Jane Geddes, like Patty Sheehan and Rosie Jones, is an influential gay figure from the world of women's golf. She didn't quite manage to match Sheehan's level of success on the course, but she still managed to bag fifteen career LPGA tour wins, including two majors. Having become an inspiration to lesbian female athletes as a player, she's gone on to become just as much an inspiration in the boardroom after retirement.
First, she founded an e-commerce website called Planesia, and then sold it in 2001. She picked up a law degree, but instead of taking up a legal career she returned to golf in 2007 to become the Senior Director of Tournament Business Affairs. Geddes must have excelled in that role, because she then became Vice-President of Competition in 2009. That put her on the radar of wrestling giants WWE, who appointed her as VP of Talent Relations in 2011. She now lives in Stamford, Connecticut with her partner Gigi Fernandez and their twins.
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.