If you grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area like I did, you would run across the name "Fleishhacker" from time to time. When you visit the zoo, you see the name everywhere. In fact, I just learned that until 1940, the zoo was actually called the Fleishhacker Zoo. Next to the zoo, I remember seeing the crumbling remnants of the Fleishhacker pool, at one time the largest outdoor saltwater pool in the world (it was closed in 1971). The local public television station KQED was founded by the Fleishhacker foundation. Clearly the Fleishhacker family made A TON of money at some point and decided to give a lot of it away.

Mortimer Fleishhacker wasn't the original source of his family wealth, but was extremely successful on his own back in the early 1900s. Mortimer started a bank and built power companies, but time might be about to reveal his wisest investment was actually real estate. Mortimer's 74-acre estate in Northern California, which has been in the family for over 100 years, was just put up for sale. The stunning property is located in one of America's most expensive zip codes and has the chance to absolutely obliterate all real estate sales records.

Mortimer Fleishhacker, Sr came from a family that made a fortune in the Gold Rush of the mid-1880s. Mortimer took his share of the family fortune and founded the Anglo-California Bank which eventually became the Crocker Bank, which eventually became part of Wells Fargo. He also founded the Great Western Power Company which built California's first power plants.

Mark Twain famously stated "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco." He's not wrong. Summers in SF can be freezing. As such, for the last 100 years, wealthy San Franciscans like Mr. Fleishhacker have sought weekend refuge from the cold in the outlying suburbs. Places like Marin County and Napa to the north and Atherton and Woodside to the south.

Mortimer Fleishhacker bought his first parcel of land in Woodside in 1907. At the time, Woodside was a sleepy farm town full of fruit orchards. Decades later it would be the heart of Silicon Valley and one of the most expensive zip codes in America.

Between 1907 and 1911 Mort bought 9 parcels of land covering 74 acres. He named his estate "Green Gables". He built a large main home and eventually seven more homes would pop up on the property for various branches of the Fleishhacker family.

Green Gables has three pools. The largest of the three is literally the size of a football field.

Unfortunately we don't have the rights to show any photos of the rarely-seen property, but the Wall Street Journal got some amazing shots that you can view by clicking here. Here's a satellite image of part of the property from Google:

Fleishhacker Estate Green Gables

So how much is it going to cost you to buy Green Gables? Believe it or not, the property is so large and unique that real estate agents are not even giving it a price tag.

Consider this:

The current record for most expensive home ever sold in California is $117.5 million. That's how much Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son paid for a 9-acre estate back in 2012. The location of that 9-acre $117.5 million estate? Woodside, California. You could drive from Masayoshi's house to Green Gables in about 6 minutes:

So, if a 9-acre estate in Woodside is worth $117.5 million, how much is a 74-acre estate worth??!! Using that sale as a comparison, one acre in Woodside is arguably worth $13 million. So there's a not-unrealistic argument that a 74-acre estate would be worth a mind-numbing $940 million.

Let's say we're being overly liberal with our comparisons (comps), and instead  pretend real estate market in Woodside has cooled somewhat since 2012 (it hasn't). If we're being extremely conservative, this property is worth over $500 million. Can the market bear such a price? How many human beings on the planet can afford such a price?

FYI, the current record for most expensive home ever sold in the United States is $147 million. That record belongs to hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein who paid $147m for a stunning property in East Hampton, Long Island.

Ready to have your mind really blown?

In the 1970s, voters in California passed a special law called Prop 13 that was meant specifically to protect families properties like Green Gables. Prop 13 allows people to inherit family properties without having to pay capital gains tax and without having the home re-assessed for future annual property taxes. Imagine someone bought a home in Beverly Hills in 1950 for $100,000. And imagine that today the home is worth $10 million. Without Prop 13, if heirs wanted to keep the house they would have to pay taxes on the gain of $9.9 million. That means they would need to come up with around $5 million. Then they would also have their property tax bill re-assessed at $10 million. In this very basic example, instead of paying a few thousand dollars in annual taxes, the family would pay $100,000 per year. This is what happens in pretty much every other state btw. Prop 13 makes it much easier for people to inherit property that has become extremely valuable over time. You can do this over and over across multiple generations.

According to the property tax records I was able to locate, in 2017 Fleishhacker family members paid a total of $26,000 in property taxes in 2017 for Green Gables. In other words, thanks to Prop 13, in the eyes of the California property tax collector, Green Gables is worth $2.6 million

If someone were to actually buy Green Gables for $500 million, their annual property tax bill would be $5 million. That's a jump from $26,000 to $5,000,000. And that $5 million comes from after-tax income, so the buyer has to essentially set aside $10 million in pre-tax income every year.

So why are the Fleishhacker's selling? Why not just continue paying $26k a year to own the sprawling mega-property that will presumably only continue to grow in value over the next 100 years?

Well, according to Mortimer's great-grandson Marc, ownership is likely to become too complicated for the next generation of Fleishhackers. There are now 18 individuals in-line to officially inherit the property from the previous generation. Many of them no longer live in the Bay Area and presumably have families of their own. Families that enjoy money.

Think of it like this – You've won the genetic lottery and have the last name Fleishhacker. You're married, you have a mortgage and kids in college. You live in New York and are no longer able to visit California more than once every few years. Meanwhile, you own 1/18th of a property that could be worth $500-900 million. Your 1/18th share of $500 million is $27 million. Call it $16 million after taxes. Your 1/18th share of $900 million is $50 million. Call it $25 million after taxes. Sure you're selling your family history… but everything has a price

What would you do if you were in the Fleishhacker family? Would you sell?

We'll keep an eye on this property for you and report back if it ever finds a buyer!

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Camryn Manheim net worth and salary: Camryn Manheim is an American actress who has a net worth of $12 million. Camryn Manheim was born in Caldwell, New Jersey in March 1961. Her lengthy acting career began in 1983 when she appeared uncredited in the movie Sudden Impact. One of her best known roles came starring as Ellenor Frutt on the television series The Practice from 1997 to 2004. She appeared in 164 episodes of The Practice. Manheim starred as Della Banks on the TV series Ghost Whisperer from 2006 to 2010. She has also had recurring roles on the TV series The 10^th Kingdom, The System, The L Word, Harry's Law, Extant, Person of Interest, Waco, and Living Biblically. Camryn Manheim won a Golden Globe Award in 1999 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in 1999 for The Practice. She also won a Primetime Emmy Award for The Practice in 1998.

Real estate: Camryn owns an apartment in New York City and a house in Venice, California. She purchased the Venice home in 1999 for $1.1 million. Today the house is worth north of $5 million.

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Jeff Davis net worth: Jeff Davis is an American writer and television producer who has a net worth of $100 million. Jeff Davis was born in Milford, Connecticut in June 1975. He is best known for creating the TV series Criminal Minds for CBS and the series Teen Wolf for MTV. Davis created and wrote for the television series Teen Wolf from 2011 to 2017 and also served as a producer. He created, wrote for, and produced the TV series Criminal Minds beginning in 2005. Jeff Davis has also worked on episodes of the TV series Let the Right One In, War of the Worlds, and Teen Wolf: Search for a Cure. He earned his master's degree from the University of Southern California and worked as a script reader and editorial assistant as well as a computer support specialist and writer for computer software manuals. He is openly gay and has lived in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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Bad Bunny net worth: Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, and songwriter who has a net worth of $8 million. Bad Bunny was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 1994. His musical styles include Latin trap and reggaetón. He gained popularity using SoundCloud while he was working at a supermarket and studying in college. His first single "Diles" (with Farruko and Ozuna featuring Arcangel, Nengo Flow, DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz) was a hit in Spain. Bad Bunny's singles "Tu No Vive As" (with Arcangel featuring DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz) and "Soy Peor" both reached Top 20 on the US Latin chart. His single "Sensualidad" (with Prince Royce and J Balvin featuring Mambo Kingz and DJ Luian) reached #1 in Spain as did his single "Amorfoba". Bad Bunny's single "I Like It" (with Cardi B and J Balvin) reached #1 on the Billboard 200, US Rap, and US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. Bad Bunny has also been featured on hit singles by Becky G and Enrique Iglesias. In 2018 he won an MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer for "I Like It".

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Cameron Dallas net worth: Cameron Dallas is in American internet personality and actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Cameron Dallas was born in Whittier, California in September 1994. He gained popularity on the social media platforms Vine and YouTube. Dallas got his own reality television series on Netflix called Chasing Cameron which started in 2016. As an actor he appeared in the movies Expelled in 2014 and The Outfield in 2015. He has also appeared in episodes of the TV series AwesomenessTV and American Odyssey. Cameron Dallas's single "She Bad" reached #46 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart. He has won four Teen Choice Awards and in 2017 he won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Social Media Star. Cameron Dallas has more than 20 million followers on Instagram and 10 million on Twitter. He was also featured on the single "All I Want" by Daniel Skye. He was one of the most popular personalities on Vine.

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Jensen Huang net worth: Jensen Huang is a Taiwanese American businessman and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $6.6 billion. Jensen Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan in February 1963. He is best known for co-founding the graphics processor company Nvidia in 1993 and serving as the company's president and CEO. Huang graduated from Oregon State University and earned his master's degree from Stanford University. He worked at LSI Logic as a director and at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. as a microprocessor designer. He co-founded Nvidia on his 30^th birthday and has served as CEO and President since day one. He donated $30 million to Stanford University to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center and received the Pioneer Business Leader Award from the Silicon Valley Education Foundation in 2007. Jensen Huang has received several other awards including Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by Ernst & Young in 1999 and being part of the EDGE 50 in 2018.

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Terence Crawford net worth: Terence Crawford is an American professional boxer who has a net worth of $6 million. Terence Crawford was born in Omaha, Nebraska in September 1987. He has competed as a lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweight. As an amateur Crawford won gold medals at the 2007 U.S. Pan American Games Box-Offs and the 2006 National PAL Championships and Blue & Gold National Championships. He made his professional boxing debut in March 2008 with a win over Brian Cummings. In June 2013 Crawford defeated Alejandro Sanabria to win the vacant WBO-NABO lightweight title. He won the WBO lightweight title by defeating Ricky Burns in March 2014. Terence Crawford won the vacant The Ring and lineal lightweight titles when he beat Ray Beltran in November 2014. He defeated Thomas Dulorme to win the vacant WBO light welterweight title in April 2015. In July 2016 Crawford beat Viktor Postol to win the WBC, vacant The Ring and lineal light welterweight titles. In August 2017 he beat Julius Indongo to win the WBA (Super) and IBF light welterweight titles. He earned $1.5 million for this fight. Terence Crawford won the WBO welterweight title when he beat Jeff Horn in June 2018. For this fight he earned $3 million. In October 2018 he defeated Jose Benavidez Jr. to bring his record to 34-0. For this fight he earned $3.625 mllion.

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Marc Merrill net worth and salary: Marc Merrill is an American businessman who has a net worth of $200 million. Marc Merrill is best known for being the co-founder and co-chairman of Riot Games, Inc. which is a video game developer and eSports tournament organizer. Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Merrill and his roommate Brandon Beck. In 2011 Riot Games was majority-acquired by Tencent and in 2015 they were fully acquired. As of 2018 the company had 24 offices across the world. The company's flagship product is League of Legends which was released in 2009 and became the most popular game by 2013. They also operate the League of Legends World Championship, the Mid-Season Invitation, and the Championship Series. Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck were named Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2011 and won the Pioneer Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2014. Riot Games also developed the tabletop strategy game Mechs vs. Minions in 2016 and several minigames.

Real estate purchases: In 2011, Marc spent $4.445 million to buy a 6500 square-foot house in Santa Monica, California. In 2014 he spent $8 million to buy another house in the same area. This property had previously featured a 10,000 square-foot mansion which Marc and his wife Ashley tore down and replaced with a brand new mansion. Then in February 2017 Marc and Ashley spent $9 million to acquire the house next door. The seller of the house next door purchased it just six months before selling to the Merrills. That's essentially $2.7 million in profit for holding on to a house for a few months. In total they have now officially spent $17.3 million to put together a 5+ acre compound. That's not all. The Merrill also own a $13 million oceanfront house in Malibu. Add it all up and Marc Merrill's real estate portfolio alone is worth a minimum $35 million.

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Iain Armitage net worth and salary per episode: Iain Armitage is an American actor and theater critic who has a net worth of $3 million. Iain Armitage was born in Arlington, Virginia in July 2008. He is best known for starring as Sheldon on the television series Young Sheldon beginning in 2017. The same year he also began starring as Ziggy Chapman on the TV series Big Little Lies. In 2017 Iain Armitage starred in the movies The Glass Castle, Our Souls at Night, and I'm Not Sure. He also appeared in an episode of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Iain Armitage appeared on the series Jeopardy! From 2017 to 218 as a clue giver. In 2018 he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor for Young Sheldon and he was also nominated for a Gold Derby Award for Breakthrough Performer of the Year.

Young Sheldon salary: In season one, Iain Armitage earned $30,000 per episode. There were 22 episodes so his total pre-tax earnings were around $660,000. In season two his salary was increased to $31,200 per episode which works out to around $686,000. His contract states that in season three his salary will be raised to $32,500 per episode.

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Not only is Richard Branson a billionaire, but he's one of the most famous billionaires on the planet. That mostly means a life of luxury, leisure, and adventure, but it's not all fun and games, as Sir Richard complained in a recent interview with news.com.au. Somewhat perversely, Branson says that the chief downside of being a world-famous billionaire is the seeming inability to pick up a check every now and again:

"Obviously if you're in that lucky position where you can afford (to pick up the bill) you should do it … But one of the bizarre things about being successful and making money is the amount of times restaurants will say, 'oh, don't worry Richard, we don't expect you to pay.' It's funny because I'm like, 'hang on, I've worked all my life to be able to pay and now you don't want me to pay?' Surely there's someone else who would warrant that more than me. Picking up the tab is a luxury I can afford to do."

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It's a pointed lesson in the somewhat counter-intuitive way the economy can function, but Branson didn't take the opportunity to expand on any larger point. But the subject did turn to a few other things that have been on his mind. That includes the new chain of Virgin Active gyms, his own personal workout habits, like the addition of weight training to his regimen:

"I always play a very hard game of tennis first thing in the morning before breakfast and then I do that again in the evening … But approaching 70, I have to do some weight training … so I now do that as well to try and build the body up. We have three or four hundred gyms across the world and I am only just starting to go to one now."

As you can see, it can apparently take plenty of exercise to offset any extended period of not having to lift one's credit card!

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Wrestling may be fake, but the massive personal fortune of WWE founder Vince McMahon is very very real. After spending a few years off the list of the 400 richest Americans, this year he has catapulted back up, thanks to a $1.6 billion increase in his net worth, leaving him with a net worth of $3.8 billion today. WWE's stock more than tripled in the year ending September 7^th. McMahon owns 57% of WWE. This is a great turnaround for McMahon, who has had a rough time of late. He passed up on buying the UFC back in the day for $20 million, famously because he didn't want to get involved in a sport where he couldn't predict the winners. His loss was the Fertitta brothers's gain. We all know what happens there – they made billions when they sold the mixed martial arts franchise to talent agency WME.

Vince McMahon Jr. has come a long way since his childhood. He was born in North Carolina in 1945. When he was a baby, his father left, and he had a revolving door of stepfathers in his life. Unfortunately, several of them were abusive to Vince and his mom. When he was 12, Vince met his birth father, Vince Sr. and discovered that wrestling was in his blood. His dad was a promoter for Capitol Wrestling Corporation. The CWC was actually founded by Vince's grandfather Jess McMahon. Jess was a former wrestler who went on to become a very successful promoter of wrestling and boxing.

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The CWC dominated wrestling throughout the 1950s, thanks mainly to the fact that they controlled promoting rights at New York's Madison Square Garden. When Jess died in 1954, Vince Sr. was brought in to run the company. In 1963, Vince Sr. and Toots went out on their own and formed the World Wide Wrestling Federation.  The WWWF had a unique strategy to build awareness and sell tickets. First off, the WWWF held events once a month instead of twice a month as was standard at the time. By restricting their events, they were able to build up the hype. Secondly, the two promoters began incorporating intricate plot lines into each of their events. The plot lines frequently featured a slightly smaller baby-faced "good guy" overcoming a large ugly "bad guy". This strategy was fairly revolutionary at the time. By 1970, WWWF events were selling out stadiums up and down the East Coast.

After graduating from East Carolina University with a degree in Business, Vince Jr.  went to work at the WWWF.  His first job was as the in-ring announcer for "All-Star Wrestling".  Throughout the 70s, Vince took on more and more responsibility at the WWWF. He quickly proved himself to be extremely talented at running a business. Vince renamed the company simply the World Wrestling Federation. He soon tripled the number of television syndication deals for matches. Vince was formally made Chairman of the WWF in 1980, and bought the company from his father, outright, in 1982.

For the next decade, Vince reshaped the face of televised entertainment and the world of wrestling promotion worldwide. The WWF evolved into the WWE and went public in 1999 at a price per share of $17. With a market cap of $1.2 billion, Vince's 57% ownership stake was worth $726 million.

In 2014, WWE's stock went on a tear thanks largely to its newly launched subscription channel called the WWE Network.  The streaming service, which had been in the works since 2011, became available in February 2014. WWE shares shot through the roof. In early 2014, Vince's 57% stake in the WWE, was worth $1.5 billion.

However, from March 2014 on, WWE stock took a beating. WWE stock prices tumbled 63% from March to May after the company reported poor results related to their premium channel subscribers and future revenue expectations. With that drop, Vince McMahon saw his net worth cut in half in under two months, from $1.5 billion to $750 million.

WWE stock hit a 5-year-low of $10 per share in January 2015. Fortunately for Vince, the stock was down but not out. Business is booming today with record-breaking subscriber rates and a multi-year partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

As of today, a single share of WWE trades for $85 and the company as a whole has a market cap of $6.66 billion. At that level, Vince's 57% stake is worth $3.8 billion. Not a bad little comeback!

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Movie star Chow Yun-fat, probably best known in the west for his starring roles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and in action classics like The Killer, Hard Boiled, and the Better Tomorrow trilogy in collaboration with director John Woo, has amassed a substantial fortune in Hong Kong estimated to be worth $100 million in American dollars. Now, he's making headlines for announcing his intention to give all – not most, not a lot, but all – of it away, and live out his dream "to be a happy and normal person."

Chow's intentions for his substantial fortune came out in an interview with Hong Kong movie site Jayne Stars. As he put it:

"The hardest thing in life is not about how much money you earn, but how to keep a peaceful mindset and live the rest of your life in a simple and carefree manner."

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Simplicity has reportedly been a part of Chow's spending habits for a while now, as the star is said to spend an average of just over a hundred bucks a month, despite his millions and millions in earnings. He uses public transportation as often as he can, only recently got a smartphone after owning the same old-fashioned Nokia for a total of 17 years (replacing it only after it finally stopped working), and says that he keeps his wardrobe extremely inexpensive and simple, especially for a movie star:

"I don't wear clothes for other people. As long as I think it's comfortable, then it's good enough for me."

The article doesn't specify exactly what sort of charity work Chow plans to do with his fortune, or what causes he intends to give it away too. And, if his continued practices of modesty and simplicity hold true, we may never find out, if he has anything to say about it.

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Paul Allen died earlier this week from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 65. The Microsoft co-founder was the majority owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trailblazers. He also was part owner of the Seattle Sounders in the MLS.

Allen's death leaves professional sports in an unusual situation: two teams will be for sale at the same time.

The franchises will likely be sold with proceeds going to Allen's philanthropic efforts. He wasn't married and had no kids. His sister also had minimal involvement with either team.

The chance to enter either the NBA or the NFL is enticing, so expect plenty of billionaires to show interest. A piece of the NFL offers the most popular league in terms of viewership; a spot in the NBA opens up a global market.

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After co-founding Microsoft, Allen formed Vulcan in 1986 as his major investment avenue. Primarily focusing on the space and real estate industries, Allen watched his money grow. In 2010, he signed the Giving Pledge to dedicate most of his fortune to philanthropy, like cancer research and wildlife conservation.

Compared to now, Allen scored a great deal when he purchased the teams. He spent around $70 million for the Trailblazers in 1988 and about $174 million for the Seahawks in 1997.

Whoever ends up buying the Seahawks or Trailblazers, they'll be paying a premium for them. The Seahawks are worth $2.1 billion, while the Trailblazers are right around $1 billion.

Still, there's plenty of opportunity in both leagues. Expect to see a mad dash to get a piece of either team.

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Abby Huntsman net worth and salary: Abby Huntsman is an American television personality who has a net worth of $20 million. Abby Huntsman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1986. From 2012 to 2013 she was featured on the TV series Piers Morgan Tonight and Huffpost Live. Huntsman was a co-host on the television series The Cycle from 2013 to 2015 and also appeared on the series Politics Nation with Al Sharpton. She began co-hosting or guest hosting on the television series The View in 2014 and became a co-host on the TV series Fox and Friends in 2016. Abby Huntsman has also been featured on the TV series Outnumbered and America's Newsroom. Her father Jon Huntsman Jr. served as Utah Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China under President Barack Obama. He later became the U.S. Ambassador to Russia under President Donald Trump. Jon Jr. has a net worth nearing $1 billion. Abby's grandfather John Huntsman Sr. had a net worth of $3 billion at the time of his death. He donated the entire fortune to charity. Abby Huntsman became a co-host of The View in 2018 for season 22.

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Jodie Whittaker net worth and salary: Jodie Whittaker is an English actress who has a net worth of $6 million. Jodie Whittaker was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, England in June 1982. One of her best known roles came starring as Beth Latimer on the television series Broadchurch from 2013 to 2017. In 2017 she began starring as The Doctor on the TV series Doctor Who when she became the first female to play the role. Whittaker has also had recurring roles on the TV series Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Wired, Marchlands, The Smoke, The Assets, and Trust Me. Jodie Whittaker has also starred in several films including Venus, Attack the Block, Adult Life Skills, and Journeyman. She has also starred in stage productions including The Storm, Awake and Sing, and Antigone. Whittaker won a Royal Television Society Award for best Actress for The Afternoon Play in 2007 and she has been nominated for more than a dozen other awards.

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Peter M. Brant net worth: Peter M. Brant is an American businessman, industrialist, and art collector who has a net worth of $800 million. Though in the ideal art market, his net worth could be significantly higher thanks to his impressive collection of works bet Warhol, Basquiat and others. Peter M. Brant was born in New York City, New York in March 1947. His father co-founded Brant-Allen Industries, a paper converting company. Brant was friends with Donald Trump as a child. Peter M. Brant went to work for his father at Brant-Allen and was responsible for the manufacturing side where he expanded into paper mill ownership. In the 1990s he spent time in prison for tax issues. He changed the name to White Birch Paper Company in 2008 after buying out his partner. The same year he purchased SP Newsprint Co for $305 million. Brant lost $1 billion in a two year span and White Birch Paper filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Brant's net worth dropped from $1.4 billion to $500 million. He has served as the Chairman of White Birch Paper in addition to Brant Publications and Brant Foundation. Peter M. Brant has also been a film producer for movies such as L'Amour, Andy Warhol's Bad, Basquiat, Pollock, and more. His art collection is a vast trove of contemporary works by artists including Basquiat, Jeff Koons and Warhol. He bought so many Warhol paintings in the 70s that Warhol himself became concerned he owned too many of his works. He married his second wife Stephanie Seymour in 1995. Around 2010, the couple entered into divorce proceedings. As part of these proceedings we learned that Brant spent around $500,000 per month of private jet travel, pet business projects and real estate developments. He was temporarily ordered to pay Seymour $270,000 per month in support. At the time he reported his monthly income to be $1.5 million. They eventually reconciled. They maintain homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, The Hamptons and Palm Beach, Florida.

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James Cox Chambers net worth: James Cox Chambers is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and heir who has a net worth of $6 billion. James Cox Chambers was born in Palisades, New York. He is the son of Anne Cox Chambers and the grandson of James M. Cox, a newspaper publisher. In 2015 James Cox Chambers received an equal share of 49% of his mother's share in Cox Enterprises which was distributed among James and his sister s Katharine Rayner and Margaretta Tayler. As an actor James Cox Chambers appeared in the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has been married twice including to his second wife Nabila Khashoggi, the daughter of the billionaire businessman Adnan Khashoggi. Cox Enterprises is a privately held conglomerate that owns television stations, newspapers, and radio stations as well as Cox Communications, AutoTrader.com, Manheim Auctions, Valpak, Kelley Blue Book, and more. In 2017 they had a revenue of $20 billion.

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Walter Kwok was the former chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties. He passed away Saturday morning, October 20^th at the age of 68. The billionaire had been hospitalized since late August after having a stroke. His wife Wendy Kwok released the following statement

"We are saddened to announce the passing of Mr. Walter Kwok, who left this world peacefully on the morning of October 20th, with his loving family by his bedside. We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the supportive team of doctors and nurses, as well as to all our relatives, friends and business acquaintances for their loving care and concern."

Kwok ran Sun Hung Kai Properties with his brothers Raymond and Thomas. The company has been the largest property developer in Hong Kong for close to two decades.  Walter was born in Hong Kong in 1950. He is the oldest of three brothers. He went to college in the U.K., obtaining his Master's degree in civil engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London.

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Founded in 1963, Sun Hung Kai built many of the skyscrapers that dot Hong Kong's skyline, including the city's tallest building, the 118 story International Commerce Center. The Kwok's are one of the richest families in Asia with a combined net worth of $21.1 billion. Walter's fortune accounts for $7 billion of that. Walter and his brothers took over Sun Hung Kai from their father in 1990.

Walter was pushed out of his position as chairman of the company in 2008 following a dispute between him and his brothers. The Kwok brothers began to disagree with the direction of the company after Walter was kidnapped. On September 30, 1997, Walter was kidnapped by Cheung Tze-keung. Cheung was nicknamed "Big Spender" and was a prominent gangster in the Hong Kong underworld. He reportedly kept Kwok blindfolded and imprisoned inside a wooden container. "Big Spender" demanded that the Kwok family pay him a ransom of HK$600 million ($110 million US). The ransom was paid and delivered in 20 large carrier bags filled with 1,000 dollar notes. The money was transported via two Mercedes saloon cars, and the trade-off was made on a quiet side street seven days after Kwok's abduction. The kidnapper was later captured on mainland China and was executed in 1998. The kidnapping took a major emotional and mental toll on Kwok and he was never the same again.

Kwok was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the years following his kidnapping. His brothers pointed to this diagnosis as reasoning for ousting him from his position at Sun Hung Kai.

In 2014, the brothers reached an agreement to equally divide their shares in Sun Hung Kai.

Walter is survived by his wife and three children.

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Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen has had quite the run in the NFL this year. He's topped 100 yards receiving in each of his first six games this year, just the second receiver ever to do that. Though he's one of the best in the league, it wasn't always easy. Check out how far Thielen has come.

Thielen, who grew up in Detroit Lakes, MN, stayed close to home for college. He attended Minnesota State University, receiving a $500 scholarship in 2009 after redshirting during the 2008 season.

Despite solid production in college, Thielen went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft. The Vikings eventually signed him, but cut him to get down to a 53-man roster. The team would later sign him to the practice squad.

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Thielen didn't see any regular-season action during his first year in the league. He didn't record a catch until Week 5 of his second season. In his first three seasons, he only amassed 20 catches for 281 yards and a touchdown. And from 2014 to 2016, he made $1.5 million total.

But as he's been his entire career, Thielen was patient.

He broke out during the 2016 season, grabbing 69 catches for 967 yards. He started 10 games and recorded a career-high five touchdowns, dropping just two passes on 92 targets.

And the Vikings rewarded him accordingly, offering a three-year extension with $10 million guaranteed. He also made his first Pro Bowl last season, putting up career-highs in receptions (91) and yards (1,276).

He's already halfway past those career-highs this season with ten games to go. Thielen's gone from an NFL Draft afterthought to a top-five receiver in the league.

With two more 100-yard games in a row, he'll go where no receiver has ever gone – and straight into the record books.

Read more: Adam Thielen Went From A $500 College Scholarship To Becoming A Pro Bowler With A $10 Million Guarantee

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has some big plans for his new Manhattan home. He is planning to combine three historic townhouses on East 75^th Street on the Upper East Side into one 31,500 square foot home, which would be the largest single family home in Manhattan. Abramovich began buying the townhouses on 75^th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in 2014. It is thought that the cost of renovating the townhomes could reach $100 million. Abramovich has already paid a combined $90 million for the structures.

Last month Abramovich transferred the deeds to the properties at 9, 11, and 13 East 75^th Street to his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova for $74 million. A fourth townhouse at 15 East 75^th Street was also transferred to Zhukova for $16.5 million. That townhouse was originally slated to be a part of the renovation for the mega mansion, but is no longer a part of the plan. Abramovich is facing sanctions by the U.S. government due to his close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Zhukova is a naturalized U.S. citizen, so with the properties in her name, the U.S. government cannot seize them.

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Abramovich has wanted to build a mega mansion in New York City for years. Back in 2014, he tried to buy Berwind Mansion, a 15,000 square foot triplex on Fifth Avenue. The owner would not sell the property to the Russian oligarch. In 2015, he started his buying spree on East 75^th Street.

The plans for the six story home include 12 bathrooms, an indoor/outdoor pool, and a two-story atrium that will serve as an art gallery. Abramovich's home will be larger than both Gracie Mansion (home of the New York City mayor) and the governor's mansion in Albany. Both of those properties are 20,000 square feet.

Plans reveal two elevators, a wine cellar, two kitchens, a butler's pantry, and a sauna. The sixth floor will be a roof garden and outdoor dining area. The rear of the home will be a four story glass panel with bronze metalwork holding it together. The glass will be bulletproof. The staircases in the home are 17 feet wide. Even in the most palatial homes, staircases do not usually exceed eight feet in width.

The fourth floor's 4,500 square feet is almost completely devoted to the master bedroom, bathroom, and five walk in closets. There will also be a large study and a flex room. The fifth floor will have four more bedrooms, four bathrooms, two studies and playrooms.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has expressed his distaste for Russians planting roots in his city, saying that Russians like Abramovich "basically stole the wealth of their country with the help of their government" and are now using that wealth to snap up a lot of property.

It is rumored that Abramovich made his $10 billion fortune from rigged privatized auctions. Abramovich has also been credited with helping make Vladimir Putin the Russian President.

Read more: Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Is Planning Massive $190 Million Manhattan Mansion Compound