Rich and famous. It's one of the most successful combinations in the world, but it can also be fraught with acrimony as these statistics show: Sources: nytimes; forbes; bbc; cnn; ft.com; businessweek.
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$3.57 million
The amount Ocean's 13 star Ellen Barkin, 53, wants billionaire-ex, Ronald Perelman, 64, to pay her film production company, Applehead Pictures, LLC, following her acrimonious 2006 split from the Revlon head honcho and billionaire. Barkin auctioned off her glittering cache of jewelry -- gifts from Perelman -- for $20.4 million, a welcome addition to her $21.4 million divorce settlement, after parting with the monied businessman.
7.5 per cent
Shares of Australian Fairfax Media controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which may have been enough to kill an unflattering profile of Murdoch's young wife, Wendi Deng, just days before News Corp unloaded its stake in Fairfax. Murdoch's affairs of the heart seem just as complicated as his business dealings, but the thrice-wed mogul's current wife boasts as many exs as her media baron husband.
$15.7 million
Breach of contract suit filed by Ivana Trump, later settled out of court, against Riccardo Mazzucchelli, whom Ivana wed after her much publicized split from "the Donald". Her divorce settlement was said to include $20 million, the family estate, a $5 million housing allowance, as well as all her jewelry and use of the family estate in Palm Beach. Currently the canny businesswoman -- who's also involved in a trademark dispute with Donald over the use of her name for real estate services -- is rumoured to be contemplating a third marriage, to 35-year-old model Rossano Rubicondi.
$23 billion
Net worth of third baron of Thompson, David Thompson and family, according to Forbes, 2007. Canada's wealthiest bachelor, and the 10th richest man in the world, took over the helm of media conglomerate, Thompson Corp. on the death of his father last year, and dashed the hopes of many a damsel with the announcement of his engagement to former O.C. star, Kelly Rowan, 41.
70
Age of perma-tanned tycoon, self-made billionaire and flamboyant former Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi. While he may be Italy's richest and most powerful man, with a net worth of $12 billion, Silvio was forced to say scusi in a very public fashion to his wife of 20 years, Veronica Lario, who took out a newspaper ad in a left of centre newspaper demanding he apologize for openly flirting with two lovely ladies at an awards ceremony.
$15.2 billion
Estimated fortune of French billionaire, and CEO of luxury goods behemoth, PPR -- of Gucci, Yves St. Laurent, & Balenciagea fame -- Francois-Henri Pinault, 44. Pinault announced both his upcoming nuptials to Mexican actress Salma Hayek, 40, as well as the impending birth of the happy couples first child. Pinault's holding company, Artemis S.A. controls over 40 per cent of PPR, as well as it's own famous brands, which include Converse sneakers, Samsonite luggage, the Vail Ski Resort, and Christie's auction house.
10 per cent
The number of underperforming managers fired each year by America's most admired businessman, ex GE CEO Jack Welch, during his tenure at the top of General Electric in the 1980s. Welch's third wife, Suzy -- editor of Harvard Business Review for a brief period -- co-authored Winning with her husband, who knew all about being top dog. During Welch's tenure, GE increased market value from $14.7 billion to more than $431 billion at the end of 2004, turning it into the largest and most valuable company in the world.
12 minutes
Length of soccer superstar David Beckham's much anticipated initial appearance July 22nd with the L.A. Galaxy, who signed the former England captain for five years, for a record $263 million, more than
$1 million per week. The arrival of Beckham and Spice-Girl wife Victoria, in la la land on July 13, was met by a media frenzy, as the couple, reportedly worth over $100 million, moved into their $23 million Beverly Hills mansion, that comes with 10 security guards.
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