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Showing posts with label Forbes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forbes. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

All Hail Mr. Perry - The Highest Paid Man in Entertainment, beating Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Speilberg and others





Forbes magazine unveiled their list of the highest-paid men in the entertainment industry, looking at candidates' earnings between May 2010 and May 2011.

On the list are one actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), one director (Steven Spielberg), one producer (Jerry Bruckheimer), and Tyler Perry, who does all three jobs, in addition to also writing.

This is why Perry topped the list with earnings over $130 million in just one year, with most income coming from five very profitable movies and two TV series. He will next be seen as the lead in "I, Alex Cross," a prequel to "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls."

Check out the full list below.

1. Tyler Perry - $130 million

2. Jerry Bruckheimer - $113 million

3. Steven Spielberg - $107 million

4. Elton John - $100 million

5. Simon Cowell - $90 million

6. James Patterson - $84 million

7. Dr. Phil McGraw - $80 million

8. Leonardo DiCaprio - $77 million

9. Howard Stern - $76 million

10. Tiger Woods - $75 million

Source: Forbes

Thursday, 18 August 2011

The Ten Biggest Lies of B-School


I went to B-School about 10 years ago.  I remember the good times, the parties, the camaraderie.  I also remember the long hours in the library, working on team projects with other keen classmates, and the sense of accomplishment at graduation.

However, 10 years later, Business School missed out on a lot in terms of teaching me the skills needed to succeed in my career and life.

Here are the ten biggest lies of B-School you should protect yourself against:

1. You will be rich. My experience (and from talking to others) is that it will take you 2 or 3 times as long as you think it will take to succeed after Business School.  So take it easy running up your student loans and credit card debts expecting you’re going to be a rock star later.

2. You are smarter than people without an MBA. You were smart enough to get in to Business School.  That doesn’t mean you are smarter than other people without an MBA.  Stay humble.

3. There’s always a right answer. B-School students are usually very analytical and achievement-oriented. They like to think there’s always a “best” answer. There’s not.  The perfect answer is always the enemy of the good enough one.  You make decisions you can with the best information available.  Life and business today doesn’t let you count how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.

For more information: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/08/10/the-ten-biggest-lies-of-b-school/2/