Robert Iger Net Worth and salary: Robert Iger is an American businessman and CEO who has a net worth of $350 million. During Iger’s tenure as CEO, he transformed Disney into a much more successful entertainment company by overseeing the acquisition of rival companies such as LucasFilm, Pixar, and Marvel. These decisions and many others translated into financial success for the company, as Disney increased in market capitalization value from $48.5 billion to a whopping $257 billion within a space of just 13 years while Iger was CEO. The year Iger took over as CEO, the company generated $2.5 billion in profit. In 2019 – his last full year as CEO – the company generated $10.4 billion in revenue. Disney shares rose 400% between 2005 and 2020 – not including dividends. Early Life: Robert Allan Iger was born on February 10th of 1951 in New York City. Raised in a Jewish family, Iger was the son of a World War II navy veteran, and his father went into marketing, advertising, and public relations following his military service. After graduating from high school in 1969, Iger attended the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, graduating in 1973. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Television and Radio. He showed an early interest in the broadcasting industry, hosting an Ithaca College television show and working as a weatherman in Ithaca for 5 months. Although Robert Iger initially wanted to become an anchorman for a major news channel, he soon chose a different career path. Career: He joined ABC in 1974, initially working as a menial laborer for an extremely low wage. However, he steadily worked his way up the ranks during the next 15 years, becoming the head of ABC Entertainment in 1989. He then became the president of ABC Network Television Group and the vice president of Capital Cities/ABC in 1993. In 1994, he moved up the ranks once again, becoming COO (Chief Operations Officer) of ABC’s parent corporation, Capital Cities/ABC. In 1996, the Walt Disney Company purchased Capital Cities/ABC, and Robert Iger remained the COO. He eventually became president of the company – a position he held until 1999 when he became the president of the Walt Disney Company. He remained as the chairman of the ABC group. Iger was now working directly under Michael Eisner, the CEO of Disney, when previously Eisner had acted as both the president and the CEO of the company. Iger would soon end Eisner’s reign as CEO by replacing him at the top of the ladder in 2005. Iger was chosen by Roy E. Disney among others within the ranks of Disney who wanted to give the brand a fresh face and explore new opportunities. Roy E. Disney and other board members even went so far as to launch an official “Save Disney” campaign before agreeing on Iger as the next CEO. One of Iger’s boldest moves as Disney CEO was to announce the acquisition of Pixar a year later in 2006. All in all, the transaction was worth $7.4 billion, and it was a total takeover by Disney. In 2009, Iger made another bold move when he acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. In 2011, Iger became chairman of the board and also became a member of the board of directors of Apple, Inc. Disney and Apple became closely intertwined after Iger’s business dealings. In 2012, Iger made another stunning acquisition when he purchased LucasFilm from George Lucas for $4 billion. This move gave the Walt Disney Company the rights to the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises. Although these acquisitions were obviously costly to Disney, it easily experienced a return on its investment within a few short years. In 2014, Disney had already recouped $4 billion on its acquisition of Marvel. When The Force Awakens released in 2015, it grossed $2 billion at the box office – recouping half of Disney’s investment with a single movie. In 2018, Disney made another bold move under Iger’s guidance when it completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Although his contract was originally slated to run until 2018, Disney repeatedly extended Iger’s reign as CEO. Twice during 2017 Disney extended his contract, eventually reaching an end date of 2021. However, Iger stepped down voluntarily in 2020 – one year short of his contract’s end. He had stepped down as a member of the board of directors for Apple one year earlier as well, citing potential conflicts of interest as Apple eyed the entertainment world with Apple TV. Many have speculated that Robert Iger had stepped down as CEO due to the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 situation during this time. These speculations are somewhat substantiated by Iger’s decision to forgo his salary just before his resignation, citing the economic concerns brought about by the virus. Earnings and Income: At one point, Bob Iger’s 1.08 million shares of Disney had a market value of $130 million. In a typical year leading up to his retirement, Bob earned $40 – 50 million in total compensation, including base salary, bonus, and stock grants. In 2015, it was reported that Iger had earned $44.9 million in annual salary. In 2019, Forbes reported that Iger had earned $3 million that year in salary, plus a bonus of $21.8 million. He also earned  $19.6 million through stock awards and options, bringing his total earnings to $47.5 million that year. Awards: In 2012, Robert Iger won the Ambassador of Humanity Award, and it was presented to him by Steven Spielberg. Additionally, he has won the Milestone Award from the Producer’s Guild of America in 2014. In 2019, Iger was named Time magazine’s “Businessperson of the Year.”

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Keith Richards Net Worth: Keith Richards is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $500 million. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and one of the songwriters for The Rolling Stones. As of this writing, The Stones have sold more than 200 million records worldwide. The band still tours consistently to this day, nearly every year. For example, in 2018 the band earned $117 million off just 14 shows. Keith and band mate Mick Jagger have written nearly all of the bands’ original music. Early Life and Career Beginnings: Richards was born on December 18, 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England, as the only child to parents Doris Maud Lydia (née Dupree) and Herbert William Richards. His maternal grandfather, Augustus Theodore “Gus” Dupree, was also a musician. He toured Britain with his jazz big band, Gus Depree and His Boys, and it was him that nurtured Richards’ interest in music, the guitar in particular. Dupree was the one who gave Richards his first guitar. Richards was childhood friends with Mick Jagger, as the pair attended Wentworth Primary School together. They were even neighbors until the Richards family moved in 1954. Eventually, several years later, the pair reunited when Richards ran into Jagger on a train as Jagger headed to classes at the London School of Economics. Jagger was carrying albums from Chess Records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters, and the pair rekindled their friendship over their shared musical interests. They also shared a mutual friend, Dick Taylor. Richards had met Taylor while at Sidcup Art College, and Jagger knew Taylor from the amateur band they were in, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, which Richards joined soon thereafter. The Blue Boys ended after Brian Jones invited Jagger and Richards to the Bricklayers Arms pub, where they met Ian Stewart and bonded over their shared interest in blues music. The Rolling Stones: With Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica, keyboards), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Bill Wyman (bass guitar), Charlie Watts (drums) and Ian Stewart (piano), Richards (guitar, vocals) joined the first lineup of the band that became known as The Rolling Stones. They signed to Decca Records in 1963. Since Jones’ departure from the band in 1969, Jagger and Richards have shared the primary songwriting and production duties for the band, for which they are credited as “the Glimmer Twins”. Richards has also been called the bandleader of The Stones by former member Ian Stewart. Unlike in other bands, where the drummer sets the pace, Richards and his guitar fill that role instead. The Rolling Stones have released over 100 albums over their long career, including 30 studio albums, and performed more than 2000 concerts globally. Solo Career and Other Ventures: Outside of The Rolling Stones, Richards has pursued several solo projects. His first solo single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run”, was released in 1978. After Jagger pursued a solo career in 1987, Richards formed the group the “X-Pensive Winos” with co-writer and co-producer Steve Jordan. The first Winos record, “Talk Is Cheap”, has gone gold since its release, and was followed by the first of Richards’ solo American tours. The Winos’ second album, “Main Offender”, was released in 1992, also followed by a tour. Despite the Winos being a group effort, with Waddy Wachtel (guitarist), Bobby Keys (saxophonist), Ivan Neville (keyboardist) and Charley Drayton (bass) in addition to Steven Jordan, both records are credited to Richards as a solo artist. Richards’ third studio album was released in September 2015, named “Crosseyed Heart”. Richards is not only an accomplished musician, but a widely recognized producing talent as well. Aside from his production efforts for The Stones alongside Jagger, Richards has accumulated many production and co-production credits on projects with artists such as Aretha Franklin, Johnnie Johnson, and Ronnie Spector. He even has his own record label, Mindless Records, where he released the track “Wingless Angels” in 1997, a track which he co-produced. In addition to music, Richards had a brief foray into the world of acting. After Johnny Depp states that his characters in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise is loosely based on Richards and the Warner Bros. cartoon character Pepe Le Pew, Richards played the role of Captain Edward Teague in the third installment of the series, “At World’s End” (2007). He later reprised his role in the 2011 fourth installment, “On Stranger Tides”. Personal Life: Richards has a certain reputation for illicit drug use, stemming back in part to a series of drug busts during the late 1960s and 1970s, as well as his own open expression of his use of heroin, among other substances. He has been tried on drug-related charges five times: once in 1967, twice in 1973,  once in 1977, and once in 1978. In 2016, he stated that he still occasionally drinks alcohol and consumes cannabis. From 1967 to 1979, Richards was romantically involved with Italian-born actress Anita Pallenberg. The couple have a son, born in 1969, and a daughter, born in 1972. Their third son passed away just over two months after his births of sudden infant death syndrome on June 6, 1976. Richards and his wife Patti Hansen met in 1979, and married on December 18, 1983. Together, the couple have two daughters, born in 1985 and 1986.   Real Estate and Other Assets: Richards has a collection of approximately 3000 guitars. He owns multiple properties, including Redlands, a Sussex estate he bought in 1966. for 313,000 pounds. Actress Cate Blanchett purchased a nearby property in the East Sussex area for $4.68 million. Richards owns a home in Weston, Connecticut, which is his primary residence, and a property on the private resort island Parrot Cay, in the Turks and Caicos Islands.