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Jimmy Buffett Earned Over $800 Million From Live Touring
“I think they said he made, over his career, I think the number I pulled from like, 2021, he had made over eight hundred million dollars from his tour.”
Las Vegas Margaritaville Was Once the Highest-Grossing Restaurant in America
“For a few years, the restaurant in Las, the Margaritaville in Las Vegas was the highest grossing restaurant in the United States.”
Cristóbal Balenciaga Gave Only One Press Interview During His Entire Career
“He never gave interviews except once to the London Times when he decided to retire.”
Bill Gates and Paul Allen's High School Venture Traf-O-Data Grossed $20,000
“The software program turned, turned the data into easily readable traffic flowcharts. They grossed about 20,000 dollars from this.”
Senra: Jordan's Nike profit-sharing deal was unprecedented in sports endorsement
“No endorser up until that point had gotten a percentage of profits as Nike had offered Jordan”
Senra: Jordan makes ~$150M annually from Nike, but Nike gained even more
“And that deal makes Jordan You know, a hundred, somewhere around like a hundred and fifty million a year today, which sounds crazy and is obviously fantastic for Jordan, but it wound up being an even better deal. The main point of me telling you the story is l…”
Tarantino wrote all of his original films except Jackie Brown
“Quentin writes all of his movies. I think he wrote every single one except for Jackie Brown.”
Senra: Charlie Munger's Law Firm Generates Around $500M in Annual Revenue
“I read somewhere that this law firm, I think like, I think it's doing like five hundred million a year in revenue right now. I didn't verify that, but that's what I read.”
Anna Wintour was fired multiple times during her early magazine career
“She's gonna wind up getting fired multiple times actually.”
Pixar's 1995 listing was likely the biggest IPO of that year
“The next week, Pixar IPOs. I think it's the biggest IPO of that year.”