16 lives. 16 trajectories.

The SPENT story bank holds the financial arcs of extraordinary people across entertainment, sports, music, and business. Each entry documents the rise, the peak, the fall, and — for some — the reinvention.

Ended with money

Ended bankrupt

Entertainment

Nicolas Cage

Rise

Peak $150M

IRS collapse

VOD recovery

$25M rebuilt

Arc: 5 beats$25M

Entertainment

Toni Braxton

Rise

Millions sold

Bankruptcy ×2

TV reinvention

Arc: 4 beats$10M

Entertainment

Kim Basinger

Rise

Buys town

Bankruptcy

LA Confidential

Arc: 4 beats$15M

Entertainment

Bill Cosby

Rise

Peak $400M

Scandal

Prison

Released

Arc: 5 beats$400M

Sports

Mike Tyson

Rise

Champion

Excess

Bankruptcy

Comeback

Arc: 5 beats$10M

Sports

George Foreman

Rags

Champion

15 Cadillacs

Grill fortune

$300M

Arc: 5 beats$300M

Music

MC Hammer

Rags

Hammer Time

$500K/mo expenses

Bankruptcy

Pastor

Arc: 5 beats$2M

Business

Elon Musk

Rise

Tesla/SpaceX

Twitter $44B

Value drop

$171B

Arc: 5 beats$171B

Business

Blockbuster

1985: First store

1993: 3,600 stores

Passed on Netflix

2010: Bankruptcy

2019: Last store

Arc: 5 beatsBankrupt

Entertainment

Johnny Depp

Rags

21 Jump Street

Pirates

$1M/mo spending

Comeback

Arc: 5 beats$150M

Sports

Lance Armstrong

Rise

7 Tour wins

Cancer comeback

Doping scandal

Stripped

Arc: 5 beats$50M

Music

Willie Nelson

Depression era

Outlaw Country

$16M tax debt

Still going

Arc: 4 beats$25M

Entertainment

Gary Busey

College dropout

Hollywood crazy

Real life crazy

Bankruptcy

Arc: 4 beats$250K

Music

Gloria Estefan

Rise

Near-fatal crash

$2.8M medical

Empire rebuilt

$700M

Arc: 5 beats$700M

Entertainment

Will Smith

Rise

Platinum album

$2.8M IRS debt

Fresh Prince

$350M rebuilt

Arc: 5 beats$350M

Music

T-Pain

Rise

Auto-tune king

Grammy wins

Financial collapse

Comeback

Arc: 5 beats$10M

Business

Kodak

Film empire

Digital disruption

2012 bankruptcy

Nolan intervention

Film revival

Arc: 5 beatsRecovering