16. Ayrton Senna - $400m

16. Ayrton Senna - $400m

Ayrton Senna is one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time, and his tale is one of triumph and absolute tragedy. Taken from the world far too soon, three-time world champion Senna was killed in a fatal racing accident during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994, a race he was leading at the time of his crash. He was 34 years old.

The race itself was a black one for Formula 1 - Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger had been killed in a pit lane fire during qualifying for the race, and crash investigators found an Austrian flag in Senna's car after his crash, which the driver had intended to unfurl to pay tribute to Ratzenberger at the conclusion of the race. Senna was worth $400m at the time of his death, and in his will instructed almost all of it be used to benefit the poor in his home country of Brazil.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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