Random Money Facts

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    Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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    Every year, Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags. They burn them in order to prevent them from being priced lower.
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    In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Keanu Reeves gave $75 million of his matrix sequels paycheck to the film’s SFX team and bought the entire stunt crew Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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    The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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