In late 2006, Pumpyansky bought out the parts of Melnichenko and Popov, acquiring full ownership of TMK, which he listed on the London Stock Exchange and raised $1 billion. Later on, he was forced to surrender his controlling share to state-owned banks as security for a $1.85 billion loan, but Pumpyansky successfully re-gained the control of TMK two years later. Apart from TMK, he now co-owns Sinara Group along with German industrial giant Siemens....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Don Robert Hankey was born on June 13, 1943 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in finance he set out to conquer Wall Street as a stockbroker. After a little less than a decade he had grown tired of stocks and decided to look to his roots for his next venture. In 1972 Don took over a Ford dealership in Los Angeles’ Koreatown that his father co-owned....
E. J. Johnson is known for being a cast member on the E! reality television series “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills,” and for starring on his own short-lived spinoff show, “EJNYC.” Johnson has also done fashion commentary for “E! News” and appeared as a guest star in the fourth season of the reality television parody series “Real Husbands of Hollywood. Early Life and Education Earvin Johnson III was born on June 4, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California to legendary NBA player Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie Johnson....
Early Life El DeBarge was born on June 4, 1961, in Detroit, Michigan, and given the name Eldra Patrick DeBarge. He is the sixth child born to parents Robert and Etterlene DeBarge. His parents’ marriage was tumultuous, and DeBarge was sometimes surrounded by child abuse and also observed the abuse of his mother. Growing up, he sang in his local church choir and also learned to play the piano. When his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, they formed a music group that often performed at their uncle’s Pentecostal church....
At the time, the entire company was valued at around $10.5 billion (7.7 billion euros). Thus, the acquisition made Metro’s share in the company jump to more than 78%. However, Metro and Kellerhals have maintained a strained relationship. Kellerhals even took part of a court battle over a conflict regarding the company’s governance. The output was Metro prevailing in court, while Kellerhals has held onto his almost 22% stake.
Oh yes, and perhaps the most intriguing element: LIV pays a ton of money to its golfers. It’s offered nine-figure deals to some of the top PGA Tour stars, who have jumped at the chance to make millions. Among those stars are Phil Mickelson — who signed a $200 million deal with LIV — and Dustin Johnson, who agreed to a $125 million contract from LIV. And in just five events, Johnson has already made north of $12....
Wish was founded in 2010 by Szulczewski and Zhang, former programmers at Google and Yahoo. Szulczewski spent six-and-a-half years at Google solving big matching problems before leaving to cofound ContextLogic with Zhang. The idea was to build a next generation mobile ad platform that would compete with Google’s AdSense. Szulczewski and Zhang quickly realized that business development, an integral part of any ad network, was not their thing. They changed tracks and launched Wish as an app that asked people to create wish lists....
Early Life Matarazzo was born in Connecticut on September 8, 2002, and given the name Gaetano John Matarazzo III. He is part Italian, after his father. His parents are Gaetano and Heather Matarazzo. He has an older sister named Sabrina and a younger brother named Carmen, who have also become actors. When he was born, he was diagnosed with cleidocranial dysplasia, a condition that affects the development of bones and teeth, though it generally does not affect an individual’s cognitive development....
Saving Grace Salary Between 2007 and 2010, Holly starred on the series “Saving Grace”. She appeared in all 46 of the show’s episodes. Her salary on the show was $145,000 per episode, which worked out to around $6.7 million for the series. Early Life Hunter was born in Conyers, Georgia, on March 20, 1958. Her father, Charles, worked as a farmer and also was a representative for a sporting goods manufacturer, while her mother was a housewife....
A Song Is Born The origins of “Thong Song” can be traced back to two producers, Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson. “Tim & Bob”, which is how the duo was known and credited, were at the top of the music world thanks to hits penned and produced for artists like Monica, Boyz II Men, TLC, Madonna and 112. They actually discovered 112. Tim & Bob won back-to-back Best R&B Album Grammys for their work on Boyz II Men’s “II” (1994) and TLC’s “CrazySexyCool” (1995)....
He was a radio presenter at talk station 97.3 LBC for three years and he hosted the Absolute Radio series Iain Lee’s 2 Hour Long Late Night Radio Show. He was a presenter on the TV series Big Breakfast and has also appeared in episodes of the TV series The Beckhams Go To Hollywood, The Race, Wills and Harry in Vegas, I Love Lost, Law of the Playground, Citizen TV, Celebrity Soup, Gamestars, All Star Sketch Show, My Worst Week, You Askin’ I’m Dancin’, Thumb Bandits, Critical Mass, Vent, and New Labour New Language....
Kim continued a strong run, winning the Kiwi Challenge (a non-PGA event) in 2009 and setting a record for birdies (11) in a single round at the 2009 Masters. He earned his third PGA Tour win at the Shell Houston Open in 2010 and finished third in that year’s Masters before an injury sidelined him for much of the season. Kim returned in 2011 but didn’t win an event; his top highlight was finishing tied for fifth at The Open Championship....
He has won eleven Dove Awards and has had two gold selling albums. Houghton has also won four Grammy Awards and a Soul Train Award. He produced Michael Gungor’s album Bigger Than My Imagination. Houghton has also recorded the albums Nueva Generation, New Season, Real, Live From Another Level, Alive in South Africa, A Timeless Christmas, A Deeper Level, The Power of One, Love God, Love People, Decade, and Jesus at the Center: Live....
James has earned a few extremely significant financial windfalls during his career thanks to some savvy business decisions. As we detail later in this article, he famously gave up his $8 million salary when “Titanic” went over budget. He took back-end points instead. Those points eventually translated into a $650 million payday for Cameron when the film became the highest-grossing movie of all time up to that point. Thanks to a similar profit-sharing deal, James has earned at least $350 million off “Avatar” to date....
Early Life Jared Harris was born Jared Francis Harris on August 24, 1961, in Hammersmith, London, England. He is the son of actors Richard Harris and Elizabeth Rees-Williams. Richard was from Ireland and was known for films such as “Camelot,” “This Sporting Life,” “The Field,” “Gladiator,” and the “Harry Potter” films. Elizabeth was Welsh and was the daughter of 1st Baron Ogmore David Rees-Williams. Jared’s younger brother, Jamie, is also an actor, and his older brother, Damian, is a director....
singles charts and their self-titled debut album sold more than 500,000 copies. The Wanted experienced similar success with their single, “Glad You Came”, off their second album, “Battleground”, in 2011. That song also gained popularity overseas in the United States and Canada. McGuiness is an active animal advocate who has his own pet lizard. He earned the title of Sexiest Male Vegetarian by PETA. McGuiness says that, for now, he prefers to remain single and focus on work so he doesn’t get stressed out trying to make a long-distance relationship succeed....
Jay Wright is an American college basketball coach who has a net worth of $11 million. Jay Wright was born in Churchville, Pennsylvania in December 1961. He played college basketball at Bucknell before becoming an assistant coach for Rochester from 1984 to 1986. Wright was an assistant coach at Drexel from 1986 to 1987 and at Villanova from 1987 to 1992. He was an assistant coach at UNLV from 1992 to 1994 and became the head coach at Hofstra from 1994 to 2001....
“Big Pimpin’” remains one of Jay Z’s most popular songs to this day. The song was on Hov’s Vol. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter album, and was released as a single in the year 2000. The song featured Texas-bred duo UGK and was produced by legendary super producer Timbaland. Perhaps what made the song most memorable, is the famous flute loop that plays throughout the song. That flute loop though, has Jay Z and Timbaland in some hot water....
Oceanco, the yacht building firm that is constructing Bezos’s nearly completed yacht, has seen it turned into a public relations nightmare due to the bridge idea, which was widely mocked and criticized by both Rotterdam locals and interested people across the world. This is speculated to be why the company decided to move it to another shipyard some 20 miles away in the dead of night, and at top speed....
Biography John Thompson was born in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1941. He first rose to prominence as an excellent basketball player while at Archbishop Carroll High School. He graduated as the Top Scorer in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, and went on to a stand out college career at Providence College. He set multiple school records and was an All-American selection. The Boston Celtics drafted him in 1964. He quickly realized that coaching was his passion, and he shifted his focus, retiring from professional play in 1966....
