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Tom Ford Net Worth: Tom Ford is an American fashion designer and film director who has a net worth of $500 million. He has earned his net worth as creative director of Gucci and YSL, and creator of the Tom Ford brand in fashion. Early Life: Thomas Carlyle Ford, better known as Tom Ford, was born in Austin, Texas, on August 27, 1961. His parents, Shirley Burton (née Shirley Ann Thrasher) and Thomas David Ford both worked as realtors. He spent his early years in Texas, growing up in San Marcos, outside of Austin, as well as in the suburbs of Houston. Then, when he was eleven years old, his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He graduated from Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1979. He then moved to New York City with the intention of studying art history at New York University, but dropped out after only a year to focus on pursuing an acting career, especially in television commercials. Later, he began studying interior architecture at Parsons The New School for Design. He switched to studying fashion during his final year at Parsons after working as an intern in Chloé’s press office in Paris, but ultimately still graduated with an architecture degree. It was while living in New York City that he met Ian Falconer, who introduced him to Studio 54. Ford would continue to visit Studio 54, and it was there at the club that he came to the realization that he was gay. Fashion Career: Despite not having graduated from a fashion program, and having minimal experience working in the fashion world, Ford was persistent when interviewing for fashion-related jobs after college. His persistency paid off, and he eventually landed a job with American designer Cathy Hardwick, and worked as a design assistant for her for two years. He then moved to the brand Perry Ellis in 1988, and worked there for two years. However, wanting a change of style, he decided to move to Europe to work there. He landed the job of chief women’s ready-to-wear designer for Gucci, and moved to Milan to try to revive the struggling fashion house. At Gucci, Ford’s career and reach expanded rapidly. Within six months of working there, he was signing menswear, and not long after that he began designing shoes. Eventually, after Richard Lambertson left the brand, Ford took over his position as design director in 1992. In this new role, he was in charge of overseeing everything from the brand’s ready-to-wear and fragrances, to its image, advertising, and store design. In 1993 alone, Ford was in charge of designing eleven product lines! In 1994, he was promoted to the position of Gucci’s Creative Director. Under his direction, the brand continued to grow, and between 1995 and 1996, sales actually increased by 90%. Then, when Gucci acquired the fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) in 1999, Ford was named as that label’s Creative Director as well. Eventually, Ford left the Gucci Group in 2004. Two years later, he launched his own eponymous line featuring menswear, beauty, eyewear, and accessories. He has since expanded his brand, and has dressed everyone from former American First Lady Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Hathaway, to Daniel Craig, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Ryan Gosling, Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, and Justin Timberlake, to name just a few names. Tom Ford Net Worth from Real Estate: Tom and Richard own an impressive collection of real estate. In early 2019 they plunked down $18 million to buy a four-story New York City townhouse. When in Los Angeles they stay at their $40 million Holmby Hills mansion, down the street from the Playboy Mansion. They also own  a 20,000+ acre ranch in Santa Fe New Mexico which was quietly put on the market for $75 million back in 2016. He lowered in the price to $48 million in 2019. In January 2021 it was revealed that Tom had found a buyer for an undisclosed price. The ranch features a wild west town that has served as a location for several films including 3:10 to Yuma and Thor. Directing Career: In addition to his long career in fashion as a designer, Ford has also pursued several projects as a film director. He launched his own film production company, Fade to Black, in March 2005. His directorial debut came in 2009, with the film “A Single Man”. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, and stars Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, and Matthew Goode. In addition to serving as the film’s director, Ford also worked as one of the film’s producers. The film received critical praise after premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, and was nominated for the festival’s top award, the Golden Lion. Ford’s second film as director was “Nocturnal Animals”, released in 2016. This film was also an adaptation of a novel, this time of Austin Wright’s novel “Tony and Susan”. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Isla Fisher. The film was also praised by critics, and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Personal Life: Ford married Richard Buckley, his longtime partner, in April 2014. The couple have been together since first meeting in 1986. Buckley is a journalist, and the former editor in chief of Vogue Hommes International. They have a son together, Alexander John “Jack” Buckley Ford, who was born in 2012 via gestational surrogate. The family splits their time between residences in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, and London.

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Mariah Carey net worth: Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and actress who has a net worth of $320 million. Mariah Carey is one of the 15 best-selling musical artists in history having sold over 200 million albums worldwide to date. She is the second best-selling female artists of all time, behind Madonna. She has more #1 songs than any other female writer/producer in US chart history. As of this writing she has won five Grammys, 10 AMAs, and 15 Billboard Music Awards.Early Life: Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York. She is of African American, Afro-Venezuelan and Irish descent. Her father’s father adopted the last name “Carey” upon moving to New York, changing it from Nunez. Her mother was a one-time Opera singer and vocal coach. The parents separated when Mariah was three years old.Always interested in the arts and music in particular, Mariah started writing poems and early songs while at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York. She graduated from high school in 1987. At Harborfields, Mariah befriended Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she soon began composing full songs with lyrics and music. After graduating, while living in New York City, Mariah, Gavin and Ben continued working together to create a full-length demo.The demo eventually made its way to pop singer Brenda K. Starr. Brenda continued to pass the demo around town while bringing Mariah to various industry galas. At one such gala, the demo tape was handed off to Tommy Mottola, the head of Columbia Records. He listened to the tape in the car on the way home. After hearing the first two songs he was convinced Mariah Carey would become a star.It took two weeks to track her down, but when he did Tommy instantly signed Mariah to a record deal and assembled a team to plot her commercial debut. In Tommy’s eyes, Mariah would be Columbia’s answer to Arista Records’ Whitney Houston.Success: Mariah’s self-titled debut album was released on June 12, 1990. Columbia reportedly spent $1 million promoting the record. Sales were slow at first but eventually the album would eventually be certified 9X platinum in the US alone, selling more than 15 million copies worldwide. The album reached number one on the Billboard charts and earned her a Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.Mariah’s next album, 1991’s “Emotions” was also an enormous success but it was her third album, 1993’s “Music Box” that took her career to stratospheric levels. Music Box spent 128 weeks on the Billboard chart and eventually sold an astonishing 28 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time.Her success was not short-lived at all. Her next album “Merry Christmas” was also a monster, selling more than 15 million copies worldwide. Her next three albums would sell 20 million, 10 million and 8 million copies worldwide, respectively.All I Want for Christmas Royalties: Mariah’s Christmas album is probably most notable for featuring the song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” which would eventually become one of the best-selling and most-profitable singles of all time with global sales of 16 million and counting. The song is featured in dozens of Christmas movies and has a massive hit around the holidays on streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora. The song, which reportedly only took 15 minutes to write, generates an estimated $600,000 per year in royalties for Mariah and producer Walter Afanasieff. The song has generated more than $60 million in gross royalties to date.Virgin Contract: In April 2001, Mariah left Columbia Records and signed what was then a record-setting $100 million, five-album contract with Virgin Music. That’s the same as $150 million after adjusting for inflation. It was the biggest contract in the history of music at the time.Mariah’s first album with Virgin, “Glitter”, was released on August 18, 2001. The album was actually a soundtrack to a movie of the same name which was a semi-autobiographically about a fictionalized version of Mariah. Both the album and film, which was unfortunately released on September 21, 2001 – 10 days after the 9/11 terror attacks, were panned by critics and audiences. The movie is famously one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.Even before the movie’s release, Mariah had to be hospitalized for extreme exhaustion. She reportedly experienced a physical and emotional breakdown.Over time the album sold 3 million copies. That would have been respectable for any other artist. Unfortunately it was a disaster for Mariah and Virgin’s newly-minted $100 million contract.Virgin was so desperate to free themselves from Mariah that they paid her $28 million to end the contract early. When it was all said and done, Mariah was paid nearly $50 million to produce the one album for Virgin.Return to Success: After being dumped by Virgin, Mariah signed a $24 million, five-album deal with Island Records. Her Island albums sold moderately well, with her biggest hit being 2005’s “The Emancipation of Mimi” which sold 10 million copies worldwide.Mariah released one album under Def Jam and then was signed by Epic Records in 2015 where she remains today.In 2012 she earned $18 million to appear on one season of American Idol.In 2015 she signed a $30 million contract to undertake a two-year Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace. This helped her become one of the highest-earning women in music for the year with $27 million in total earnings.Personal Life: In 1993 Mariah married Tommy Motalla. They divorced in 1998. She was married to actor Nick Cannon from 2008 to 2016. They have two children together, twin boys who were born in April 2011. She was briefly engaged to Australian billionaire James Packer in 2016 and dated singer Luis Migeul between 1998 and 2001.Mariah Carey Current Net Worth: Despite what many sites report (including, as of this writing, Wikipedia) Mariah Carey is not worth $520 million. In fact, as part of their 2015 divorce proceedings we learned from her own legal filings that when Mariah entered the marriage in 2008, she had a net worth of $150 million. In 2008 Nick was worth less than $500,000. Furthermore the filings showed that Mariah earned a total of $6.3 million in 2014 while Nick earned $2.7 million. As part of their eventual settlement, which was undisclosed, Nick was given title to a 2012 Ferrari and forced to pay $5,000 per month to a trust for their twins.If Mariah was worth $150 million in 2008, in order for her to be worth $520 million today, her gross earnings over the ensuing decade+ would need to be north of $1 billion.Summary: Mariah Carey has a net worth of $320 million as of this writing. She is the second best-selling female artist of all time and one of the 15 best-selling artists overall. She has earned hundreds of millions of dollars during her career from record contracts and royalties. She has earned tens of million additional earnings from various media appearances, Las Vegas residences and private performances.