Charlie Sheen: The Highest Paid Actor on Television

Charlie Sheen is a very recognizable and likable character to people all over the United States and beyond. In 2006 Sheen became the highest paid actor on television. It was in 2006 that Mr. Sheen signed a contract for $7.7 million dollars annually for his part in Two and a Half Men. It has been estimated that with his contract for this television show as well as numerous movie and television appearances dating back to 1984 that Charlie Sheen’s net worth $1.3 billion dollars! This is an amazing financial achievement and Charlie has worked hard for the financial empire he has created.

Charlie’s money comes from the lengthy list of movies and television shows that he has appeared in over the years. Currently he can be seen in the television show Two and a Half Men but he has also appeared in Spin City, Young Guns, Major League, and The Rookie just to name a few.

Charlie Knows How to Spend his Money

When most people think of Charlie Sheen they think of women! Though Charlie Sheen has been married a couple times he is known for being quite the ladies’ man. In fact, it is known that Sheen has spent a sizable amount of money on escorts in his time, most notable of the escorts was none other than Heidi Fleiss who was not known to have the best rates in town!

Charlie Sheen is also known for buying beautiful homes and pieces of property. He currently lives in a home in Mulholland Estates with his fiance and it truly is a beautiful mansion. It’s said that he paid upwards of $3 million dollars for the home. When Sheen is not at home he is known to go on luxurious vacations with his fiance or the women that he is dating.

Currently Charlie Sheen pays a good portion of his current income to his ex-wife, Denise Richards. The two were married for a couple years and during that time they had two children and Sheen must pay not only spousal support to Richards but also child support for his children. Charlie Sheen has been involved in a nasty custody dispute with Richards for quite some time and the actual amount of money that he will end up paying per month is unknown, but chances are he will be able to afford it with his current $7.7 million dollar annual contract!

What is George Lucas Worth?

We all know the cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars and after you watch any of these movies or see people standing in line to see one of the movies you have to wonder how much the man who is behind all of this art is actually worth. There is no doubt that George Lucas makes more than most people could ever dream of, in fact he probably makes 100 times more than most of us would ever need. Want an exact number? George Lucas is said to be worth an astonishing $3.5 billion dollars! In fact, George Lucas is said to be the highest paid individual in the entertainment business ever.

Where Did He Get All His Money?

Of course, a lot of the money that Lucas has came from his Star Wars Trilogy but Lucas has been able to create some other really great movies such as American Graffiti More American Graffiti, Body Heat, Raders of the Lost Ark, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. In addition Lucas has appeared in many movies and television shows. Working as a director and an expert in animation Lucas is considered one of the best writers, producers, and directors of all time and has been paid accordingly.

What Does He Do With his Unmatched Fortune?

George Lucas lives a very private life and he isn’t too upfront about what he does in his personal time. It is known that he has spent at least $50 million building one of his homes, which is Skywalker Ranch. This is a large ranch style home that does not just have family quarters but also has large acreage including water and even a sound studio where Lucas can work on whatever movie he is creating at the time. Many fans of the Star Wars movies as well as other works have been able to tour portions of the ranch.

Lucas has also done some very respectable things with his money, such as adopt three children in addition to his one biological daughter. Lucas also is known to donate a lot of his time, appearance, name, and money to several different organizations to help the needy as well as up and coming students who are following the same path that Lucas traveled in becoming the film genius that he is known as today.

Martha Stewart:  The Money Behind the Woman

Martha Stewart is a woman that we all know and we either love her or we hate her.  Though the woman was born to a middle class family she has built a financial empire that is second to none.  Though there may be people who have more money than her, she has plenty of it and a lot to show for all that she has done.  Though many of us think of a middle-aged woman in the kitchen making things most of us would never make others think of a woman who went to jail.  Whatever you think when you hear the name Martha Stewart, the woman is worth more than $1 billion!

Where Did Martha Get the Money?

Martha has earned her money the old-fashioned way, through hard work.  A lot of her initial fortune came from her television show, her magazine, and her line of home items and accessories that are sold in K-mart stores.  While it is these things that parlayed her to where she is now, Martha Stewart has gained most of her fortune from the stock in her company that has been sold.  The stock value of Martha’s company is quite valuable and even when other stocks are falling it seems that Martha is seeing upward trends in her stock, and if nothing else the values are staying steady.  This is an accomplishment that not many people can boast!

How Does Martha Spend That Cash?

Martha Stewart grew up in modest settings and she lives a somewhat modest lifestyle today, despite all of her success.  Stewart is a big investor, which is what got her in trouble and ended up landing her in jail, but despite all of her troubles she still invests wisely and one can ascertain that she is simply building her fortune even more.  Martha is always dressed to the nines, so one can assume that she spends a pretty penny on her clothing and simple beauty maintenance.

Like any investment savvy individual, Martha Stewart also owns quite a bit of property including homes in New York and Los Angeles, and she reportedly owns property in Chicago as well.  Martha recently sold a ranch house, but she will likely replace this ranch house with something that is less noticeable, as she has been more private since her arrest, trial, and jail time.

Mark Zuckerberg’s life thus far is practically a movie script. Maybe someone will make a movie out of it. Who knows?

Here’s the plot. A brilliant kid masterminds a technological event while attending an Ivy League school…like Harvard…and launches it to hugely enthusiastic reviews. Big wigs stake out his dorm, hungry to make his acquaintance. He drops out of college to nurse his baby and change the world as we know it. Just thirty six months in, what began as a networking site for college students has turned into a go-to resource for 19 million registered users, including government employees and Fortune 500 companies. More than 50% of the registered users visit every day. When a misunderstood new feature brought schrieks of protests from roughly 700,000 users, the media jumped to cover the repercussions. However, Facebook emerged unscathed and stronger than ever. Facebook is now the 6th most-trafficked site in the United States according to ComScore Media Metrix, which tracks Internet activity. ComScore also rates it the top photo sharing site on the Internet, with 6,000,000 images uploaded daily. Facebook is starting to compete with Google and other technology giants as a destination for top young engineering talent in the Silicon Valley.

A senior analyst at eMarketer, Debra Aho Williamson, says Facebook is on track to earn about $100 million this year. This is serious money indeed.

There is some serious controversy about whether Mark Zuckerberg is making good decisions about the Internet Giant he created. TechCrunch, a high tech blog, released documents claimed to be a part of an internal valuation of Facebook by Yahoo. These documents forecasted that Facebook would produce revenues of $969 million, with its 48 million users in the year 2010. It was reported that Yahoo offered $1 billion purchase Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg and his partners turned the offer down. There was an earlier report of a $750 million offer from Viacom. Facebook, ViaCom and Yahoo would not comment on the deal.”It’s all been very interesting,” says Mark Zuckerberg, sitting in a conference room in Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters. His appearance is every bit the geek. He wears a zippered brown sweatshirt, baggy khakis pants and Adidas sandals. He walked into the room eating a bowl of cereal from a paper bowl with a plastic spoon. He still resides in a rented apartment, with a 2 chairs, a table and a mattress on the floor. Mark walks or rides a bicycle to the office every day.

Mark Zuckerberg’s college kid approach supports the doubts of those who see his decision to retain ownership of Facebook as a lapse in judgment. The 2 major Web 2.0 titans have sold out to major corporations in 2 years. MySpace accepted $580 million to join News Corp. and YouTube agreed on a $1.5 billion offer from Google. You could bet any cleaver entrepreneur would leap at a chance to piggyback on those deals.

Do you think Mark Zuckerberg is being greedy…maybe waiting for a more lucrative offer? If so, will that return to haunt him? If its not, what exactly is Mark Zuckerberg’s plan?

Mark replies, “I’m playing a different kind of game. I’m here to build something for the long term. Anything else is a distraction.”

Mark and his comrades, Dustin Moskovitz the cofounder and VP of engineering is 22 years old, Adam D’Angelo, his roommate at Harvard, and CTO is 23 years old, are at the controls of the company and true believers. Their belief: that the collaboration, openness and sharing of information epitomized by social networking can make the world work more efficiently.

You may think they were naive, except that they’re so intelligent and creative and have succeeded in ways most people never do. Starting as a Mickey Mouse operation run out of sublet apartment in Palo Alto, they now own 2 commercial buildings of cool gray offices. They now employ 200 who take pleasure in their competitive wages, complete benefit packages, 3 catered meals a day, free laundry and dry cleaning. They continue to push out improvements to a technological marvelous web site.

For now, the people who fronted Mark Zuckerberg $12.7 million back in the spring of 2005 and the other venture investors whose money and connections have helped Facebook’s explosive growth classify themselves as content. After all the member base has continued to skyrocket, especially since the news of the Yahoo deal. This has significantly increased Facebook’s value. But what happens when those investors start getting antsy about realizing a return on their investment? Would a sale or more likely an IPO be far behind?

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Oprah Winfrey: “Rags to Riches”

For those of you who have dreams of becoming rich and famous, Oprah is most definitely a wonderful example of a rags to riches story. Oprah grew up in Mississippi and was a survivor of abuse and the trials and tribulations that come with achieving success. She has proven that it is possible to use your talents to not only make yourself successful, but also to help others succeed.

Everyone knows the talk show mega-star Oprah Winfrey. You do not even have to say her last name to identify her, just Oprah is sufficient. Oprah earns an average of $260 million per year. She is not only the wealthiest of celebrities, but is also one the most powerful women in America. When Oprah talks people listen and act.

Oprah is well diversified. She is an actress, an educator, a radio personality, and a dedicated charity activist. Oprah, the wealthiest African-American woman, built a $40 million school in South Africa. The school’s purpose is to educate girls from poverty-stricken South African families. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy is initially enrolling 150 students but expects to expand to 450 students. Oprah always refers to the girls within the school as her daughters just as they refer to Oprah as their mother.

Oprah is very focused on the empowerment of women and children by assisting them further their education and increasing opportunities for those communities that do not have the means to create sufficient opportunity for their young people. Oprah is hoping to provide a better quality education than the existing public schools can offer. Through these higher educational standards, Oprah hopes to create skilled women who can contribute to a failing economy.