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Joe DiMaggio Net Worth
Joe DiMaggio's Net Worth as of 2024
$50 Million
Born Joseph Paul DiMaggio on the 25th November 1914 in Martinez, California USA, he was a professional baseball player, who played for the New York Yankees in the MLB. His career was active from 1936 until 1951, but was on hold during the Second World War. He passed away in March 1999.
Have you ever wondered how rich Joe DiMaggio was, at the time of his death? According to authoritative sources, it was estimated that Joe DiMaggio`s net worth was as high as $50 million, an amount he acquired through his successful career in baseball. After his retirement, thanks to his popularity Joe landed numerous advertising deals, which also increased his net worth.
Joe DiMaggio Net Worth $50 Million
Of Italian descent, born to Sicilian parents who immigrated to USA, with numerous other families, he was one of nine children to Giuseppe and Rosalia. Joe grew up in San Francisco, as his family moved there when he was still a toddler.
Joe`s father was a fisherman, and hoped that Joe and his other sons would follow him; well, some of them did, but Joe had different plans, as he despised fishing from an early age, and turned to baseball instead in the 1930s. His amateur career began when he joined the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, with the help of his older brother Vince DiMaggio, who was already on the team. Joe played in position of shortstop, however, from 27th May to 25th June 1993, he had hit safely in 61 consecutive games, which became a PCL record.
The following season DiMaggio injured his knee, which was a threat to his career, however, he managed to recover, and soon he was bought by the New York Yankees for $50,000 and five other players. However, he played a season more in the PCL, winning the 1935 PCL title, and being named the league`s MVP.
He played his first game for the Yankees on the 3rd May 1936 and then continuously until 1951, aside from three years in the US Army Air Force from 1943 until 1945, and was discharged as a sergeant.
During his baseball career, Joe was a part of nine World Series-winning teams, from 1936 until 1939 consecutively, then in 1941, 1947, and again from 1949 until 1951. He retired after a poor 1951 season, in which he battled many injuries. Nevertheless, he became the highest paid baseball player at that time, when in 1949 he signed a contract worth $100,000, and $70,000 in bonuses. This increased his net worth by a large margin.
Thanks to his great overall performances, Joe received several prestigious awards; AL MVP three times, AL batting champion two times, AL home run leader twice, and AL RBI Leader also twice. Furthermore, he set the record for most games with a hitting streak at 56 games.
His jersey #5 was retired by the Yankees, and he was selected into the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. As the peak of his career, Joe was inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
After retirement, thanks to his popularity Joe became spokesman for the ‘Mr.Coffee’ company, and was the face on the electric coffee makers for over two decades. His net worth increased further when he became spokesman for the Bowery Savings Bank, and was in that position until 1982.
Regarding his personal life, Joe has been recognized for his relationship with Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe; the two married in 1954, but just nine months after the wedding, Marilyn filed for divorce, stating mental cruelty as the reason. However, Joe tried to re-enter her life, and was responsible for her release from Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in 1961, but the following year, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her apartment. After her funeral, DiMaggio started sending half-a-dozen roses to her grave, three times a week.
Before Marilyn, Joe was married to actress Dorothy Arnold, from 1939 until 1944; the couple had one child.
Joe died on the 19th January 1999, from lung cancer; he was a smoker for the major part of his life, and in 1998 he was diagnosed with lung cancer; he died in Hollywood, Florida.
Celebrities
Ben Stein Net Worth
Benjamin Jeremy Stein is an American lawyer, speechwriter, actor, writer and commentator on economic and political issues, but he is also known for participating in many other activities. For example, Ben Stein has even tried himself as a game show host. This famous person in American economics and politics was born on November 25 in 1944 in Washington, D.C., United States during World War II. He attended Columbia College and later Yale Law School. After graduation Ben Stein started to write columns and articles for different US magazines such as Newsmax, Los Angeles Magazine, Penthouse, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Magazine, The American Spectator and even for The New York Times.
Ben Stein Net Worth $20 Million
In his writings Stein usually speaks about the economic situation and political issues, and even gives financial advices to individual investors. However, in the mid-60s he also got the job of a poverty lawyer and later continued as a lawyer for the Federal Trade Comission. After few years of hard work, Ben Stein decided to try himself in acting too, but before starting to get roles he became a Hollywood consultant. Stein got his first comedy role and had to play a boring and monotonous economics teacher in the movie called Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which was released in 1986. As an actor Ben Stein has since appeared in many other movies, such as The Mask, No Intelligence Allowed, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, The Emperor’s New School, Full House, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, The O’Reilly Factor, Maried… with Children, Duckman, The Emperor’s New Schol, Earthworm Jim, Casper Meets Wendy, Family Guy and Richie Rich.
The famous actor and commentator is also recognized thanks to the Comedy Central channel where he was the main face of the show called “Win Ben Stein’s Money” for which he has even received an Emmy award. Ben Stein was earning $5,000 per episode, but money that contestants won was subtracted from actor’s salary. However, these earnings are just nothing if we compare them with Stein’s net worth, which reached $20 million in 2012.
Ben Stein is well known thanks to his ability to harmonize all his activities and show himself as a talented person in every job he does. But maybe one of his most successful, but not so well-known activities is writing speeches for American presidents. Ben Stein was a speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Until now Ben Stein has published 15 books, the first written together with Herbert Stein and released in 1978. In 2012 his last book appeared in stores – “How To Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio”.
Nowadays Ben Stein lives with his wife Alexandra Denman in Beverly Hills and Malibu, California. The couple married in 1968 and divorced after 6 years, but in 1977 they got back together again. With his wife Ben Stein adopted their son Tom in 1987. As well as his property in Beverly Hills, Ben Stein also owns a summer home in Sandpoint, Idaho and an apartment in the Watergate complex in Washingtton, D.C., which was inherited from his parents.
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Mikey Teutul Net Worth
Michael Joseph was born 26 November 1978, in Montgomery, New York State USA, and widely known as Mikey Teutul, is a reality television personality, the youngest son of Orange County Choppers founder Paul Teutul, Sr. Mikey began his working life at 14, in the family business.
So just how rich is Mikey Teutul, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Mikey has a net worth of over $3 million dollars, largely earned by working at his father’s and older brother Paul Jr,’s company Orange County Choppers (OCC), and Orange County Iron Works, and through his TV appearances.
Mikey Teutul Net Worth $3 Million
Little is known of Mikey’s early life or education – it seems to have always revolved around the family business. Helping out his family in his teens, theoretically he worked as Assistant General Manager. but his main duties were to answer ‘phones, and clear-up and take out the trash. He was on rare occasions given the chance to build bikes, until he was competent to build his own. He also attended events for promoting OCC.
In 2002, the family was invited to take part in a reality show, Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper”, and subsequently “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior”, in the course of which the youngest son was thrown out of the business – the middle son is Daniel, and younger sister Cristin. The reason for Mikey’s exclusion was that Mikey tried to be a mediator between his father and his brother, but his father seemed to be offended that his younger son did not take his side, and so threw him out of the business. During the filming of the show, Mikey was somethoing of a comedy relief to his father’s workers, and that comedy streak helped gain him popularity in TV shows. Mikey then joined his brother’s post-OCC venture, -Paul Jr Designs – along with most of their father’s employees; obviously the work atmosphere with Paul Teutul, Sr. was not a particularly happy one. Mikey’s eldest brother Paul Jr. was the former chief fabricator of OCC.
So actually the main source of Mikey Teutul’s wealth is not his father’s business, but the shows he eventually took part in. These have included ‘The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and also “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. The shows became very popular and Mikey’s appearances earned him a significant amount of money. To say the least, the family drama did not go without consequences – according to rumours, Mikey Teutul was suffering from an addiction problem, and consequently admitted himself to rehab, and managed to overcome the bad habits which were apparently hindering his progress in life, obviously including business.
In his life away from the businesses already referred to and the limelight of TV, Michael loves to paint, and is apparently respected for his productions, as he opened “The Wolfgang Gallery” gallery in Montgomery, New York, where he has sold or auctioned his paintings, adding somewhat to is net worth, although rumours suggest that the gallery may now be closed. Most recently, Mikey is now trying to enter the market under the moniker LLC FarQueue Products with his line of gourmet pasta sauces. Good luck, Mikey!
In his less-than-private personal life, Mikey is apparently still single – there aren’t even any rumours of romantic liaisons.
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