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Louis Farrakhan Net Worth

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April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Louis Eugene Wolcott was born in New York’s Bronx on May 11, 1933. As Louis Abdul Farrakhan this African-American is known as the leader of the movement-Nation of Islam. He served as a minister of various major mosques in Harlem and Boston. He also worked as a NOI leader for a long time.

So just how rich is Louis Farrakhan? Sources estimate that Louis has a net worth of $3 million, accumulated through his former brief musical career, and leadership that he reached his net worth. He gained enough popularity to be called “The Charmer,” for his professional performances as a singer of country and calypso songs on the Boston nightclub circuit. He also served as assistant minister to Malcolm X at a Boston mosque. Later, when he went to preach at the NOI (Nation of Islam) mosque in Harlem, he also took over Malcolm X’s place.

Louis Farrakhan Net Worth $3 Million

Farrakhan’s mother, Sarah Mae Manning, was an immigrant from Nevis and St. Kitts. and raised him in Boston, and his father was Percival Clark from Jamaica – his parents separated prior to Louis’ birth. His mother then married Louis Wolcott, who adopted young Louis. He was a hard core religious boy, who became active in the St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church that was in his Roxbury neighbourhood. He was educated at Boston Latin School and English High School, where he continued improving on the violin which he had first started when just six, such that he played with the Boston Civic Symphony and Boston College Orchestra from the age of 13, and even won national competitions. In the year 1946, he turned out to be the first black performer to appear on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour. He also worked with the Episcopal St. Cyprian’s Church in Massachusetts as an active member.

Louis wrote and performed his own songs, and in the early 1950s went on tour, singing calypso songs, but then came under the influence of Elijah Mohammed through Malcom X, and converted into the Nation of Islam(NOI) in 1955, but having to renounce music on the orders of Elijah Muhammad. He subsequently moved quickly through the ranks to become assistant to Malcolm X in Boston, then minister when the latter was moved to Harlem, and when Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, national spokesman and representative, plus minister at the Harlem Mosque, where he served until 1975.

Farrakhan became a favourite of many: he initiated a new Nation of Islam in the late 1970s, which adhered to Elijah Muhammad’s teachings. He also started a newspaper “The Final Call”, that helped him to communicate his views to the people while he was preaching at the NOI. Farrakhan spoke on political and social issues in his new position. One of the most significant accomplishments of Farrakhan was organising the Million Man March in 1995 on Washington, D.C., in which over two million attendees participated. He subsequently supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign, but later withdrew his support in the opposition to US interference in the Arab Spring. Farrakhan’s influence has wained considerably in recent years.

In his personal life, Farrakhan went into wedlock with Khardijah Farrakhan, (Betsy Ross) in 1955. He dropped college right after his junior year to look after his wife and their first-born, and subsequently the couple went on to have nine children.

In the year 2006, Louis informed NOI members of his ill health, initially suffering from a peptic ulcer, which lead to major abdominal surgery in 2007, In October 2013 he suffered Aheart attack, due to which he had to give up public appearances for about two months.

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Ben Stein Net Worth

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6 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an American lawyer, speechwriter, actor, writer and commentator on economic and political issues, but he is also known for participating in many other activities. For example, Ben Stein has even tried himself as a game show host. This famous person in American economics and politics was born on November 25 in 1944 in Washington, D.C., United States during World War II. He attended Columbia College and later Yale Law School. After graduation Ben Stein started to write columns and articles for different US magazines such as Newsmax, Los Angeles Magazine, Penthouse, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Magazine, The American Spectator and even for The New York Times.

Ben Stein Net Worth $20 Million

In his writings Stein usually speaks about the economic situation and political issues, and even gives financial advices to individual investors. However, in the mid-60s he also got the job of a poverty lawyer and later continued as a lawyer for the Federal Trade Comission. After few years of hard work, Ben Stein decided to try himself in acting too, but before starting to get roles he became a Hollywood consultant. Stein got his first comedy role and had to play a boring and monotonous economics teacher in the movie called Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which was released in 1986. As an actor Ben Stein has since appeared in many other movies, such as The Mask, No Intelligence Allowed, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, The Emperor’s New School, Full House, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, The O’Reilly Factor, Maried… with Children, Duckman, The Emperor’s New Schol, Earthworm Jim, Casper Meets Wendy, Family Guy and Richie Rich.

The famous actor and commentator is also recognized thanks to the Comedy Central channel where he was the main face of the show called “Win Ben Stein’s Money” for which he has even received an Emmy award. Ben Stein was earning $5,000 per episode, but money that contestants won was subtracted from actor’s salary. However, these earnings are just nothing if we compare them with Stein’s net worth, which reached $20 million in 2012.

Ben Stein is well known thanks to his ability to harmonize all his activities and show himself as a talented person in every job he does. But maybe one of his most successful, but not so well-known activities is writing speeches for American presidents. Ben Stein was a speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Until now Ben Stein has published 15 books, the first written together with Herbert Stein and released in 1978. In 2012 his last book appeared in stores – “How To Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio”.

Nowadays Ben Stein lives with his wife Alexandra Denman in Beverly Hills and Malibu, California. The couple married in 1968 and divorced after 6 years, but in 1977 they got back together again. With his wife Ben Stein adopted their son Tom in 1987. As well as his property in Beverly Hills, Ben Stein also owns a summer home in Sandpoint, Idaho and an apartment in the Watergate complex in Washingtton, D.C., which was inherited from his parents.

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Mikey Teutul Net Worth

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April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Michael Joseph was born 26 November 1978, in Montgomery, New York State USA, and widely known as Mikey Teutul, is a reality television personality, the youngest son of Orange County Choppers founder Paul Teutul, Sr. Mikey began his working life at 14, in the family business.

So just how rich is Mikey Teutul, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Mikey has a net worth of over $3 million dollars, largely earned by working at his father’s and older brother Paul Jr,’s company Orange County Choppers (OCC), and Orange County Iron Works, and through his TV appearances.

Mikey Teutul Net Worth $3 Million

Little is known of Mikey’s early life or education – it seems to have always revolved around the family business. Helping out his family in his teens, theoretically he worked as Assistant General Manager. but his main duties were to answer ‘phones, and clear-up and take out the trash. He was on rare occasions given the chance to build bikes, until he was competent to build his own. He also attended events for promoting OCC.

In 2002, the family was invited to take part in a reality show, Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper”, and subsequently “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior”, in the course of which the youngest son was thrown out of the business – the middle son is Daniel, and younger sister Cristin. The reason for Mikey’s exclusion was that Mikey tried to be a mediator between his father and his brother, but his father seemed to be offended that his younger son did not take his side, and so threw him out of the business. During the filming of the show, Mikey was somethoing of a comedy relief to his father’s workers, and that comedy streak helped gain him popularity in TV shows. Mikey then joined his brother’s post-OCC venture, -Paul Jr Designs – along with most of their father’s employees; obviously the work atmosphere with Paul Teutul, Sr. was not a particularly happy one. Mikey’s eldest brother Paul Jr. was the former chief fabricator of OCC.

So actually the main source of Mikey Teutul’s wealth is not his father’s business, but the shows he eventually took part in. These have included ‘The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and also “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. The shows became very popular and Mikey’s appearances earned him a significant amount of money. To say the least, the family drama did not go without consequences – according to rumours, Mikey Teutul was suffering from an addiction problem, and consequently admitted himself to rehab, and managed to overcome the bad habits which were apparently hindering his progress in life, obviously including business.

In his life away from the businesses already referred to and the limelight of TV, Michael loves to paint, and is apparently respected for his productions, as he opened “The Wolfgang Gallery” gallery in Montgomery, New York, where he has sold or auctioned his paintings, adding somewhat to is net worth, although rumours suggest that the gallery may now be closed. Most recently, Mikey is now trying to enter the market under the moniker LLC FarQueue Products with his line of gourmet pasta sauces. Good luck, Mikey!

In his less-than-private personal life, Mikey is apparently still single – there aren’t even any rumours of romantic liaisons.