Producers
Michael Flatley Net Worth
Michael Flatley's Net Worth as of 2024
$300 Million
Michael Flatley was born on the 16th July 1958, in Chicago, Illinois USA of Irish descent. He is an Irish-American choreographer and dancer, who is probably best recognized for his appearances in a number of Irish dance shows, such as “Lord Of The Dance”, and “Riverdance”, among others. He is also a flautist, known for the flute album “On A Different Note” (2011). His career has been active since 1978.
Have you ever wondered how rich Michael Flatley is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Michael’s net worth is as high as $300 million, which has been accumulated through his successful involvement in the entertainment industry as a flautist and professional dancer. Additional to those, he has appeared in a number of TV shows, which have also increased his net worth.
Michael Flatley Net Worth $300 Million
Michael Flatley spent his childhood with four siblings in the South Side of Chicago, the son of Michael and Eilish, migrants from Ireland. His mother as well as his grandmother were champions in dancing, so under the influence of mother, he began attending dancing classes at the Dennehy School of Irish Dance when he was 11 years old. By the time he was 17 years-old b, he had won a title at the World Irish Dance Championships.
Michael was introduced to the professional dance stage in 1978, when he became a member of the touring group Green Fields of America, performing and promoting Irish dances in America. He was a part of the group for only a year, and then became a part of the Irish band The Chieftains, touring until 1989.
In the 1990s, he created Riverdance, a stage performance of traditional Irish dances, with his friend and colleague Jean Butler. They toured throughout the USA in the first half of 1990s, until Michael left the show in 1995, stating creative differences as the main reason. Nevertheless, while the show lasted his net worth increased by a large margin, thanks to the immense popularity of the show.
After he left Riverdance, Michael started Lord of the Dance, a stage musical which used Irish music as its core, and Michael performed in and with it at stadiums and arenas, touring until 2015 when he retired, and increasing his net worth by a large margin.
To speak further of his accomplishments, Michael also created the Irish dance show Celtic Tiger, and was responsible for creating other Irish dances, such as Feet of Flames. He also appeared in the TV show “Dancing With The Stars” in 2007, which added to his net worth. In addition to his career as a performer, he has also authored a book entitled “Lord of the Dance: My Story” published in 2006, which also added to his net worth.
His talents have won him a number of prestigious awards, including Entertainer of the Decade Award given by the Variety Club Of Ireland, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Irish Post Awards, and he was inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame. Furthermore, he received the Irish Dancing Commission Fellowship award in 2001, and the same year he became a Fellow of the American Irish Dance Teachers’ Association. In 2004, Michael was awarded the famed Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Speaking about his personal life, Michael Flatley has been married to dancer Niamh O’Brien since October of 2006; the couple has a son. Previously, he was married to Beata Dziąba from 1986 to 1997.
Celebrities
Paul Heyman Net Worth
Paul Heyman was born on 11 September 1965, in Westchester County, New York City USA, and is an entertainment producer, performer, marketing guru, and a businessman. In particular, he is a vital member of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (a.k.a. the WWE). Heyman’s versatility has made a great impact on his net worth.
So just how rich is Paul Heyman? The latest information from authoritative sources as of mid-2016, estimates that Paul’s net worth is over $10 million, accumulated during his working life now spanning 30 years.
Paul Heyman’s Net Worth $10 Million
Paul was born into the Jewish family of personal injury attorney Richard, and Sulamita Heyman, actually a holocaust survivor. At 11 he started his first business attempt, selling celebrity and sports memorabilia. His educational background comes from Suny Purchase, New York, and Westchester Community College, where he was also employed as a radio station host and later a producer, and was famous/notorious even then for his bold, controversial and opinionated statements.While still a teenager, Heyman hustled his way as a photo journalist into a World Wide Wrestling Federation event at Madison Square Garden, and was paid by the company for several photos he had taken. This is considered as a first step into his later career, and which talent he expanded into the creation of a wrestling magazine “The Wrestling Times Magazine“, and wrote for wrestling publications such as “Pro Wrestling Illustrated”.
Paul then successively worked for Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, in various guises including promoter, producer, trainer, and manager, and then with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a commentator and broadcaster from the turn of the century. Additionally, he is also the manager of such famous wrestlers as Brock Lesnar and a group of wrestlers called Paul Heyman Guys. The training career income is considered to be one of the main flows into Heyman’s account as well.
Paul Heyman pursues a separate career as a businessman as well, as he has also co-founded and co-owns a branding and advertising marketing firm The Looking4Larry Agency, based in New York City. The company is mostly known for its activities in viral video production as well as social media marketing. Heyman employed award winning NYC ad executive Mitchell K. Stuart of HQ-Creative Services and their very first client was EA Sports. After successful viral campaigns with EA, The Looking4Larry Agency became the agency of record for THQ video games, where Heyman and Stuart wrote, directed, and produced viral videos for THQ games such as All Stars, WWE ’12, and WWE ’13.
Heyman also launched a multimedia project called The Heyman Hustle, featuring a video of him interacting with celebrities from several areas of entertainment on the streets of New York City, and articles about professional wrestling.
Additionally, Heyman was cast by producer Michael Tadross as “Gino” in the film adaptation of the off-Broadway show “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”, and Heyman also made a cameo appearance in the WWE Studios film, “Countdown”.
In his personal life, Paul Heyman married Maria, but is reputed to be raising their two children as a single father. There is little other private information available to the media.
Actors
Tony Dow Net Worth
Tony Lee Dow was born on 13 April 1945 in Hollywood, California USA. He is a well-known person in the Hollywood movie industry because of his long-lasting involvement as a film producer, director and an actor.
So how rich is Tony Dow? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $4 million. Most of it he has accumulated by working as a professional Hollywood actor for more than 50 years.
Tony Dow Net Worth $4 Million
Tony Dow’s interest in the film industry might have been related to the fact that his mother, Muriel Virginia Dow, was a stunt woman and a film double at the time Tony was a child and teenager. However, Tony undoubtedly had some acting talent which was proven when he managed to win the audition for a role in the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” in 1957, despite having no experience in acting at that time. This was the role that had perhaps the most influence in building a solid foundation to Tony Dow’s acting career, even though he received only one award – Young Artist Award in nomination of “Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1988, after working in the show for six years. It was also a solid start to his net worth.
In the next few years after “Leave It to Beaver”, Tony appeared in several episodes of other TV shows, such as the sitcom “My Three Sons” (in 1964), drama series “Mr. Novak” (between 1963 and 1965) and teen soap opera “Never Too Young” (in 1965). Tony continued working in television up until the late 90s and his net worth continued to grow, for example in 1975 he starred in the popular medical TV drama “General Hospital”.
While Tony Dow is mostly known as a television actor, he has appeared in a few films during his career, including the television horror film “Death Scream” in 1975, comedy film “The Kentucky Fried Movie” in 1977, television comedy film “High School USA” in 1983, comedy “Back to the Beach” and comedy film “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” in 2003.
Acting aside, Tony Dow is also known as a producer, director and visual effects specialist, especially in the science fiction genre, and these involvements have undoubtedly contributed to building up his net worth. Tony contributed to the visual effects of the 1996 season of the phenomenal British science fiction TV series “Doctor Who”, and a few episodes of the space opera TV series “Babylon 5”. He also directed an episode of the American science fiction TV series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” in 1998.
Interestingly though, some people might also recognize Tony Dow as a sculptor who is well known for his brilliant abstract pieces depicting surreal figures.
In his personal life, Tony Dow has never been married and has no children. He is known to have suffered from depression during some periods of his life, which on a positive note has encouraged him to participate in self-help videos, including the production “Beating the Blues” (1998). However, the negative effect is that Tony hasn’t participated as an actor in any film since 2003.
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