Businesspersons
Rocky Wirtz Net Worth
$500 Million
William Rockwell “Rocky” Wirtz was born on the 5th October 1952, in Chicago, Illinois USA, and is a businessman, best known to the world as the owner and chairman of the NHL club the Chicago Blackhawks. Also, he owns the Wirtz Corporation, which consists of companies in numerous industries, including real estate, banking and finance, among others. His career has been active since the mid-1970s
Have you ever wondered how rich Rocky Wirtz is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Rocky Wirtz`s net worth is as high as $500 million, an amount he has acquired through his career as a businessman.
Rocky Wirtz Net Worth $500 Million
Rocky is the son of the William “Bill” Wirtz, and also has a brother Peter. Rocky went to North Shore Country Day School, from which he matriculated in 1971, after which he enrolled at Northwestern University, graduating in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications.
Soon after graduation, Rocky ventured into business, gaining the management of the Judge & Dolph, Ltd, which is now a part of the Wirtz Corporation. He stayed in that position until 2007, when his father died after a short battle with cancer, immediately after which Rocky became the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, and also the chairman of the Wirtz Corporation.
Since becoming the owner, Rocky started implementing his managerial skills in the Blackhawks. He brought TV station to air home games, choosing the Comcast SportsNet Chicago, as he already owned a stake of the network. Also, he hired John McDonough as the President of the team, believing that it would help bring more fans to the team. Rocky was right, and the Blackhawks were among most watched teams in the NHL 2008-2009 season. This certainly increased his net worth.
Furthermore, he improved the Blackhawks roster, which brought better results; beginning in 2009, they reached the Western Conference finals, however they lost to the Detroit Red Wings.
Nevertheless, with every season the Blackhawks were becoming more and more competitive, which was crowned by the Stanley Cup trophy in 2010, by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers. Their next title came in 2013, also winning the Stanley Cup, this time defeating the Boston Bruins. The club`s success and improvement didn`t stop there, as they reached yet another Stanley Cup final in 2015, and again were victorious; defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. This certainly increased Rocky`s net worth.
As the CEO and chairman of the Wirtz Corporation, this has been the main source of his net worth. The company is one of the most successful conglomerates with stakes in companies that operate in different industries, such as real estate, finance, insurance and banking. Some of the companies that are the part of the Wirtz Corporation include Ivanhoe Nursery, First National Bank of South Miami, First Security Trust and Savings Bank, Banner Collective, Benefit Services Group, Inc, and Wirtz Insurance Agency, among others.
Regarding his personal life, Rocky is married to Marilyn, with whom he has three children. Their current residence is in Chicago, more precisely, the northern suburbs of the city.
Rocky has also been recognized as philanthropist, donating to several causes, including health and education. He has donated mostly to his alma mater, Northwestern University, starting several programs, including the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, among others. Furthermore, he is a Trustee at The Field Museum of Natural History, and is a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Businesspersons
Charles Saatchi Net Worth
Charles Saatchi is one of the richest and best known businessmen in the world and one of many millionaires. Saatchi’s overall net worth has been stated to be $100 million for 2014. Charles Saatchi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, but later had to move together with his family to London, UK to avoid the persecution of Jews in his home country. He was the second son in the family of four kids. As a teenager Charles was really interested in American pop culture and studied at the London College of Communication. After graduation he began his professional career as a copywriter working for “Benton & Bowles” and later started to work in tandem with an art director, Ross Cramer, and together they formed their own company called “CramerSaatchi”.
Charles Saatchi Net Worth $100 Million
They were successful and took-on employees John Hegarty and Heremy Sinclair, but true success came to Charles later. In 1970 Charles Saatchi started his business together with brother Maurice: they established “Saatchi & Saatchi” agency which had become the largest advertising agency in the world by the mid-80’s with just a huge number of high-profile clients like UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and British Airways. However, Charles and Maurice left the agency and together founded another one called “M&C Saatchi”. They took many of their important clients with them, and one of these was British Airways. Nowadays, thanks to his prosperous business, Charles Saatchi has a net worth of $100 million dollars.
To the rest of the world Saatchi is also known as one of the most famous modern art collectors. He purchased his first art work in 1969 – by Sol LeWitt, a minimalist from New York. His passion for paintings only grew, and in 2009 he even published the book “My Name Is Charles Saatchi And I Am An Artoholic” wherein the author answered many questions and even gave some advice about collectibles. But the book didn’t become as popular as Saatchi expected, so the author asked his personal assistant to buy a huge number of books to help his work hit some positions in bestseller charts. Later in 2009 Saatchi appeared on the BBC program “School of Saatchi” and gave many young artists a perfect opportunity to show their talent and showcase artworks: some artists even painted portraits of Saatchi himself. In July 2010 Charles Saatchi donated his Saatchi Gallery to the British public together with 200 works of art.
Saatchi’s personal life has never been very public, but he married his first wife in 1973. He had met Doris Lockhart Dibley in 1965 while working for “Benton & Bowes”. The couple lived together for the six years before marrying, but divorced in 1990. Saatchi’s second wife was Kay Hartenstein to whom he was married from 1990-2001, and they even had a daughter together. Then Saatchi married for the third time in 2003, to English journalist, food writer, gourmet and television personality Nigella Lawson, but after public disagreements, were divorced 2013.
Businesspersons
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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