The World’s Most Expensive Watch is Worth $5 Million
Would you buy a watch for $5 Million? What if it was covered in 1,282 diamonds and took 14 months to create? Swiss watchmaker Hublot has created a new watch in the Big Bang Tourbillon series worth $5 million. This blingiest of bling watch can be worn by sheiks and rappers alike. It has more [...]
Millionaire Wine Dealer Accused of Selling 1.3 Million in Counterfeit Wine
The NYTimes reported on Thursday, wine collector and dealer, Rudy Kurniawan was arrested by the FBI for allegedly selling counterfeit wine. Mr. Kurniawan is accused of selling $1.3 million worth of counterfeit wine. He was highly regarded in the wine collecting world, having A-List clients ranging from celebrities to well known fixtures in business and [...]
Creator of Spanx Forbes Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire
“Don’t’ worry, we’ve got your butt covered!” reads the tag line on the bright charming packages of Spanx shape wear, the brain child of Sara Blakely. Working as a door to door salesperson, is no easy task, but when you add the sweltering heat of Florida, it becomes an even more uncomfortable job. After desperately [...]
The Ultimate Bike: Ecosse Spirit ES1 for only $3.6 Million
Do you crave speed? Does two wheel and a motor mean fine art to you? Do you have plenty of money to burn? If so the new Ecosse Spirit ES1 is just for you. With the collaboration of one American, Don Atchison, and two Brits, Richard Glover and Andy Le Fleming a revolutionary motorcycle was [...]
The $2 Million Gold and Diamond Hermes Birkin Bag
Way back in 1837 Thierry Hermès established a workshop in Pairs to create harnesses and latter saddles for the nobility. His craftsmanship was highly prized, and he passed his trade down to his sons, who would latter add new products like bags and scarves to meet the needs of their wives. Throughout the early 1900’s [...]
Monaco: Home to the Most Millionaires Per Capita in The World
What Is So Special About Monaco? Its home to the most millionaires per capita in the world! And there are no taxes on its residents! The Monte Carlo casino brings in so much money for Monaco that the tiny country does not have to tax its residents. It has become a “tax refuge” to many [...]
Busking To Billions Rags To Riches Story About Guy Liliberte from Cirque Du Soleil
What is busking? It is being a traveling street performer. What former Canadian street performer turned his passion for the art into a billion dollar empire? That would be Guy Laliberté, the creator and CEO of Cirque du Soleil. As a young boy in Canada Guy’s passion for circus began when his mother took him [...]
Chinese Businessman Spends $328,000 on a Dutch Pigeon
Chinese shipping businessman, Hu Zhen Yu broke a world record by paying $328,000 for a Dutch pigeon. This is the single most expensive purchase of a pigeon. Auctioneer Pieter Veenstra sold Hu the pigeon online via his website Pigeon Paradise (PIPA). Veenstra auctioned 245 other pigeons at that time and made a total of $2.5 [...]
Dating The Wealthy: Find Yourself a Sugar Daddy/Sugar Momma
Are you tired of your basic 9-5, average paying job? Do you dream of living the life of the fabulous well to do? Do you feel like you are living life in the middle lane, when you really belong in the fast lane? Are you realistic in knowing that the odds of stumbling across the [...]
Chinese Contemporary Art Prices Soar
The Chinese contemporary art market is soaring sky high. Contemporary art pieces like monochrome oil canvas of two bald, quizzical men, by Fang Lijun sold for three times more than estimated, bringing in $2.8 million. Even little known works of art by Chinese artists are seeing the prices of their work rise drastically over a [...]
