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Early Life Patrick Schwarzenegger was born Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger on September 18, 1993, in Santa Monica, California. His birth took place at Providence St John’s Health Center, and he has three siblings, Christina, Katherine, and Christopher, as well as a younger half-brother named Joseph Baena. Katherine is an author and the wife of actor Chris Pratt, who is best known for playing Andy Dwyer on the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” and Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Diamandis was the CEO and co-founder of the Zero Gravity Corporation. He was also the co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures, Ltd. and the founder and chairman of the Rocket Racing League. Diamandis co-founded the International Space University and Planetary Resources. He founded Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and co-founder and was the vice-chairman of Human Longevity, Inc.

Early Life Richard Allen Jefferson Jr. was born on June 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Jefferson played high school basketball at Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and was a very important player for the team. Because of him, the team won the 1998 4A Arizona State Championship. Basketball Career Jefferson played college basketball at the University of Arizona from 1998 to 2001. His coach was Hall of Fame, Lute Olson....

He has since built up an incredible racing resume. Today, he is one of the three racers who have won four times the Indianapolis 500 (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991), as well as he is still holding a record for pole positions in the race with six (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991). What’s more, Rick Mears is a three-time Indycar national champion (1979, 1981 and 1982). Even though retired from the sport, Mears is still working as a consultant to Penske Racing, the team with which he won all of his Indycar races....

Ross Brawn is one of Formula 1’s most successful technical directors and team principals, known for his strategic brilliance and engineering expertise. His career in motorsport began in the 1970s with March Engineering, before joining Williams F1 as an aerodynamicist in 1978. Brawn made his first major impact at Benetton in the 1990s, serving as Technical Director during Michael Schumacher’s first two world championships in 1994 and 1995. His partnership with Schumacher would become legendary in F1 history....

Over the course of his career, Neill has been honored with a number of awards and accolades. These include the New Zealand Film Award, three Golden Globes, and two Primetime Emmy nominations. Outside of acting, he has also ventured into writing, directing, and producing. Early Years Nigel John Dermot Neill was born on September 14th, 1947, in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Nigel grew up as a so-called “military brat,” as his father was an army officer and a third-generation New Zealander who was stationed in Northern Ireland at the time of his birth....

The AJC calls the largest of Loeffler’s trades the “most politically problematic” as well: a total of $18.7 million worth of sales in three different transactions between late February and early March. These sales were of stock in Intercontinental Exchange, the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, and of which Loeffler is a former executive – and her husband, Jeff Sprecher, is the company’s CEO. The more recent disclosures also show both Loeffler and Sprecher selling shares in retailers like Lululemon and T....

Early Years Sergio García Fernández was born on January 9th 1980 in Borriol, Castellón, Spain. He first started golfing at the tender age of three and was coached by his father – a club professional. By the time he was 12 years old, Sergio had won his first club championship. At the age of 16, he set a new record when he became the youngest-ever player to make the cut at a European Tour event....

Early Life Todd Joseph Miller was born on June 4th, 1981, in Denver, Colorado. Raised by a clinical psychologist and an attorney in a family with Jewish ancestry, T.J. had his first taste of acting while studying drama in high school. After graduating from high school, he attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He studied psychology, eventually graduating with a B.A. in psychology with a concentration in situation theory and social influence....

In 2011, Epstein signed a five-year, $18.5 million contract to become the GM of the Chicago Cubs. He re-signed with the Cubs in 2016 with a five-year, $50 million deal. In total, Theo earned around $70 million during his time with the Cubs alone. Early Life Theo Nathaniel Epstein was born on December 29, 1973, in New York City. He was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts. He played baseball at Brookline High School and dreamed of one day making a living in the sport....

Tencent isn’t the first company to reach this impressive total. In late 2014, Alibaba’s value went over $300 billion for a brief time after an IPO in New York. It’s currently dipped a bit to a still-impressive $295 billion. This is Tencent’s first time breaking that threshold. The company’s CEO, “Pony” Ma Huateng, is one of an increasing number of Chinese billionaires. The country recently surpassed the United States as the country with the most billionaires, but philanthropy has been slow to take off as many CEOs tend to be media shy....

Early Life and Education Troy Carter was born on November 14, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When he was two, his parents divorced, and his father subsequently remarried. However, turbulence eventually returned to the family, and when Carter was seven, his father fatally shot his new wife’s brother in an argument. As a result, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. When Carter’s father was released, he remained with his wife and rebuilt his life....

Baker played for the U.S. men’s national team, earning a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal at the 1999 FIBA Americas Championship in San Juan. Baker battled alcoholism and was arrested in 2007 for alleged drunk driving. He created his own non-profit organization, the Stand Tall Foundation, designed to help children grow up to be successful. Baker was part of Dennis Rodman’s diplomacy efforts with North Korea in 2014....

He was fifteen when he took an interest in music and was known to the public as Stena with his reggae band, Reggae National Tickets. He took to a solo career in 2001 and moved to Jamaica. He began working with names such as Ky-Mani Marley and Gentleman, doing audio engineering and working as a producer. He is part of the Rastafari movement and released ten albums throughout his solo career....

Early Life and Education Aldis Hodge was born on September 20, 1986 in Jacksonville, North Carolina to Aldis Sr. and Yolette, both former US Marines. His father is from the Virgin Islands, and his mother is from Florida. Hodge has an older brother named Edwin, who also became an actor. Growing up, Hodge played the clarinet and violin. For his higher education, he went to ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California....

Early Life Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara, was born July 11, 1996, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Cara is the second of four children. She grew up in Brampton, where she attended Cardinal Ambrozic Catholic Secondary School. Alessia is of Italian descent, with her mother as an Italian immigrant and her father born in Canada to Italian parents. Her family is specifically from Calabria, Italy, and she can speak Italian fluently....

Serkis is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, as his films tend to generate tremendous sums at the box office. He has also received widespread critical acclaim for his work. His honors and accolades include one Empire Award, two Saturn Awards, a Golden Globe nomination, a BAFTA award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Outside of acting, he has directed a number of films, and he was reportedly chosen to direct 2022’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage....

Early Life Anna Sawai was born on June 11, 1992, in Wellington, New Zealand. Her mother worked as a piano teacher, and when Anna was three years old, she began learning how to play the piano and receiving singing lessons from her mother. Sawai’s father worked for an electronics company, causing the family to move frequently while she was growing up because he often was relocated. The family lived in Hong Kong and the Philippines before settling in Yokohama, Japan, when Sawai was ten years old....

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his wife, actress Lauren Kitt Carter, have unloaded their newly-updated estate behind gates in Hidden Hills, California, to a reality television director, according to the Los Angeles Times. Records show the couple bought the knoll-top property two years ago for $3.65 million before pouring an undisclosed amount into several remodeling efforts. Although the Carters initially brought the home to market for $4.25 million, they settled just under the original price tag and sold the 1....

However, a friendship outside of Hollywood might be the best move he’s ever made. Back in 1998, Affleck was at Dulles International Airport shooting the movie Forces of Nature. For whatever reason, Joe Kindregan, then only ten years old, was also at the airport. Kindregan, who suffered from the degenerative genetic disease ataxia-telengiectasia (A-T), was in a wheelchair, and Affleck struck up a conversation. The pair quickly became friends, with Affleck inviting Kindregan to his movie sets and premieres....