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Éric Cantona Net Worth

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Éric Cantona net worth: Éric Cantona is a French actor and former professional soccer player who has a net worth of $25 million. Éric Cantona was born in Marseille, France in May 1966. He was a forward who spent his youth career playing for SO Les Caillols and Auxerre. Éric Cantona joined Auxerre's senior team in 1983 and played there until 1988 but was loaned to Martigues from 1985 to 1986. He played for Marseille from 1988 to 1991 and was loaned to Bordeaux in 1989 and Montpellier from 1989 to 1990. Cantona played for Nimes in 1991 and Leeds United in 1992. He finished his career with Manchester United from 1992 to 1997 and scored 131 in 369 games during his senior career. He also represented France in international competition scoring 20 goals in 45 caps. He has acted in several films and has served as a player-manager for the French national beach soccer team who won the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Éric Cantona was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and is known as one of the most controversial and enigmatic players.

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Bart Freundlich Net Worth

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Bart Freundlich net worth: Bart Freundlich is an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $6 million. Bart Freundlich was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York in January 1970. He wrote, directed, and produced the films The Myth of Fingerprints in 1997, The Only Living Boy in New York in 2000, World Traveler in 2001, Trust the Man in 2005, The Rebound in 2009, and Wolves in 2016. Bart Freundlich also directed the short A Dog Race in Alaska in 1993 and the documentary short Hired Hands in 1994 as well as the film Catch That Kid in 2004. He directed episodes of the TV series Californication from 2007 to 2012. He was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997 for The Myth of Fingerprints. Bart Freundlich won a Deauville Film Festival Audience Award in 1997 for The Myth of Fingerprints. Bart Freundlich has been married to actress Julianne Moore since 2003. They have two children together, a son and a daughter.

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Dan "Big Cat" Katz Net Worth

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Dan "Big Cat" Katz net worth and salary: Dan Katz is an American writer and podcaster, best known by the nickname "Big Cat", who has a net worth of $1 million. Dan Katz is best known for working for Barstool Sports, a sports and pop culture blog and entertainment platform. He is a co-host of the Pardon My Take podcast which gets up to 1.5 million listeners each episode. In 2017 Dan "Big Cat" Katz and his co-host PFT Commenter were listed as the #1 sports media talents under the age of 40. Dan Katz served as a writer for The Barstool Rundown: Live from Houston in 2017. He has also appeared on the TV series SportsCenter, The Ryen Russillo Show, Pro Football Talk Live, and ABC News Nightline, among many others. He co-hosted a short-lived ESPN televised version of the Pardon My Take podcast. The show received a cold welcome from some of ESPN's female employees due to Barstool's controversial reputation.

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Rex Brown Net Worth

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Rex Brown net worth: Rex Brown is an American musician and author who has a net worth of $5 million. Rex Brown was born in Graham, Texas in July 1964. He is best known for being the bassist for the band Pantera. Brown has also been a member of the bands Down and Kill Devil Hill. He was featured on the Pantera albums Metal Magic in 1983, Projects in the Jungle in 1984, I Am the Night in 1985, Power Metal in 1988, Cowboys from Hell in 1990, Vulgar Display of Power in 1992, Far Beyond Driven in 1994, The Great Southern Trendkill in 1996, and Reinventing the Steel in 2000. Rex Brown played on the Down albums Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow in 2002, Down III: Over the Under in 2007, and Diary of a Mad Band: Europe in the Year of VI in 2010. He released his debut solo studio album Smoke On This… in 2017 and has also played on albums by Jerry Cantrell, Crowbar, David Allan Coe and Cowboys from Hell, and Kill Devil Hill. He authored the book Official Truth 101 Proof about Pantera in 2013.

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Liz Cho Net Worth

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Liz Cho net worth and salary: Liz Cho is an American news anchor who has a net worth of $3 million. Liz Cho serves as a local news anchor in New York City for WABC-TV. She graduated from Boston University where she majored in journalism and history. She took her first job in journalist as an assistant editor Newton, Massachusetts for New England Cable News. She worked as a reporter in Miami, Florida for WPLG and then joined ABC News based out of Chicago, Illinois and was a correspondent for ABC NewsOne. Liz Cho co-anchored the ABC overnight news show World News Now and was a correspondent and fill-in anchor for the TV series Good Morning America. She joined WABC-TV in 2003 and anchored the First at 4:00 newscast and in 2012 she began co-anchoring the 6 pm. Broadcasts. She was named to People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list in 2003 and married journalist Josh Elliott in 2015.

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Peter Cancro Net Worth

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Peter Cancro net worth and salary: Peter Cancro is an American entrepreneur and businessman who has a net worth of $300 million. Peter Cancro is best known for being a co-founder of Jersey Mike's Subs which is an American submarine sandwich chain with nearly 1,300 locations in the United States. Cancro is from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey and worked at Mike's Submarines at 14 years old. The shop was put up for sale and Peter's mother suggested that he buy it. He got help from Mike Geissler to purchase the first shop in the chain. Peter Cancro serves as the CEO of the company and began franchising in 1987. Peter Cancro started with a $125 thousand investment. Today his company does $2 billion in annual revenue. He prides himself on giving back and each March Jersey Mike's hosts their "Day of Giving" and donates 100% of sales to local charities with about $5 to $7 million being donated each year.

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Serena Williams Net Worth Vs. Venus Williams Net Worth – Which Sister Wins The Match Of Money?

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As I'm typing this article, Venus and Serena Williams are facing each other in the US Open round of 32 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Venus is 38, Serena is 37 (though she turns 38 in a month). Before the match started, the two had faced each other 28 times (today's match is the 29th). Serena leads their head-to-head matches 17 – 12. They are the only two women to face each other in four consecutive Grand Slam finals, having done so from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open. Serena won all four of those matches. But who cares about winning tennis matches?!? How much money have these two earned in their 20 year+ careers? And who wins when they face off at the net of net worths?

Serena has clearly been more dominate lately. But that wasn't always the case! For much of their careers, it was Venus who many predicted would dominate the tennis world for years to come.

Venus' career record as of this writing is 790 – 232. She's won 49 career WTA titles and achieved her highest ranking, world #1, in February 2002. She's currently ranked #16.

Serena's career record as of this writing is 795 -135. She's won 72 career WTA titles and achieved her highest rank, world #1, in July 2002. She's currently ranked #26.

In terms of on-court earnings, Serena is the clear champion with $86 million. Thats enough to make her the highest-earning female tennis player of all-time. Venus' career earnings are $40 million. Serena has also dominated in terms of endorsement deals. Serena consistently earns $15-20 million per year thanks to endorsements with companies like Nike, JP Morgan, Beats by Dre and Wilson. Venus earns roughly $5 million per year from endorsements. Both sisters are minority owners of the Miami Dolphins.

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Net Worths:

As of this writing, Serena Williams has a net worth of $180 million.

As of this writing, Venus Williams has a net worth of $95 million.

When you add it all up, Serena is clearly the winner.

Who do you think will win tonight? If recent history is any indicator, Serena will emerge victorious.

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NBA Hall Of Famer Dikembe Mutombo's Charitable Efforts Are Pretty Amazing

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Back in 2015, Dikembe Mutombo made an appearance in the first NBA game in Africa, where a roster full of African NBA players took on "Team World." When he stepped onto the court with fellow former pro Hakeem Olajuwon, the crowd gave a standing ovation. It's certainly justified; after all, Mutombo, who has a net worth of $75 million, was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame this year. He's an eight-time All-Star, four-time Defensive Player of the Year, three-time NBA blocks leader, and two-time NBA rebounds leader. In fact, he's second all-time in the league in career blocks. But if you take a look at what Mutombo has done off the court, you would get out of your seat and applaud, too.

Dikembe Mutombo was born on June 25, 1966 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He attended Georgetown University on a United States Agency for International Development scholarship, and though at the time he spoke no English and had barely played basketball, he soon became a fan favorite for his propensity to block shots. He made the most of his position, knowing he was in a rare spot. He served as a summer intern, once for the United States Congress and once for the World Bank. In 1991, he graduated with bachelor's degrees in linguistics and diplomacy.

Of course, during his professional career, he was also well-known for both his flailing elbows and wagging his finger after blocking a shot. Mutombo initially would point his finger at his opponent, and he received a technical foul each time he did, so he changed his process to wag his finger to the crowd. Not only did this move avoid a technical foul, it played to the crowd, getting the fans fired up and on Mutombo's side. Throughout his time in the NBA, he played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets and finishing with 9.8 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game over 18 seasons.

PHILADELPHIA - MAY 31: Mayor John F. Street, musician Dave Matthews, athlete Dikembe Mutumbo and others to hold during a news conference to announce the upcoming Live Eight concert to raise money to aid Africa May 31, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images.

PHILADELPHIA – MAY 31: Mayor John F. Street, musician Dave Matthews, athlete Dikembe Mutumbo and others to hold during a news conference to announce the upcoming Live Eight concert to raise money to aid Africa May 31, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images.

Mutombo's humanitarian efforts earned him the NBA's J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 2001 and 2009, and in 1999, he was elected as one of 20 winners of the President's Service Awards, which is the nation's highest honor for volunteer service.

In 1997, Mutombo started the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation. Troubled by seeing people needlessly losing their lives from curable diseases, Mutombo worked to improve living conditions in his home country. By 2007, he had opened a hospital in Kinshasa. The Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital (named after Mutombo's mother) is a 170-bed facility that cost $29 million to build. Mutombo donated $8 million of his own money, and helped raise additional funds from fellow NBA and Georgetown centers Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning, among others. It's the first new hospital in the area in 40 years.

Back in 1994, Mutombo, Mourning and Ewing took a trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Mutombo, who towered over the kids he spoke to, gave motivational speeches about achievement and built basketball courts. He continued touring Africa, speaking to youths to encourage positive social change in education, health and wellness and working to spread basketball's message, participating in the Basketball Without Borders NBA program in 2004 with other NBA stars. Mutombo has been a spokesman for the program ever since. During the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he paid for uniforms and expenses for the Zaire women's basketball team. In addition, Mutombo is a spokesman for the international relief agency, CARE, and is the first Youth Emissary for the United Nations Development Program.

Mutombo has been a longtime supporter of the Special Olympics. Currently, he's a member of the Board of Directors and a Global Ambassador. He's been a pioneer of Unified Sports, bringing together those with and without intellectual disabilities.

In 2012, the Mutombo Foundation, partnering with Georgetown, began a new initiative that aims to provide care for visually impaired children in low-income families in the Washington, D.C. region.

Mutombo's list of contributions and awards is seemingly endless: he's active with Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital Christmas toy drive, Hosea Feed the Hungry and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. He's on the Advisory Board for the Fogarty International Center at the Institutes of Health. He received the 32nd Annual Thurman Munson Award, the Big Brothers Big Sisters New York City Achievement in Public Service Award, the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy, and the John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award. He's also a graduate of Leadership Atlanta 2014. In 2011, Mutombo was awarded the Goodermote Humanitarian Award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health "for his efforts to reduce polio globally as well as his work improving the health of neglected and underserved populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

While at Georgetown, Mutombo had initially wanted to become a doctor, but his coach John Thompson encouraged him to pursue a basketball career. Thompson said Mutombo could save and impact lives in a different way, and Mutombo has taken advantage, investing more than $200 million in social innovation to improve health and literacy, and is striving to end human and sex trafficking in both Africa and America.

People who didn't see Mutombo play, may recognize him from Geico commercials a few years back, where he callously rejected people shooting everyday items, like a crumpled up piece of paper into a garbage can or a box of cereal into a shopping cart. Others may remember when he lent his voice to one of the weirdest online games to help promote Old Spice. Hopefully more people will start recognizing his humanitarian efforts, because they're truly spectacular.

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The Insane True-Life Story Of John Holmes: One-Time King Of Adult Movies

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Before there was Ron Jeremy, before there was James Deen, there was John Holmes. In the 1970s, Holmes was often called the "king" of adult movies. He was the first male adult film superstar, whose physical size became legend. At the height of his career, he was making up to $3,000 per day. He was one of the most prolific male adult film actors in history, appearing in over 2,400 movies in the 1970s and 1980s. His legendary assets inspired Mark Wahlberg's character in 1997's epic Boogie Nights. But for Holmes, the money and the fame didn't last forever.

A Star's Beginnings

Holmes was born on August 8, 1944, in Ashville, Ohio. In his early years, he went by John Curtis Estes. He was the youngest of four children born to Mary June Holmes. The name of John's father (Estes) was not listed on his birth certificate. Mary and her new husband, Edward Holmes (father of Holmes' three older siblings) had a tumultuous marriage, but Mary changed John's surname to Holmes when he was little. Later, around 1986, his mother provided him with the hand-written copy of his original birth certificate and Holmes discovered the name of his biological father, Carl Estes.

Holmes had a turbulent childhood, between his religious zealot mother and abusive alcoholic stepfather. Eager to escape the chaos, Holmes left home as a teenager to enlist in the army.

He spent most of the three years of his military service in the Signal Corps in West Germany, until he was honorably discharged. He moved to Los Angeles and took a string of jobs, selling things door-to-door, operating a forklift, and working at a Coffee-Nips factory. He met a nurse named Sharon when he was working as an ambulance driver, and they married in 1965.

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A Star is Born

There are several stories about how exactly Holmes went from forklift operator/ambulance driver to adult star. One version is that a female neighbor was making loops and told Holmes he could make good money in the business. Supposedly his first check bounced, so from then on he always insisted on payment in cash. Another version is that in 1967 Holmes was going to a men's card playing club in Gardena when a photographer for an underground magazine saw his large "member" while standing next to him at a urinal and gave Holmes his business card, telling him he could make money posing for magazines.

Whatever the truth is, Holmes' career started to take off in the 1970s with an adult series about a private investigator named Johnny Wadd, written and directed by Bob Chinn. The success of Johnny Wadd inspired Chinn to follow that up the same year with Flesh of the Lotus. Most of the Johnny Wadd films were written and directed by Chinn. Holmes had sparked a adult franchise.

During this era, the wild success of films like Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones made adult cool, but it was still attacked and subjected to scrutiny. Holmes was arrested during this era for pimping and pandering, but he avoided prison time by becoming an LAPD informant.

Beginning of the End

By the late 1970s, when Holmes was taking home around $3,000 per day, his drug habit was becoming a serious problem. It made him impotent, which obviously affected his work, and his finances. To support himself and his drug habit, Holmes started selling drugs, prostituting himself, and committing credit card fraud and petty theft. In 1976, he met teenager Dawn Schiller, who became his girlfriend.

But things got worse. In the early 1980s, Holmes became close with drug dealer/gangster and nightclub owner Eddie Nash. Holmes was also associated with the Wonderland Gang, a group of heroin-addicted cocaine dealers who lived in a row house located on Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles. Holmes worked for the gang, often selling drugs for them. Holmes was in deep debt to the gang and to Nash. In June 1981, supposedly in exchange for his life, he told the Wonderland Gang about a huge stash of drugs, money, and jewels Nash had in his house. Holmes helped arrange a robbery on June 29, 1981, which inspired scenes in the films Boogie Nights and Wonderland.

Robbery Gone Wrong

Nash, a formidable and dangerous figure, suspected that Holmes had a part in the robbery. He had his bodyguard drag Holmes to his house and got Holmes to confess. Nash then threatened Holmes' life and that of Holmes' family, and plotted revenge against the Wonderland Gang. In the early hours of July 1, 1981, four of the gang's members were found brutally murdered in their house. Holmes was allegedly there during the murders, but it is unclear if he participated in the killings.

Holmes was questioned, but due to lack of evidence he was released. After spending several months on the run with Schiller, he was arrested in Florida on December 1981 by former LAPD homicide detectives and returned to Los Angeles. Holmes was charged with personally committing all four murders. Later, Holmes was acquitted of all charges except contempt of court.

In 1986, Holmes was diagnosed as HIV positive. That same year, he was offered a large sum of money by Paradise Visuals (who were unaware of Holmes' illness) to travel to Italy and film his last two films.

Holmes told the press that he was suffering from colon cancer. During the last few months of his life, Holmes stayed in the VA hospital in Los Angeles. Holmes died from AIDS-related complications on March 13, 1988. Before his death, in 1985, he won the X-Rated Critics Organizations Hall of Fame award. While Ron Jeremy and James Deen both made (and saved) millions as adult film stars, Holmes squandered away his potential fortune. If you want to see a fictionalized account of his life, check out Boogie Nights. The real-life story isn't quite as glitzy.

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How Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick Overcame Tragedy, Became A Billionaire, Then Gave Back In A Major Way

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Howard Lutnick has seen his fair share of loss during his lifetime. He was CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald on September 11, 2001, when two planes struck the World Trade Center. Cantor Fitzgerald was located on floors 101-105 of One World Trade Center. The plane that struck that tower plowed into the building between floors 93 and 99 – just below his company's offices – trapping everyone above and condemning them to a horrible death. Lutnick's brother Gary and his best friend, Douglas Gardner, were among the 658 Cantor employees that met their death that day.

Lutnick would usually be in the office long before 9am. But, as fate would have it, September 11, 2001, was his son Kyle's first day of kindergarten and he wanted to take him to school. That fatherly act saved his life. As the sun set on September 11, 2001, Lutnick and his sister Edie were the sole surviving members of their immediate family.

Lutnick's philanthropic efforts since that tragic day have been nothing short of extraordinary. In the nearly 14 years since September 11, 2001, Lutnick's giving has grown impressively. His firm donates the profits made each September 11 to the families of the victims of the World Trade Center attacks. To date, this giving alone totals more than $100 million. However, his latest charitable gift may be the most personal and touching of all.

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Howard Lutnick was born on July 14, 1961 in Jericho, Long Island, New York. He and his two siblings grew up with their parents, Solomon and Jane. Solomon Lutnick was a history professor at Queens College and Jane Lutnick was an artist. Howard is the middle child. His sister Edie is the oldest and his brother Gary was the youngest. When Lutnick was a senior in high school in 1978, his mother lost her battle with lymphoma. The following year, Lutnick was a freshman at Pennsylvania's Haverford College when his father died while undergoing treatment for lung and colon cancer. It was an accidental death unrelated to the cancer. A nurse gave Solomon Lutnick 100 times the dose of chemotherapy drugs that he was prescribed.

Now orphans, Lutnick and his siblings were abandoned by their extended family members. The siblings turned to each other for support. Howard was forced to hire an attorney to settle the debt his father left behind.

The president and dean of Haverford College, an institution that prides itself on its Quaker heritage, called Lutnick a week after his father's death. His condolence call came with an added surprise – the college was giving him a full scholarship so that he could complete his bachelor's degree. Lutnick graduated from Haverford in 1983 with a degree in economics.

Lutnick joined Cantor Fitzgerald right after his graduation from Haverford in 1983. The firm's founder, Bernard Cantor, took him on as his mentor. Lutnick was a ruthless competitor. By 1991, Lutnick, then just 30 years old, was named President and CEO. He added the title of Chairman in 1996. Cantor was (and still is) a major force in the bond market. There isn't a central exchange for bonds like the New York Stock Exchange. So financial companies turn to middlemen like Cantor to trade bonds without revealing their hand. In 2001, more than 70 percent of all United States Treasury securities were traded through Cantor Fitzgerald.

Then, on September 11, 2001 at 8:46am, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower, smashing into the tower between floors 93 and 99.

The day starts on Wall Street at 7:30am. Nearly all of Lutnick's brokers were at their desks on the 101st through 105th floors of the North Tower when the plane hit just two floors below them. Cantor brokers in the London and Los Angeles offices heard the horror through the inter-office squawk boxes.

We all know the rest. Three out every four people who worked for Lutnick's Cantor Fitzgerald in New York City died that morning. When the debris settled, 658 Cantor employees were dead, including his younger brother Gary.

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On September 10, 2001 Cantor employed 2,100 employees worldwide, 960 in New York City. On September 12th, only 1,422 were left with most of them in London and Los Angeles. Nearly one fourth of the 2,753 people who were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center worked for Howard Lutnick. Cantor Fitzgerald, more than any other business, came to symbolize the horror of that day.

Four days after the attack, with the ground under the World Trade Center still smoldering and firefighters still searching for survivors, Lutnick cut off the paychecks to the families of his employees before it was even clear how many had actually died.

Clearly, Lutnick was reeling. He'd lost 2/3rds of his workforce. He'd lost his brother. He'd lost his best friend. He'd lost the offices he'd worked in for 28 years. In an interview with Larry King on CNN on September 19th, a raw Lutnick said: "Every person who came to work for me in New York, everyone who was at the office, every single one who was there isn't there anymore. We can't find them. All of them. Everyone."

He also addressed the cutting off of the paychecks, saying "I lost everybody in the company… I don't have any money to pay their salaries." He said that families of Cantor employees who had died in the attack would receive a 25% share of future Cantor profits for five years and health insurance for 10 years. This amounted to more than $100,000 per family.

Still, his critics were vocal and his critics were the widows, widowers, parents, siblings, and children of the Cantor employees who died on September 11, 2001.

In fact, Lutnick's reputation for ruthlessness was so ingrained that after the tragic loss of lives his firm suffered on September 11th, his competitors actually gloated over Cantor's devastation. They leapt at the opportunity to put the nail in the coffin of Cantor Fitzgerald.

Days after the September 11th attacks Lutnick founded the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund and tapped his sister Edie to run it. Its purpose was to aid the families of Cantor employees who perished in the attack. Lutnick started it with a $1 million donation from himself. The fund provided assistance to families of 9/11 victims from 14 different companies, other than Cantor. To date, the fund has dispersed roughly $180 million to families of Cantor employees and $280 million altogether.

Over the years, Cantor has rebuilt. Lutnick will never forget 9/11 and his employees who lost their lives. Both Howard and his employees continue to forgo a day's pay on September 11th each year and the company continues to donate a day's revenue to the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.

Lutnick, whose net worth recently topped $1 billion, will also never forget the institution that was there for him when he needed it most-Haverford College. Over the years, Lutnick, who is now the chairman of Haverford's board of managers, has more than repaid his free ride with donations totaling $65 million. However, recently Lutnick wrote the biggest check the 182-year-old college has ever received. He made a $25 million donation to his alma mater. Monies Lutnick has donated to Haverford have been used to build the Gary Lutnick indoor tennis and track facility and the Douglas Gardner integrated athletic center. Lutnick's donations, in particular his record gift of $25 million, which is expected to be used for restorations to the campus library, have greatly aided the college's capital campaign, which hopes to raise $225 million by 2017.

For all the talk of Howard Lutnick's ruthlessness, he's been very vocal over the years on how he feels about not being in his office on the 105th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He feels luck saved him. But surely no one other than Howard Lutnick could have not just taken care of the families of his employees in the way he did, but also taken care of the college that was there for him when he was orphaned while simultaneously rebuilding Cantor Fitzgerald – quite literally from the ashes.

Today, Howard Lutnick's office is on the 2nd floor of Cantor Fitzgerald. In it, a bronze Rodin sculpture of a hand is prominently displayed. It was recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Just one item from a vast collection of Rodin and other precious art that Bernie Cantor amassed over a lifetime and that was housed in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices. The finish of the sculpture is seared. Fingers are missing. It is a reminder.

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Chinese Tech Tycoon Liu Qiangdong – Who Is Worth $8 Billion – Was Arrested Friday For Alleged Sexual Misconduct In Minneapolis

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It has not been a good Labor Day weekend for Chinese tech tycoon Liu Qiangdong. Qiangdong, who also goes by Richard Liu, is the founder of Beijing-based e-commerce giant JD.com. He is one of the richest people in China and quietly one of the most powerful people on the internet. You may not have heard of Mr. Liu, and probably wouldn't recognize him walking down the street, but his company is the 20th largest website in the world and he has a net worth of $7.9 billion as of this writing. So this is somewhat of a big deal despite the fact that the company denies all charges and said it was a misunderstanding. Here's what we know:

Jail records indicate that 45-year-old Liu was arrested in Minneapolis on Friday night at 11:32 pm for alleged sexual misconduct. He was released Saturday afternoon at 4:05 pm, pending possible criminal charges in Hennepin County. A police spokesman would not provide further details on what he called an active investigation. Here's the mugshot:

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A spokesperson for JD.com posted a statement Sunday saying the accusations were false and that police investigators found no misconduct and that Mr. Liu would continue on with his scheduled U.S. business trip. The company spokesperson also vowed to "take the necessary legal action against false reporting or rumors". So let me take a moment to reiterate that these charges are alleged and not a ton of detail has been released beyond the fact that Liu was arrested, booked and held overnight. Here's more from the company's statement:

"During a business trip to the United States, Mr. Liu was questioned by police in Minnesota in relation to an unsubstantiated accusation. The local police quickly determined there was no substance to the claim against Mr. Liu, and he was subsequently able to resume his business activities as originally planned."

A police spokesman would not comment on an active investigation and only said that "the individual was released pending formal complaint."

So we really have no idea what happened and may not ever know if the person complaining decides to not pursue this further.

This is not Liu's first controversy. Back in 2015 he held a party at his $18 million penthouse in Sydney, Australia. At that party, one of his male guests was accused of sexually assaulting a female guest. Australian media reported at the time that Liu unsuccessfully attempted to sue to keep his name out of the criminal case.

Liu Qiangdong founded JD.com in 1998 with just $2000 of his own money. It was originally called Jingdong Century Trading Company. The company specialized in selling magneto optical disc drives that powered minidisc players, the precursor to iPods and various other consumer electronics goods from a physical storefront. It soon expanded to groceries, apparel and virtually anything else you could want to buy.

In 2004, JD launched jdlaser.com, its first Business to Business (B2B) commerce site.

In March 2013 the company officially changed its name to JD.com. They reportedly paid $5 million for the domain.

Today JD.com is one of the largest e-commerce sites in China, rivaling Jack Ma's Alibaba.com. JD has over 300 million active members. It boasts one of the most sophisticated delivery networks of any company on the planet. JD operates the largest drone delivery system in the world and even uses a fleet of driverless trucks for deliveries.

In 2017 the company generated $55 billion worth of revenue. Mr. Liu owns 17% of the company which has declined 28% on the NASDAQ stock exchange so far this year. Walmart owns 10% and Tencent Holdings has an 18% stake. In June 2018, Google invested $500 million to buy a 1% stake.

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Kelly Marie Tran Net Worth

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Kelly Marie Tran net worth: Kelly Marie Tran is an American actress who has a net worth of $3 million. Kelly Marie Tran was born in San Diego, California in January 1989. From 2013 to 2015 she starred as Kelly on the television series Ladies Like Us. Kelly Marie Tran starred in the TV series CollegeHumor Originals from 2014 to 2016. She has also appeared in episodes of the TV series The Indie Thing, Incredible Crew, About a Boy, Currently Cool, To the Bridge, Comedy Bang! Bang, Ladies Like Us: The Rise of Neighborhood Watch, Adams Ruins Everything, Discount Fitness, History of the World… For Now, Fall Into Me, Sing It!, Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, and Star Wars Forces of Destiny. She starred as Rose Tico in the movie Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi in 2017. Kelly Marie Tran has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award and a Saturn Award for Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi in 2018.

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Mikki Padilla Net Worth

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Mikki Padilla net worth: Mikki Padilla is an American actress, model, writer, and author who has a net worth of $300 thousand. Mikki Padilla was born in Denver, Colorado in May 1974. As an actress she has appeared in many films including Seance, The Deviants, Star Party, Point of Contact, Pool Party, The Grind, and Dark Moon Rising. Mikki Padilla has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, NCIS, Two and a Half Men, and The Young and the Restless. She has starred in the shorts Let's Play, Pranksters, Circles of Life, and Sand Snowman. Padilla was named Avon's Latina Model of the Year and has also appeared in several commercials. She authored the book Been There, Done That… now doing MORE! In 2013. Mikki Padilla has also co-hosted the television series Catch 21 on GSN from 2008 to 2010. She also starred in the 2007 video Urban Justice.

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Ahmet Ertegun Net Worth

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Ahmet Ertegun net worth: Ahmet Ertegun was a Turkish American businessman, songwriter, and philanthropist who had a net worth of $300 million at the time of his death in 2006. Ahmet Ertegun was born in Istanbul, Turkey in July 1923 and passed away in December 2006. He was notable for being the co-founder and President of Atlantic Records. Ertegun and his co-founder Jerry Wexler sold Atlantic Records to Warner Bros-Seven Arts for $17 million in 1967. That's the equivalent of $130 million after adjusting for inflation. He invested part of his windfall in what would eventually become an extremely valuable collection of modern art. After he died his collection was housed at a museum in Naples, Florida. Ertegun was known for discovering several rock and rhythm and blues musicians and wrote many pop and blues songs. He served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum and in 2017 he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Ahmet Ertegun was responsible for helping foster ties between the United States and Turkey and was the chairman of the American Turkish Society for 20 years. He was a co-founder of the North American Soccer League team the New York Cosmos. He was honored as a Living Legend in 2000 by the United States Library of Congress. Ahmet Ertegun passed away on December 2006 at 83 years old.

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Michael Penn Net Worth

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Michael Penn net worth: Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter, and composer who has a net worth of $10 million. Michael Penn was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York in August 1958. He is the older brother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn. Michael's debut studio album "March" was released in 1989 and reached #31 in the US as well as #27 in Sweden and #50 in Australia. Penn released the album "Free-for-All" in 1992 which reached #160 on the Billboard 200 chart. Michael Penn has also released the albums "Resigned" in 1997, "MP4: Days Since a Lost Time Accident" in 2000, and "Mr. Hollywood Jr.", 1947 in 2005. His best known single "No Myth" reached #4 on the US Modern Rock chart and #13 on the Hot 100 chart. His single "This & That" reached #10 on the US Modern Rock chart and #53 on the Hot 100. He has composed several film scores and co-produced the album Breach for The Wallflowers in 2000. He has been married to musician Aimee Mann since 1997.

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Chantal Sutherland Net Worth

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Chantal Sutherland net worth: Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model, television personality, and North American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has a net worth of $20 million. Chantal Sutherland was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in February 1976. She is sometimes referred to as the Danica Patrick of horse racing. Sutherland starred on the reality television series Jockeys which aired on Animal Planet. She is also the poster girl for the Del Mar racetrack. She counts being a jockey as her primary vocation. Chantal Sutherland won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 2001 and 2002. Her best known horses include Mine That Bird, Game on Dude, and Inglorious. She has won several races including the Bull Page Stakes, La Lorgnette Stakes, Seagram Cup Stakes, Star Shoot Stakes, Gotham Stakes, Tom Fool Handicap, Ashley T. Cole Handicap, Miami Mile Handicap, Wonder Where Stakes, Silver Deputy Stakes, Duchess Stakes, Swynford Stakes, Mazarine Stakes, Grey Stakes, Generous Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Lady Angela Stakes, Algoma Stakes, Santa Ynez Stakes, El Encino Stakes, Woodstock Stakes, Nassau Stakes, Santa Anita Handicap, Senorita Stakes, Sunset Handicap, Goodwood Stakes, and Hollywood Gold Cup.

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How Much Did Colin Kaepernick Make Playing In The NFL?

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Nike just dropped something of a bomb with the unveiling of its latest "Just Do It" campaign. The ad, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of "Just Do It", features the face of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and these two sentences: "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." It's a pretty bold statement for Nike. Clearly Colin is a polarizing figure so it's pretty impressive to learn that Nike has stuck with him despite his controversies and lack of actually playing in a professional sports league. 

Colin Kaepernick hasn't played in an NFL game since 2016. He came close to signing with the Baltimore Ravens for the 2017 season. The team even went so far as to schedule an in-person meeting with the quarterback. But when Kaepernick's girlfriend tweeted a photo comparing Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti and former player Ray Lewis to a scene from Django Unchained, the meeting – and any chance of signing Kaepernick – fell through.

Kaepernick put up above-average numbers in 2016. His lawyers would argue that his numbers were obviously good enough to continue playing in the NFL for years to come. But he has essentially been blackballed due to his national anthem protests. 

If Kaepernick's playing days are indeed done, he's left a huge amount of money on the table, despite signing a "record" seven-year, $126 million deal with the San Francisco 49ers in 2014.

But how much money did Colin actually earn playing in the NFL?

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As it turns out, Kaepernick only made about 31 percent of the money from that $126 million deal, and over six seasons in the NFL, his career earnings are $43,479,216, or a little less than $7 million per year. Colin's net worth is $20 million as of this writing. A ton of money, but a fraction of what he likely could have earned had he never taken a knee. 

Kaepernick's big deal was highly touted at the time, but even back then, the number seemed inflated. Only a $12.3 million signing bonus and Kaepernick's $645,000 salary in 2014 were actually guaranteed. And because of how the contract was worded, Kaepernick lost $2 million in 2015 because he didn't make first- or second-team All-Pro and the 49ers didn't make the Super Bowl.

Oh, and that other $61 million from his deal that was also apparently "guaranteed?" Kaepernick would only get that money if he suffered a career-ending injury.

Kaepernick restructured his contract in 2016, adding a player option for 2017. Knowing he'd be released, Kaepernick opted out of the deal in March, hoping he could sign a new contract elsewhere.

That hasn't happened yet, though. It's looking like Kaepernick may never recoup the $87 million he missed out on from his "record" deal.

In October 2017, Colin filed a collusion grievance against the NFL. He aims to prove that NFL owners and league executives colluded to keep him off a team. He can't just point to the fact that he hasn't been signed. He needs to show proof that teams made an agreement, either written or expressed, to not sign him. And even if Kaepernick can successfully prove a grievance, it doesn't guarantee a roster spot. He'd simply receive compensation from an arbitrator.

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John Oyler Becomes A Billionaire By Way Of His Chinese Pharmaceutical Company

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John Oyler is an American pharmaceutical billionaire thanks to the success of his company BeiGene. BeiGene has three cancer drugs in the late clinical trial stage, and business for the company is booming, with a reported market capitalization of over $10 billion, and early in August the company made its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange. It raised $903 million in investments in the process, and Oyler's stake in the company he founded recently pushed him into the ever growing Billionaire's Club, which reportedly makes him the first American businessman to reach billionaire status with a business started in China.

Technically speaking, BeiGene was registered in the Cayman Islands. But Oyler started the company in Beijing in 2010, and it has since expanded into both the United States and Australia. He hasn't commented on his recent success as of this writing, but his ambitions have been clear since at least 2013, when he talked about his plans for a pharmaceutical company in China in an interview:

"We want to show people that the little company can do it. That a China company can do it … They say you can't do innovative drugs in China and compete globally. We feel like we have something to prove."

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They seem to be proving it, especially since BeiGene joined up with US company Celgene last year. BeiGene has three cancer drugs on the market now as a result of the Celgene deal, and biotechnology analyst Wangzhi Li tells Forbes that it's this partnership that can be credited with BeiGene's current rising fortunes:

"BeiGene's partnership with Celgene catalyzed the company's stock rise … BeiGene also has a pipeline of late-stage drugs with broad applications, creating the potential of large streams of revenue in the future."

While Oyler is the first US-born billionaire to make his fortune in China, he is not the only American citizen to do so. Kieu Hoang is the billionaire founder of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products, and he moved to the US from Vietnam, while Asymchem founder Hao Hong (born in China, now a US citizen) was briefly a billionaire after a surge in Asymchem's stock price on the Shenzhen exchange.

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Sheryl Sandberg Is Donating Her $200 Million Stake In SurveyMonkey To Charity

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Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook has been on the SurveyMonkey board for about three years, and her stake in the company, of which her late husband Dave Goldberg was CEO, is estimated to be worth around $200 million. But CNBC reports that Sandberg is letting that stake go to charity as part of her commitment to the Giving Pledge, as the company announced in a recent IPO filing:

"Ms. Sandberg plans to donate all shares beneficially owned by her (or the proceeds from the sale thereof) to the Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Family Foundation as part of fulfilling their philanthropic commitment to the Giving Pledge."

The Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, formerly known as the Lean In Foundation, will put the money towards its causes of helping women achieve equality in the workplace and aiding individuals facing adversity stemming from factors like a death in the family, divorce, or incarceration.

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Sandberg has about a 9.9 percent stake in SurveyMonkey, the precise value of which will be determined by its IPO later this year. In 2014, the company was valued at about $2 billion when it went through its last round of fundraising, and it's this valuation that the above $200 million figure comes from.

Sandberg's late husband Dave Goldberg was the CEO of SurveyMonkey from 2009 to his sudden death of a heart arrhythmia in 2015. SurveyMonkey's current CEO Zander Lurie took over in January of 2016, adding this tribute to Goldberg to the company's prospectus:

"Dave died tragically and suddenly on May 1, 2015. Anyone who knew Dave will understand how devastating it was for the company — for all of Silicon Valley, actually — to lose such a visionary. Organizations that suffer that sort of shock can either unravel or rally. We rallied. I believe the company is more empathetic, more resilient and more determined because of Dave's life and death."

The Giving Pledge was famously begun in 2010 by Warren Buffett and Bill & Melinda Gates, who conceived it as a way to encourage the richest people in the world to give more of their money to charitable causes. Sandberg, a billionaire thanks to her stake in Facebook, signed onto the Pledge in 2014.

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The 25 Richest People Who Ever Lived – Inflation Adjusted

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As you may have noticed, we're pretty obsessed with wealthy people here at CelebrityNetWorth. We're also fairly obsessed with lists. So, perhaps not surprisingly, one of our favorite things to do is to make lists of rich people. Richest rappers, richest politicians, richest DJs… But of all the lists we've ever created, the one you are about to read is by far our favorite. This is it. This is the whole enchilada. If you're a fan of CelebrityNetWorth, this is the list you want to make before you die. This is our definitive list of the richest people in the entire history of the world, after adjusting for inflation.

Back in 2010 we did a ton of research to rank the richest people who ever lived after adjusting for inflation. We narrowed the list down to 25 people. All but a tiny handful of people on that list had died long long ago.

Over the last 8 years, a few incredible changes have occurred. First, Jeff Bezos, who wasn't even in the top 100 back in 2010 has slowly climbed the ranks. Thanks to Amazon's extreme success, Jeff has gone from a net worth less than $20 billion to a net worth that is larger than some of history's largest and most famous fortunes. Secondly, some new modern fortunes from tycoons Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault and Warren Buffett have ballooned to a point where they have also made the list. As a result, you'll actually see 28 names below because we didn't want to cut people off.

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Now, we did leave one person off this list, and this always stirs some controversy. Whenever we publish this list, we get feedback that the biblical figure King Solomon should be #1 because according to the bible he was the richest man of all time. It is our opinion that Solomon's existence and fortune can't be proven to a scientific certainty and therefore he can't be included on this list. I'm sorry if this steps on some toes, but it's just not 100% factual that there ever even was an actual King Solomon or that he had any wealth at all. If he did exist, there's definitely not any solid evidence that his fortune was actually large enough to make him the wealthiest human being of all time. For more on our methodology on King Solomon, click here.

So, without further ado, here is the updated list of the richest people to ever live.

The Richest People of All Time:

#28. Marshall Field – $66 Billion
Chicago based retail and real estate mogul Marshall Field was worth $66 billion, inflation adjusted, at the time of his death in 1906. Field coined the phrase "The customer is always right."

#27 Stephen Van Rensselaer – $68 Billion
Born in 1764, Stephen Van Rensselaer inherited one of the largest land grants in American history from his father. Stephen Van Rensselaer's family owned much of what would become New York State, including the island of Manhattan. During his lifetime his net worth peaked at $68 billion.

#26 Jay Gould – $71 Billion
Railroad king Jay Gould amassed an impressive $71 billion net worth by the time of his death in 1892.

#25 Bernard Arnault – $78 Billion
French billionaire Bernard Arnault earned his $78 billion fortune thanks to luxury goods conglomerate LVMH which owns brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moet & Chandon, and Fendi.

#24 Friedrich Weyerhauser – $80 Billion
Friedrich Weyerhauser made his first fortune in the timber business and then went on to acquire enough land to make him the largest private land owner in America. When he died in 1914, his estate was worth the equivalent of $80 billion in 2012 dollars.

#23 Amancio Ortega – $80 Billion
Amancio Ortega is the founder of the retail clothing chain Zara – a brand the Duchess of Cambridge is fond of – and has a net worth of $80 billion. Ortega's net worth has risen $17 billion from 2016 thanks to his real estate portfolio and some smart investments. He is the third richest man in the world.

#22 Mark Zuckerberg – $83 Billion
In July 2018, 34 year old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg saw his net worth top $83 billion for the first time.

#21 Henry Duke of Lancaster – $85.1 Billion
Henry Duke of Lancaster was an English nobleman who lived from 1310 to 1361 and acquired a net worth equivalent to $85.1 billion in modern dollars.

#20 Warren Buffett – $86 Billion
Warren Buffett is the third richest person in the world as of this writing. He is arguably the most famous and successful investor in the world. In fact, if you had invested $10,000 with Buffett in 1966, you would have $300 million today.

#19 A.T. Stewart – $90 Billion
Alexander Turney Stewart, also known as A.T., came to the US from Ireland and ended up creating the largest department store ever at the time. He had accumulated over $1 million by 1876 which was unheard of. When he died in 1876 he was worth the equivalent of $90 billion.

#18 Stephen Girard – $105 Billion
French born shipping and banking mogul Stephen Girard died with the equivalent of $105 billion in 1831. Girard didn't have any heirs so he left the bulk of his estate to charity.

#17 John of Gaunt – $110 Billion
John of Gaunt was England's King Richard II's Regent and had a net worth equal to $110 billion in today's dollars thanks to very generous land grants.

#16 Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl of Arundel – $118.6 Billion
The 10th Earl of Arundel also known as Richard Fitzalan, was a prominent English nobleman and land owner who had a net worth equivalent to $118.6 billion at the time of his death in 1376.

#15 John Jacob Astor – $121 Billion
John Jacob Astor has the honorable distinction of being the very first American multi-millionaire in history. He made his first million by trading furs from Canada to wealthy women in New York City. He used his money to acquire vast amounts of real estate and had a net worth equivalent to $121 billion when he died in 1848.

#14 William de Warenne – $147.13 Billion
William de Warenne, the first Earl of Surrey, was an English military leader and nobleman who was awarded large grants of land for his service during the battle of Hastings. That land was worth the equivalent of $146.13 billion in 1088.

#13 Bill Gates – $149 Billion
At the peak of the dotcom bubble, Gates' Microsoft stock soared, giving him a net worth equal to $136 billion in today's dollars. That's enough to make him the 12th richest human ever.

#12 Jeff Bezos – $170 Billion
Jeff Bezos is the founder, chairman, CEO, and president of Amazon.com. He single-handedly changed the way the world shops. He famously wrote the business plan for Amazon while driving across country with his wife to start the business. His net worth topped $170 billion for the first time in September 2018 when Amazon's market cap hit $1 trillion. Bezos owns 17% of Amazon.

#11 Alan Rufus – $178.65 billion
Alan Rufus was the 11th century military companion of William The Conqueror. Going to war with William was a very profitable endeavor. Rufus was given 250,000 acres of land in England, which at the time, was worth the equivalent to $178.65 billion.

#10 Cornelius Vanderbilt – $185 Billion
Cornelius Vanderbilt is the third richest American ever, the 10th richest person in history and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper's great-great-great-grandfather. Cornelius Vanderbilt made his first fortune in the steamboat industry but didn't see his wealth really explode until he invested in railroads at the age of 70. When he died, his estate was worth the equivalent of $185 billion.

#9 Henry Ford – $199 Billion
Ford motor company founder Henry Ford built an iconic brand which we all still know and see today. At the time of death in 1947, he had accumulated a net worth equivalent to $199 billion modern dollars.

#8 TIE: Muammar Gaddafi And Vladimir Putin– $200 Billion
After his death in 2011, reports surfaced that Muammar Gaddafi was secretly the wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of $200 billion. In the months surrounding his death, nearly $70 billion in cash was seized in foreign bank accounts and real estate. Muammar Gaddafi's iron fisted rule over Libya's oil fields made up the rest of his net worth. Meanwhile, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has long dodged reports of his over-sized wealth. Some well-researched academics have pegged Putin's secret net worth at $100 – $200 billion. Putin himself pegs his net worth at less than $400 thousand USD. We mention these two for youR info but can't really include them in our official reporting of wealthiest people ever unless concrete evidence comes to the surface.

#7 William The Conqueror – $229.5 Billion
William The Conqueror lived from 1028-1087 and was most famous for invading and subsequently seizing England in 1066. When you spend a lifetime conquering other kingdoms, you tend to acquire quite a bit of money. In Williams case, when he died he left the equivalent of $229.5 billion to his sons.

#6 Mir Osman Ali Khan –  $230 billion
Mir Osman Ali Khan, also known as The Nizam of Hyderabad, was the ruler of Hyderabad until the country was invaded by neighbor India. Mir Osman Ali Khan had a personal collection of gold that was worth more than $100 million and owned over $400 million worth of jewels including the famous Jacob Diamond which is worth $95 million today. Khan used the diamond as a paperweight in his office. He supposedly owned more than 50 Rolls Royces.

#5 Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov – $300 Billion
Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, also known as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, ruled the Russian empire from 1894 to 1917 when Bolshevik revolutionists overthrew and murdered him and his family. In 1916, Tsar Nicholas II's net worth was nearly $900 million which is the inflation adjusted equivalent to $300 billion in 2012 dollars. With $300 billion, this makes him the fifth richest person in history and since the Russian Orthodox canonized him, he is the richest saint in human history.

#4 Andrew Carnegie –  $310 Billion
Andrew Carnegie made his vast fortune when he sold his Carnegie Steel Company to JP Morgan for $480 million in 1901. That equates to a peak net worth equivalent to $310 billion in modern dollars. When he sold his company to JP Morgan, Carnegie took home $230 million worth of gold bonds and received a 5% annual coupon to top it off. The bonds sat in a bank in New Jersey which Carnegie never visited. After selling his company, Carnegie retired from business life and dedicated his time to charity. He gave away the majority of his fortune during his lifetime and his final $30 million was donated after his death. Many universities and foundations still bear his name today.

#3 John D. Rockefeller –  $340 Billion
John D. Rockefeller is the richest American who ever lived. At the time of his death in 1937, Rockefeller was worth the equivalent of $340 billion in today's dollars. His company, Standard Oil, dominated American Oil production and was eventually broken up by the US Government for being a monopoly. Standard Oil was broken into smaller companies that you probably recognize today: Amoco, Chevron Conoco, and ExxonMobil. Rockefeller was the first American to ever have a net worth over $1 billion.

#2 The Rothschild Family – $350 Billion
The Rothschild family are the richest people on earth today with assets that total at least $350 billion. Their net worth is difficult to peg because their holdings are so vast, but without question they are the most powerful family in the world. Many people believe they control over $1 trillion in real estate and banking assets alone.

#1: Mansa Musa I –  $400 Billion
Mansa Musa I of Mali is the richest human being in history with a personal net worth of $400 billion! Mansa Musa lived from 1280 – 1337 and ruled the Malian Empire which covered modern day Ghana, Timbuktu and Mali in West Africa. Mansa Musa's shocking wealth came from his country's vast production of more than half the world's supply of salt and gold. Musa used his wealth to build immense mosques that still stand today, nearly 700 years later. His kingdom and wealth didn't last much longer after his death. His heirs were not able to fend off civil war and invading conquerors. Just two generations later, his world record net worth was gone.

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