Top 10 Highest Paid Cricketers in the World 2013

Even though most Americans have no idea how the game is played and probably couldn't name a single star player, cricket is truly one of the most prevalent sports in the world. In fact, it could be claimed that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world in terms of TV viewership behind soccer. That stat is especially true when India happens to be playing in the International Cricket Council's World Cup. The 2011 ICC World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka was watched by an appraised 400 million people. That's four times the number of people who watch the average American Super Bowl. Well, it turns out the World Cup final was actually the second most viewed match of the competition. When India played Pakistan in the semi-finals, an estimated one billion people tuned in around the world! That's enough to make the semi-final match the most viewed television event of 2011, by a few hundred million people.When measuring popularity, it definitely doesn't hurt that cricket is the number one sport in India which has a population of 1.2 billion. Cricket is also enormously popular in Pakistan (population 175 million) Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Bermuda and many other countries around the globe. Bombay-born Sachin Tendulkar is basically the Michael Jordan of the cricket. He is widely measured one of the best batsman of all time, and potentially the best overall cricketer in history. Sachin and the other top players are global superstars who have literally hundreds of millions of fans and huge commendation deals that put them in line with some of the highest paid athletes on the planet. So how much are the top cricketers making.

1.  MS Dhoni

Netwoth $30 million ($3.5 million salary, $26.5 million endorsements)

2.  Sachin Tendulkar

Netwoth $20 million ($2 million salary, $18 million endorsements)

3.  Virat Kohli

Netwoth $9 million ($3 million salary, $9 million endorsements)

4.  Virender Sehwag

Netwoth $7 million ($3 million salary, $4 million endorsements)

5.  Gautam Gambhir

Netwoth $8 million ($4 million salary, $4 million endorsements)

6.  Shane Watson

Netwoth $6 million (Australian, $3 million base, $3 million endorsements)

7.  Michael Clarke

Netwoth $5 million (Australian, $3 million base, $2 million endorsements)

8.  Brett Lee

Netwoth $5 million (Australian, $2 million base, $3 million endorsements)

9.  Ricky Ponting

Netwoth $4 million (Australian, $2 million base, $2 million endorsements)

10.  Yusuf Pathan

Netwoth $3.9 million ($3.3 base salary, $300 thousand endorsements)

Top 10 Youngest Billionaires In the World 2013

Being a young billionaire. Imagine having all the wealth, privilege and power that comes hand in hand with a 10 figure bank account AND still being young enough to enjoy it for a few decades! The unfortunate reality is that most people who are lucky enough to reach billionaire status, do it when they are starting to enter the twilight of their lives after decades of hard work. That doesn't mean older people can't enjoy being insanely rich, but they enjoy it in a different way. Earlier this week we wrote about Lynsi Torres, the 30 year old billionaire owner of In-N-Out burger who lives in a $17.4 million mansion that has batting cages, tennis courts, a basketball court and much more. Oh and for fun, Lynsi is a professional drag racer. That's what I'm talking about. Then there's the story of 30 year old Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin who lives in Singapore with an posse of beauty queen girlfriends and keeps a $5,000 VIP table at his favorite club open at all times, in case he feels like stopping by. In theory, billionaires like Lynsi, Eduardo and all the others on this list could have another 40-50 years of the high life left to live.

1. Athina Onassis Networh $1 billion, 28 years old (Inherited)

2. Dustin Moskovitz Networh $2.7 billion, 28 years old (Facebook)

3. Mark ZuckerbergNetworh $14 billion, 28 years old (Facebook)

4. Albert von Thurn und Taxis Networh $1.5 billion, 29 years old (German prince, inherited vast real estate and investment portfolio

5. Lynsi Torres

Networh $1 billion, 30 years old (In-N-Out burger, inherited)

6. Eduardo Saverin

Networh $1.1 billion, 30 years old (Facebook)

7. Scott Duncan Networh $4.7 billion, 30 years old (Inherited a Texas oil company)

8. Yang Huiyan

Networh $4.4 billion, 31 years old (Inherited a Chinese real estate fortune)

9. Fahd Hariri Networh $1.3 billion, 32 years old (Inherited a construction company from his father, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon)

10. Sean Parker Networh $2.1 billion, 33 years old (Facebook)

Top 10 Highest Earning Tennis Men Players of 2013

Being a specialized tennis player would be a fun job. Not only do you get to travel to the most interesting places in the world every week, but you get paid a ton of money for your time! Well, you only get paid a ton of money if you're good enough to really win the tournaments and interest promoters. For example, both Victoria Azarenka and Novak Djokovic just earned $2.43 million as the winners of The Australian Open. Obviously the winners of competitions earn the most money,

1. Roger Federer

Networth $76,535,827

2. Rafael Nadal

Networth $50,061,827

3. Novak Djokovic

Networth $48,218,800

4. Andy Murray

Networth $26,200,571

5. Lleyton Hewitt

Networth $19,378,763

6. David Ferrer

Networth $17,178,869

7. Nikolay Davydenko

Networth $15,434,328

8. Tomas Berdych

Networth $13,139,293

9. David Nalbandian

Networth $11,037,715

10. Tommy Haas

Networth $11,014,574

Pia Zadora Net Worth 2013

Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer who has a net worth of $25 million dollars. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Pia Zadora, also known as Pia Alfreda Schipani, began performing on stage, professionally, when she was in elementary school. The daughter of a Broadway wardrobe supervisor and a violinist, she appeared in multiple musicals as a child, including the original cast of "Fiddler on the Roof". She launched a film career in the mid-60s, and went on to appear in such projects as, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", "Butterfly", "The Lonely Lady", "Voyage of the Rock Aliens", "Hairspray", "Troop Beverly Hills", and "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult". Her on-camera acting career was not particularly successful, and critics were not kind. She shifted her focus to a music career in the mid-80s, and achieved success in Europe, She has released multiple albums since then, but has been only moderately successful. Recently, she began touring again, performing in her own cabaret show entitled, "Pia Zadora: Back Again, And Standing Tall".

British Actress Maggie Smith Net Worth 2013

Maggie Smith is a British actress who has a net worth of $8 million dollars. Born in Ilford, London, England, Maggie Smith began performing professionally with the Oxford Playhouse, and then went on to a long and successful theater career with the Royal National Theatre. She began appearing in film and television roles in the late 50s, and has since appeared in numerous theater, television, and film productions. She has won two Academy Awards for her performances in “Othello” opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, and for “California Suite” opposite Michael Caine. She has also won seven BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globes, three Emmys, a Tony Award, and a SAG Award. She is most widely known to contemporary audiences for her performance as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” franchise, her critically acclaimed work in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”, and for her starring role on the popular series, “Downtown Abbey”.

American Singer Aaliyah Net Worth 2013

Aaliyah net worth: Aaliyah is an American singer and musician who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Aaliyah, also known as Aaliyah Dana Haughton, began singing when she was five, and was touring with Gladys Knight by the time she was eleven. She went on to sign with Jive Records and Blackground Records when she was twelve years old. She released her first album when she was 14. It debuted at #24, went on to climb to #18 on the charts, and sold 3 million copies. She subsequently left Jive Records, and signed with Atlantic Records, releasing her second album, “One in a Million” in 1996. The album went three times Platinum, and further cemented her status as an R&B star. A year later, she graduated from the Detroit High School for the Performing Arts and launched her acting career, appearing in an episode of “New York Undercover”. She appeared in her first starring role in the film, “Romeo Must Die” in 2000, and produced the hugely successful soundtrack. A year later, she appeared in the film, “Queen of the Damned”. She was killed in a plane crash in August of 2001, a month after the release of her final album, “Aaliyah”. Posthumously, she has sold nearly 32 million albums worldwide.

American Talk-Show Monica Joseph-Taylor Net Worth 2013

Monica Joseph-Taylor is an American talk-show host and television producer who has a net worth of $5 million dollars. Monica Joseph-Taylor has been working in the entertainment industry as a host and producer for many years. She first rose to prominence as the host of the Oxygen Network’s daily talk show, “Pure Oxygen”. A busy mother, she developed her own popular line of products, called MOMS Made Easy.She repeatedly served as a guest on “The Today Show”, and also developed strategic marketing plans for multiple companies, including ESPN, Spike TV, and General Motors. She launched her own production company, Monica Taylor Enterprises, which has produced programs for Lifetime, Spike TV, WE, and the Fox Movie Channel, among other channels. She recently split from her husband, musician Aston “Funkmaster Flex” Taylor, and is currently shooting the new TLC reality series, “Starter Wives”, about women who are no longer in high-profile relationships.