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Stan Van Gundy Net Worth
Stan Van Gundy's Net Worth as of 2024
$20 Million
Stanley Alan Van Gundy was born on 26 August 1959, in Indio, California USA, and is a professional basketball coach, best known for coaching the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
So just how wealthy is Stan Van Gundy? Sources state that Van Gundy’s net worth reaches $20 million, as of early 2017. The main source of his wealth has been his coaching career which began in 1981.
Stan Van Gundy Net Worth $20 million
Van Gundy grew up surrounded by basketball, with his father being a basketball coach, Bill Van Gundy, who coached at Brockport State University in New York, and his brother, Jeff Van Gundy, being an NBA coach. He attended Alhambra High School in Martinez, California, and then enrolled at Brockport, playing for his father. He graduated in 1981, obtaining his BA in English and a BS in Physical Education.
Later that year Van Gundy began his coaching career at the University of Vermont, serving as an assistant coach until 1983. He then became the head coach at Castleton State College, holding the position until 1986, and going on to serve one year as an assistant coach at Canisius College and one as an assistant coach at Fordham University. From 1988 to 1992 he was the head coach at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and then served as assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin from 1992 to 1994, and as the head coach from 1994 to 1995. Over the course of his college coaching career, Van Gundy compiled a record of 135-92, achieving a great deal of recognition, and earning a considerable net worth.
In 1995 Van Gundy was hired as an assistant coach to Pat Riley for the Miami Heat in the NBA, and when Riley resigned in 2003, Van Gundy became the team’s head coach. He went on to lead the Heat to a 42-40 record, and then to an Eastern Conference-best 12-3 record late in the season, finishing second in the Atlantic Division. The team defeated the New Orleans during the 2004 NBA Playoffs, but eventually lost to Indiana in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. After the arrival of All-Star center Shaquille O’Neal, the team compiled a 59-23 record, the best in the conference, and Van Gaudy became the first Heat coach to coach in the All-Star Game, leading the East to a victory.
During the 2005 NBA playoffs, his team reached the Eastern Conference Finals, being defeated by the Detroit Pistons, and Van Gundy resigned from his position as head coach later in 2005, for personal reasons; ironically, the Heat, now led by Riley, went on to capture their first championship that season. During his tenure with the Heat, Van Gaudy had a regular season record of 112-73 and a postseason mark of 17-11, which greatly contributed to his reputation and to his wealth as well.
In 2007 he became the head coach of the Orlando Magic, leading the team to a 52-30 record and the Southeast Division championship in his first season. The team made it to the Eastern Semifinals, being defeated by the Detroit Pistons. In the following season Van Gaudy led the Magic to a 59-23 record, capturing their second Southeast Division title, and by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, they reached the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995, but lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. The season 2009-2010 saw Van Gundy being named the coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the second time in his career, leading the East to a victory again. The team took their third consecutive Southeast Division title.
During his tenure as the Magic’s head coach, Van Gundy compiled a 222-106 regular season record, leading the team to the playoffs in each of his five seasons, which reinforced his coaching skills and his popularity in the world of football, and significantly improved his fortune.
As of 2014, Van Gundy has served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons, further improving his net worth. In 2016 he led the team to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
In his personal life, Van Gundy has been married to Kim Van Gundy since 1988; they have four children.
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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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