Thursday, December 27, 2012

Top Ten Richest Musicians Of The World

TOP 10 HIGHEST MUSICIANS 2012

Dr. Dre: Andre Romelle Young, known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is the highest paid musician of 2012 with a whopping $110 million in pretax earnings. His next album Detox is not released yet but he earned big from old albums, production, occasional concert and business ventures.
Roger Waters is the second highest paid musician of 2012 with $88 million earning. The 69-year-old founder member of the rock band Pink Floyd earned $131 million from November 2011 to May 2012 according to Billboard Boxscore.
Elton John is third highest paid musician with an earning of $80 million. The 65-year-old singer, composer and songwriter earnrd big from his live concerts. He also earned $200 million from his animated film "Gnomeo and Juliet."
U2: With an earning of $78 million, U2 is the fourth highest paid musician of the year. The Irish band earned $736 million from their 360 tour which lasted for three years.
Take That: The British boy band is fifth highest paid musician of the year with $69 million revenue. Its reunion tour earned $61 million from London's Wembley Stadium alone.
Bon Jovi: The American rock band stands in the sixth position of Forbes world's highest paid musicians of the year with an earning of $60 million.
Britney Spears: The 30-year-old American pop singer is the seventh position with an earning of $58 million. She earned big from endorsements and fragrance line besides her album Femme Fatale.
Paul McCartney: The 70-year-old former member of the band The Beatles is the eighth highest paid musician of 2012 with an earning of $57 million. He still racks in millions of bucks from mucical concerts and performances at events.
Taylor Swift: With an earning of $57 million, the 22-year-old country singer is tied in the eighth position with Paul McCartney. 1.2 million units of her latest album, Red, was sold in the opening week itself..
Justin Bieber: The teen pop star earned $55 million from the sales of his music, merchandise concerts and business ventures.
Toby Keith: With an earning of $55 million, the 51-year-old contry singer, music producer and actor is tied with Justin Bieber in the eith position.
Rihanna: The R&B singer earned $55 million not only from the sales of her music and musical tours but also from endorsement deals with Vita Coco, Nivea and Reb'l Fleur.

TOP TEN SOFTWARE COMPANIES IN WORLD

TOP ten SOFTWARE COMPANIES IN WORLD

1. Microsoft:Microsoft,an American multinational firm,headquartered at Washington, United States is the one of the largest and best IT Company in the world.Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, this firm is among the largest service provider of the world in the field of Operating System andGaming technology.

Revenue:US$ 73.72 billion (2012)
Employees:90,000 (2012)
Services:IT Consulting,OS service Provider,Gaming

2. IBM:founded by Charles Ranlett Flint, IBM which is American Software Company was established in 1911. It is head-quartered at Armonk, New York, U.S. and ranks second among the list of top 10 Software Companies of the world.

Revenue:US$ 106.91 billion in previous year
Employee:433,362
Services:infrastructure, hosting and consulting services

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3. Google:Google which is the world’s largest used search engine ranks third in the list of top 10Software Companies in the world.It was founded in the year 1998 at California, U.S. by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.Google is also a American Multinational Company.

Revenue: US$ 37.905 billion (previous year)
Services:Internet Services, Computer software
Employee:54,604

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4. Accenture :World’s 4th top Software Company,Accenture is founded in year 2001 and head-quartered at Dublin,Republic of Ireland.

Revenue:US$ 27.35 billion (previous year)
Services:IT, business consulting and outsourcing services
Employee:244,000

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5. SAP-AG:SAP AG is a German Multinational Company and ranks fifth among the list of top 10Software firms of the world.Headquartered at Walldorf, Germany,SAP-AG was founded by some IBM Engineers such as Dietmar Hoppand four others.

Revenue:US$ 17.6161841 billion
Services:Enterprise software
Employee:59,420 (2012)

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6. Hewlett Packard – HP :This American multinational Company ranks sixth among the top 10 Software Companies of the world.HP is headquartered at Palo Alto, California, U.S.,and founded by Bill Hewlett,David Packard in 1939.This large firm also make its position among the largest manufacture of Personal Computers.

Revenue:US$ 127.24 billion (2011)
Services:Computer hardware, Computer software,IT consulting, IT services.
Employee:349,600(2011)

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7. Yahoo:Yahoo is another American Software Company which makes its position at seventhin the list of top 10 Software Companies of the world.Founded in 1995,Yahoo‘s headquartered is situated at Sunnyvale,California, United States.

Revenue:US$ 4.98 billion
Services:Internet
Employee:12,000

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8. CA Technologies:CA Technologies ranks 8th among the top 10 Software Company of the world.Founded in 1976,and headquartered at Islandia,New York,U.S. CA Technologies was founded by Charles Wang and Russ Artzt.

Revenue: US$ 5.082 billion
Services:Enterprise software
Employee:13,800

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9. Oracle Corporation:This is another American Company which makes its position at 9thplace among the top 10 Software Companies of the world.Oracle Corporation is headquartered at California, United States and is founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner,and Ed Oates in year1977.It is known for its database all over the world.

Revenue:US$ 37.1 billion (2012)
Services: Enterprise software,Computer hardware
Employee:115,166

10. Capgemini: Capgemini, a French IT Company stands at 10th position among the top 10Software Companies of the world.It is headquartered at Paris, France and was founded in year1967,by Serge Kampf. Capgemini has expanded its empire over 40 countries across the world.

Revenue:US$ 11.9970261 billion
Services:Outsourcing,IT, business consulting
Employee:120,000

Top Ten Directors in Hollywood

1)Christopher Nolan

Best known for his cerebral, often non-linear storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970 in London, England. Over the course of a decade plus of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever. At an early age...

1. Inception
2. The Prestige
3. The Dark Knight
4. Memento
5. Insomnia ” - dolphinsrock81

2)David Fincher

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N...

1. Fight Club
2. The Social Network
3. Seven
4. The Game
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ” - dolphinsrock81

3)Jason Reitman

1. Up in the Air
2. Juno
3. Thank You for Smoking
4. (does not apply)
5. (does not apply) ” - dolphinsrock81

4)Quentin Tarantino

In January of 1992, Reservoir Dogs appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, by first-time writer-director Quentin Tarantino. The film garnered critical acclaim and the director became a legend immediately. Two years later, he followed up Dogs success with Pulp Fiction which premiered at the Cannes film festival...

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Death Proof ” - dolphinsrock81

5)Danny Boyle

1. Slumdog Millionaire

2. The Beach
3. 127 Hours
4. Trainspotting
5. 28 Days Later ” - dolphinsrock81

6)Martin Scorsese

After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock)...

1. The Aviator
2. Raging Bull
3. Goodfellas
4. Taxi Driver
5. The Departed ” - dolphinsrock81

7)Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought him a super 8mm movie camera (because she saw how much he enjoyed taking photos), the then eight-year-old Peter instantly grabbed the thing to start recording his own movies...

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. King Kong
5. The Lovely Bones ” - dolphinsrock81

8)Steven Spielberg

Undoubtedly one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, Steven Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Spielberg has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits to his name, as producer, director and writer...

1. E.T.
2. Schindler's List
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Minority Report ” - dolphinsrock81

9)Ron Howard

Ron was born in Oklahoma, into an acting family - his father had realized a boyhood dream of acting by attending the University of Oklahoma and majoring in drama, and his mother went through acting school in New York. He was in his first movie at 18 months, Frontier Woman, although his first real part was at the age of 4...

1. Apollo 13
2. Frost/Nixon
3. A Beautiful Mind
4. The Da Vinci Code
5. Parenthood ” - dolphinsrock81