Here is a bit of balling on a whole other level, 21-year-old Dhiaa Al-Essa who is an engineering talked with the Metro.co.uk about his car collection which consists of 30 luxury vehicals purchased by his Saudi billionaire father.
Hs collection includes four “red” Maranello, five Porsches, three Lamborghinis, two Rolls Royce and a Mercedes SLR McLaren. The latest addition to collections is the Ferrari 458 Italy, and for his 22nd b-day his father to set to buy him the Bugatti Veyron and another Koenigsegg Agere.
Just for kicks Dhiaa spent the summer flying his cars to London, Montreal, Las Vegas and New York to go on driving tours with friends.
‘I love speed but the limit in Saudi Arabia is 75mph so I’m pretty limited. When the Bugatti arrives I hope to take it to Germany where you can drive as fast as you can,’ said the engineering student from Riyadh.
‘The Mercedes McLaren SLR is my favourite. I love the way it looks and drives and it’s also been reliable for a car out in 50ºC temperatures.’
Busta and Gucci Mane discussing Swizz’s work-aholicness… Swizz Beatz going hard lol.. I heard a great saying which goes, “To get what others don’t have you have to do what others wont do.” Rest When Your Are Dead! I feel your Swizzy!
Despite not having written a single book in the past year, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer raked in an eye-popping $40 million from her sexy vampire tales, Forbes reports. Meyer landed the second place spot on the magazine’s new ranking of the world’s highest paid authors, easily eclipsing Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. About $7 million of Meyer’s 2009 windfall came from movies adapted from the Twilight series, with most of the balance attributable to previously published works. In June the third Twilight adaptation made $175 million in its first six days. Meyer still has a long way to go to catch up with the world’s highest paid author, James Patterson, who snagged the #1 spot with a whopping $70 million paycheck. Unlike Meyer however, Patterson has to keep churning out thrillers; he’s contracted to produce another 17 books by the end of 2012. Stephen King placed third on the list with $34 million, while Rowling languishes in last place with a measly $10 million. Of course she’s already a billionaire.
Legendary producer Jerry Weintraub has a rags to richest story like none other. He recently released a book about his life (When I Stop Talking You Will Know I’m Dead), here he stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel Live show and share bits and pieces about his journey in the entertainment business.
Nicole Kidman and husban Keith Urban just bought a $10 million penthoust in NYC thats 3,248sq-ft with three bedroom. It features a double height Great Room and a huge master suite on the 16th floor of the building. The two terraces of the penthouse open to ridicules view of the River Hudson; and the best feature of the pad is the en suite sky garage comes with an elevator that lets them bring their limo right up to their penthouse.
Good Stuff Here!Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices — and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.
He was called many things but one thing he sure wasn’t called was broke. John D. Rockefeller story is definitely one to learn about for anyone who desires to be an entrepreneur. Here Investopedia highlights a few of his revolutionary business moves, check it out:
John D. Rockefeller still ranks as one of the richest men in modern times. According to Forbes Magazine’s“Most Wealthy Historical Figures 2008″, his adjusted fortune of more than $300 billion rivals the relative wealth controlled by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt or the Roman emperors. Rockefeller remains one of the great figures of Wall Street – reviled as a villain, applauded as an innovator and universally recognized as one of the most powerful men in history. Read on for a look at his life and achievements.
Son of a Peddler Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839. His father led a nomadic life selling goods across the country while his mother raised the children. Rockefeller received an unusually good education for his time and found work as a clerk at a commission house at the age of 16. He left the commission house to form a partnership at the age of 24.
Oil Refiner The first thing that distinguished Rockefeller from others was his understanding of risk. He knew that speculators in oil had the potential for huge profits if they hit a deposit, but they were also losing money when they didn’t. Instead of getting into the speculation business, Rockefeller chose the refining business, where the profits were smaller but more stable.
Putting all of his money into his first refining business, Rockefeller transformed it by emphasizing what we now call research and development (R&D). He hated that all by-products were discarded during the refining process. In seeking to make the process more efficient, his company created various lubricants, common grease and the forerunners to Vaseline, paint and many other useful products.
The Road to Monopoly Rockefeller saw the cutthroat competition in the oil industry as a ruinous influence and began to methodically stamp it out. Under his firm hand, and due to his seemingly super-human abilities to choose excellent managers, by 1890 Rockefeller’s company, Standard Oilof Ohio, was well ahead of the industry and enjoying a high profit margin. These profits were used to buy out competitors. If a competitor did not want to be bought out, Rockefeller had his means of persuasion.
Sometimes the technique was as simple as buying up all the oil barrels and causing a shortage that crippled smaller companies.
Another technique was to orchestrate price wars between wholly-owned subsidiaries, thus forcing holdouts to sell at a loss to compete.
A more complex technique involved limiting the number of trains available for shipment by using his close relationship with the railroad companies.
Yet another option was purchasing all the equipment and equipment suppliers and refusing to sell replacement parts to holdouts.
More often than not, however, Rockefeller simply had to make an offer and the competitors took the deal rather than try to fight against the tide. Standard Oil of Ohio became simply Standard Oil and continued to grow.
Alexis Diaz has always been a natural born Actress. From the start of a young age she had participated in plays and competed in talent shows. Always driven she had attended Temple university in Philadelphia, where she received her Bachelors of Arts Degree in theater.MORE
