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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Could Score The First $80 Million Salary In NBA History

The Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the top players in the NBA. He's about to get paid like it.

Jayden Higgens Just Made NFL History

The Texans drafted Jayden Higgins with the No. 34 selection. His new contract is something no other second-rounder has ever accomplished.

Quincy Jones' Custom Built Bel Air Estate Hits The Market For $60 Million

The late Quincy Jones' 25,000-square-foot dream home - complete with a recording studio, wine bar, and sweeping city-to-ocean views - is hitting the market for $60 million.

The Game's Decade-Long Reality TV Legal Nightmare Ends in $7 Million Judgment and Forced Sale Of Calabasas Mansion

Rapper The Game once vowed his sexual assault accuser would "never get a dime" — nearly a decade later, she's getting his house.

Who's Going To Be Baseball's Next Half-Billion Dollar Player?

Only three players in MLB history have signed contracts worth $500 million. Here are four guys who could join that list.

The Boston Celtics Have A $500 Million Payroll—And They're Down 0-2 In The Eastern Conference Semifinals

The Boston Celtics haven't lost back-to-back games in the playoffs since 2023—but now, they're facing a major, expensive hole.

Court Filings Reveal Liam Payne Died With $40 Million Fortune And No Will

When Liam Payne died suddenly in October 2024, he left behind a young son, a grieving family—and a $40 million fortune with no will. Now, new court filings reveal who's been put in charge of the estate...

The Time Authorities Stumbled Upon $200 Million In Cash In The Back Bedroom Of A Suburban Mexico City Home In

In 2007, police raided a Mexico City mansion and found something truly unbelievable: $226 million in cash stacked floor to ceiling in a back bedroom. What followed was a global saga involving meth cartels, Las Vegas casinos, and one of the wildest...

How Jeff Bezos Secretly Became a Google Billionaire ��� Thanks to a Failed $185 Million Amazon Acquisition In 1998

Jeff Bezos once lost $185 million on a failed acquisition. But that "failure" introduced him to two Stanford students building a strange little search engine called Google. The into might be the smartest investment he ever made.

From Mail-Order Toupees To Billionaire Shoe Moguls: The Greenberg Family Just Sold Sketchers For $9.4 Billion

What do wigs, roller skates, and "E.T." shoelaces have to do with a $9.4 billion sneaker empire? Meet the Greenbergs — a former hairdresser and his kids — who just sold Skechers for $9.4 billion and are walking away with $1.1 billion.

In 1998 This Stanford Professor Gave Two Students $100k To Launch A Little Company Called… Google. He's Now The Richest College Professor Of All Time

In 1998, two Stanford grad students convinced their professor to invest $100,000 in their search engine startup company. That startup's name? Google.

The Billionaire You've Never Heard Of Who Wrote Google's Third Check

Imagine how rich you'd be if you gave the founders of Google a check for $250,000 back in 1998. Ram Shriram doesn't have to imagine.

How The Founder Of Electronic Arts Earned A $100 Million Fortune… Then Lost It All To Private Jets And Bad Tax Advice

Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts, earned $100 million then blew all of it on a lavish lifestyle that included mansions, private jets, luxury cars and a whole bunch of awful tax advice.

If Warren Buffett Never Donated A Dime To Charity, He Could Have Been The Second Richest Human In Modern History

Warren Buffett has only been the richest person in the world ONCE, back in 2008. And his time up top was brief. But that's not the whole story...

Roy Raymond Just Wanted to Buy His Wife Some Lingerie. He Ended Up Launching An Empire… Then Lost Everything

Before it was a $5 billion brand, Victoria's Secret was just one man's awkward trip to the lingerie section. Roy Raymond had the vision—but not the empire-building instinct. His story is one of brilliance, heartbreak, and the brutal cost of bein...

In 1965, A Man In Omaha Asked His Neighbor To Manage His $67k Life Savings. His Neighbor Was Warren Buffett.

In in the mid-60s, an Omaha man named Myer Kripke humbly asked his neighbor, a young upstart money manager named Warren Buffett, to manage a small life savings. Wait till you hear how that turned out...

In 1977 Warren Buffett Gave His Youngest Son Peter $90,000 Worth Of Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Peter Then Made A Very Bad Decision…

According to Warren Buffett's youngest child Peter, his father has imparted a more lasting legacy on him than the money from his multi-billion fortune ever could.

If You Invested $1,000 With Warren Buffett Back In 1965, You Would Be Extremely Happy And Retired Today

Let's say you were somehow lucky enough to have invested $1000 with Warren Buffett back when he started out in 1965... How much money would you have today?

Remember When Anna Nicole Smith Married A 90-Year-Old Billionaire? She Fought All The Way To The Supreme Court Over An 8% Stake In Koch Industries

With just a slightly different roll of the dice, there's a very real scenario where Anna Nicole Smith could have owned around 8% of Koch Industries. That would have made her a multi-billionaire today.

Gettin' Paid For Gettin' Laid: The Highest Earning Stud Fee Stallions In History

Imagine getting paid $400,000 every time you had sex AND you got to have sex for that fee hundreds of times a year for years and years. That's the life of the biggest studs in the world. Horse studs.