50 cent makes $400 mill on sale of vitamin water
 

I just heard this.

Is it true?

Supposely coca-cola bought vitamin water for $4.1 billion in cash, and he had 10% of the company.

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Who cares?

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DonButtons does, that is why he started a thread....

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DonButtons does, that is why he started a thread....

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So does Splashpot because he opened it to see what it was all about...

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It's pretty interesting for the fact that it (probably) makes him the richest man in hip-hop (the list is from August '06):

1. P. Diddy -- $346 Million
2. Jay-Z -- $340 Million
3. Russell Simmons -- $325 Million
4. Damon Dash -- $200 Million
5. Neptunes -- $155 Million
6 Dr. Dre -- $150 Million
7. Ice Cube -- $145 Million
8. Eminem -- $110 Million
9. 50 Cent -- $100 Million
10. Nelly -- $60 Million
10. (Tie) Jermaine Dupri -- $60 Million

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DonButtons does, that is why he started a thread....

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So does Splashpot because he opened it to see what it was all about...

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Apologies for the nittiness, but I'm pretty sure he knew what it was all about from the subject, he opened it to be snarky.

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I heard on Chicago sports radio Brian Urlacher had 1% of the company and made something like 40 million of this. Apparently, VW didn't pay for endorsements, but instead gave them stock options.

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I know for a fact that he had no where near 10% of the company.

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I know for a fact that he had no where near 10% of the company.

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Where do you learn these facts?

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So does Splashpot because he opened it to see what it was all about...

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Apologies for the nittiness, but I'm pretty sure he knew what it was all about from the subject, he opened it to be snarky.

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Exactly. That's why we are being snarky with him.

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David Ortiz also has about 1-1.5%.

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I know for a fact that he had no where near 10% of the company.

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I know for a fact he did.





See where making dumb claims without backing things up gets you?

[ATF] You know people are going to ask you how you know this earth shattering info, so whats the point of being so secretive and know-it-all about it? This is the most annoying type of post to me, even worse when the person takes a long time or doesn't come back to it at all [/ATF]

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vitamin water is a sham, the translucent bottle means that the sunlight destroys all the vitamins in the [censored]. people are stupid.

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50 cents owns part of vitamin water? that is the last time I buy vitamin water.

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vitamin water is a sham, the translucent water means that the sunlight destroys all the vitamins in the [censored]. people are stupid.

I usually see these sold indoors.

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Vitamin Water spokesman denies the 400 million figure

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I know for a fact that he had no where near 10% of the company.

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I know for a fact he did.





See where making dumb claims without backing things up gets you?

[ATF] You know people are going to ask you how you know this earth shattering info, so whats the point of being so secretive and know-it-all about it? This is the most annoying type of post to me, even worse when the person takes a long time or doesn't come back to it at all [/ATF]

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Sorry, you are right, I should have included the facts in the original post.

I am in the investment business and looked briefly at the company several years ago so I was aware of who the owners were. This was after the 50 Cent deal was done, so I know that he owned no where near 10%.

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He earned it!

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See where making dumb claims without backing things up gets you?

[ATF] You know people are going to ask you how you know this earth shattering info, so whats the point of being so secretive and know-it-all about it? This is the most annoying type of post to me, even worse when the person takes a long time or doesn't come back to it at all [/ATF]

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Sorry, you are right, I should have included the facts in the original post.

I am in the investment business and looked briefly at the company several years ago so I was aware of who the owners were. This was after the 50 Cent deal was done, so I know that he owned no where near 10%.

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http://www.mediatakeout.com/6420/rep...ater_sale.html


There are a bunch of places now reporting it was wrong, the 10% figure was fiction.

He probably got like 10% of the sales of his flavor or something.

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He probably got like 10% of the sales of his flavor or something.

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50 cent flavored water nice

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He probably got like 10% of the sales of his flavor or something.

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50 cent flavored water nice

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I think its the purple one, its not bad!

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That's what I hear, too. I really like one of the Vitamin Water products, called Dragonfruit. I like it because it isn't really sweet and it is thirst-quenching, not like soda or those sickly-sweet flavored waters.

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He probably got like 10% of the sales of his flavor or something.

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50 cent flavored water nice

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I think its the purple one, its watered down grape kool aid!

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FYP




Formula 50: Looks like a gangster drink....

http://www.bevnet.com/news/images/20...-formula50.jpg

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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That profits will increase and they are banking on future sales?

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Once people realize that the only reason 50 cent survived the barrage of gunshots was vitamin water their sales will explode!

Apparently in the his vitamin water commercial people are shooting at 50 cent and he finds his "happy place" in a bottle of vitamin water, where his wounds magically heal.

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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~300M x # of years?

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how much does a bottle of that stuff cost?

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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~300M x # of years?

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Thats $300mil in sales not earnings. Reminds me when Quaker oats bought Snapple for $1.5 bil and ended up dumping it a few years later for under $500mil.

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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Thats $300mil in sales not earnings. Reminds me when Quaker oats bought Snapple for $1.5 bil and ended up dumping it a few years later for under $500mil.

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this is probably a high variance play.

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Good for him.

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how much does a bottle of that stuff cost?

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Bout $1.50.

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Kelly Clarkson is now richer and can sweep me away whenever she pleases.

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Bout $1.50.

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2+ at high end places

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Vitamin water is quite delicious and a good business model, sham or not.

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yeah i think its great and the purple one is probably the best. good ol' fitty.

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David Wright of the Mets had a 0.5% ownership and cashed in $20M

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/...in-water-deal/

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You would think Coke knows what theyre doing, but how the hell can they pay $4B for a company that did only $300mil in sales? What am I missing?

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Ability to make inroads in other markets? Coke's worldwide distribution network is ridiculous. Before today I've never even heard of this drink.

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Vitamin Water is an awesome story. Guy was basically just going from bodega to bodega to try and get it on the shelves. Eventually it got really popular and stores started looking for him.

Crazy that he cracked the flavored water market and coke + pepsi couldnt.