If you were worried that you'd spend this entire list reading about women born into wealth, worry no longer. Tory Burch is the name that bucks the trend. She may be worth more than a billion today, but once upon a time, Tory Burch was just the same as everybody else. She's made her money the hard way - from the ground up. And she's done it fast.
It all started in 2004 with one fashion retail store in Manhattan. Fifteen years later, there are over 250 Tory Burch stores in locations right across the globe. Perhaps because she knows what it's like to come from nothing, Burch is big on the idea of giving back. She opened the 'Tory Burch Foundation' in 2009, which provides financial and strategic assistance to young women wanting to find their own way in the world of business. Burch wants to see more female entrepreneurs in the world. If you're an aspiring one, you couldn't wish for a better example than her.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.