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The Nike "Swoosh" Logo Was Designed By A 21-Year-Old Art Student… For A Fee Of $35.
Imagine you're a struggling graphic design student at Portland State University in 1971. One day, an accounting professor asks you to design a logo for his side-business shoe company. How much would you charge him for the logo?
NBC Executives "Went Numb" When Jerry Seinfeld Turned Down "Unheard Of" Offer To Do A 10th Season Of Seinfeld
The NBC people really, REALLY wanted a tenth season of Seinfeld. Could you turn down this much money???
"Passion of the Christ" Earned Mel Gibson The Largest Single Payday In Hollywood History
No studio would touch Mel Gibson's literal "Passion" project with a 10 foot pole. So he put up $45m of his own money… and went on to earn the largest single windfall in Hollywood history.
In 2005, A Graffiti Artist Asked To Be Paid In Stock Instead Of Cash To Paint Pre-IPO Facebook's Offices… That Was A Wise Choice.
In 2005 David Choe was approached by Facebook President Sean Parker with an offer to paint the interior walls of the company's corporate offices. Choe declined the cash and instead requested stock…
47 Years Ago, Apple's Long-Forgotten Third Co-Founder Made The Worst Financial Decision Of All Time
47 years ago, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and one other guy named Ronald Wayne founded Apple Inc. That "other guy" would soon make the worst financial decision in human history.
LeBron James, Serena Williams, Steph Curry & Dozens Of Celebs "Effectively Wiped Out" As Fitness App Tonal Faces 90% Valuation Drop
"Effectively wiped out" are three words you really really really do not want to hear about one of your investments.
What Keanu Reeves Did With His Matrix Royalties Proves He Truly Does Not Care About Money
As you're about to discover, it turns out Keanu Reeves is not your typical movie star. His generosity has become so legendary that it reads like an urban legend.
Unraveling The Mystery Of Andrew Tate's Purported $300-400 Million Fortune
How rich is Andrew Tate? If his fans are to be believed, he is one of the richest celebrities on the planet…
What's The Biggest Check Ever Written?
What is the single biggest physical check ever written, signed, delivered and cashed? We'll give you a hint, it involved Morgan Stanley at the absolute worst part of the 2008 financial crisis.
Tom Cruise Has Made Sooooo Much Money From "Top Gun: Maverick" Thanks To A Contract Structure That Hollywood Won't Offer Ever Again
"Top Gun: Maverick" has soared well above $1 billion at the global box office and therefore, so has Tom Cruise's payday.
All The Television Actors Who Have Earned $1 Million (Or More) Per Episode
Making $1 million (or more) per episode of a television/cable/streaming show used to be a fairly rare occurrence. Not anymore. With A-list film actors making the jump to the small screen, salaries have skyrocketed. Since 2017, 11 actors and actresses have joined the $1 million per episode or more club.
Imagine Making $2000 A Day From Something You Did 40 Years Ago… That's What Sting Did, And Then He Grabbed $300 Million…
30 Years ago, Sting screwed his bandmates out of royalties for "Every Breath You Take". Now, thanks mainly to Diddy, Sting will make $2000 per day in royalties for the rest of his life (and then some) from that one song.
The 5 Highest Grossing Animated Movies Of All Time
From monsters to Minions a lot of money has been made from animated movies. But there can only be one true… KING of the box office.
The 10 Poorest Countries in the World
The disparity in wealth between the richest and poorest countries in the world can be absolutely mind blowing when you compare those countries' Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Maybe they can help these countries out.
Floyd Mayweather Bet It All On Himself In 2006… That Gamble Turned Into $1.1 Billion
Back in 2006, Floyd Mayweather took a very big gamble with his future. It paid off and enabled him to make hundreds of millions of dollars when he fights today.