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Craig Gottlieb Net Worth
Craig Gottlieb 's Net Worth as of 2024
$8 Million
Craig Gottlieb was born in 1971 in Miami, Florida USA, and is an antique and militaria dealer, who came to prominence after discovering Adolf Hitler’s desk set from the ‘30s, on which the Munich Agreement was penned. Thanks to his knowledge and dedication, he was featured in the TV program “Pawn Stars” (2012-2014).
Have you ever wondered how rich Craig Gottlieb is, as of early 2018? Authoritative sources estimate that Gottlieb’s net worth is now over $8 million, accumulated from his business which began in the 1990s, and from his TV appearances.
Craig Gottlieb Net Worth $8 Million
Craig is of Jewish ancestry; his paternal grandparents were Russian emigrants who settled in the USA on the verge of the 20th century, and his father continued their Jewish tradition, while his mother is a Protestant, who converted to Judaism following her marriage to Craig’s father. Although they later differed in following Jewish roots, they celebrated all major Jewish holidays.
Before starting his business, Craig studied philosophy at Cornell University, and graduated with a BA degree with honors. He then enlisted into the US Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Major before resigning; his military service stirred an interest in military memorabilia, later becoming a business.
Since starting his antique and militaria dealership, Craig has been credited with uncovering a number of artifacts directly owned by or belonging to Adolf Hitler. This includes a desk set used by the Fuhrer to sign the Munich Pact of 1938, then the dictator’s hat, medals and items of uniform. Also paintings of Hitler’s parents, and on his own presumption, a false Italian passport belonging to Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz concentration camp physician, which he used to flee to Argentina before the fall of the Third Reich – Craig found the document with the help of his connections in Buenos Aires.
Aside from these numerous World War II objects, Craig also owned a Luger pistol, which was used during the film “Hell’s Angels” (1930), and was formerly owned by the one and only Howard Hughes.
After successful years of managing his business, Craig came to be featured in the show “Pawn Stars”, on which he displayed his knowledge of World War II memorabilia, speaking to people who believe they have valuable pieces from this important part of 20th century history. One piece of particular interest and value sold by Craig at auction in 2014 was Hitler’s personal copy of “Mein Kampf”, for $28,400 – part of the proceeds of which Craig donated to Jewish charities – as he says ‘… perhaps the ultimate irony…’. Copies personally signed by Hitler have been known to sell for larger amounts still.
In recent years Craig became a part of the documentary series “Nazi War Diggers”, produced by National Geographic, but the network had problems with criticism from archaeologists, and the show’s premiere was postponed, until it eventually debuted in 2015 on the Discovery Channel, and in 2016 had its premiere on Channel 5 in the UK. The show is set in Eastern Europe, and its main focus is in finding other artifacts utilized during the Nazis regime, subsequently abandoned during their retreat from this part of the world.
Regarding his personal life, Craig is married to Madeline Jackson, and they have four sons. The family now resides in San Diego, where he is on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
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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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