Also, Taha Mikati co-founded M1 Group, a holding company led by his son Azmi, a Columbia University engineering graduate. The M1 Group has a great variety investments in various industries including real estate, jet leasing, fashion; holding shares in notable companies like the classy fashion line Faconnable, the largest Lebanon’s bank Audi or UK’s supermarket chain J Sainsbury. Reportedly, the Mikatis hired British architect Norman Foster to redesign their headquarters in the country’s capital Beirut.
The 50 most generous donors made a total of $9.8 billion in charitable donations in 2014. The 10 most generous accounted for more than $6.2 billion of that amount. The amount donated is up 27.5 % over the $7.7 billion donated in 2013. That boost is due in part to the increase in technology entrepreneurs under 40. Three of that group donated more than $500 million each. The median age of the top 50 donors is 73.
Every team who plays in the NCAA tournament earns a “unit” for its conference. And each game played counts as a unit, except for the championship game. So unsurprisingly, tournament success leads to more money. The ACC rode an incredible 11-1 start to the tournament, meaning all of its six teams played at least two games. The units are paid out over the next six years following a tournament. Money earned from games played this year will start going to conferences in 2016, and will be paid out through 2021, with the money increasing each year.
Several teams are rumored to be interested in moving to L.A., largely because they want new stadiums (or at least some serious upgrades), and their current home city doesn’t want to pay for it. Rather than foot the bill themselves, they are threatening to move the team to Los Angeles. Whether they are serious, or are just using the threat as a bargaining chip, only the teams actually know. Of course, what would help give their threats some credibility, is if there was a stadium in Los Angeles ready and waiting for them, or at least a funding plan in place to pay for it.
That’s right. The Playboy mansion is officially for sale. But as you might expect, it’s not going to be cheap. Built in 1927, the Playboy mansion sits on six acres in Holmby Hills, California (which is basically like an extremely exclusive tiny neighborhood within Beverly Hills). The 22,000 square foot house comes with 31 rooms, 7 of which are bedrooms, 8 are bathrooms, a zoo, and a grotto that desperately needs to be power-washed with bleach.
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift is currently the highest-paid musician in the world, thanks to her massively successful album, 1989, and her latest world tour. 1989 has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Ticket sales and merchandise help to ensure that Swift will end up at the top of the list, or close to it, of the highest-paid entertainers of the year, once again. Taylor also writes all of her own songs, which ups her net worth considerably.
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group was founded in 1994 by seasoned Wall Street veteran Daniel Och (pronounced “awk”). Och started the fund using a big investment from members of the wealthy Ziff family, hence the name Och-Ziff. As of January 2014, Och-Ziff has $40.6 billion dollars under management. It became a publicly traded company in 2007 and today has a market cap of $5.6 billion. After earning a computer science degree from Harvard in 2005, James “Jimmy” Levin went to work on Wall Street at a firm called Dune Capital.
Their love resulted in the birth of four children: Andrew Tisch, Daniel Tisch, James Tisch and Thomas Tisch, a partner at FLF Associates. It was her husband’s wealth that made her join the billionaire circles. Today, Wilma and Joan Tisch, her sister- in-law, control the Tisch family fortune that was built by their late spouses, Preston Tisch and Laurence Tisch. Precisely speaking, Wilma currently holds 5% of the Loews Group.
She has also released the EPs Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself, Uncover, and The Remixes EP. Larsson released her debut studio album 1 in 2014 and the album reached #1 in Sweden. Her single “Uncover” reached #1 in Sweden and Norway and her singles “Lush Life” and “Never Forget You” (with MNEK) also reached #1 in Sweden. Larsson has also been featured on the hit singles “Girls Like” by Tinie Tempah and “This One’s for You” by David Guetta.
One of her half-siblings, Clara, is also an actress. Zosia lived in New England until age five when her mother moved to Pacific Palisades, California, taking Zosia and sister Willa with her. After finishing high school, Zosia made the decision to pursue acting instead of going on to college.
He holds the record for goals scored for both Newcastle and the Premier League. He retired from playing soccer in 2006 and worked as a pundit for the BBC, leaving in 2009 to manage Newcastle United’s last eight games of the season. Alan Shearer, among other honors, has been the PFA Player of the Year in 1995 and 1997, the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year in 1994, the Premier League Player of the Month five times from 1994-2003, and the Premier League Player of the Season for 1994-1995.
When Alfred Oetker, the Chairman of the Dr. Oetker’s advisory board, died in 2007, he left behind eight children from three marriages. As one of the eight billionaire beneficiaries, he did receive his fair portion of the family fortune, which was equally divided. But getting 12.5% percent of Dr. Oetker didn’t make the heirs happy. Split in two groups, the rivalry continues between the children from Rudolf ’s first two marriages – Rosely Schweizer, August, Christian and Richard Oetker and Bergit Gräfin Douglas – and the children from his third marriage: Alfred, Carl Ferdinand and Julia Oetker.
The European Union has yet to develop a protocol for handling this situation, or to establish quotas for how refugees they can reasonably accommodate. European governments cannot agree on what to do to help the refugees and alleviate the crisis. Fortunately, a number of billionaires have stepped up to the plate with big ideas and even bigger wallets. We recently told you about Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen, who is opening his doors to Syrian refugees in a big way.
In his nine-year-long tenure with Zenit, he was also named Russian Footballer of the Year. Upon his departure from Zenit in 2009, Arshavin joined the English Premier League club Arsenal where he established himself as the most expensive player in the club’s history at that time with a pay of £15 million. In February of 2012, Arshavin got back to Zenit where he still plays. Since 2001, Arshavin has been playing for the Russian national team and he is an ex-captain of the team.
He also began appearing in films, including “Boat People”, “As Tears Go By”, “A Moment of Romance”, “Fighter’s Blues”, and “The House of Flying Daggers’. He was the top box office draw in Hong Kong from 1985-2005. He released his first album as a recording artist in 1985, and finally broke out in 1990. He has since won 292 major music awards in Asia.
Anne (1951), and more complete characters like her portrayal of Regina Hubbard in Another Part of the Forest (1948). She could be also seen in fantasies, including in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948). As for her beautifully trained voice, it was often heard in such musicals as The Student Prince (1954), Rose Marie (1955) and Kismet (1956). Ann Blyth left a deep mark in the movie industry playing a real-life songstress in The Helen Morgan Story (1957) and portraying the wife of the legendary opera star, in The Great Caruso (1951).
He wrote and produced the movie Antwone Fisher in 2002 and wrote the movie ATL in 2006. Fisher wrote, directed, produced, edited, and was the cinematographer for the 2012 documentary film This Life of Mine The Leon T. Garr Story. Fisher won an American Screenwriters Association Award, a Black Reel Award, and a Humanitas Prize for the film Antwone Fisher. He has also received two NAACP Awards.
She appeared alongside Angelina Jolie in the movie adaptation of A Mighty Heart, as former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani. Panjabi has also voiced a number of characters for British children’s animation. The British national was appointed as the first Pratham USA Ambassador, representing the largest educational movement in India. She has also been affiliated with Amnesty International’s “Stope Violence Against Women” campaign and the Rotary International’s campaign to end polio.
Their album Take It to the Limit was released in 2008 and reached #4 in the US and #2 on the US Alternative charts. Hinder’s 2010 album All American Nightmare reached #1 on the US Alternative charts. They have also released the albums Welcome to the Freakshow in 2012 and When the Smoke Clears in 2015. Hinder had the most success with their single “Lips of an Angel” which reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand and #3 in the United States.
Roc Nation just entered the boxing world last year, and already it’s making a splash. They signed Cotto, one of the most popular boxers in the world, to an impressive $50 million deal. That includes three fights and financial guarantees for both boxing and non-boxing activities over the next 18 to 24 months. With Cotto (39-4 with 32 KOs) now under its belt, Roc Nation is fast becoming a major player in boxing.