Brooks Robinson net worth, salary and career earnings: Brooks Robinson is an American former professional baseball player who has a net worth of $4 million. Brooks Robinson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in May 1937. He was a third basement who batted and threw right handed. Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut for the Baltimore Orioles in 1955 and played there his entire career through 1977. He won the World Series championship in 1966 and 1970 with the Orioles. Brooks Robinson was an 18 time MLB All-Star in consecutive seasons from 1960 to 1975. He won the American League MVP in 1964 and the World Series MVP in 1970. He was an 18 time Gold Glove Award winner and won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1972. Robinson was the AL RBI leader in 1964. He had his #5 retired by the Baltimore Orioles and is in their Hall of Fame. Robinson was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1983.

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Jim Peterson net worth: Jim Peterson is an American retired professional basketball player coach, and television analyst who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Jim Peterson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1962. He was a 6'10" power forward and center who was Minnesota's Mr. Basketball at St. Louis Park High School. Peterson played his college basketball at the University of Minnesota where he won a Big Ten Championship. He was drafted #51 overall by the Houston Rockets in the 1984 NBA Draft. Peterson played for the Rockets from 1984 to 1988. He then played for the Sacramento Kings from 1988 to 1989 and the Golden State Warriors from 1989 to 1992. From 2008 to 2017 he served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He has also worked for the National Basketball Players Association and a television analyst for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He also coached at the junior high, high school, and AAU levels.

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In case you've ever wondered if anyone at a concert has ever been injured by an errant stage dive, and whether or not such an individual might be entitled to make bank as a result, that exact scenario has played out in a (former, presumably) Skrillex fan's favor following a jury decision reported by TMZ.

The fan is one Jennifer Fraissl, who back in February of 2014 sued Skrillex and his touring company Lost Boys after the DJ performed a stage dive at Los Angeles' Belasco Theater (which is also named in the suit) and ended up allegedly crashing into Fraissl. She says the collision caused her to suffer a stroke, and now a jury has finally decided to award her the tidy sum of $4,525,402 in damages, $1.6 million of which will be Skrillex's responsibility. Lost Boys owes an additional $1.8 million, while the Belasco is on the hook for some $450,000. And, in one of those weird wrinkles that can happen in big lawsuits, Fraissl herself was found to be "15 percent responsible" for the incident and thus won't be able to collect that percentage of the awarded damages. Skrillex says he's disappointed in the jury's decision but concluded with a more diplomatic statement stressing the importance of fan safety at his shows:

"There is nothing more important to me than my fans and their safety at my shows — I want them to have fun and enjoy the music."

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Meanwhile, his attorney Barry Thompson isn't feeling quite so gregarious, saying the evidence presented in court "included video proof that [Skrillex] never made physical contact with Ms. Fraissl." He goes on:

"Ms. Fraissl's active international travel schedule since her stroke seems unlikely for someone who suffered the type of mental and physical damages she and her attorney claimed."

Given that, Thompson says the possibility of an appeal is still on the table.

Read more: Jury Decides Skrillex Owes $1.6 Million To Fan Injured In Stage Dive

Buckle up for a brief story about a huge financial loss in the world of Wall Street investing. Three years ago, Trian Fund Management, an investment firm led by "Wall Street titan" Nelson Peltz, made a $2.5 billion bet on General Electric. Obviously, the plan was for GE to turn around and for the investment to pay out, but instead a recent Bloomberg article states that the firm has lost nearly $700 million.

When Trian purchased the stock it was their biggest investment up to that point, and GE's stock was somewhere between $22 and $24 a share. But last year amid accounting controversies and various other market factors, it sunk down to less than $9 a share or less, where it rests today. It's not publicly known exactly how much GE stock Trian still owns, but it sold off about a third of its shares in 2015 when GE was at a healthy $30 per share, and depending on when this and other smaller sales were made, the losses incurred since the stock's downturn are estimated to be anywhere from $600 million to $700 million – you don't have to be a financial expert to know that that's not the kind of thing that's supposed to happen.

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Trian has declined to comment on the story, but back when the investment was made it was seen as a "vote of confidence" in both GE and its then-CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Under increased pressure from Trian as GE stock began to sink, he stepped down in the summer of 2017, while his replacement got the boot just 14 months later in October of this year, himself replaced by current CEO Larry Culp.

Meanwhile, Trian's own co-founder and chief investment officer Ed Garden remains on GE's board, and in the financial world he's been known to hang on to investments for the long run – from five to seven years, generally, if the firm has a seat on the board in question.

Read more: The Crash Of GE Stock Has Cost Trian Fund Management $700 Million

LeBron James has helped turn the Los Angeles Lakers into a respectable force in the Western Conference. The Lakers have a ton of new and young talent, but they're right in the thick of the playoff race about a quarter of the way through the season.

One of the reasons LeBron headed to L.A. was to help build his business empire. He's already had successful fast food ventures and television shows, but he's always keeping an eye on the future.

In fact, his next move after he hangs up his sneakers could be buying his hometown team.

In an interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols, LeBron's business partner Maverick Carter spoke about LeBron's post-retirement plans. While Carter stressed that LeBron is still very much focussed on playing, he has occasionally speculated on his future.

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According to Carter, LeBron has expressed an interest in buying a team. Nichols followed up and asked Carter if the Cavs would be a team he'd pursue.

Carter's reply: "I think if this team was up for sale, he'd definitely be one of the people who'd look at buying it."

Of course, this is all speculation at this point. LeBron is still playing at a high level, even as he's about to turn 35 years old at the end of this year. And while ownership may be his ultimate goal, he wouldn't fully entertain the option while he's a player.

Still, it's hard to imagine a better way for LeBron to end his playing days. He already brought a championship to his hometown Cavaliers as a player. His next step could be rebuilding the franchise from a new role: team owner.

Read more: LeBron's Next Move After He Retires? It Could Be Buying The Cleveland Cavaliers

Madonna has been collecting pricey pieces of art for the past three decades. Her works by Basquiat are fairly legendary – mainly because she doesn't have them anymore. Madonna dated the famous painter in the early 1980s. They were both on the verge of breaking through to wider fame at the time.  During their time together, she acquired a number of Basquiat's paintings. She was working on her debut album and he was, well, according to Madonna, doing heroin. She told the Howard Stern Show: "He wouldn't stop doing heroin. He was an amazing man and deeply talented, I loved him. When I broke up with him he made me give [the paintings he gave me] back to him. And then he painted over them black."

Even without the Basquiats, Madonna's collection of art is quite impressive. She owns one of the five paintings Frida Kahlo painted while she lived in Detroit. Madonna rather famously refused to lend the Detroit Institute of the Arts her Kahlo for an exhibition. All in all, the Material Girl's art collection is estimated to be worth of $100 million. She began buying art in 1987 when she acquired Fernand Leger's 1944 work Les Deux Bicyclettes for $1 million. That's a total steal given today's prices for Leger's paintings and similar works of art.  Madonna once also owned Leger's Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge, but she sold it for $7.2 million in 2013. She donated the proceeds to her Ray of Light Foundation in support of education projects for girls in South Asia and the Middle East.

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Back in 1990, Madonna told Vanity Fair that she had a ton of Tamara de Lempicka paintings. In fact, she said: "I have a Lempicka museum." Lempicka is a Polish Art Deco painter who is the first female artists to be a star. Her colorful, graphic style and feminine subjects were a natural for Madonna. Lempicka has been a favorite of celebrity collectors since the 1930s.

Madonna also owns a nude photograph by Man Ray of the famous French artists model Kiki de Montparnesse (nee Alice Prin). At one point it hung in her living room in her Los Angeles home.

Madonna owns a female nude painting by Diego Rivera as well as Frida Kahlo's Self Portrait with Monkey, which was painted in 1940. She also owns Kahlo's My Birth. In that 1990 interview with Vanity Fair, Madonna said of My Birth: "If somebody doesn't like this painting, then I know they can't be my friend."

Madge also owns Pablo Picasso's Buste de Femme a la Frange, a 1938 work that she paid nearly $5 million for in 2000.

Madonna's over $100 million art collection is steeped in classics like Kahlo and Picasso, but is not without some contemporary pieces. It is believed that she owns at least one piece by Damien Hirst. She is also a big fan of Marilyn Minder and used one of her videos, Green Pink Caviar as part of her Sweet and Sticky tour in 2008.

Read more: Madonna's Amazing Art Collection Is Worth At Least $100 Million

Lynda Resnick, co-owner of the Wonderful Company, positions herself as a woman who pulled herself up by her pantyhose. She has spoken about what it means to be a successful woman in business. She has spoken out about being a champion of women in business, closing the gender pay gap, and championing women in leadership rolls. She has stood up against the sexism that has existed in offices for too long. Now, it appears the billionaire is skilled at talking the talk but not walking the walk. Five former employees from the marketing and product department that Lynda runs are suing the company for pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination. This isn't the first time Resnick has faced these allegations. Five years ago, the company settled a lawsuit that had similar allegations.

Lynda Resnick was a single mother of two, struggling to build her own advertising agency before she met her second husband, Stuart. Today, the couple owns and runs the Wonderful Company, which sells POM Wonderful juice, Halo brand mandarin oranges, Fiji water, almonds, and pistachios. It is estimated that almost half of all American households buy one of the Resnick's products. Lynda met Stuart, who is her second husband, when she was pitching her ad agency to get his business while he was President of American Protection Industries. They married in 1973. Even before the Wonderful Company (formerly Roll Global), the Resnicks were busy entrepreneurs. Stewart and Lynda Resnick purchased Teleflora in 1979 and Lynda was integral in marketing and business development for the company. She introduced "Flowers in a Gift" in 1982, a marketing idea that saw the flowers delivered in a keepsake container. In 1984, the Resnicks bought Franklin Mint. Lynda ushered in the collectible doll era of that company.

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The employees describe a culture hostile to pregnancy and working parents. Wonderful denies these allegations. The case involves a former director of marketing who claims she was fired in 2016 when she was at home on maternity leave with her newborn. She had planned to take 16 weeks of leave, which is covered under California's Family Rights Act. She was fired exactly 12 weeks to the day after she started her maternity leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act covers 12 weeks of unpaid but job protected leave. Federal law also allows for four additional weeks of leave if a mother is temporarily disabled under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. The former marketing director said:

 "My job was terminated the day my FMLA expired, exactly twelve weeks to the day," she says. "And in California, you're still covered under CFRA."

This isn't the first controversy surrounding the Resnicks and the Wonderful Company. Last year, we wrote about the absolutely insane amount of water the Resnick's use at their orchards. California has been immersed in a drought of biblical proportions for the past six years. The whole state is brown and dry and dusty. However, drive along Route 33 and it is a different world. Rows and rows of lush green trees – 70,000 acres of them – dot the landscape. They are almond and pistachio trees and they are notoriously thirsty. This land and the trees on it belong to Stewart and Lynda Resnick. They comprise about $3 billion of the couple's $5 billion fortune.

This land has plenty of water in a state with draconian water laws. The Resnicks orchards have had more access to water than any other farm in California during the worst drought in the state's history.  The Resnicks use roughly 120 billion gallons of water a year. That's enough to supply water to the 852,000 residents of San Francisco for 10 years. That is more water than every single home in Los Angeles combined.

The Resnicks own a majority of the Kern Water Bank. The water bank is one of the state's biggest underground water storage facilities which they've owned for two decades, allowing them to get more water than older farms. (California awards water rights based on seniority. The Resnicks didn't have any, they got the water anyway.)

Of the 120 billion gallons the Resnicks use each year, two thirds of it goes directly to their almond and pistachio trees. As previously stated, the couple has owned a majority stake in the Kern Water Bank for two decades. The Kern Water Bank is capable of storing 500 billion gallons of water. Over the past few years, the Resnicks have spent about $35 million buying water from other districts to ensure their thirsty orchards had enough.

The state of California spent $75 million developing the enormous underground water facility. Then they mysteriously handed it over to Kern County officials. Those officials then gave most of it to Westside Mutual Water Company. Interestingly enough, the Resnicks own Westside Mutual Water Company.

They not only have enough water in their control to supply their orchards with 120 billion gallons a year, they have enough to sell water back to the state of California. The Resnicks bought water for $28 per acre-foot – the amount needed to cover one acre of land in one foot of water and then turned around and sold it to the state for $196 per acre-foot. The state then used it to supply it to other farmers whose supply had been diminished from the drought and the strange deal the Resnicks made with Kern County. The Resnicks have netted roughly $30 million in water sales.

Read more: Self-Made Female Billionaire's Company Accused Of Discriminating Against Pregnant Employees

The bad blood between Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and his brother Jordan hit a new level on Twitter recently, in a spat involving Rodgers' response to that devastating California wildfire. It all started when Aaron, who grew up in Chico, California, shared a video message on Twitter pledging to donate $1 million to relief efforts in Northern California. The video was accompanied by the following message, imploring his Twitter followers to help out if they can as well:

"Please take a minute to watch this and if you can, take a few seconds to retweet this using the #retweet4good
All the money goes to a great organization for the immediate needs and the recovery efforts for the #CampFireParadise
Thank you #ButteStrong #payitforward"

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This seemingly goodhearted gesture has gotten nearly 130,000 RTs as of this writing, but it did not sit well with Aaron's brother Jordan, who in a Twitter post of his own indicated that he saw a discrepancy between Aaron's public pledge and his private conduct:

"PLEASE DONATE, SPREAD AWARENESS & SEND LOVE.

But when your own Mom is home alone during the fires, car packed ready to evacuate, & you miss the fundamental first step of compassion; calling your parents to make sure they are safe….

Everything else just feels like an act."

Harsh words, especially during the holiday season, and it represents a new level of acrimony between the two brothers. Aaron Rodgers' estrangement from his immediate family, on the other hand, has been known about for a while, and evidently the wildfire in California wasn't enough to close the rift between he and his family, not even on the highly public forum of social media.

Jordan Rodgers' feud with brother Aaron has made headlines before, especially during the former's appearance on the reality TV game show The Bachelor, in the show's 12th season.

Read more: Aaron Rodgers' Brother, Jordan, Criticizes His Brother's $1M Wildfire Relief Pledge: "It Feels Like An Act"

After a 28-14 home loss against the Tennessee Titans earlier this month, the Dallas Cowboys looked dead in the water. But the team has turned its season around, racking up three straight wins. They now sit atop the NFC East and control their own playoff destiny.

The wins likely make America's Team even more valuable – especially if you ask Jerry Jones.

The Cowboys owner recently said in an interview that he thinks the Cowboys are worth $10 billion. And he has no plans to sell them anytime soon.

Check out what Jones had to say:

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"If I had to sell the team tomorrow I wouldn't accept anything less than $10 billion. But I don't want to imply that I would take $10 billion for them. The Cowboys are just not for sale. They're a long-term asset and my immediate family – which has been a part of making them what they are today – they'll own the Cowboys long after I'm gone."

Jones added that he doesn't think $10 billion is unreasonable, and he'd rather have the Cowboys than the money. And with exciting players like Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper, it makes sense to hold onto his investment.

By his estimate, the Cowboys are worth more than double than any other franchise. Is that crazy? Probably. But the Cowboys are already among the most valuable sports franchises in the world. And the more they keep winning, the more valuable they'll become.

Read more: Here's How Much Jerry Jones Thinks The Dallas Cowboys Are Worth (Hint: It's A Lot)

Floyd "Money" Mayweather may have outdone himself once again in the field of throwing around his namesake, as TMZ reports the boxer has spent an eye-widening $5.3 million on various pieces of jewelry during a recent shopping spree in Los Angeles. It happened on November 14th, at the Beverly Hills shop of Peter Marco, known as a "jeweler to the stars," and who was able to satisfy Mayweather's expensive tastes in chains, bracelets, and rings.

More precisely, his jewelry tab included a pear-shaped fancy yellow VVS ring weighing 30 carats and priced at $2.3 million dollars, and surprisingly enough that wasn't even the most expensive item on the list. That would be the diamond bracelet he paid $2.5 million for, then to round things off there was a two-pound yellow gold Cuban necklace and a trio of watches all totaling $500,000.

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Together, the haul cost a good $5.3 million, which is of course far from being the most Mayweather has ever spent at one time. He's reported to have once purchased a ring and chain worth a combined $10 million, and he even once spent $18 million on a single watch. So this was more like a casual shopping day for him – the likes of which he evidently expects to be able to afford into the foreseeable future, with his big (and extremely lucrative) New Year's Eve fight with Tenshin Nasukawa approaching soon (so he says), as well as talk of a payday in the NINE figures if he's able to swing a "superfight" with MMA superstar Khabib Nurmagomedov sometime next year.

And just in case you've been harboring an image in your mind of Floyd paying for all this mega-expensive jewelry with cash, unfortunately it doesn't appear to be how it happened in reality – instead, he's reported to have cut Marco a check for the jewelry.

Read more: Floyd Mayweather Spends $5.3 Million In Jewelry Shopping Spree

Gerald Albright net worth: Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist who has a net worth of $3 million. Gerald Albright was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1957. He started out as a studio musician for artists including Anita Baker, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Parker Jr., and The Temptations. He has toured with several musicians including Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, and many more. Gerald Albright released his debut studio album Just Between Us in 1987. He has also released the albums Bermuda Nights in 1988, Dream Come True in 1990, Smooth in 1994, Giving Myself to You in 1995, Live to Love in 1997, Pleasures of the Night with Will Downing in 1998, Groovology in 2002, Kickin' It Up in 2004, New Beginnings in 2006, Sax for Stax in 2008, Pushing the Envelope in 2010, 24/7 with Norman Brown in 2012, Summer Hours with David Koz, Mindi Abair, and Richard Elliot in 2013, Slam Dunk in 2014, G in 2016, and 30 in 2018. He has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards.

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Wendel Clark net worth: Wendel Clark is a Canadian former professional hockey player who has a net worth of $4 million. Wendel Clark was born in Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Canada in October 1966. He was a left wing and defensemen who played for the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Hockey League. Clark was drafted #1 overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1985 National Hockey League draft. He played for Toronto from 1985 to 1994 and then played for the Quebec Nordiques from 1994 to 1995 and the New York Islanders from 1995 to 1996. Wendel Clark played again for the Maple Leafs from 1995 to 1998 before playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 1998 to 1999, the Detroit Red Wings from 1998 to 1999, and the Chicago Blackhawks from 1999 to 2000. He finished his career with the Maple Leafs again from 1999 to 2000. He was a two time NHL All-Star and had his #17 jersey retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Clark also won a Gold medal representing Finland in the 1985 World Junior Championships.

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Johnny Horton net worth: Johnny Horton was an American country music, honkytonk, and rockabilly singer and musician who had a net worth equal to $3 million at the time of his death, after adjusting for inflation. Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles, California in April 1925 and passed away in November 1960. He was a guitarist who had several hits. His debut studio album The Spectacular Johnny Horton was released in 1959 and his album Johnny Horton Makes History was released in 1960. Horton released the album Greatest Hits in 1961 which reached #8 in the US and was certified Platinum. He released the albums Honky Tonk Man in 1962 and I Can't Forget You in 1965. His album Johnny Horton On Stage was released in 1967 and reached #37 on the US Country chart. Horton released the albums The Unforgettable Johnny Horton in 1968, On the Road and The Legendary Johnny Horton in 1970, and The Battle of New Orleans and The World of Johnny Horton in 1971. His single "The Battle of New Orleans" reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and US Country charts and his singles "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" and "North To Alaska" both reached #1 on the US Country chart. He is a member of both the Rockabilly and Louisiana Music Halls of Fame. Johnny Horton passed away on November 5, 1960 at 35 years old in an automobile accident.

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Warren Hill net worth: Warren Hill is a Canadian smooth jazz saxophonist who has a net worth of $4 million. Warren Hill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in April 1966. He was discovered during his performance at his graduation from Berklee College of Music and he was invited to play on a Chaka Khan record. Hill moved to Los Angeles, California where he signed with RCA Records. His debut studio album Kiss Under the Moon was released in 1991 and reached #11 on the US Top Jazz chart. Hill released the albums Devotion in 1993 and Truth in 1994 which both reached #6 on the US Top Jazz Chart. His album Shelter was released in 1997 which reached #8 on the same chart. Warren Hill released the album Life Thru Rose Colored Glasses in 1998 which reached #18 on the US Top Jazz chart. His album Love Life was released in 2000 and reached #10 on the same chart. He also released the albums Love Songs in 2002, A Warren Hill Christmas in 2002, PopJazz in 2005, and La Dolce Vita in 2008. His single "La Dolce Vita" reached #2 on the US Smooth Jazz chart. Hill played on the Restless Heart single "Tell Me What You Dream" which reached #1 on both the US Adult Contemporary and Canadian AC charts.

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Joe Madison net worth: Joe Madison is an American radio talk show host and activist who has a net worth of $6 million. Joe Madison was born in Dayton, Ohio in June 1949. He is known by his nicknames "The Black Eagle" and "Madison". He graduated from Washington University and was a board member for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1986 to 1999. Madison became a board member of the American Red Cross in 2013. He was the youngest person to be appointed as the Executive Director of Detroit's NAACP branch at 24 years old. Madison worked in public relations for General Motors Corporation and as a statistician for the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL. He began his radio career in 1980 in Detroit at WXYZ-AM before moving to WWRC-AM and then WOL-AM and XM/Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2015 he talked for 52 hours straight setting a Guinness World Record.

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This year's 10 highest-paid women in music brought home some serious cash, but no one came even close to the top two highest-paid women. Katy Perry made $83 million and Taylor Swift made $80 million over the past year. Perry grabbed the top spot thanks in part to the immense success of the 80 stops on her Witness: The Tour, which grossed over $1 million per night. Perry pulled in a reported $20 million for her turn as a judge on the reboot of American Idol.

Taylor Swift landed in the second spot with $80 million, thanks to her album Reputation, which sold two million copies in its first week. Swift would have easily claimed the top spot, but most of her Reputation Stadium Tour took place outside of the scoring dates for this year. Look for her to be at or near the top of the list next year.

After Perry and Swift, there's a steep drop off. While just $3 million separates #1 from #2, #3 made $20 million less than #2. The third-highest paid woman in music, Beyoncé, brought in $60 million. One newcomer and unfamiliar name making this year's list is European sensation Helene Fischer. Fischer is a Russian born German signer and television presenter whose most recent tour brought in seven figures per stop.

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#10. Britney Spears – $30 million
Spears wrapped up her popular Planet Hollywood residency in Las Vegas. She's embarking on an arena tour before she settles into her next Las Vegas gig at the Park MGM in February. Spears adds to her income with deals from Kenzo, Pepsi, and Elizabeth Arden.

#9. Celine Dion – $31 million
Celine Dion's Las Vegas shows bring in half a million dollars each night. In the past year, Dion also took her show on the road playing arenas in Europe.

#8. Helene Fischer – $32 million
European singer Helene Fischer makes more than most American singers. This year, the bulk of her income comes from a her very successful tour, where she grosses seven-figures per stop.

#7.  Rihanna – $37.5 million
Rihanna is one musician who doesn't make the bulk of her money on tour. Ri-Ri's massive income comes from Fenty Beauty and Savage Lingerie. She hasn't toured since 2016, but she keeps herself relevant by starring in movies such as Ocean's 8.

#6. Jennifer Lopez – $47 million
Jennifer Lopez's income rose 24% since last year. Her lucrative Las Vegas residency helped accomplish that. She also has a number of endorsement deals and the show World of Dance.

#5. Lady Gaga – $50 million
Lady Gaga played 66 shows during the past year, starred in the critically acclaimed Star Is Born, and brought in more money from her fragrance Fame and deals with MAC and Versace.

#4. Pink – $52 million
Pink's Beautiful Trauma tour has been bringing in seven figures per stop as it makes its way through North America and Oceania.

#3. Beyoncé – $60 million
Beyoncé topped last year's list. This year, she headlined Coachella and released the album Everything is Love—a joint venture with her husband Jay-Z. The couple then embarked on the On the Run II stadium tour.

#2. Taylor Swift – $80 million
Her new album, Reputation, sold two million copies its opening week. Swift is now making bank with the Reputation World Tour.

#1. Katy Perry – $83 million
Katy Perry played 80 dates of her Witness: The Tour over the past year and grossed over $1 million per night. She augmented that income with a $20 million gig as a judge on American Idol.

Read more: The 10 Highest Paid Women In Music 2018

At 6'9″, 210 pounds, Darius Bazley stands out in a crowd. Beyond his physical appearance, though, he's hoping to stand out for another reason. Bazley, one of the top draft prospects in the 2019 NBA Draft, is forgoing college and the G League so he can "intern" with New Balance.

In the process, Bazley will make at least $1 million. And if he reaches all of his performance incentives, he stands to make $14 million from the athletic company.

This March, Bazley announced he was de-committing from Syracuse. He then planned to join the G League, but that ended up fizzling out, too. Now, Bazley is looking to take a new path to NBA stardom.

Bazley signed with agent Rich Paul, who has a long history of representing NBA stars. Paul counts LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and John Wall among his clients.

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While the G League has made itself more lucrative for promising one-and-done stars, contracts still top out at $125,000 per year. Bazley saw an opportunity for more money with New Balance.

Right now, Bazley is training with Memphis assistant Mike Miller. However, the prospect plans to move to the Boston area in January to begin a three-month education in business. He's expected to spend time working with New Balance's marketing department, digital and social media teams, and footwear and apparel design branches.

New Balance last marketed basketball shoes about a quarter century ago, when James Worthy was its star athlete. It's hoping Bazley can help lead a resurrection of its brand.

Bazley's last real basketball game was more than seven months ago. Unless something changes in 2019, he'll spend more than a year out of the limelight.

Could that ultimately hurt his draft stock? Quite possibly. In the meantime, Bazley will get to do something fun that gets him out of bed every morning. It's hard to say if intro college courses would provide the same insight into business experiences that New Balance will.

Of course, the NBA is the ultimate goal. And if Bazley succeeds, he could start a new trend across the league.

Read more: One Of The NBA's Top Draft Prospects Will Make $1 Million Skipping College To Intern For New Balance

Bom Kim didn't set out to become the e-commerce king of South Korea, but it is a good thing he did as it has made him a billionaire. Coupang, Kim's company, is South Korea's largest e-commerce company. It recently announced that it had raised $2 billion from SoftBank's Vision Fund. That pushes the valuation of the company to $9 billion, making it South Korea's most valuable startup. It is also enough to make Bom Kim South Korea's newest billionaire.

As we said, Kim didn't set out to be South Korea's e-commerce king. However, Kim and Coupang have mastered something Jeff Bezos and Amazon are still trying to figure out. Coupang offers on-demand e-commerce with same-day delivery. Amazon only recently rolled this service out to some markets Coupang was founded in 2013, the company has managed to master same day delivery remarkably less time in business than Amazon.

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Bon Kim was born in Seoul and from the age of seven, he spent much of his life abroad. At 13, he went to boarding school in Massachusetts. He was a varsity athlete in track and wrestling. When it came time for college, Kim stayed local and went to Harvard where he started a student magazine called the Current. Newsweek took the magazine over in 2001, a year after Kim graduated. He also interned at the New Republic.

Kim enrolled in Harvard Business School in 2010 but dropped out a year later. He had been bitten by the e-commerce bug and wanted to start a business in Seoul. At the time, Groupon was a hot commodity and Kim set his sights on the daily deal model. Coupang became the 30^th Groupon clone in South Korea. Kim registered as a limited liability company in the U.S. to make it easier to raise money from American investors. He spent nearly a million on advertising. However, he soon learned that daily deals are a lousy business model. Customer retention is nearly nil.

By the summer of 2013, Kim had transformed Coupang into an e-Bay style site while experimenting with true e-commerce. Two years later, Coupang had $400 million in capital from Silicon Valley behemoths Sequoia Capital and BlackRock and had made a big commitment to its own inventory. Kim made a more than billion-dollar investment in logistics infrastructure.

The new capital, which follows SoftBank's initial $1 billion investment from June 2015, will be used to shore up technology platforms that will allow for faster deliveries, a one-touch payment system, and an AI function to provide purchase recommendations.

South Korea has the second largest GDP in Asia. Almost everyone is on a smartphone and a high-speed network. Half of the country's population lives in and around Seoul, making it easier for Coupang to deliver on their impressive promise of same day delivery.

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Koo Kwang-mo took the helm of his family's business after his father died in May. You may have heard of his family's business: LG. The 40-year-old heads up one of South Korea's largest conglomerates and is the largest shareholder of LG Corp., holding company of the global company that makes everything from smartphones to appliances to vacuum cleaners. Koo inherited his father's 8.8% stake in LG, giving him 15% of the company. His holding is valued at $1.55 billion. Normally, we'd be celebrating another new billionaire being created, but this is South Korea, and the inheritance or "death" tax is one of the highest in the world.

In South Korea, death taxes can be as high as 50% when the inheritance is more than $2.7 billion US. An extra 20% tax is tacked on when the largest shareholder passes down shares. That means that Koo is facing an inheritance tax of $630 million. His two sisters each got a 2.5% stake in LG from their late father, making the siblings' collective tax bill more than $795 million.

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The Koo family is planning to pay the full $795 million over the next five years, with the first payment due by the end of November 2018, according to a statement from LG Corp. It is expected that Koo will take out a loan against his stakes in LG.

Koo's inheritance tax is the largest death-tax payment ever in South Korea. However, it is a rare move by the wealthy family to fully accept the burden. Some of the country's wealthiest families have taken extreme measures to avoid inheritance taxes such as setting up new businesses in their children's name.

Samsung and Hyundai are expected to also have a succession plan in place, which causes a concern for its heirs. Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee owns shares of Samsung worth nearly $16 billion. He's been incapacitated since a heart attack in 2014. His son Jay Lee will be responsible for billions of dollars in taxes in order to get his hands on his father's holdings. Hyundai Motor Group heir Euisun Chung faces a similar future.

Only Japan's death tax (55%) is higher than South Korea. The death tax in the United States is currently at a rate of 40%.

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Last year, Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi became the most expensive in the world after it was sold to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for $450 million. Now, in a baffling development, The Times reports that the painting has not been seen publicly since its acquisition by Louvre Abu Dhabi, and that scholars and others with an interest in the important piece of artistic history are growing worried that is has been somehow lost.

Professor Martin Kemp, the da Vinci expert who helped to authenticate the painting and bring it out of relative obscurity after it was sold for less than $10,000 back in 2005, tells The Times the "disturbing" current status of the situation:

"Nobody outside the immediate Arab hierarchy knows where it is… I have no idea. The mystery of its location is, of course, disturbing."

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The disappearance is only the latest chapter in Salvator Mundi's long, complicated history, that has seen it go from an overpainted, virtually worthless mess to a genuine, authenticated da Vinci over the course of the 20th century, having once been sold in 1958 for just £45 as a work by one of da Vinci's pupils. Eventually, it ended up in the collection of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev (whose purchase of the painting from dealer Yves Bouvier is one of the points in the big price fixing scandal and legal dispute between Rybolovlev, Bouvier, and auction house Sotheby's), who sold it to the Crown Prince just days before the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi was announced.

The original plan was for the painting to be unveiled at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in September, but the museum postponed that unveiling, adding to the concern among those interested in the work's safekeeping. That includes Robert Simon, who was part of the consortium of art collectors who purchased the painting in 2005, who says:

"I am concerned about its condition, its well-being… I am trusting and believing that, wherever it is, there are people who understand that it is a 500-year-old, very fragile work of art and that they are keeping it in museum conditions."

Hopefully, he is correct in his trust and his belief and the painting has not truly been jeopardized in anyway.

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