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Ron Brill. Ronald M. Brill is a former American retail executive and is a co-founder of the Home Depot. He worked with Arthur Blank and Bernard Marcus at Handy Dan Home Improvement and was fired from that company at the same time they were. Brill was Home Depot's first official employee. He worked with Home Depot for over 20 years, serving as ...
Ronald M. Shaich (born December 30, 1953) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author who co-founded and built Au Bon Pain Inc., and later, founded Panera Bread, both of which he served as CEO and chairman. [ 1] Under Shaich's leadership, from 1997 to 2017, Panera Bread was the best-performing public restaurant ...
As of 2020, over half of the members of Congress were millionaires and the median net worth of members was approximately $1 million. [4] The original documents for each member's disclosure are publicly available on database websites. [5] Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [6]
In addition, many presidents—including Bill Clinton —have earned considerable income from public speaking after leaving office. [ 3][ 4] Harry Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949. [ 5]
[16]: 1, 3 In their 2017 list that ranked Canada's top 100 richest people, Toronto-based Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining, ranked 100th with a net worth of C$875 million, while number 1 on the list—the Toronto-based Thomson family of Thomson Reuters—had a net worth of C$39.13 billion. [17]
The Tree of Life is a 145-foot (44 m) sculpture of a baobab tree at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort. With over 8,000 branches of very different sizes and about 102,000 artificial leaves, the sculpture debuted when the theme park opened on April 22, 1998. [ 1] Inspired by the mythological concept of the same name, the Tree of ...
Tree of life at night. The Tree of Life ( Shajarat-al-Hayat) in Bahrain is a 9.75 meters (32 feet) high Prosopis cineraria tree that is over 400 years old. It is on a hill in a barren area of the Arabian Desert, approximately 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Jebel Dukhan, the highest point in Bahrain, and 40 kilometers from Manama. [ 1]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 41 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A rich and warm overview of Jim Henson's life and career that avoids simplistic hagiography, Ron Howard's documentary will give audiences a much clearer idea of the pioneering puppeteer's artistry."