Family Fortunes Three Fathers Who Took Their Obsession with Success Too Far
In today's world, where tech empires grow rapidly and consolidate vast fortunes, it's tempting to think that today's billionaires are the wealthiest humans ever to walk the Earth. But, as it turns out, the wealthiest people lived centuries ago, and their fortunes were so vast that they re...
John D. Rockefelleris often cited as the world's first billionaire, achieving that status in 1916 through his ownership of Standard Oil.2From that point over a century ago, wealth has multiplied to the point where the richest people in the world have fortunes that exceed $200 billion.3The ...
The company’s headquarters was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but a proactive response saw a quick reversal in Burger King’s fortunes. Who owns Burger King today? Burger King has been bought and sold several times over its history. After the Pillsbury Company acquisition, that company...
As thegateway to the Louisiana Purchase, St. Louis became a major city in the push to settle the West in the first half of the 1800s. At the turn of the 20th century, St. Louis capitalized on the industrialization boom and hosted the 1904 World's Fair and Summer Olympic Games, which...
Saturday Scene was a very popular weekly morning kids' TV show and the Roadshow was hosted by Sally James and featured a diverse selection of acts each time. Bilbo's performance was particularly memorable because their equipment failed when they came on stage. They overcame this by joking with...
during which they are indoctrinated in Islamic extremism and jihad. These Uighurs are hosted for a month longer than other pilgrims, until their expertise in jihad is completed, and are then returned to China for the purpose of fomenting separatist movements and committing terrorist actions, which...
But how many were actually charged, convicted and served time in prison? One of the earlier instances took place in the 1980s when a drummer who co-wrote Derek and the Dominos' "Layla" murdered his mother in a schizophrenic episode. About a decade later, brutality swept throughout the Norw...
Kelly has released her own music, as well as co-hosted E’s ‘Fashion Police’ and been a judge on ‘Australia’s Got Talent.’ The show became MTV’s most-viewed series ever, and opened the door for other celebrity-centric reality programming as networks rushed to fill their programming...
Kelly has released her own music, as well as co-hosted E’s ‘Fashion Police’ and been a judge on ‘Australia’s Got Talent.’ The show became MTV’s most-viewed series ever, and opened the door for other celebrity-centric reality programming as networks rushed to fill their programming...