselle, Kate noticed that there was a serious lack of stylish and sensible handbags, so she decided to create her own. She wanted to design a handbag that was simple, functional, attractive, and, most of all affordable. To get inspiration, Kate browsed local flea markets and secondhand stores. She also researched the styles, fabrics and potential production costs associated with creating her own handbag.

To launch her business, Andy withdrew the entire balance of his 401K, approximately $35,000.

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Kate's debut handbag line was a simple black square bag. Along the side of the bag, she sewed "kate spade new york", a logo that would eventually become iconic.

The gamble paid off. In 1993 Kate Spade New York had $100,000 in revenues. In 1995, revenues had climbed to $1.5 million. What Kate and Andy Spade understood early on is that handbags are not just about the handbag itself. They are aspirational. Handbags are about the life you see yourself living in your dreams. Kate's bags exuded a simple elegance and innocence

Kate and Andy got married in 1995. In 1996 they opened the first company store, in Soho, NYC. The brand exploded from that point on, with revenues topping $30 million by 1998. At one point they operated 26 stores in North America and Japan.

In 1999, Kate and Andy sold 56% of the business to Neiman Marcus for $34 million. In 1999 Kate and Andy also launched the menswear brand Jack Spade

In 2006, the sold their remaining stake for $60 million.

In May 2017, Coach acquired the brand for $2.4 billion. Unfortunately Kate and Andy did not benefit from this sale.

Per our most recent estimate, Kate Spade's net worth was $200 million.

In 2016, Kate and Andy launched a new fashion brand called Frances Valentine, named after their daughter.

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Lisa Arrindell Anderson Net Worth

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Lisa Arrindell Anderson net worth: Lisa Arrindell Anderson is an American actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Lisa Arrindell Anderson was born in Bronx, New York in March 1969. In 1995 she starred as Heather Cornstock on the television series In the House. In 2017 she starred as Rebecca on the TV series Saints & Sinners. Anderson has appeared in several films including One Good Cop, Livin' Large!, Trial by Jury, Clockers, Big Momma's House 2, The Second Chance, Madea's Family Reunion, Probably Cause, First Impression, and more. She has also appeared in episodes of the TV series The Cosby Show, The Practice, The Steve Harvey Show, Meet the Browns, Drop Dead Diva, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and more. In 2015 she won a Best Actor Award for The Sin Seer at the American Black Film Festival. Lisa Arrindell Anderson was nominated for Black Reel Awards for Network/Cable – Best Supporting Actress in 2000 and 2001.

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Jen Taylor Net Worth

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Jen Taylor net worth: Jen Taylor is an American voice actress who has a net worth of $2 million. Jen Taylor was born in Seattle, Washington in February 1973. One of her best known roles has come providing the voice of Cortana in the Halo video game series as well as for Windows 10 and Windows Phone 8.1. Taylor has provided the voice of Cortana for the video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 5: Guardians. She has also provided voices for the video games Backyard Baseball, Thinkin' Things: Sky Island Mysteries, the Mario franchise, No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way, SIN Episodes, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Destiny, and Infinite Crisis. Starting in 2013 she provided voices for the television series RWBY. Jen Taylor was nominated for a Behind the Voice Actors Award in 2013 for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Video Game for Halo 4.

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Russell Wilson And Ciara Are Trying To Bring A Baseball Team To Portland

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Portland sports fans are nothing if not passionate. Try and speak a bad word about the Trailblazers or Timbers and you'll soon have an army of fans at your door. It makes for some of the most exciting environments in professional sports, and coming out of Portland with a win is always a tall task.

And now, the city is getting an assist from a neighboring state.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his musician wife Ciara have become partners with Portland Diamond Project, a local effort to bring a major league baseball team to Rose City.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in May that he'd like to expand from 30 to 32 teams. He's mentioned Montreal, Charlotte, and Mexico City as frontrunners, but Wilson and Ciara have other plans.

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Each partner in the Portland Diamond Project reportedly has equally split all costs involved. If Portland were awarded a franchise, those involved would likely become the owners of the team. The project was announced in April and is led by Craig Cheek, a former Nike executive. The only team in Portland is the Class A short-season Hillsboro Hops.

Wilson has also partnered in an effort to bring an NBA franchise back to Seattle. The Supersonics played their last game on April 16, 2008 – interestingly enough, against the Golden State Warriors, who are currently competing for their third championship in four years.

Should either of Wilson's investments result in him becoming an owner of a franchise, the NFL would have to improve the transaction.

This isn't Wilson's first foray into baseball. He was drafted in 2007 by the Baltimore Orioles and in 2010 by the Colorado Rockies. He's also participated in spring training games with both the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees.

Bringing a team to Portland would be his biggest home run yet.

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Jack Dorsey Made More Than $700 Million In May

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Jack Dorsey had a heck of a month in May. The co-founder of Twitter and founder of Square has seen his net worth skyrocket in the past month thanks to his stakes in those two companies. Twitter's stock jumped 14% in May—which is significant because the S&P 500 only gained 2.6% in the same time period. Square did even better in May. Shares of the mobile payment company were up 24% to a record $58.90 as of May 31st.

That means Dorsey's stake in Square has made him an additional $668 million in May. His Twitter shares have increased by $65 million.

At the end of May, Square has a valuation of $23.6 billion. Twitter has a valuation of $26 billion. Apparently, Wall Street's movers and shakers have finally gotten used to the idea of Dorsey being at the helm of two publicly traded companies at the same time.

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Dorsey took over as the CEO of Twitter in 2015. At the time, that was supposed to be a temporary gig. He was plenty busy with Square, which was getting ready for its IPO and not without drama there. The company was struggling to justify its valuation to investors. The board at Twitter could not agree on anyone else to run the social media company, so, a month before Square's IPO, the job was given permanently to Dorsey.

Analysts weren't sold on Dorsey at the time, even though he had co-founded the company. An analyst at JMP Securities wrote:

"While it remains to be seen how well new CEO Dorsey can manage both Twitter and Square, we believe he will be most focused on Twitter's product and making it easy to use."

Now, three years later, those who believed in and stuck with Dorsey have made a ton of money, especially over the past 12 months. Twitter shares are up 88% over the last year and shares of Square are up 154%.

Twitter's stocks are up thanks to a better than anticipated earnings report. Twitter had its second straight profitable quarter. Earnings and revenue were better that analysts had estimated. Sales growth was fueled by video ads and international advertisers from China and Japan.

Conversely Square had a disappointing earnings forecast, but that didn't seem to matter. Shares went up anyway. During the month of May, Square's stock had risen on 16 of the 20 trading days in May. Twitter's gained on 15 of the 20.

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