Based on her surname, you might assume that Tatiana Casiraghi is the daughter of Italian football legend Pierluigi Casiraghi. If she were, she'd probably be quite rich, but not as rich as she is. Her parentage is far grander. She's the granddaughter of Santa Domingo Group founder Julio Mario Domingo, who left her a sixth of his fortune in his will. As if that weren't enough, she married Andrea Casiraghi - the daughter of the Princess of Hanover. She didn't just marry into money; she married into royalty!
Her current estimated worth $1.6bn and rising. It gets added to all the time because her grandfather's gift to her included shares in the Miller beer company. That useful nest-egg has allowed her to set up her own craft website 'Muzungu Sisters', which focuses on creating unique handmade goods sourced from ethical materials.
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.