Richest Athletes Lou Holtz Net Worth 2011

Lou Holtz

Net Worth $4 million dollars

Lou Holtz’s net worth is $4 million dollars. Born in Follansbee, West Virginia, Lou Holtz graduated from Kent State University in 1959 and began assistant coaching football a year later. After earning his Master’s Degree from the University of Iowa, he went on to assistant coach at a number of universities, including William and Mary, South Carolina, and Ohio State. He moved to head coaching in the late 60’s, beginning with William and Mary, and then moving to North Carolina State. After attempting one season with the New York Jets, he returned to coaching college football at the University of Arkansas in 1977, and then became Head Coach at Notre Dame in the mid-80s. Under his directorship, Notre Dame went to the finals for nine consecutive years. After retiring in 1996, he returned to coach South Carolina for four years. Those his time with SC was also quite successful, it was also marred with a number of penalties and accusations of NCAA rule breaking.

Recording Artist Michelle Williams – Destiny’s Child Net Worth 2011

Michelle Williams, Destiny’s Child

Net Worth $8 million

Michelle Williams’ net worth is $8 million dollars. Michelle Williams was born in Rockford, Illinois and began singing in the choir at her local church. She attended a magnet school for the arts, before choosing to pursue a career in criminal justice in college. She subsequently left college early to serve as a backup singer for the recording artist, Monica. She met Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland while on tour in the late 90s, and when Destiny’s Child was looking for new singers, her name came up. She joined the group amidst a great deal of controversy, but once the storm passed, she was one third of the one of the most successful girl groups of all time, selling over 50 million albums.

After the members of the group decided to go on hiatus, she released her first solo studio album, “Heart To Yours” and appeared on Broadway in the musical, “Aida”. She returned to Destiny’s Child to record, “Destiny Fulfilled” and to tour, and then began work on her second gospel album. Her third album, “Unexpected” saw her return to pop music with relative success. She is currently working on her fourth album, while continuing to work in productions of “Chicago” and “The Color Purple” in the US and the UK.

Martial Artist Sho Kosugi Net Worth 2011

Sho Kosugi

Net Worth $6 Million

Actor and martial art artist, Sho Kosugi has an estimated net worth of $6 Million. The 63 year old started generating his net worth when he rapidly gained popularity as a film actor during the 1980’s. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Kosugi started his martial art training at the age of five and by the time he was 18, Kosugi achieved the All Japan Karate Champion. Looking to start a career in international finance, Kosugi left Japan to live in Los Angeles, a year after his gained his championship. Although his gained a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics in his new home, Kosugi never gave up on perfecting his martial arts.

Rapper Chris Webby Net Worth 2011

Chris Webby

Net Worth $2 Million

Christian Webber better known as the up and coming rapper Chris Webby has an estimated net worth of $2. With a lifelong passion for rap and hip hop music, the 22 year old gained his net worth after releasing a series of mix tapes online back in 2009. Webby’s fame all started with an obsession with rap idols Eminem and Dr. Dre. Soon afterwards he began writing and recording original materials under the name Vindictive. In the space of a year and a half, he released six full length mixtapes, which were available (free of charge) on datpiff.com.

The White Noise LP was Webby’s first release in 2009 which this was immediately followed by the second mixtape, Teenage Mutant Ninja Rapper (released in less than six months after The White Noise). By spring 2010, Webby was all set for his third release, Optimus Rhyme and by July he pumped out another mixtape, The Underclassmen. In December, most people unwind for the festive season – not Webby. Just four days before Christmas, he released his fifth LP, Best in the Burbs. More recently the sixth LP, Webster’s Laboratory was released in June 2011.

Rapper Sam Adams Net Worth 2011

Sam Adams

Net Worth $5 Million

Rapper and producer Sam Adams also known as the Wiz has an estimated net worth of $5. Adams generated his net worth as one of America’s brightest hip-hop, electronic and Dubstep star. Coming from a middle-class family, Adams emerged as a soccer star in high school before attending Hobart and William Smith Colleges where he was invloved in the Statesman soccer team. Adams then moved on to Trinity College where he was the captain of the college’s soccer team. But his musical talent emerged one day in a college dormitory. The 24 year old from Cambridge, Massachusetts started to record his songs only using a MacBook and over the next couple of years, he recorded untold amount of material which would be used in later releases.

Rapper Machine Gun Kelly Net Worth 2011

Machine Gun Kelly

Net Worth $1.2 Million

Richard Colson Baker, better known as Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), has an estimated net worth of $1.2 Million. The up and coming rapper from Cleveland started generating his net worth after striking a deal with Bad Boys Records, making him one of America’s promising hip-hop/gangsta rap artists. In his early life, the 21 year old live spent his first four years in Egypt, where he learnt to speak Arabic before learning English. The young MGK and his parents then moved to Germany, Chicago, LA, Denver and Ohio.

From the age of four, MGK – who gained his stage name because of his ‘rapid-fire lyrical flow’- took a liking to rap music. At the age of nineteen, MGK went to Harlem’s Apollo Theatre where he had back-to back victories, making him the first rapper to ever win at the Apollo Theatre. The young hip-hop rapper had his first taste of fame on MTV2’s Sucker Freestyle, where he performed versus from his material called, Chip Off The Block.

Child star Bailee Madison Net Worth 2011

Bailee Madison

Net Worth $4 Million

Child star Bailee Madison has an estimated net worth of $4 Million. The 11 year old’s net worth increased significantly after she appeared in the 2007 film, Bridge to Terabithia.

Madison’s acting career began when she was just 2 weeks old, appearing in an Office Deport commercial. Since then, she has been in numerous television commercials, including Disney Sea World and Cadillac. Life became increasingly busy for the little madam, as she made her film debut in the 2006 film Lonely Hearts. She also had a big role in the Disney movie, Bridge to Terabithia, based on an awarding- winning novel by Katherine Paterson.

Actress Arlene Tur Net Worth 2011

Arlene Tur

Net Worth $400 Thousand

Actress and Model Arlene Tur has an estimated net worth of $400 Thousand. Tur’s net worth was generated probably after her most memorable role in the 2008 television series, Crash. Miami-born Tur started out as a model during her college days. Her modeling career gave her the opportunity to travel extensively, learning to speak Italian and Portuguese along the way. Tur also speaks English and Spanish. Amongst her busy modeling career, she find the time to study acting at Uta Hagen in New York and Howard Fine in Los Angeles.

The years of studying acting paid off as the 5 ft. 10 beauty landed her first role in the 2003 Spanish drama, Los Teens, aired on Telemundo and other South American and European networks. Since then, Tur never looked back as she made a guest appearance in the popular medical drama series, Greys Anatomy. She also appeared in the independent film, Final Engagement.

Actor Chris Tucker Net Worth 2011

Chris Tucker

Net Worth $6.5 million

Chris Tucker was born in Georgia and has an estimated net worth of $6.5 million dollars. A comedian and actor, Chris Tucker first became known as a performer on “Def Comedy Jam”. His acting career began to take off in the mid-to-late 90’s with roles in “House Party 3”, “Friday”, and “The Fifth Element”. He went on to co-star in the hit “Rush Hour” trilogy with Jackie Chan.

2nd Richest Woman Alice Walton Net Worth 2011

Alice Walton

Net Worth $20.9 billion

Alice Walton is a board member of Amon Carter Museum and heiress to the Walmart fortune, with a net worth of $20.9 billion. Alice Walton earned her net worth as the daughter of Sam Walton who founded Walmart. She was born in 1949 and now resides in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Distance Swimmer Diana Nyad Net Worth 2011

Diana Nyad

Net Worth $1.4 Million

Diana Nyad, most known for being a (very) long distance swimmer, has a net worth of $1.4 Million. Born in New York City in 1949, she has broken many world records for swimming. Some of her most memorable swimming escapades started in 1975 when, at 26 years old, she swam around the entire circumference of Manhattan Island (New York City). As a testament of her athletic ability, she swam from North Bimini Island all the way to the Juno Beach, Florida. She made it in 27 hours, breaking the world record for BOTH men and women. She has recently been in the news, as she has been attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida, despite being in her 60′s. Just like the attempt in August of 2011, she didn’t make it.. but she did manage to spend a fair amount of money attempting! The first trip cost over $500,000, but it did manage to get her back in the news so she could continue to make speaking engagements around the world. She charges from $10,000 to $15,000 to give her motivational speeches. She has also written several motivation books and been part of many other peoples books on sports and athleticism.

Football Player Brian Bosworth Net Worth 2011

Brian Bosworth

Net Worth $3.5 Million

Brian Bosworth, a former professional football player and actor has a net worth of $3.5 Million. Although his main career is slated as a “Professional Football Player”, he only played 2 seasons and many describe as one of the biggest draft busts in history. In 1987, after a fantastic college career in Oklahoma, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks with a very hefty 10 year, $11 million contract. Only problem is, he only played 2 seasons, where he pretty much failed to impress anyone. But he did manage to do some smart moves off the field. An interesting story is when Bosworth openly talked trash the Denver quarterback John Elway. 10,000 Denver fans wore $15 t-shirts that read, “BAN THE BOZ.” Only thing was that those T-shirts were manufactured by Bosworth’s company So he certainly got the last laugh. But the Seahawks weren’t laughing and they essentially forced him into retirement after only a couple seasons. Since then he has been doing what any out of work athlete does.. Playing woefully ironic characters in movies.

Actress Countess Vaughn Net Worth 2011

Countess Vaughn

Net Worth $900 Thousand

Countess Vaughn, an actress and all around funny woman, has a net worth of $900 Thousand. Although not a real countess, as her name would suggest, she is originally from Idabel, Oklahoma. She started her career in entertainment singing for Star Search in 1988 when she was nine years old. She subsequently won the overall junior championship. This got her some attention in the TV world and was soon out auditioning in Los Angeles. She started to get parts in several tv shows, where she was frequently cast to sing. Her most notable roll, even to date, was being on the “Moesha” show on UPN (the BET of the 90′s). Although she never really struck gold in an acting roll since, she has managed to stay alive in front of the camera. And, like any marginally successful actor from the 90′s.. she went on “Celebrity” fit club! But it turns out she was about as successful at losing weight, as she was reinvigorating her acting career. She was the ONLY person ever to gain weight on the show (she gained 4 pounds). She stated that this was because she was “simply trying to lose weight at the wrong time”… translation: I hid Cheetos and cookies under my bed at night. But she is still trying at the acting game, staring in such renowned hits, as “Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness” and the smash hit followup, “Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc’s Street.” Can you say, add immediately to my Netflix que?

Patricia Richardson Net Worth2011

Patricia Richardson

Net Worth $25 million dollars

Patricia Richardson’s net worth is $25 million dollars. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Patricia Richardson began her professional career on Broadway as an understudy in the cast of “Gypsy: A Musical Fable”. From there, she went on to guest starring roles on multiple television shows, including “Quantum Leap”, “Double Trouble”, “The Equalizer”, and “The Cosby Show“. She also appeared in various films, such as “You Better Watch Out” and “C.H.U.D.”, before landing the role that would make her a star, as Jill Taylor on “Home Improvement”. Since the end of “Home Improvement”, she has focused primarily on television movies and series work, including the shows, “Strong Medicine” and “The West Wing”, and television films such as, “The Jensen Project” and “Bringing Ashley Home”. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work in the film, “Ulee’s Gold” in 1997, and for a Prism Award for her work on “Strong Medicine” in 2003.

Richard Karn Net Worth 2011

Richard Karn

Net Worth $30 million dollarsRichard Karn’s net worth is $30 million dollars. Born in Seattle, Washington, Richard Karn began acting in high school and graduated from college with a degree in Drama in the late 70s. He booked his first national commercial a week after moving to New York. After relocating to Los Angeles with his family in the late 80s, he found himself sitting next to an agent in a traffic safety course. The agent told him about auditions for “Home Improvement”. He ended up replacing the actor who was originally cast, when the actor’s schedule made it impossible for him to shoot the show. “Home Improvement” went on to make Mr. Karn a household name. Since then, he has appeared in multiple films and has worked for multiple shows as a host, including four seasons of “Family Feud”. He is the current host of “Bingo America”, and also serves as a substitute host for GSN Radio.

Rapper Wale Net Worth 2011

Rapper Wale

Net Worth $6 million dollarsWale’s net worth is $6 million dollars. Born in Washington, D.C., Wale, also known as Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, originally pursued a career in football, and attended college on a football scholarship. He subsequently chose to drop out and focus on music, and began to make a name for himself in the mid-2000s. His first single to receive radio play was 2006’s, “Rhyme of the Century”. He released his first mixtape the same year and began to attract the attention of publications like The Source and The Washington Post. By the release of his third mixtape in 2007, he had been named “D.C. Metro Breakthrough Artist of the Year”, caught the attention of Fader Magazine, and toured as part of Mark Ronson’s UK Tour. He signed to both Interscope and Allido Records in 2008. His debut studio album, “Attention Deficit”, dropped in 2009 and reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 200. His second album is set for release in late 2011 or early 2012.

Movie Producer Scott Stuber Net Worth 2011

Scott Stuber

Net Worth $25 Million

Scott Stuber, a very successful movie producer, has a net worth of $25 Million. Born in Granada Hills in 1968, he is a testament to the fact that money gets you hot woman. He is recently engaged to model/actress Molly Sims. Having always worked at Universal on the production side, in 2008, he signed a 5 year deal to create his own production company under Universal named Stuber Productions. Films under his credit include Role Models, The Kingdom, The Break and You, Me and Dupree. So, needless to say, not the most intellectually enlightening productions, but they made good money none the less.

Businessman Dan Snyder Net Worth 2011

 

Dan Snyder

Net Worth $1 billion

Dan Snyder was born in Maryland and has an estimated net worth of $1 billion dollars. A businessman who began his career in marketing, Dan Snyder is the current owner of the Washington Redskins, and Dick Clark Productions, among other media outlets. His ten-year tenure as owner of the Redskins has been largely unsuccessful which has led to considerable backlash.

Nancy Shevell Net Worth 2011

Nancy Shevell

Net Worth $35 million

Businesswoman with a net worth of $35 million. Nancy Shevell has earned her net worth as Vice President of New England Motor Freight, and as a board member of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Nancy Shevell is now married to Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles.

Keith Murray Net Worth 2011

Keith Murray

Net Worth $12 Million

Keith Murray, born in 1974 in Brooklyn New York, is a rapper and member of the group Def Squad and has a net worth of $12 Million. Originally rapping under the name, “MC Do Damage”, he frequently raps with Redman, Jamal and Erick Sermon. He has been able to receive a fair amount of success for some of his earlier albums in the mid 90′s, but has yet to strike a successful album once again. Although in 2007, his single, “Nobody Do It Better” did pretty well, landing a spot at 52 on the Billboard 200. Yet, most of his money has now come from touring and doing performances with Redman and Erick frequently.