Businesspersons
Sepp Blatter Net Worth
Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter was born on 10 March 1936, in Visp, Valais Switzerland. He has been the controversial President of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) since 1998, and as of September 2015, is under investigation by Swiss authorities for alleged ‘mismanagement and misappropriation’.
So just how rich is Sepp Blatter? Most authoritative sources estimate that Sepp has a net worth of $20 million, accumulated not only during his tenure as President of FIFA where his current salary is reputedly between $1 million per annum (stated by Blatter himself) and $1.5 million, but also from previous public and private positions that he has held.
Sepp Blatter Net Worth $20 Million
Sepp Blatter graduated from the University of Lausanne in 1959 with a degree in economics and business. His employed positions have included Head of PR for the Tourist Board of Valais, and then general secretary of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation. He worked for the Longines company as director of sports timing, in which position he was involved in the organisation of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, and the Montreal Summer Olympics in 1976. All these positions added steadily if not necessarily spectacularly to Sepp Blatter’s net worth.
Of little public knowledge is that in the 1970s, Blatter was president of the World Society of Suspenders, which actually tried to persuade women not to wear pantyhose/tights, but persist with suspender belts and stockings – for what reason is not known!
In 1975, Sepp Blatter became the technical director of FIFA, a position he held until 1981. From 1981 until 1998, he served as secretary general of FIFA, under the presidency of Joao Havelange, whom he was then elected to succeed, defeating incumbent UEFA president Lennart Johansson, amid the first accusations of corruption in voting practice. He was subsequently re-elected unopposed in 2002, and then again in 2007 although curiously only 66 of the 207 national association delegates voted for him.
Amid a series of accusations of mismanagement, bribery and coercion relating to promises of World Cup hosting venues, Blatter was again re-elected in 2011, eventually unopposed. The machinations behind these apparent political decisions on the part of continental federations and individual national associations inevitably lead to suspicions of bribery and coercion.
In May 2015, shortly before the next scheduled election for the FIFA Presidency, accusations of corruption against 14 named FIFA executive members were levelled by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, amounting to money laundering and fraud, matters about which Blatter claimed to know nothing. In the election, Sepp Blatter did not achieve a majority, but gained more votes than his only opponent, Prince Ali Bin Hussein, who subsequently withdrew before the required second ballot leaving Blatter as the winner. However, a week later, Blatter announced that he would relinquish the presidency as soon as a FIFA congress could be organised to elect a successor, currently scheduled for early 2016.
In September 2015, Sepp Blatter was notified of Swiss authorities and FIFA’s ethics committee investigations concerning his alleged ‘disloyal payment’ to former UEFA President Michel Platini some years earlier. The world awaits developments with considerable interest.
Regardless of allegations and suspicions levelled at him, Sepp Blatter has consistently mounted a strong charitable push for the rights of children around the world. Thanks to this effort, he was honoured with the “Global Award for Peace” which was presented to him by the International Amateur Athletic Association.
In his personal life, Sepp Blatter was firstly married to Liliane Biner, with whom he has a daughter. He was then married to Barbara Kaser from 1981 until her death following complicated surgery in 1991. Sepp then dated Ilona Boguska from 1995-2002, before marrying for the third time, to Graziella Bianca(2002-04), after which he was again in a relationship with Boguska until apparently finally separating in 2009.
Businesspersons
Charles Saatchi Net Worth
Charles Saatchi is one of the richest and best known businessmen in the world and one of many millionaires. Saatchi’s overall net worth has been stated to be $100 million for 2014. Charles Saatchi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, but later had to move together with his family to London, UK to avoid the persecution of Jews in his home country. He was the second son in the family of four kids. As a teenager Charles was really interested in American pop culture and studied at the London College of Communication. After graduation he began his professional career as a copywriter working for “Benton & Bowles” and later started to work in tandem with an art director, Ross Cramer, and together they formed their own company called “CramerSaatchi”.
Charles Saatchi Net Worth $100 Million
They were successful and took-on employees John Hegarty and Heremy Sinclair, but true success came to Charles later. In 1970 Charles Saatchi started his business together with brother Maurice: they established “Saatchi & Saatchi” agency which had become the largest advertising agency in the world by the mid-80’s with just a huge number of high-profile clients like UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and British Airways. However, Charles and Maurice left the agency and together founded another one called “M&C Saatchi”. They took many of their important clients with them, and one of these was British Airways. Nowadays, thanks to his prosperous business, Charles Saatchi has a net worth of $100 million dollars.
To the rest of the world Saatchi is also known as one of the most famous modern art collectors. He purchased his first art work in 1969 – by Sol LeWitt, a minimalist from New York. His passion for paintings only grew, and in 2009 he even published the book “My Name Is Charles Saatchi And I Am An Artoholic” wherein the author answered many questions and even gave some advice about collectibles. But the book didn’t become as popular as Saatchi expected, so the author asked his personal assistant to buy a huge number of books to help his work hit some positions in bestseller charts. Later in 2009 Saatchi appeared on the BBC program “School of Saatchi” and gave many young artists a perfect opportunity to show their talent and showcase artworks: some artists even painted portraits of Saatchi himself. In July 2010 Charles Saatchi donated his Saatchi Gallery to the British public together with 200 works of art.
Saatchi’s personal life has never been very public, but he married his first wife in 1973. He had met Doris Lockhart Dibley in 1965 while working for “Benton & Bowes”. The couple lived together for the six years before marrying, but divorced in 1990. Saatchi’s second wife was Kay Hartenstein to whom he was married from 1990-2001, and they even had a daughter together. Then Saatchi married for the third time in 2003, to English journalist, food writer, gourmet and television personality Nigella Lawson, but after public disagreements, were divorced 2013.
Businesspersons
Mikey Teutul Net Worth
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.
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