Of course, one of those high-profile guys is LeBron James. He announced his return to Cleveland in an open letter to Sports Illustrated. Soon after that, he decided he wanted to create a platform for athletes to speak their minds without interruption, just as he did in the SI piece. Along with business partner Maverick Carter, James founded Uninterrupted, a space for short videos that gives athletes an opportunity to share candid moments with fans and other influencers.
So which NBA player was the most popular this past season in terms of jersey sales? It probably won’t surprise you, but for the second straight year, it was LeBron James. Realistically, he clinched this title the moment he announced his return to Cleveland. Fans now saw him as a hero for returning home, and Cleveland fans who had previously burned their jerseys had to get a replacement. This is the fourth time, overall, LeBron has topped the jersey sales charts.
She relocated to London in the early 90s, where she worked as a journalist, and then began a career in finance. She subsequently married a British teacher and has made her primary home in the UK. She is still the main shareholder in Renhe, but her brother serves as the company’s CEO, and handles operations. In addition to her involvement with Renhe, she is also an active investor in China Shouguang Agricultural, an agriculture market, and runs the Shanxi Zhongxin football team.
In 2008, she took a leave of absence from college to launch LearnVest. Her success has brought her numerous recognitions and accolades, as well as appearances on shows like CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, The Today Show, MSNBC Your Business and Bloomberg, among others. As a personal finance expert and entrepreneur, she has also been featured in such business and consumer publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek.
More than a decade later he established Orbis Investment Management in Bermuda, which manages $30 billion and serves as his primary residence. In 2005 he provided $130 million for the establishment of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, which grants higher education scholarships to aspirant entrepreneurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland. The foundation is also assisted through his Allan Gray Limited which provides 7% of its taxed profits for Allan Gray Orbis’ smooth operation.
In 2014 he announced his rugby retirement on The Footy Show due to a neck injury. As a singer he released his debut single “Where You From?” featuring Justice Crew in 2014. He has been featured in advertisements for Adidas. Reports surfaced in September 2015 that Beau cheated on his wife Kara Orrell with former Hi-5 member Lauren Brant.
After battling a drug addiction in the early 90s, Welch became a Christian and after 12 years with the band he left in 2005 to pursue his solo career. In 2008, he released his Christian-orientated debut album, Save Me From Myself, which received a warm reception from music critics and peaked at number three on the Christianity charts. The album was released under the Driven Music Group, a record label he founded with friends.
Reese has founded several high-tech companies and has several patents in the works, or established, in areas as diverse and varied as crowd-sourcing, content creation and psychographics. His websites have received over a billion visitors. Reese is credited by Bloomberg Businessweek as having “quietly pioneered a new breed of media company” and the Financial Times described him as (one of) the “new wave of internet entrepreneurs out to turn the economics of the media industry on its head.
It was in 1989 that he set up The Carphone Warehouse (CPW) which is an independent mobile phone retailer that specializes in producing cell phones for the self-employed, small businesses and the general public. Once it was given the green light to float on the London Stock Exchange market in 2000, it was estimated at $2.6 billion. Some eight years later, CPW began fruitful collaboration with Best Buy which eventually led to the formation of Best Buy Europe.
Kemoeatu was drafted #204 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2005 NFL Draft. With the Steelers he won two Super Bowl Championship and three AFC Championships. After Super Bowl XLIII Chris was re-signed to a five year contract but later released in 2012. He received a kidney transplant from his brother Ma’ake in August 2014. He has not officially retired and is still considered a free agent.
He worked for Orange County Choppers until 2007, when he moved to V-Force Customs, where he currently works with Vincent DiMartino. During his time with Orange County Choppers, he appeared on the reality show surrounding the shop, called, “American Chopper”. He subsequently sued the shop for continuing to use his likeness on merchandise and in advertising after he’d begun working for V-Force Customs. In 2010, he also began working for PJD, the custom shop opened by Paulie Jr.
He began his professional acting career in the late 70s, appearing in the film, “Hot Stuff”, which starred his father. He then went on to guest-starring roles on such television shows as, “21 Jump Street”, “Hunter”, “Saved by the Bell: The College Years”, “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, and “Blossom”. He has also played supporting roles in such films as, “The Liars’ Club”, “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”, and “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”.
He oversees global advertising and marketing campaigns. David joined the Ralph Lauren Corporation to run their internet operations. In 2013 he joined the Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation. David married granddaughter of former President George H.W. Bush, Lauren Bush, in 2011.
Now, a few days ago, after an extremely ugly and messy divorce that spanned eight years altogether, the two have arrived at a mutually acceptable settlement. Unfortunately for us in the financial gawking sector, the figure is unknown, but the last appeal resulted in a $603 million figure when Elena’s attorneys vowed to appeal again, so we can assume that the undisclosed sum is somewhere between $603 million and $4.
During the years, Lupin grew into one of the leading producers of anti-tuberculosis drugs and Cephalosporin antibiotics segments worldwide. Today, the company holds six research centers based in India and Japan, and it is operating in 12 factories with an income of about $1.7 billion annually. Last year, Gupta or, as he is popularly called, DBG handed over the pharmaceutical empire to his children: Vinita, his daughter, and Nilesh, his son, but he remains to serve as Chairman.
Drake’s Views album went Gold in one day, selling over 600,000 copies of the album in its first 24 hours of availability on the Apple Music service. This means that Views will almost certainly surpass Drake’s previous best debut week, when he sold 658,000 copies of his 2013 album, Nothing Was The Same. Drake’s album will also almost certainly surpass the first-week sales of another music giant, Beyonce, who released her surprise album, Lemonade, last week.
She went on to win Trevor Nelson’s BBC Urban Music competition, but the label attached to the award chose not to sign her. However, a CD of her songs sent to BBC Radio 1xtra, led to writing a track for Naughty Boy, and her career took off. She has since released one very successful album, “Our Version of Events”, won two BRIT Awards, and is currently touring and preparing to record her second album.
According to 2012 reports, Grupo Votorantim reached sales of $10.5 billion that year. Half of those earnings originate from the cement business, which is now setting out as Brazil gets ready for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ermirio Pereira de Moraes and his family control 100% of the business. A graduate of from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, de Moraes is also a member of the Advisory Council of AACD, a Brazilian NGO that treats disabled children.
It was in 1965, when Felix formed The Young Rascals with Eddie Brigati, Dino’ Danelli and Gene Cornish. Out of the four bandmates, Felix and Eddie were the ones to share the lead vocal and songwriting duties for the group. The two co-wrote seven albums together and some of their songs have been recorded by such artists as: Aretha Franklin, Olivia Newton John, Kenny Rankin, Dusty Springfield, David Cassidy, Lulu, Marvin Gaye, Gloria Estefan, Booker T and the MG’s.
Since 2014 he has starred as Dandy Mott, Tristan Duffy, and Rudolph Valentino on the television series American Horror Story. Wittrock has starred in the movies Twelve, A New York Winter’s Tale, Noah, Unbroken, Courage, The Submarine Kid, and The Big Short. He has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Cold Case, ER, CSI: Miami, Torchwood, Harry’s Law, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit, Masters of Sex, and Deadbeat.