Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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India's richest person, Mukesh Ambani, built a $1 billion home. It has 27 habitable floors, including six parking floors with a capacity to hold up to 168 cars. 600 staff maintain the home.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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Singapore has the world’s highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US dollars in disposable wealth.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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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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