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Wagner made a five-figure investment into Denali Therapeutics in 2014, and he recently joined the likes of Diddy and Shonda Rhimes in Andreessen Horowitz’s $500,000 minimum investment Cultural Leadership Fund . “We should take the time to learn and understand how to make the money work for us,” says Wagner, “versus working for the money.” Last summer, Wagner negotiated his own three-year, $54 million contract extension, which made him the highest-paid player at his position.
Joining Wagner on the list is fellow NFL standout Patrick Mahomes—who last year became the league’s youngest MVP since Dan Marino—as well as NBA stars Klay Thompson and Paul George; both rank among the world’s highest-paid athletes, and they’ve earned a combined 11 All-Star selections. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich just narrowly missed out on winning his second straight National League MVP trophy—he also has three Silver Sluggers and a pair of All-Star nods—and St.
Other athletes on the list include Hall of Fame surfer Carissa Moore, world-champion weightlifter Katherine Nye and nine-time X Games medalist Tom Schaar. All three are aiming to bring home Olympic medals from the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Figure skater Nathan Chen already won an Olympic bronze medal in Pyeongchang two years ago, and he’s since established himself as the sport’s best, winning the last two world championships.... [+]We’re not just celebrating on-field accolades, either.
Among the lists’s non-athletes are a number of innovators. Ivy Awino, who oversees in-arena music for the Dallas Mavericks, is the first woman to ever DJ the NBA All-Star Game. The NFL Players Association’s Adam Richelieu standardized rookie contract language and has created a number of new statistical categories relating to player pay.
Others standouts include CAA’s Nick Thimm, who’s driven more than $50 million in sponsorships for clients like the Golden State Warriors and Riot Games’, and University of Cincinnati Athletics CFO Brandon Sosna, who was responsible for the school’s football team setting new attendance and season-ticket-sales records.
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