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Money winners of 2008: Tina Fey, writer, producer, actress, superstar
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Filed under: Television, Magazines, Rants and raves, Politics, Presidential elections, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
2008 was Tina Fey's year as the award-winning TV star, writer, and creator of 30 Rock, then completing her first hit movie Baby Mama, followed by a return as SNL's Sarah Palin. Fey is now one of the most sought after people in Hollywood.
Evidence of this can be found in the recent ...
Money winners of 2008: Michael Bloomberg, the man and the brand
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Filed under: Products and services, Consumer experience, Entrepreneurs, Politics This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See them all.
In Michael Bloomberg, you're dealing not just with a person, but with a brand.
Bloomberg, of course, in 1982 founded what is now Bloomberg LLP, the firm that runs Bloomberg News, a financial news service that competes with Reuters, Dow Jones, and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) to provide breaking news, features, data, ...
Money winners of 2008: Warren Buffett, briefly the "world's richest man" again
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Filed under: Management, Microsoft (MSFT), General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Well, "my pal Warren" did it again. "The richest man in the world" -- it has a nice ring to it.
Though the moniker did not last throughout the year due to the violent markets, and his significant holdings in insurance, Geico and General RE; ...
Money winners of 2008: Michael Phelps, the golden boy of Beijing
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Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Business of sports, Entrepreneurs This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
It wasn't like Michael Phelps hadn't done well for himself by the time he got into the swimming pool at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was pulling in between $4 and $5 million a year after winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics. And was already a sports marketer's wet dream, so to speak.
But then he went and broke Marc Spitz's 36-year ...
Money winners of 2008: Tina Fey, writer, producer, actress, superstar
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Filed under: Television, Magazines, Rants and raves, Politics, Presidential elections, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
2008 was Tina Fey's year as the award-winning TV star, writer, and creator of 30 Rock, then completing her first hit movie Baby Mama, followed by a return as SNL's Sarah Palin. Fey is now one of the most sought after people in Hollywood.
Evidence of this can be found in the recent ...
Money winners of 2008: Warren Buffett, briefly the "world's richest man" again
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Filed under: Management, Microsoft (MSFT), General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Well, "my pal Warren" did it again. "The richest man in the world" -- it has a nice ring to it.
Though the moniker did not last throughout the year due to the violent markets, and his significant holdings in insurance, Geico and General RE; ...
Money winners of 2008: Michael Phelps, the golden boy of Beijing
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Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Business of sports, Entrepreneurs This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
It wasn't like Michael Phelps hadn't done well for himself by the time he got into the swimming pool at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was pulling in between $4 and $5 million a year after winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics. And was already a sports marketer's wet dream, so to speak.
But then he went and broke Marc Spitz's 36-year ...
Money winners of 2008: Wal-Mart heirs still among wealthiest Americans
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Filed under: Insiders, Wal-Mart (WMT) This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Think you could live comfortably on $23 billion? That's what each of the four Walton heirs live on today thanks to the company built by their father or father-in-law Sam Walton -- Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). Walton heirs were beat out by only three other billionaires for the top spot on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list in 2008 -- William Gates, Warren Buffett, and Lawrence Ellison.
Only two ...
Money winners of 2008: Johnny Depp, once and future pirate captain
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Filed under: Time Warner (TWX), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), News Corp'B' (NWS), Film This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Johnny Depp is one quirky thespian. Whether he's playing a Gothic mutant with scissors for hands, a sadistic throat-slitting barber, or one wacked-out pirate who sounds a lot like a drunken guitarist from one of the greatest rock 'n roll bands of all time, Depp works overtime to extract as much ...
Money winners of 2008: Sarah Palin, coming to a book store near you
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They called her Caribou Barbie. Saturday Night Live lampooned her mercilessly during the presidential election. The media elite denounced her as an idiot and a right-wing loony tune. But Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is not going to fade into the snow of the beautiful state she governs. In fact, she is coming to a book store near you. Media reports indicate that the ...
Money winners of 2008: Tiger Woods on the road to earning $1 billion
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Filed under: General Motors (GM), Business of sports This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Tiger Woods returns to our Money Winners list this year despite a season shortened due to an injury and being let go as a General Motors spokesman. He won four of the six PGA tournaments he entered this year before bowing out with an injured knee. Paul Rogers, a veteran golf writer, who has written for Travel + Leisure Golf, GOLF Magazine, and Links Magazine, who I ...
Money winners of 2008: Walter Husak cashes in on rare pennies
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At one time or another, we have all dreamed of turning pocket change into millions. A California man actually made it happen last February, though, when he sold a collection of 301 pennies for $10.7 million. Of course, they were not just any pennies. The set contained virtually every variety and subvariety of U.S. cent minted in the classic period between 1793 and 1814. Van Nuys resident Walter J. Husak had ...
Money winners of 2008: Damien Hirst and his $198 million art auction
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Hedge fund managers weren't the only ones making buckets of money during the great boom of the early 21st century. So too were the artists whose work the newly rich love to buy. And no one has made more money selling paintings and sculptures to private equity bigwigs and Russian oligarchs than British artist Damien Hirst.
Until recently, Hirst was famous largely for his conceptual sculptures of dead animals ...
Money winners of 2008: Alan Fishman, WaMu's final CEO
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Filed under: Management, Employees, Washington Mutual (WM), Financial Crisis This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Many of the names on our list of 2008 Money Winners are entertainers, athletes, or businessmen who are on the top of their game. Michael Phelps, Tina Fey, and subprime profiteer Bill Ackman are all examples of this kind of winner. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon has gotten credit as being one of the few executives to keep a ...
Money winners of 2008: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
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Filed under: Management, Industry, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wachovia Corp (WB), Options, Wells Fargo (WFC) This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
This past year has been a pretty rough one for CEOs in general. The stock market has tanked since October of last year, dragging down strong companies' share prices to some extent and weak companies' even further. It has been even worse for most financial ...
Money winners of 2008: Barack Obama, king of fundraising
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Filed under: Management, Internet, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, Politics, Presidential elections This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Barack Obama became the king of fund raising in 2008, having received a record amount in donations for his presidential campaign in the neighborhood of $750 million, and finishing with over $100 million in the bank. These contributions factored into a winning, grass-roots campaign ...
Money winners of 2008: Jeff Greene shorted subprime
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Filed under: Recession, Financial Crisis This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Lots of people thought real estate was overpriced. Many worried that banks were giving out mortgages too cheap. But what did you do about it? (Either to help the situation or to make money.) Jeff Greene, a real estate mogul in California, actually found a way to bet against the subprime mortgage folly. He made $450 million -- at least that was the count earlier this year.
Well, he didn't just ...
Money winners of 2008: Beyonce, one smash hit after another
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The recent release of Beyonce Knowles' Sasha Fierce album has garnered the singer, song writer, and producer her fifth number one hit song. She also has two motion pictures coming out soon, Cadillac Records and Obsessed, and will go on a world tour in 2009. That should considerably increase her already sizable earnings.
I don't own any of Beyonce's albums, but after ...
Money winners of 2008: Bill Ackman knew Fannie and Freddie were in trouble
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Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Wachovia Corp (WB), Wells Fargo (WFC), Recession This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Bill Ackman, who manages the hedge fund Pershing Capital, was one of the first major investors to realize what poor shape Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) were in. He warned that the apparent back-up of the federal government wasn't going to do ...
Money winners of 2008: Eli Manning steps out of his brother's shadow
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Everybody likes an underdog, but especially me -- I'm a die-hard Cincinnati Bengals fan, after all. So, heading into the 2007 football season, I had quite a soft spot for New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. His older brother, Peyton, had just led the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory. Meanwhile, cranky New York sports fans were calling for Eli's head due to his rather spotty ...
Money winners of 2008: John Webber and the gold cup under the bed
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Filed under: Personal finance, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Whatever you do, don't tell my mom about John Webber. He's an English guy who had hung onto a cup that his junk dealer grandfather bought in the 1930s. One day he took it out from under the bed and decided to get it examined. It turns out to be made of gold, about 1,700 years old, and decorated with the face of a Roman god. He got $100,000 at auction.
The reason I don't want you to tell my ...
Money winners of 2008: Miley Cyrus, pop star phenomenon
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Filed under: Television, Competitive strategy, Marketing and advertising, Walt Disney (DIS) This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
As far as pop star phenomenons go, Miley Cyrus, aka Destiny Hope Cyrus, certainly is one. At just 16 years of age, the bright personality of this moderately talented female offspring of Billy Ray Cyrus has been effectively parlayed into a several-million-dollar property by none other than media giant Disney (NYSE: DIS). She is ...
Money winners of 2008: Candy Spelling hits the jackpot -- again
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Filed under: Rich in America, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
So what do you do for fun when you're worth $600 million? Gambling is one option. Though the thought of sitting in front of a slot machine in Vegas and feeding it quarter after quarter might be less than appealing for some, I suppose it would be different if each pull on the bandit's arm cost $1,000. And even if you don't need another penny in your bank account, it still might be kind of fun when the bells ...
Money winners of 2008: John Webber and the gold cup under the bed
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Filed under: Personal finance, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
Whatever you do, don't tell my mom about John Webber. He's an English guy who had hung onto a cup that his junk dealer grandfather bought in the 1930s. One day he took it out from under the bed and decided to get it examined. It turns out to be made of gold, about 1,700 years old, and decorated with the face of a Roman god. He got $100,000 at auction.
The reason I don't want you to tell my ...
Money winners of 2008: Candy Spelling hits the jackpot -- again
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Filed under: Rich in America, Comic Relief This post is part of our feature on Money Winners of 2008. See all 20.
So what do you do for fun when you're worth $600 million? Gambling is one option. Though the thought of sitting in front of a slot machine in Vegas and feeding it quarter after quarter might be less than appealing for some, I suppose it would be different if each pull on the bandit's arm cost $1,000. And even if you don't need another penny in your bank account, it still might be kind of fun when the bells ...
