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Lisa Marie Presley Has A Good Day In Court, Shuts Down Ex

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Lisa Marie Presley finally had a good day in court when a judge ruled this week that she does not have to pay one single cent to her estranged husband, Michael Lockwood, in their acrimonious divorce. Last week, Lockwood had argued in court that the post-nuptial agreement that the couple signed in 2007 should be torn up because he didn't read it and his attorney didn't explain it to him. Wow, he sounds like a special kind of stupid. The 2007 agreement simply stated that Lisa Marie would have no rights to Lockwood's property or spousal support and Lockwood would have no rights to Lisa Marie's property or spousal support in the event of a divorce.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman ruled:

"The Court finds that the post-nuptial agreement signed by the parties November 28, 2007 is valid and enforceable in whole. If Respondent (Lockwood) elected not to read it (the post-nup) and accept the consequences that it would be upheld, that is also his choice."

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In February, Lisa Marie was ordered to pay nearly $100,000 of Lockwood's legal fees.

Lockwood's attorney Jeff Sturman, argued that his client had received death threats when he split from Lisa Marie and that she'd turned him into a pariah in the music industry. He said that when Presley filed for divorce her annual income was $2.2 million while Lockwood's was a negative $3,300. He told the court:

"He had nothing – and she doesn't care. She is just looking out for herself. She had her inheritance from her father and whatever else she had and she did not want him (Lockwood) to get a piece of it."

The biggest issue in their divorce proceedings was the validity of the post-nuptial agreement. Presley wanted the post-nup enforced. She claimed Lockwood ran up millions on her credit card. Lockwood wanted the judge to throw the post-nup out on the grounds that he didn't read it before he signed it because it "didn't interest him."

Presley's attorney Gary Fishbein told the court:

"I have been doing this for 38 years and I have never heard of anyone asking a court to void an agreement on the basis of saying, 'I didn't read that agreement', following it by saying, 'I wasn't interested in it. Lockwood freely and voluntarily entered into the post-nuptial agreement. He acknowledged that he was not threatened, Miss Presley did not threaten to divorce him if he didn't sign. Mr. Lockwood said that he didn't read a single word of the post-nup because it was not interesting to him. Frankly that is mind-boggling."

In 2006, the year they got married, Lockwood made $245,000 a year as Lisa Marie's musical director. In 2007, the year they signed the post-nup, he made $150,000.

Lockwood tried to claim that Presley hid her wealth from him. However, Lisa Marie's attorney pointed out that a statement of her assets and liabilities was attached to the 2007 post-nup (the one Lockwood could not be bothered to read) and it listed her net worth at the time at $62 million.

Lockwood's attorney told the court that if he doesn't get any money from Presley he'd be living on a poverty level income and be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

Lisa Marie revealed in court documents that she is $16 million in debt, $10 million of that is back taxes that she owes. In February, she filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Barry Siegel, her former business manager. She is accusing him of charging her $700,000 a month while losing her $100 million trust fund.

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Breaking: Odell Beckham Jr. Is Now The Highest-Paid Receiver In Football Thanks To Massive New Contract

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In his first three years in the NFL, Odell Beckham Jr. reached at least 90 catches, 1,300 yards, and 10 touchdowns. Within just 30 games, he had already snagged 200 receptions and 3,000 yards. That's faster than anyone else in NFL history.

So perhaps it's no surprise that Beckham is making history once again. The 25-year-old just signed a contract extension with the Giants that makes him the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL.

Beckham and the Giants agreed to a five-year extension worth $95 million, with $65 million guaranteed. Beckham's deal surpasses Antonio Brown's ($17 million) per year average, as well as Mike Evans's ($55 million) in total guarantees.

Beckham, who has been working for a new deal for most of the past two seasons, is now under contract through 2023.

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His 2018 contract, which was worth $8.4 million, will now be restructured into a $1.459 million salary and a $20 million signing bonus. The restructuring will help the Giants save $3 million against the cap.

Though he never publicly announced it, the belief around the league was that Beckham – who hasn't played since breaking his ankle last October – was holding out of preseason activities until signing a new contract.

Now that the deal is done, Beckham can get back to contributing for the Giants. The team will look to bounce back after a disappointing 3-13 season that saw nearly every member of the receiving corps suffer an injury, including Beckham.

If you think ODB was happy to hear the news, well…you're not wrong. Check out this video Roger Lewis took of his teammate after the deal was done:

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Sony Denies Reports Of Fake Michael Jackson Songs Released In His Name

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A certain story was all over the internet recently, purporting that Sony Music admitted in court to releasing fake songs by the late Michael Jackson in the artist's name. The reports centered on recent hearings pertaining to a lawsuit filed by Vera Serova, a hardcore MJ fan who in a 2014 lawsuit accused Sony, Jackson's friend Eddie Cascio, and Cascio's production company Angelikson Productions of hiring an impersonator for songs released on Jackson's posthumous release Michael in 2010.  The songs in question are "Monster," "Keep Your Head Up," and "Breaking News," but today Zia Modabber, the attorney representing both Sony and the Jackson estate in this matter, released a statement to Variety categorically denying that anyone at the company has admitted that it's not Jackson's voice heard in the songs:

"No one has conceded that Michael Jackson did not sing on the songs. The hearing Tuesday was about whether the First Amendment protects Sony Music and the Estate and there has been no ruling on the issue of whose voice is on the recordings."

Back in 2014, Serova's lawsuit alleged that the voice heard on the three songs is actually that of professional MJ impersonator Jason Malachi. Whether or not that's true has yet to be ascertained, but the misunderstanding comes from Sony's argument in court that they couldn't be held liable "even if the vocals weren't Jackson's," an argument which was misconstrued as being Sony's tacit admission that the songs are fakes.

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In 2010, Sony made a confident statement to the effect of the songs' authenticity:

"We have complete confidence in the results of our extensive research as well as the accounts of those who were in the studio with Michael that the vocals on the new album are his own." 

Variety points out that Modabber's statement is somewhat different, claiming only that Jackson sang "on" the songs, which could be interpreted as an indication that an impersonator's vocals might have been used to enhance the finished product. For now, we'll just have to wait and see how The Case of the Michael Jackson Impersonator plays out in court

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Quarterly Report Reveals Amazon Owns $1 Billion Worth Of Other Companies

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Business is booming over at Amazon. In the retail giant's latest quarterly report, it is revealed that the company owns a total of roughly $1 billion worth of stock in various other companies, both public and private, in what is a significant recent increase in such investments by Amazon.

It's part of an overall trend of more aggressive investment by Amazon in recent years, and compared to how much the company had invested in other companies at this time last year, it's an increase of 60 percent. Take that comparison back to 2015, and Amazon's investments have increased nearly five fold in the last three years. Thomas Ruchti, accounting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, commented on the report for CNBC:

"While Amazon hasn't in the past really been focused on equity investments, it seems like it's taking a lot more interest in investing in other companies, both public and private."

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Not included in the report is any information on the specifics of Amazon's investments. But in the past, Amazon has disclosed some such investments it wished to make public, like its investments of around $400 million each in fuel cell company Plug Power and the Air Transport Services Group, which provides air cargo services. In addition, Amazon has also come through for "later stage startups" like cancer detection service provider Grail and voice command firm Tact, both of which needed large investments to get the wheels turning. As Jarrad Harford, finance professor at the University of Washington, puts it:

"It's safe to say that Amazon is active in venture capital investing, and their investments – like many in the current market — are increasing in value."

Amazon's billion dollars worth of outside investments might sound like a lot from the outside, but actually it's pretty typical for companies at its level. Microsoft and Salesforce, for example, have also disclosed roughly a billion dollars in comparable investments recently, while Alphabet (the company behind Google) had $8.8 billion worth of stock in various companies as of the end of last year.

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The Cool Second Career Of Atlanta Falcons Guard Ben Garland

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When the NFL season kicks off next week, Atlanta Falcons guard Ben Garland will be hard at work protecting quarterback Matt Ryan. But for much of the summer, he's been doing a different kind of job: serving his country.

In addition to football, Garland is a captain with the Air National Guard 140th Security Forces Squadron based at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado.

Garland, who attended Air Force Academy, became a second lieutenant after he graduated. He served two years on active duty and was even deployed to Jordan for a short time.

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Now, his duties primarily focus on public affairs, though Garland says he serves wherever he's needed. He does about 48 days, which is the equivalent to the service time he misses during the regular season.

Garland has also gotten to fly fighter planes. The fastest one? The F-16, which weighs 19,700 pounds and tops out at a speed of 1,500 miles per hour.

Standing at 6'5″, 308 pounds, the 29-year-old Garland says he'd love to return to active duty after his career ends, presuming his body holds up.

The passion is certainly there – Garland's service commitment actually ended a few years ago. But he continues to serve because it means a lot to him and he loves doing it.

For now, Garland will continue balancing two jobs. And he's got the respect of his colleagues from both careers.

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Here's How Much The Big Tech Companies Spend On Security And Transportation For Its Top Execs

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Big tech executives like Amazon's Jeff Bezos or Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg have more power now than in any other point in history. With great power comes great expenses, particularly in the connected fields of transportation and security, and per CNBC here's a breakdown of how much it costs to keep the biggest names in the tech industry safely shuttled from place to place.

Mark Zuckerberg: $8.8 Million

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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg spent over 50 percent more of the company's money in 2017 on security and transportation compared to 2016, with $7.3 million in personal security expenses and $1.5 million for use of a private plane.

Sheryl Sandberg: $2.7 Million

No word on how often Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg uses the company plane, but it did cost $2.7 million to keep her secure.

Jeff Bezos: $1.7 Million

Unlike some other execs on this list, Bezos' travel and security budget has remained remarkably stable over the years. In 2009 it cost $1.7 million a year to jet him around in safety and comfort, and in every year since then, the budget has been $1.6 million a year.

Larry Ellison: $1.5 Million

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Larry Ellison's company Oracle has spent around $1.5 million a year on his home security for the last few years.

Marc Benioff: $1.3 Million

Salesforce actually spent a little less in 2017 on what they say is $1.3 million worth of "security arrangements provided for Mr. Benioff in addition to security arrangements provided while at work or on business travel," compared to what they spent the year before. In 2016, spending on the same came to about $1.45 million.

Sundar Pichai: $683,557

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai burned through $683,557 of Google's money in 2017, with 93 percent of that going towards security costs. The rest went to "personal use of aircraft chartered by the company."

Tim Cook: $317,325

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is known for his surprisingly frugal lifestyle and habits, and that would appear to extend to the executive's security and travel expenses too – relatively speaking, of course. Apple says it spent $224,216 on Cook's personal security in 2017, and $93,109 on his air travel.

Paul Jacobs: $291,871

Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs spent $152,999 worth of time on corporate airplanes, while the rest of that nearly $300,000 sum went to "other insurance premiums, personal security and home office costs."

Ginni Rometty: $177,491

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Ginni Rometty is the CEO of IBM, which spent $177,491 on her personal travel. Then, there were nominal additional costs for "personal security, annual executive physical, family attendance at business-related events, and other personal expenses."

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Chinese Ex-Billionaire Yang Zhihui Went Missing, His Company's Stock Plummeted… And He Was Just Arrested

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You don't have to be a business expert to know that when the big cheese of a company literally goes missing, it's not a good sign. Take a look at casino tycoon and former billionaire Yang Zhihui, whose company Landing International Development Ltd. experienced a "huge" drop in stock price after it admitted that Yang was "unreachable" last week.

Landing's executives were unable to reach Yang since August 23rd, according to a company filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange. The disappearance came as Yang has become the target of corruption investigators in China, where President Xi Jinping has been leading a massive corruption crackdown since 2013. According to Bloomberg:

"High-profile executives at state-owned enterprises and private sector billionaires are finding their wealth and connections are no longer enough to shield them from probes into corruption and financial crimes."

The news of Yang's being out in the cold was something of a double whammy for Landing's stockholders, as earlier in August news came out that the company's $1.5 billion Philippine casino project has been jeopardized after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called for the company's lease contract (which he said was "flawed") to be reviewed.

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With a 50.5% ownership stake, Landing is Yang's primary financial holding, and he's lost a significant portion of his former $1.6 billion fortune as the company's stock has continued to drop around 74 percent since April. As of this writing, the company lost about 42 percent of its value just this week, after news came out that Yang was missing.

But this story isn't over yet! Late last night, it was reported that Yang Zhihui had been arrested by police at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia. According to the report, Yang "was detained at an airport after he arrived in Cambodia Thursday for a visit to a local casino."

News of his arrest did not cause an increase in stock price, or a further decrease. I guess that's good news? Either way, with the CEO facing criminal charges, this is probably not a stock you want to be buying for your 401k retirement account 🙂

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Kyle Larson Net Worth

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Kyle Larson net worth: Kyle Larson is an American professional stock car racing driver who has a net worth of $12 million. Kyle Larson was born in Elk Grove, California in July 1992. He has competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Kyle Larson drives the #42 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He also drives the #42 Chevy Camaro for CGR in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. In 2012 he was named the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year and he was the Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year in 2013 and the Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 2014. Kyle Larson has won events including the 2011 Belleville Midget Nationals Championship, the 2012 and 2016 Turkey Night Grand Prix, the 2013 UNOH Battle at the Beach All-American, the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 2016 Spring Showdown, and the 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby.

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Toby Stephens Net Worth

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Toby Stephens net worth: Toby Stephens is an English actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Toby Stephens was born in Fitzrovia, London, England in April 1969. He has acted for television, film, and stage. From 2014 to 2017 he starred as Captain Flint on the television series Black Sails. In 2018 he starred as John Robinson on the TV series Lost in Space. Toby Stephens has had recurring roles in several TV series including The Camomile Lawn, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Perfect Strangers, Cambridge Spies, Jane Eyre, Wired, Robin Hood, Vexed, And Then There Were None, and more. He has also starred in several films including Orlando, Twelfth Night, Photographing Fairies, Onegin, Space Cowboys, Possession, Die Another Day, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Dark Corners, Severance, Believe, All Things to All Men, The Machine, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Journey, and more. He has performed radio dramas and recorded audio books. He married Anna-Louise Plowman in 2001.

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Tony Schumacher Net Worth

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Tony Schumacher net worth: Tony Schumacher is an American drag racer who has a net worth of $10 million. Tony Schumacher was born in December 1969. He is the son of Don Schumacher, an NHRA legend. Tony Schumacher has won eight NHRA championships during his career. He began competing in the NHRA Top Fuel class in 1996 and drivers the U.S. Army dragster. He broke a record in 1999 when he was the first driver to exceed 330 miles per hour during competition. Tony Schumacher won the championships for six years in a row from 2004 to 2009. He also won in 1999 and 2014. During his career he also has more than 80 wins and 60 poles. His 2008 season was the most dominant in Top Fuel of all time when he won 15 events including seven in a row. He drives for his father's multi-team organization and has earned the nickname "The Sarge".

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Horny Mike Net Worth

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Horny Mike net worth: Horny Mike is an American reality television personality and businessman who has a net worth of $2 million. Horny Mike is best known for being featured on the reality television series Counting Cars. Horny Mike works for Count's Kustoms and does jobs like custom car building and airbrushing. He worked as a car and motorcycle repairman in a trailer park in Michigan before moving to Las Vegas where he airbrushed t-shirts and license plates for tourists. He also sells horn helmets on his website. Horny Mike is a car collector who owns more than 80 vehicles. He has more than 50 thousand followers on Instagram. Horny Mike has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Pawn Stars in 2013 and American Restoration in 2014.

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Harry Kane Net Worth

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Harry Kane net worth and salary: Harry Kane is an English professional soccer player who has a net worth of $40 million. Harry Kane was born in Walthamstow, England in July 1993. He is a striker who played with Rideway Rovers, Arsenal, Watford, and Tottenham Hotspur during his youth career. Harry Kane joined the Tottenham Hotspur's senior team in 2009. He was loaned to Leyton Orient in 2011, Millwall in 2012, Norwich City from 2012 to 2013, and Leicester City in 2013. During his senior career he has scored more than 110 goals in over 200 appearances Kane has also represented England in international competition. He was named PFA Young Player of the Year in the 2014-15 season and was top scorer for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Premier League seasons. He has been named Premier League Player of the Month multiple times and won the Golden Boot at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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Aaron Rodgers' New Contract Will Pay Him $400,000 Per Day For The Next 200 Days

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Aaron Rodgers is arguably the top quarterback in the NFL. Over the past couple of years, he's watched other quarterbacks – like Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford, and Matt Ryan – earn big bucks. The whole time, he had to be thinking he was worth more than any of his fellow signal callers.

Well, now he's getting paid like the top quarterback in the league.

Rodgers and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $134 million extension. The deal includes a record $57.5 million signing bonus and Rodgers will earn $80 million by St. Patrick's Day. That equals $400,000 PER DAY for the next 200 days.

The extension means Rodgers will make between $176 and $180 million over the lifetime of his deal. He previously signed a five-year, $110 million extension in 2013.

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By the time this deal ends in 2023, Rodgers will have made $315 million. His predecessor, Brett Favre, made $135 million during his entire career.

Rodgers will enter his 14th season in the NFL. He currently has the best passer rating (103.8) and TD-to-INT ratio (4.01:1) in league history.

Perhaps Rodgers' biggest strength is how he makes the rest of the team better. Since 2008, the Packers are just 6-13-1 without Rodgers on the field, averaging a full 7.5 fewer points when Rodgers is sidelined.

Rodgers has already taken to social media to celebrate. His post is a reminder of how far he's come, from backup QB who slid in the draft to one of the best to ever play.

It's been an amazing ride the last 13 years; excited to start year 14 knowing that my future is here, in Green Bay, for our 100th season. I've grown up in this place, and grown older and a little wiser along the way. Thank you to our incredible fan base for inspiring us players to be better year after year. Thank you to the Packers organization for standing by me time and time again and giving me the opportunity to lead this football team. And thank you to my teammates along the way, past and present who have impacted my life in so many positive ways, giving me friendships for life. Looking forward to making some more memorable moments this year, and for years to come…. #packers100thseason #packersfamily #packerforlife #midrange

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The Royal Family With More Than A Trillion-Dollar Net Worth

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We all know the British royal family isn't hurting for cash. In fact, they've got a net worth of $88 billion, when all of the various properties, jewels, Crown Estate, etc. are taken into consideration. That's a lot of money, but they are far from being the richest royal family in the world. That title goes to the House of Saud, the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. The House of Saud is made up of 15,000 family members (though the incredible wealth belongs to 2,000 of them). The House of Saud is estimated to have a net worth of $1.4 trillion. That's almost 16 times more than the British royal family's net worth.

Like most royals, the Saudi royal family is incredibly private about their fortune. However, it isn't hard to see evidence of their enormous wealth when they fly around the world on private jets, own several luxury super yachts, own a $450 million DaVinci painting, and have palatial estates filled with gold furniture – including a gold plated Kleenex dispenser. The Saudi royal family is also heavily involved in philanthropy. Recently they pledged millions to a fund for female entrepreneurs run by World Bank.

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Not surprisingly, the House of Saud's wealth comes from the vast oil reserves discovered more than 75 years ago. Back in the 1930s and 40s, oil really hadn't been found in significant quantities outside of the United States. However, there were rumors and local legends about oil seeping out of the ground in remote villages in Saudi Arabia. So the House of Saud went to check it out.

Oil was discovered on March 3, 1938. This was good news, but the royals still had no idea how much oil they might find. For all they knew, the oil in the remote village of Dammam would be their only discovery.

In 1949, American oil explorer Jean Paul Getty made an investment that most people thought was certifiably insane. Getty took $9.5 million of his own money (roughly $100 million today) and purchased a 60-year exclusive lease to search for oil in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. Getty then spent an additional $30 million of his own money ($300 million today) to continue his search for oil in the Saudi desert. In 1953, the gamble paid off. From that point forward, his little tract of worthless land would go on to produce 16 million barrels of oil every year.

The next Saudi oil field to strike black gold was the Ghawar oil field, which began full-time production in 1951. That field turned out to be the largest single deposit of crude oil on the planet. During its lifetime, Ghawar is expected to produce 75-83 billion barrels of oil. Today, six of the world's 30 largest oil fields are located in Saudi Arabia.

Today, the state controlled oil company, Saudi Aramco, is valued at more than $2 trillion.

Because of oil, Saudi Arabia grew into one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world in just 50 years.

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The Controversial Makeup Mogul And His $100 Million Empire

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He's feuded with everyone from Kat Von D to Kylie Jenner and presides over a makeup empire worth $100 million. Jeffree Star is an androgynous YouTube sensation. He gave another YouTube star, Shane Dawson, full access to his life for a YouTube documentary series that is captivating the internet. The 32-year-old beauty influencer invited Shane to spend a day in his life. The Secret World Of Jeffree Star gives audiences an all access peek into Star's home, wardrobe, and boyfriend. It has more than 75 million views so far.

Jeffree Starr was born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger on November 15, 1985 in Orange County, California. His mother was a model. His father committed suicide when Jeffree was six years old. Star was largely raised by his grandparents in Huntington Beach, California while his mom was working. He started experimenting with makeup in high school and quickly became enamored with it. He calls his look back "very goth and crazy," with spiky pink hair. He was open about his sexuality. He moved to Los Angeles after high school and worked as a model and makeup artist at a MAC store to make ends meet.

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Long before YouTube came along, Jeffree was a MySpace sensation. He joined the site in 2003 and used it to promote his aspiring music career. However, he quickly got a huge amount of interest and followers for his appearance and attitude rather than his music. By 2006, Star was the most followed person on MySpace. He released his first and only album Beauty Killer in 2009. His song Lollipop Luxury featured Nicki Minaj. In 2010 he signed to Akon's record label. Akon called Star the next Lady Gaga. He planned to release a second album, but never did. He left the music industry in 2013 under mysterious circumstances.

He launched Jeffree Star cosmetics in 2014 with his life savings. A few minutes after his e-commerce shop went live with one product, a lipstick, every single item sold out. He reinvested the money he earned into his company and released three more shades of lipstick. In late 2015, Star began promoting his brand on YouTube, where, as of 2018, he has over a billion views.  Today, he has a huge following on YouTube (nearly 10 million subscribers), Twitter (2.3 million followers), and Instagram (7.5 million followers). He shares makeup tutorials and product reviews across his social media channels. Jeffree earns about $4,500 a day from his YouTube channel alone. That's $1.7 million a year!

Jeffree's eponymous makeup line started with liquid lipsticks and now sells eye shadows, highlighter palettes, lip products, clothing, and accessories. In addition to YouTube, he brings in money from his cosmetics, touring, and deals with brands such as Morphe makeup brushes.

Jeffree has been embroiled in a number of feuds and scandals. The most significant feud was with his friend of a decade, Kat Von D. A few years ago, Kat claimed publicly that Jeffree stole artwork for his makeup brand from a mutual friend of theirs. Jeffree denied the allegations, but Kat's public outburst ended their friendship. The most significant scandal Jeffree has been involved in involved is a video that Star seems to have intended as comedy in which he talked about throwing battery acid on an African American girl's face to lighten her skin so that her foundation matches. Last year, Star made a video apologizing for his racism in the past and claiming he has grown in the decade since the worst of the videos were posted.

Jeffree has been dating Nathan Schwandt since 2015. Before meeting Star, Nathan worked at a pet store in Michigan. He sent Star a DM on Instagram in 2015 and the rest is history!

The couple lives together in a $3.6 million home in Calabasas—they are the Kardashian-Jenner family's neighbors! They have five Pomeranian dogs named Diamond, Diva, Daddy, Delicious, and Drama. Jeffree and Nathan have been together since before Jeffree was famous. They met when he first started promoting his brand, long before he even got on YouTube. Jeffree is the first man Nathan has ever been with.

Jeffree Star has a net worth of $50 million.

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The Spiritual Guru And The Billionaire Brothers Who Blew Through A $2 Billion Fortune

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Gurinder Singh Dhillon is an Indian guru who runs a large spiritual commune on the river Beas in North India. His group is called the Radha Soami Satsang Beas and it claims to have more than four million followers around the world. The compound on the river Beas is home to more than 8,000 of Dhillon's devotees. Dhillon is rather infamous in the secular world as well. The 64-year-old is a key player in the collapse of the $2.2 billion fortune made through financial and health care empire owned by brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh.

The Singh brothers loaned about $360 million to the Dhillon family through their main holding company over the years. Some of that money was financed with money borrowed from the companies the Singhs controlled. The brothers were the heirs to a family business that had been passed down from generation to generation that was once worth billions. However, over the last six months, they've had their public shareholdings seized by banks. They are under criminal investigation by financial authorities for over $3.2 billion in funds that are missing from the businesses they own. They still owe a $500 million fines in connection to fraud allegations in the 2008 sale of drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories. The brothers also had to give up the family mansion.

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Dhillon is the Singhs' mother's cousin. He became a surrogate father to them after their own dad died in the late 1990s. Dhillon helped the brothers, then in their 20s, in taking control of their father's businesses after his death and guiding them once they did. Ever since that time, the finances of the guru and the brothers have been intertwined. The Singhs made loans to the Dhillon family through shell companies. Malvinder, 45, and Shivinder, 43, expanded the family's two public companies—Fortis Healthcare and Religare Enterprises—rapidly after getting $2 billion from the Ranbaxy Laboratories sale. Not much is known about the huge debt they took on to do so. At the same time, they were also financing a real estate portfolio that was largely owned by the guru's family.

The Singhs have not been charged with any crimes. They feel it is unfair to imply that the guru was a cause of their financial downfall. Dhillon is the brothers' spiritual Master. They believe he had their best interests at heart. They take issues with a follower of the guru, Sunil Godhwani. They allege that Godhwani was chosen to lead Religare Enterprises by Dhillon. The brothers also allege that Godhwani was in charge of their holding company and made decisions about their finances without consulting the brothers. They claim that he is the reason for their financial downfall.

The Singhs appear to be attempting to shift the blame. Earlier this year, it was reported that the brothers withdrew about five billion rupees from Fortis' accounts without board approval. Furthermore, an investor in New York filed a lawsuit accusing the Singhs of siphoning 18 billion rupees from Religare.

The Singhs maintain their innocence. They claim Godhwani was in charge of Religare and their holding company during the period in question.

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Aretha Franklin Left No Will For Her $80 Million Net Worth – Here Are 11 Other Superstars Who Died Without A Will

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When Aretha Franklin passed away, she left behind an incredible, one-of-a-kind body of work as well as a rock solid legacy as probably the greatest soul singer to ever live. But she didn't leave behind a will, and in so doing she joined an informal club of music legends who passed away without a will, leaving their substantial estates in preventable disarray. Here are 12 others who did the same when they passed on.

Prince

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Prince's $300 million fortune wasn't the only thing he left behind without any instructions on what should be done with it after he died in April 2016, he also left behind a treasure trove of unreleased music inside his fabled "vault," which is now under the control of his inheritors.

Amy Winehouse

It's one thing to die without a will in your 80s or even your 50s, but when someone passes away while still in their 20s, like Amy Winehouse and many of the other artists on this list, it's less surprising. In her case, she left behind a fortune worth around $10 million.

Kurt Cobain 

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is one of the members of the infamous "27 Club," and not the only one to appear on this list, having left behind $50 million and no will.

Tupac Shakur 

Few would have expected Tupac, who was only 25 when he was murdered in 1996, to have completed a will in case of his death.

Jimi Hendrix 

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Another member of the 27 Club, Hendrix was worth around $5 million after inflation when he died without a will in 1970, and now his still lucrative estate is worth $175 million.

Bob Marley

Another musician who continues to be a booming industry long after his untimely death, Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 with no established will.

Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono perished in a snow-skiing accident in 1998, leaving behind $4 million and no will. If that sounds low, Bono's transition into politics as well as a string of costly divorces are the main factors.

Barry White

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The legendary Barry White died without a will in 2003, leaving behind a fortune of $20 million.

Marvin Gaye 

Marvin Gaye had a net worth of $5 million when he was murdered by his father in 1984.

John Denver 

John Denver was in his 50s with a net worth of $60 million when he died in a plane crash in 1997, and his affairs were not in order at the time.

Billie Holiday 

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Billie Holiday passed away in 1959 at the age of 44, and she did without any will in place.

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The Castmembers of "Friends" Still Earn A Surpisingly Large Fortune From The Show Every Year

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We all know that being on a hit sitcom is a ticket to the easy life, but many people may not realize just how much money is involved when a show reaches that super-rare level of fame and profitability that Friends currently occupies. Merchandising and DVD profits have probably slowed down to a trickle, but there's still at least one area where Friends is still able to rake in a much more than respectable sum on a regular basis: Syndication (also known as "reruns" for any TV naifs who still exist in this savvy era). Friends continues to air on an almost constant basis on cable channels like TBS, and that means money continues to flow on that same basis – most of it funnels up towards Warner Bros., but an unusually high amount filters back to the actors that some would say are chiefly responsible for making the show so popular in the first place.

The cast of Friends famously negotiated all their contracts as a unit rather than individuals, and their deals (particularly those struck towards the end of the show) are a testament to the power of collective bargaining. In the last two seasons of the show, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer (AKA The Friends), were each making a million dollars for every single episode – a deal that, among other things, made the female members of the cast the highest-paid actresses in the history of television. But that wasn't even the best part of the Friends cast's contracts; in 2000, all six members of the ensemble received a two percent slice of the show's incredibly lucrative syndication revenue.

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That type of deal, with a piece of a show's "back end" in perpetuity, is historically only given to sitcom cast members who have some creative stake in the show behind the camera (for example, Jerry Seinfeld, who created Seinfeld with Larry David, in addition to starring in the show), which makes the fact that the Friends cast got such a sweet deal even more remarkable.

Of course, a percentage of syndication revenue for a show no one watches isn't worth much (you can ask Bill Cosby about this if you ever find yourself in the same room with him). But that isn't the case with Friends, which, even in 2015, 11 years after the final episode of the series aired on NBC, continues to generate an estimated $1 billion every year in syndication revenue. That translates to $20 million for each of the six members of the Friends ensemble every year – not a bad deal considering they finished working on the show back in 2004. So the next time you catch a Friends rerun on TV and wonder whatever happened to Matt LeBlanc, cry no tears for the former Joey Tribbiani, he's been raking in quasi-Seinfeld-level money for more than a decade.

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Pat McAfee Net Worth

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Pat McAfee net worth and salary history: Pat McAfee is an American former professional football player who has a net worth of $8 million. Pat McAfee was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May 1987. He was a punter who played at Plum High School. McAfee played his college football for West Virginia where he was named a first-team All-American in 2008. He was drafted #222 overall by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2009 NFL Draft. McAfee played his entire NFL career with the Colts from 2009 to 2016. In 2009 he was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team and in 2014 he was a first-team All-Pro. Pat McAfee made the Pro Bowl in 2014 and 2016. He has also worked as a comedian and pro wrestling analyst. For a number of years he had a working relationship with Barstool Sports but left in August 2018 after a disagreement with management over his pay. Pat McAfee appeared on the panel at WWE's NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and NXT TakeOver: Chicago in 2018. Three knee operations in four seasons forced him to retire from football. During his career he earned a shade over $19 million from salary. His biggest contract came in 2014 when he signed a 5-year $14 million deal that came with $5 million in guarantees. He had previously earned around $4.7 million during his first five seasons with the team. Pat's popularity in Indianapolis skyrocketed after he was arrested for drunkenly trying to swim across a canal after a late night of partying. Local news pilloried Pat for the stunt, but the coverage turned him into something of a local hero and fan favorite.

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Christian Von Koenigsegg Net Worth

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Christian Von Koenigsegg net worth: Christian Von Koenigsegg is a Swedish businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $100 milion. Christian Von Koenigsegg was born in Stockholm, Sweden in July 1972. He is best known for being the founder and CEO of Koenigsegg Automotive AB, a high performance automobile manufacturer. He launched his Koenigsegg project in 1994 which eventually became Koenigsegg Automotive AB. He drove a go-kart for the first time when he was six years old and worked at a Suzuki dealership for a summer job later on. He is credited with the idea of triplex suspension as it relates to cars. Christian Von Koenigsegg moved his company to a former Swedish airplane hangar after a fire devastated his factory in 2003. The Koenigsegg CCR was introduced in 2004 and the CCX in 2005. In 2010 the Koenigsegg Agera was released and the Koenigsegg Regera was released in 2015 as was the Agera RS.

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