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Steve Appleton

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:29:20 +0000

Steve Appleton was the CEO of technology company Micron. Along with overseeing a well-known technology corporation, Appleton was actively involved in the sports world, participating in tennis, scuba diving, and off-road car racing.

Sean Collins

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:24:09 +0000

Sean Collins was a famous surfer and the founder of Surfline. Surfline originated as a surfing hotline, but eventually became one of the most popular surfing sites on the web.

Collins had a background in meteorology, which he applied to the needs of surfers, which was presumably a big part of what made his company successful.

Al Davis

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:04:40 +0000

Al Davis was the owner of the American football team the Oakland Raiders. It would be hard to sum up the Al Davis legacy any better than the official Raiders site itself:

An unyielding total commitment to excellence has marked the three-time World Champion Raiders monumental rise during the last 48 years to the very top of the professional sports world.

In these memorable 48 years, the Raiders have had 28 winning seasons, including 16 in a row from 1965 through the 1980 World Championship season. In 34 of those seasons, the Raiders earned a record of .500 or better. Al Davis’ six-decade professional football story, from assistant coach of the Chargers, to head coach and general manager of the Raiders, to Commissioner of the American Football League and finally to principal owner and president of the general partner of The Oakland Raiders — is a standard that no one in the history of professional football can match for winning and excellence.

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Don Lapre

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:17:29 +0000

Lapre was a TV pitchman and a well known marketing salesman and informercial huckster. His work involved such products as “The Greatest Vitamin in the World” and the “Making Money Package”. He was often criticized for selling questionable business plans, which most of the time failed to live up to their promise to his clients. In June of 2011 Lapre was charged with 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering related to various Internet businesses. He was arrested on June 24, 2011. He was being held in an Airzona jail where he was scheduled to appear in court on October 4, 2011.

On Lapre’s website, DonLapre.com, he has a statement which almost reads as a suicide note:

I tried to create the best product on earth, paid out millions, made very little trying to make it a success, had attorneys
review my entire company, paid out millions in refunds, tried to make the commission and products better every single
year, and in spite of all that, I have been accused of something I did not do. I did not have the perfect company but never once did I allow one thing to be done that would violate any law. Nevertheless, because the majority of people did not make money, in spite of everyone of them being able to make as many $1000 checks as they wanted, I am left to fight a battle that will for sure destroy what energy I have left inside… I hope the pictures below motivate you to take a chance in life and try to do the impossible… It did not work out for me with my vitamins but I believe that being willing to fail is part of having a chance at success…. Never stop dreaming and for all those who sent me testimonials of what you did because of some of my help, I am grateful I made a small difference in your life…

John Paul Getty III

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:02:27 +0000

John Paul Getty III is famous for being the grandson of the famous oil tycoon, Jean Paul Getty. Who was at one point, the richest man in the world. Getty III’s life was extremely tragic; he faced many struggles early in life and later on as well.

Bob Guccione

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:13:53 +0000

If one word could describe Bob Guccione, it’s contradiction. Early in life he had tried joining a seminary, and then tried to make it as an artist. Before finally finding success as the founder and publisher of Penthouse Magazine. To those who knew him, Guccione was a polarizing personality. He was loyal and kind one moment, and then cold or distant the next.

Jimi Heselden

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:31:41 +0000

Jimi Heselden lead a very interesting life that saw him go from a humble miner all the way to him sitting at the 395th richest man in the world. Heselden was born in Leeds South of West Yorkshire, and remained a part of the community until his death.

Dr. Frank Ryan

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:31:55 +0000

Dr. Frank Ryan was a highly renowned plastic surgeon in Malibu, California. He performed the first plastic surgery makeovers on TV, in 1995. For a television show called The Operation. He would then go on to become Oscar De La Hoya’s surgeon.

Glen Bell

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:47:01 +0000

Bell was a businessman who founded the fast food chain Taco Bell.

In 1948 Bell started his first hot dog stand called Bell’s Drive-In in San Bernardino. In 1952 Bell sold the business and used the that money to build a second stand that sold both hot dogs and hamburgers. Shortly after opening, the shop began selling 19 cent tacos. They were a huge hit.

Between 1954 and 1955 Bell opened three Taco Tias in the Los Angeles area, eventually selling those and opening four El Tacos. In 1962 Bell sold his half of El Tacos to his partner and opened his first Taco Bell. Just two years later Bell franchised Taco Bell and the company grew very quickly. In 1978 Taco Bell was sold to PepsiCo for $125 million in stock.

Casey Johnson

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:01:25 +0000

Casey Johnson was a great-great-granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson which makes her an heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune.

Johnson is known for being a Hollywood socialite, some of her friends are Paris & Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie, and several others.

On December 9, 2009 Johnson announced that she was engaged to reality TV show star Tila Tequila. Her fiance tweeted out the following message to her followers…

Johnson was a semi-popular Twitter user, her last Tweet was sent on December 29th.