Terence Crawford net worth: Terence Crawford is an American professional boxer who has a net worth of $6 million. Terence Crawford was born in Omaha, Nebraska in September 1987. He has competed as a lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweight. As an amateur Crawford won gold medals at the 2007 U.S. Pan American Games Box-Offs and the 2006 National PAL Championships and Blue & Gold National Championships. He made his professional boxing debut in March 2008 with a win over Brian Cummings. In June 2013 Crawford defeated Alejandro Sanabria to win the vacant WBO-NABO lightweight title. He won the WBO lightweight title by defeating Ricky Burns in March 2014. Terence Crawford won the vacant The Ring and lineal lightweight titles when he beat Ray Beltran in November 2014. He defeated Thomas Dulorme to win the vacant WBO light welterweight title in April 2015. In July 2016 Crawford beat Viktor Postol to win the WBC, vacant The Ring and lineal light welterweight titles. In August 2017 he beat Julius Indongo to win the WBA (Super) and IBF light welterweight titles. He earned $1.5 million for this fight. Terence Crawford won the WBO welterweight title when he beat Jeff Horn in June 2018. For this fight he earned $3 million. In October 2018 he defeated Jose Benavidez Jr. to bring his record to 34-0. For this fight he earned $3.625 mllion.

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Marc Merrill net worth and salary: Marc Merrill is an American businessman who has a net worth of $200 million. Marc Merrill is best known for being the co-founder and co-chairman of Riot Games, Inc. which is a video game developer and eSports tournament organizer. Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Merrill and his roommate Brandon Beck. In 2011 Riot Games was majority-acquired by Tencent and in 2015 they were fully acquired. As of 2018 the company had 24 offices across the world. The company's flagship product is League of Legends which was released in 2009 and became the most popular game by 2013. They also operate the League of Legends World Championship, the Mid-Season Invitation, and the Championship Series. Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck were named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2011 and won the Pioneer Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2014. Riot Games also developed the tabletop strategy game Mechs vs. Minions in 2016 and several minigames.

Real estate purchases: In 2011, Marc spent $4.445 million to buy a 6500 square-foot house in Santa Monica, California. In 2014 he spent $8 million to buy another house in the same area. This property had previously featured a 10,000 square-foot mansion which Marc and his wife Ashley tore down and replaced with a brand new mansion. Then in February 2017 Marc and Ashley spent $9 million to acquire the house next door. The seller of the house next door purchased it just six months before selling to the Merrills. That's essentially $2.7 million in profit for holding on to a house for a few months. In total they have now officially spent $17.3 million to put together a 5+ acre compound. That's not all. The Merrill also own a $13 million oceanfront house in Malibu. Add it all up and Marc Merrill's real estate portfolio alone is worth a minimum $35 million.

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Iain Armitage net worth and salary per episode: Iain Armitage is an American actor and theater critic who has a net worth of $3 million. Iain Armitage was born in Arlington, Virginia in July 2008. He is best known for starring as Sheldon on the television series Young Sheldon beginning in 2017. The same year he also began starring as Ziggy Chapman on the TV series Big Little Lies. In 2017 Iain Armitage starred in the movies The Glass Castle, Our Souls at Night, and I'm Not Sure. He also appeared in an episode of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Iain Armitage appeared on the series Jeopardy! From 2017 to 218 as a clue giver. In 2018 he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor for Young Sheldon and he was also nominated for a Gold Derby Award for Breakthrough Performer of the Year.

Young Sheldon salary: In season one, Iain Armitage earned $30,000 per episode. There were 22 episodes so his total pre-tax earnings were around $660,000. In season two his salary was increased to $31,200 per episode which works out to around $686,000. His contract states that in season three his salary will be raised to $32,500 per episode.

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Not only is Richard Branson a billionaire, but he's one of the most famous billionaires on the planet. That mostly means a life of luxury, leisure, and adventure, but it's not all fun and games, as Sir Richard complained in a recent interview with news.com.au. Somewhat perversely, Branson says that the chief downside of being a world-famous billionaire is the seeming inability to pick up a check every now and again:

"Obviously if you're in that lucky position where you can afford (to pick up the bill) you should do it … But one of the bizarre things about being successful and making money is the amount of times restaurants will say, 'oh, don't worry Richard, we don't expect you to pay.' It's funny because I'm like, 'hang on, I've worked all my life to be able to pay and now you don't want me to pay?' Surely there's someone else who would warrant that more than me. Picking up the tab is a luxury I can afford to do."

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It's a pointed lesson in the somewhat counter-intuitive way the economy can function, but Branson didn't take the opportunity to expand on any larger point. But the subject did turn to a few other things that have been on his mind. That includes the new chain of Virgin Active gyms, his own personal workout habits, like the addition of weight training to his regimen:

"I always play a very hard game of tennis first thing in the morning before breakfast and then I do that again in the evening … But approaching 70, I have to do some weight training … so I now do that as well to try and build the body up. We have three or four hundred gyms across the world and I am only just starting to go to one now."

As you can see, it can apparently take plenty of exercise to offset any extended period of not having to lift one's credit card!

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Wrestling may be fake, but the massive personal fortune of WWE founder Vince McMahon is very very real. After spending a few years off the list of the 400 richest Americans, this year he has catapulted back up, thanks to a $1.6 billion increase in his net worth, leaving him with a net worth of $3.8 billion today. WWE's stock more than tripled in the year ending September 7^th. McMahon owns 57% of WWE. This is a great turnaround for McMahon, who has had a rough time of late. He passed up on buying the UFC back in the day for $20 million, famously because he didn't want to get involved in a sport where he couldn't predict the winners. His loss was the Fertitta brothers's gain. We all know what happens there – they made billions when they sold the mixed martial arts franchise to talent agency WME.

Vince McMahon Jr. has come a long way since his childhood. He was born in North Carolina in 1945. When he was a baby, his father left, and he had a revolving door of stepfathers in his life. Unfortunately, several of them were abusive to Vince and his mom. When he was 12, Vince met his birth father, Vince Sr. and discovered that wrestling was in his blood. His dad was a promoter for Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The CWC was actually founded by Vince's grandfather Jess McMahon. Jess was a former wrestler who went on to become a very successful promoter of wrestling and boxing.

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The CWC dominated wrestling throughout the 1950s, thanks mainly to the fact that they controlled promoting rights at New York's Madison Square Garden. When Jess died in 1954, Vince Sr. was brought in to run the company. In 1963, Vince Sr. and Toots went out on their own and formed the World Wide Wrestling Federation.  The WWWF had a unique strategy to build awareness and sell tickets. First off, the WWWF held events once a month instead of twice a month as was standard at the time. By restricting their events, they were able to build up the hype. Secondly, the two promoters began incorporating intricate plot lines into each of their events. The plot lines frequently featured a slightly smaller baby-faced "good guy" overcoming a large ugly "bad guy". This strategy was fairly revolutionary at the time. By 1970, WWWF events were selling out stadiums up and down the East Coast.

After graduating from East Carolina University with a degree in Business, Vince Jr.  went to work at the WWWF.  His first job was as the in-ring announcer for "All-Star Wrestling".  Throughout the 70s, Vince took on more and more responsibility at the WWWF. He quickly proved himself to be extremely talented at running a business. Vince renamed the company simply the World Wrestling Federation. He soon tripled the number of television syndication deals for matches. Vince was formally made Chairman of the WWF in 1980, and bought the company from his father, outright, in 1982.

For the next decade, Vince reshaped the face of televised entertainment and the world of wrestling promotion worldwide. The WWF evolved into the WWE and went public in 1999 at a price per share of $17. With a market cap of $1.2 billion, Vince's 57% ownership stake was worth $726 million.

In 2014, WWE's stock went on a tear thanks largely to its newly launched subscription channel called the WWE Network.  The streaming service, which had been in the works since 2011, became available in February 2014. WWE shares shot through the roof. In early 2014, Vince's 57% stake in the WWE, was worth $1.5 billion.

However, from March 2014 on, WWE stock took a beating. WWE stock prices tumbled 63% from March to May after the company reported poor results related to their premium channel subscribers and future revenue expectations. With that drop, Vince McMahon saw his net worth cut in half in under two months, from $1.5 billion to $750 million.

WWE stock hit a 5-year-low of $10 per share in January 2015. Fortunately for Vince, the stock was down but not out. Business is booming today with record-breaking subscriber rates and a multi-year partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

As of today, a single share of WWE trades for $85 and the company as a whole has a market cap of $6.66 billion. At that level, Vince's 57% stake is worth $3.8 billion. Not a bad little comeback!

Read more: WWE's Vince McMahon Net Worth Surges To Just Under $4 Billion, As He Roars Back Onto List Of Richest Americans

Movie star Chow Yun-fat, probably best known in the west for his starring roles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and in action classics like The Killer, Hard Boiled, and the Better Tomorrow trilogy in collaboration with director John Woo, has amassed a substantial fortune in Hong Kong estimated to be worth $100 million in American dollars. Now, he's making headlines for announcing his intention to give all – not most, not a lot, but all – of it away, and live out his dream "to be a happy and normal person."

Chow's intentions for his substantial fortune came out in an interview with Hong Kong movie site Jayne Stars. As he put it:

"The hardest thing in life is not about how much money you earn, but how to keep a peaceful mindset and live the rest of your life in a simple and carefree manner."

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Simplicity has reportedly been a part of Chow's spending habits for a while now, as the star is said to spend an average of just over a hundred bucks a month, despite his millions and millions in earnings. He uses public transportation as often as he can, only recently got a smartphone after owning the same old-fashioned Nokia for a total of 17 years (replacing it only after it finally stopped working), and says that he keeps his wardrobe extremely inexpensive and simple, especially for a movie star:

"I don't wear clothes for other people. As long as I think it's comfortable, then it's good enough for me."

The article doesn't specify exactly what sort of charity work Chow plans to do with his fortune, or what causes he intends to give it away too. And, if his continued practices of modesty and simplicity hold true, we may never find out, if he has anything to say about it.

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Paul Allen died earlier this week from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 65. The Microsoft co-founder was the majority owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trailblazers. He also was part owner of the Seattle Sounders in the MLS.

Allen's death leaves professional sports in an unusual situation: two teams will be for sale at the same time.

The franchises will likely be sold with proceeds going to Allen's philanthropic efforts. He wasn't married and had no kids. His sister also had minimal involvement with either team.

The chance to enter either the NBA or the NFL is enticing, so expect plenty of billionaires to show interest. A piece of the NFL offers the most popular league in terms of viewership; a spot in the NBA opens up a global market.

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After co-founding Microsoft, Allen formed Vulcan in 1986 as his major investment avenue. Primarily focusing on the space and real estate industries, Allen watched his money grow. In 2010, he signed the Giving Pledge to dedicate most of his fortune to philanthropy, like cancer research and wildlife conservation.

Compared to now, Allen scored a great deal when he purchased the teams. He spent around $70 million for the Trailblazers in 1988 and about $174 million for the Seahawks in 1997.

Whoever ends up buying the Seahawks or Trailblazers, they'll be paying a premium for them. The Seahawks are worth $2.1 billion, while the Trailblazers are right around $1 billion.

Still, there's plenty of opportunity in both leagues. Expect to see a mad dash to get a piece of either team.

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Abby Huntsman net worth and salary: Abby Huntsman is an American television personality who has a net worth of $20 million. Abby Huntsman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1986. From 2012 to 2013 she was featured on the TV series Piers Morgan Tonight and Huffpost Live. Huntsman was a co-host on the television series The Cycle from 2013 to 2015 and also appeared on the series Politics Nation with Al Sharpton. She began co-hosting or guest hosting on the television series The View in 2014 and became a co-host on the TV series Fox and Friends in 2016. Abby Huntsman has also been featured on the TV series Outnumbered and America's Newsroom. Her father Jon Huntsman Jr. served as Utah Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China under President Barack Obama. He later became the U.S. Ambassador to Russia under President Donald Trump. Jon Jr. has a net worth nearing $1 billion. Abby's grandfather John Huntsman Sr. had a net worth of $3 billion at the time of his death. He donated the entire fortune to charity. Abby Huntsman became a co-host of The View in 2018 for season 22.

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Jodie Whittaker net worth and salary: Jodie Whittaker is an English actress who has a net worth of $6 million. Jodie Whittaker was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, England in June 1982. One of her best known roles came starring as Beth Latimer on the television series Broadchurch from 2013 to 2017. In 2017 she began starring as The Doctor on the TV series Doctor Who when she became the first female to play the role. Whittaker has also had recurring roles on the TV series Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Wired, Marchlands, The Smoke, The Assets, and Trust Me. Jodie Whittaker has also starred in several films including Venus, Attack the Block, Adult Life Skills, and Journeyman. She has also starred in stage productions including The Storm, Awake and Sing, and Antigone. Whittaker won a Royal Television Society Award for best Actress for The Afternoon Play in 2007 and she has been nominated for more than a dozen other awards.

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Peter M. Brant net worth: Peter M. Brant is an American businessman, industrialist, and art collector who has a net worth of $800 million. Though in the ideal art market, his net worth could be significantly higher thanks to his impressive collection of works bet Warhol, Basquiat and others. Peter M. Brant was born in New York City, New York in March 1947. His father co-founded Brant-Allen Industries, a paper converting company. Brant was friends with Donald Trump as a child. Peter M. Brant went to work for his father at Brant-Allen and was responsible for the manufacturing side where he expanded into paper mill ownership. In the 1990s he spent time in prison for tax issues. He changed the name to White Birch Paper Company in 2008 after buying out his partner. The same year he purchased SP Newsprint Co for $305 million. Brant lost $1 billion in a two year span and White Birch Paper filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Brant's net worth dropped from $1.4 billion to $500 million. He has served as the Chairman of White Birch Paper in addition to Brant Publications and Brant Foundation. Peter M. Brant has also been a film producer for movies such as L'Amour, Andy Warhol's Bad, Basquiat, Pollock, and more. His art collection is a vast trove of contemporary works by artists including Basquiat, Jeff Koons and Warhol. He bought so many Warhol paintings in the 70s that Warhol himself became concerned he owned too many of his works. He married his second wife Stephanie Seymour in 1995. Around 2010, the couple entered into divorce proceedings. As part of these proceedings we learned that Brant spent around $500,000 per month of private jet travel, pet business projects and real estate developments. He was temporarily ordered to pay Seymour $270,000 per month in support. At the time he reported his monthly income to be $1.5 million. They eventually reconciled. They maintain homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, The Hamptons and Palm Beach, Florida.

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James Cox Chambers net worth: James Cox Chambers is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and heir who has a net worth of $6 billion. James Cox Chambers was born in Palisades, New York. He is the son of Anne Cox Chambers and the grandson of James M. Cox, a newspaper publisher. In 2015 James Cox Chambers received an equal share of 49% of his mother's share in Cox Enterprises which was distributed among James and his sister s Katharine Rayner and Margaretta Tayler. As an actor James Cox Chambers appeared in the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has been married twice including to his second wife Nabila Khashoggi, the daughter of the billionaire businessman Adnan Khashoggi. Cox Enterprises is a privately held conglomerate that owns television stations, newspapers, and radio stations as well as Cox Communications, AutoTrader.com, Manheim Auctions, Valpak, Kelley Blue Book, and more. In 2017 they had a revenue of $20 billion.

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Walter Kwok was the former chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties. He passed away Saturday morning, October 20^th at the age of 68. The billionaire had been hospitalized since late August after having a stroke. His wife Wendy Kwok released the following statement

"We are saddened to announce the passing of Mr. Walter Kwok, who left this world peacefully on the morning of October 20th, with his loving family by his bedside. We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the supportive team of doctors and nurses, as well as to all our relatives, friends and business acquaintances for their loving care and concern."

Kwok ran Sun Hung Kai Properties with his brothers Raymond and Thomas. The company has been the largest property developer in Hong Kong for close to two decades.  Walter was born in Hong Kong in 1950. He is the oldest of three brothers. He went to college in the U.K., obtaining his Master's degree in civil engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London.

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Founded in 1963, Sun Hung Kai built many of the skyscrapers that dot Hong Kong's skyline, including the city's tallest building, the 118 story International Commerce Center. The Kwok's are one of the richest families in Asia with a combined net worth of $21.1 billion. Walter's fortune accounts for $7 billion of that. Walter and his brothers took over Sun Hung Kai from their father in 1990.

Walter was pushed out of his position as chairman of the company in 2008 following a dispute between him and his brothers. The Kwok brothers began to disagree with the direction of the company after Walter was kidnapped. On September 30, 1997, Walter was kidnapped by Cheung Tze-keung. Cheung was nicknamed "Big Spender" and was a prominent gangster in the Hong Kong underworld. He reportedly kept Kwok blindfolded and imprisoned inside a wooden container. "Big Spender" demanded that the Kwok family pay him a ransom of HK$600 million ($110 million US). The ransom was paid and delivered in 20 large carrier bags filled with 1,000 dollar notes. The money was transported via two Mercedes saloon cars, and the trade-off was made on a quiet side street seven days after Kwok's abduction. The kidnapper was later captured on mainland China and was executed in 1998. The kidnapping took a major emotional and mental toll on Kwok and he was never the same again.

Kwok was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the years following his kidnapping. His brothers pointed to this diagnosis as reasoning for ousting him from his position at Sun Hung Kai.

In 2014, the brothers reached an agreement to equally divide their shares in Sun Hung Kai.

Walter is survived by his wife and three children.

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Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen has had quite the run in the NFL this year. He's topped 100 yards receiving in each of his first six games this year, just the second receiver ever to do that. Though he's one of the best in the league, it wasn't always easy. Check out how far Thielen has come.

Thielen, who grew up in Detroit Lakes, MN, stayed close to home for college. He attended Minnesota State University, receiving a $500 scholarship in 2009 after redshirting during the 2008 season.

Despite solid production in college, Thielen went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft. The Vikings eventually signed him, but cut him to get down to a 53-man roster. The team would later sign him to the practice squad.

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Thielen didn't see any regular-season action during his first year in the league. He didn't record a catch until Week 5 of his second season. In his first three seasons, he only amassed 20 catches for 281 yards and a touchdown. And from 2014 to 2016, he made $1.5 million total.

But as he's been his entire career, Thielen was patient.

He broke out during the 2016 season, grabbing 69 catches for 967 yards. He started 10 games and recorded a career-high five touchdowns, dropping just two passes on 92 targets.

And the Vikings rewarded him accordingly, offering a three-year extension with $10 million guaranteed. He also made his first Pro Bowl last season, putting up career-highs in receptions (91) and yards (1,276).

He's already halfway past those career-highs this season with ten games to go. Thielen's gone from an NFL Draft afterthought to a top-five receiver in the league.

With two more 100-yard games in a row, he'll go where no receiver has ever gone – and straight into the record books.

Read more: Adam Thielen Went From A $500 College Scholarship To Becoming A Pro Bowler With A $10 Million Guarantee

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has some big plans for his new Manhattan home. He is planning to combine three historic townhouses on East 75^th Street on the Upper East Side into one 31,500 square foot home, which would be the largest single family home in Manhattan. Abramovich began buying the townhouses on 75^th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in 2014. It is thought that the cost of renovating the townhomes could reach $100 million. Abramovich has already paid a combined $90 million for the structures.

Last month Abramovich transferred the deeds to the properties at 9, 11, and 13 East 75^th Street to his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova for $74 million. A fourth townhouse at 15 East 75^th Street was also transferred to Zhukova for $16.5 million. That townhouse was originally slated to be a part of the renovation for the mega mansion, but is no longer a part of the plan. Abramovich is facing sanctions by the U.S. government due to his close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Zhukova is a naturalized U.S. citizen, so with the properties in her name, the U.S. government cannot seize them.

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Abramovich has wanted to build a mega mansion in New York City for years. Back in 2014, he tried to buy Berwind Mansion, a 15,000 square foot triplex on Fifth Avenue. The owner would not sell the property to the Russian oligarch. In 2015, he started his buying spree on East 75^th Street.

The plans for the six story home include 12 bathrooms, an indoor/outdoor pool, and a two-story atrium that will serve as an art gallery. Abramovich's home will be larger than both Gracie Mansion (home of the New York City mayor) and the governor's mansion in Albany. Both of those properties are 20,000 square feet.

Plans reveal two elevators, a wine cellar, two kitchens, a butler's pantry, and a sauna. The sixth floor will be a roof garden and outdoor dining area. The rear of the home will be a four story glass panel with bronze metalwork holding it together. The glass will be bulletproof. The staircases in the home are 17 feet wide. Even in the most palatial homes, staircases do not usually exceed eight feet in width.

The fourth floor's 4,500 square feet is almost completely devoted to the master bedroom, bathroom, and five walk in closets. There will also be a large study and a flex room. The fifth floor will have four more bedrooms, four bathrooms, two studies and playrooms.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has expressed his distaste for Russians planting roots in his city, saying that Russians like Abramovich "basically stole the wealth of their country with the help of their government" and are now using that wealth to snap up a lot of property.

It is rumored that Abramovich made his $10 billion fortune from rigged privatized auctions. Abramovich has also been credited with helping make Vladimir Putin the Russian President.

Read more: Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Is Planning Massive Manhattan Mansion

Two new private jets were recently unveiled to the world in Orlando, Florida courtesy of Brazilian company Embraer. They're the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600, two sequels to the company's earlier mid-size private jets the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500. Here's how Michael Amalfitano, president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets described the two planes in a press statement:

"The Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 are the disruptive aircraft for the entrepreneur, for the pioneer, for the innovator."

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The smaller Praetor 500 will set entrepreneurs, pioneers, and innovators back at least $16,995,000, but for our purposes let's focus in on the Praetor 600 (pictured above), which carries an even larger base price of $20,995,000.

For that amount of money, you get an expanded range compared to the Praetor 600's Legacy 500 ancestor: 4,500 miles, according to Embraer. But you also get to travel in state of the art comfort and luxury, with one custom designed cabin, a $750,000 option known as "Bossa Nova." This cabin is said by Embraer's design chief Jay Beever to be inspired by the beaches in the company's home country of Brazil, with seat patterns nicked from the distinctive stone walkways on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, and carpets made of wool and silk that Beever says are "an abstract interpretation of the glowing light reflecting off the ripples in the ocean on a perfectly calm day."

For meals and snacks, the 600's eight to twelve passengers have access to retractable carbon fiber tables. But perhaps the best way to get a sense of what it would be like to travel on these jets from a few pictures of the cabin from Embraer.

Here's a good view of that "Bossa Nova" cabin:

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And here's a closer look at one of those nifty retractable tables:

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The name "Praetor" refers to an official title bestowed upon high level government officials back in the days of ancient Rome. According to Beever, this name was chosen as a way to convey the idea of these planes as the "ultimate servant" of their owners.

Read more: Take A Look At Embraer's New $21 Million Luxury Jet

If you're like millions of Americans, you have a lottery ticket (or several) for tonight's Mega Millions jackpot. The current total lies at $1.6 billion, which is a hefty chunk of change. But you won't make nearly that much if you win – especially if you take the lump sum.

Should you grab all the cash at once, you'll get $904.9 million. After 40 percent goes to the federal government, you're left with $687.7 million.

Do you live in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, or Wyoming? Great! Your winnings won't be taxed by your state.

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If you're in the other 41 states, though, you'll lose even more to state income tax. Depending on where you'll live, state tax will drop your winnings to between $608 million and $658 million.

But wait, there's more: with all that money, you're now in the top tax rate, which is 37 percent. The federal withholding of 24 percent factors into that, but you'll still owe an additional 13 percent.

That'll put your winnings at $599 million if you live in one of the state-tax free states. If you live in New York, you'll win the smallest amount, at only $528 million.

So what can you score with those winnings? Here are a few ideas:

• You could sponsor the next ten Olympics.
• You could buy the LA Galaxy.
• You could buy a majority stake of the Tampa Bay Rays.
• You could pay the expansion fee of a new NHL team.
• You could also buy a handful of struggling teams, like the Arizona Coyotes or the Carolina Hurricanes.
• You could buy more than 100 Lamborghini Veneno Roadsters. You know, in case something happens to 99 of them.
• You could buy more than 4,000 private island lots. They're great for storing extra cars.
• You could purchase about 35 private helicopters for your personal use.
• You could get four tickets in Millionaire's Row at the Kentucky Derby for the next 1,375 years.
• You could eat somewhere in the neighborhood of 984 million chicken nuggets from Wendy's.

Read more: Here's What You Could Buy If You Win The $1.6 Billion Mega Millions Prize

Billionaires have the cash to purchase professional sports teams. Most millionaires do not have that kind of cash. They do, however, have the cash to buy race horses in the hopes that their horse will win some major cash prizes. Owning a Thoroughbred horse is the closest thing there is to owning a sports franchise without actually owning a sports franchise. Bob Elliston is the vice president of racing and sales at Lexington, Kentucky based Keeneland Racing. He oversees the annual Yearling Sale every September in which one-year-old Thoroughbred horses are auctioned off.  The sale lasts for 13 days with buyers hoping to get a champion race horse out of it. The 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify was bought from Keeneland Racing.

Billionaires and millionaires fly to Lexington from around the world in the hopes of scoring the next Justify—and they will pay $1 million or more on a Thoroughbred. In fact, 27 horses from this year's auction sold for $1 million or more.  Those seven figure horses were bought by 14 international buyers and 13 U.S. buyers, according to Elliston.

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The highest price paid for a Thoroughbred yearling this year was $2.4 million, which sets a worldwide record so far. Three horses including the record setter sold for more than $2 million. About $377 million was spent on 3,000 yearlings at this year's auction. Yearlings are considered an investment opportunity, however, race horses have been a hobby of the rich for eons.

Equestrian show jumping is a sport that has always been associated with royalty and the offspring of billionaires such as Jennifer Gates, Eve Jobs, and Georgina Bloomberg. Prized horses for these events cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Additionally, the cost of caring for and maintaining these horses costs tens of thousands of dollars each month.

Polo is another horse based sport that has been a pastime of the upper class for generations. After all, it is known as the "sport of kings."

However, it is horse racing that attracts the rich to spend their money. The Kentucky Derby has been an event for the rich and famous since 1875. The horses sold at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale go to The Kentucky Derby to compete. Owners include Liberty Media's John Malone, chef Bobby Flay, socialite Peter Brandt, the Campbell Soup heirs, and a long list of ruling family members from the Middle East. Vice president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, bought 27 yearlings for nearly $20 million at this year's yearling sale. Seven of the horses the Sheikh bought went for more than $1 million. He is one of the world's biggest race horse owners. His brother Sheikh Hamdan spent more than $12 million on 19 horses this year.

The trick in buying race horses is will they or won't they become money making champions for their owners. Justify was bought for $500,000. After winning the 2018 Triple Crown, he is worth $75 million. Of course, the odds of buying the next Triple Crown winner are even slimmer than the chance of the Triple Crown being won in any given year. Barry Irwin is the horse racing syndicate Team Valor founder and CEO. He told CNBC that the chance of losing is 90% and that horse racing isn't a sport you should get involved in if you don't absolutely love it.

There are a number of things buyers can look for to increase their odds of buying a winning horse. Colts are worth more than fillies/mares. Buying more than one yearling at a sale gives the buyer better chances of winning. Having an above average pedigree can matter as well. For instance, former Kentucky Derby winner American Pharaoh had his first crop of colts and fillies for sale at this year's auction—47 of his sires sold for more than $19.5 million, for an average of $16,702.

A person could also choose to buy an older horse with a good history of racing, but they cost more. Yearlings are appealing because they haven't been in any trainer's hands yet.

This year's Yearling Sale saw the number of seven-figure yearlings sold more than double from last year. It was the fourth largest sale in the Keeneland Yearling Sale's 75 year history.

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Michael Jordan made about $94 million over the course of his career in the NBA, but that pales in comparison to the fortune he's amassed outside of his on-court earnings (nowadays, he makes more in one year from Nike royalties alone than he did during his whole NBA career). One of the few pro athletes to belong to the billionaire's club, he's got some of the most lucrative endorsement deals in the world of celebrity, and he reportedly still makes more than currently active NBA stars like Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and even LeBron James, despite having been retired for 15 years.

So how does a guy like Michael Jordan decide to spend some of his $1.65 billion net worth? He's made some fairly high profile purchases that the public's been privy to over the years. Like in 2010, when he purchased the Charlotte Hornets basketball team for $275 million. That particular purchase has become an extremely good investment for Jordan, since the team is now reported to be worth over $1 billion – and MJ owns a good 90 percent of it.

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Then there's his private jet. Unlike most private jets, Jordan's is decked out with his own personalized graphics, from its Carolina blue color scheme to his own universally recognized superhero-like "Jumpman" logo on the rear wing, plus his famous jersey number 23.

In Florida, he dropped $12.8 million on what he's described as his "dream house." Nearby, he reportedly decided to build his own private golf course, simply because he didn't like how slowly his fellow country club members were used to playing. The course is called Grove XXIII (there's 23 again), and it's currently slated to open sometime next year. Naturally, he also has his own Carolina blue golf cart, also emblazoned with the Jumpman.

Jordan owns another $2.8 million home near Charlotte, North Carolina, and he's trying to sell his mansion in Chicago, currently listed at just under $15 million. It's been on the market for six years, and Jordan is reported to have paid $680,000 in property taxes alone since originally putting it up for sale.

Some of Jordan's other big expenditures have been philanthropic in nature. He's gifted millions to 23 different children's charities exclusively from the proceeds of lawsuits he's won against companies using his likeness without permission. Then in 2016, he cut big checks to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Institute for Community-Police Relations, and earlier this year he gave $2 million to Hurricane Florence relief in his native North Carolina.

He has a small stake in the Miami Marlins baseball team, having reportedly invested with a group formed by Derek Jeter.

Of course, no informal account of MJ's spending would be complete without at least a mention of his legendary gambling habits. As Charles Barkley once explained in an interview with Dan Patrick, Jordan is known to gamble anywhere from a hundred bucks to hundreds of thousands of dollars on one of his favorite pastimes, golf:

"We'd be playing golf with certain people, and we'd be playing a couple hundred dollars a hole. And he'd be playing some guy for, like, a $100,000. He's, like, 'Charles, pick that up,' Barkley said, imitating Jordan. "I'm like, 'This putt is for $200.' 'Pick that up, Charles. Get out of my way. You're in my line.' I'd say, 'Well, how much is that putt for?' He'd say, '$300,000.' I'd say, 'Let me get out of your line.'"

It's impossible to know what Jordan's career gambling earnings might be, since he's known to be a ruthless bettor on anything and everything. But it is clear that as the richest professional athlete of all time, he can afford to throw it around.

Read more: How Michael Jordan Spends His $1.65 BILLION Net Worth

It has been said that the early bird gets the worm, but there may be a way to take that common sense knowledge to an absurd extreme. If so, Mark Wahlberg has done it, recently revealing on Instagram that his current daily workout routine necessitates waking up at 2:30 in the morning! Here's the rundown, courtesy of his recent Instagram Story on the subject:

2:30 a.m.: wake up

2:45 a.m. pray

3:15 a.m.: breakfast — "I start out with steel oats, peanut butter, blueberries and eggs for breakfast. Then I have a protein shake — Performance Inspired Nutrition Vanilla Latte Shake — three turkey burgers, five pieces of sweet potato."

3:40 to 5:15 a.m.: work out

5:30 a.m.: post-workout meal

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Wahlberg has also gone into detail on the rest of his eating habits on social media, and it may serve as some important inspiration for all the would-be big time eaters out there:

"At 8 o'clock, I have about 10 turkey meatballs. At 10:30, I have a grilled chicken salad with two hard-boiled eggs, olive, avocado, cucumber, tomato, lettuce. And then at 1 o'clock I have a New York steak with green peppers. Then at 3:30 I have grilled chicken with bok choy. Then at 5:30, 6 o'clock, I have a beautiful piece of halibut or a cod or sea bass. Some sort of white fish."

Obviously, the whole reason Wahlberg gets up at 2:30 AM is so he can fit his workout schedule into his otherwise busy acting schedule. As he explained in a Men's Health interview last year (when he was evidently getting an extra hour of sleep):

"If I wake up at 3:30, I can go to the golf course at 6:30, be done by 8:30, and then be home and then do the rest of my stuff: work with a physiotherapist, get treatment, hit the cryo chamber."

In between all that exercising and eating, he also has scheduled "family time" at 11 AM and 5:30 PM, plus picking his kids up at school in the afternoon. If it weren't for them, maybe he'd be able to swing waking up at sunrise.

Read more: Mark Wahlberg's Workout Routine Involves Waking Up At 2:30 AM

Floyd Mayweather last fought Conor McGregor more than a year ago. The "superfight" brought in hundreds of millions of dollars and seemed to set up Mayweather for life. The boxer retired with a 50-0 record and 27 knockouts.

But it seems like Mayweather may not be done just yet.

He's challenged UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, who recently called Mayweather out. Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor in UFC 229 and then turned his attention to Mayweather.

Mayweather is up for the challenge, though he says it'll have to be a boxing match, not a fight in the octagon.

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"He called me out. So, he gotta come to my world," Mayweather said.

The boxer also claimed he can make $100 million more than his fight with McGregor. Mayweather already took home nine figures from that bout, so he knows what it takes to produce a big payday.

In fact, a fight with Nurmagomedov would likely follow the blueprint Mayweather set up with McGregor. A whole lot of hype mixed with multiple sponsorships and endorsement deals equates to a massive amount of take-home pay.  

Mayweather also knows that he stands a better chance in a boxing match rather than braving the Octagon. Nurmagomedov is 11.5 years younger than Mayweather; getting outside of the Octagon levels the playing field.

While details of a potential fight are sparse, don't be surprised if we see the supposedly retired Mayweather back in the ring. After all, it's tough to turn down a potential nine-figure payday.

Read more: Floyd Mayweather Can Make Nine Figures From Fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov