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John Carpenter (born December 24, 1967 [1]) is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent. He is the thirteenth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time . Carpenter is best known for becoming the first top-prize winner on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , and the first ever top ...
The Millionaire is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1955 to 1960. It was originally sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive . The series, produced by Don Fedderson and Fred Henry, explored the ways that sudden and unexpected wealth changed life, for better or for worse.
In November 1999, John Carpenter made history as the first person to win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, but the prize proved to be far less life-changing than many had anticipated. At the time ...
His first book, The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, was co-authored with Dave Jenks and Jay Papasan and released in 2004. [13] The book made the best-seller list on BusinessWeek. [14] He co-authored a second book, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, in 2005 along with Papasan and Jenks. [15] This book became a New York Times best-seller. [16]
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The John Davidson Show aired daily in syndication from 1980 to 1982. In 1985, he hosted the NBC daytime game show Time Machine. [citation needed] Davidson appeared as a host on real estate promoter Dave Del Dotto’s paid programs during the late 1980s and early 1990s, which were notable for taking place in outdoor, scenic settings (such as ...
TV Guide ranked the US Millionaire #7 on its 2001 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, [129] and later ranked it #6 on its 2013 "60 Greatest Game Shows" list. [130] GSN ranked Millionaire #5 on its August 2006 list of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time, [131] and later honored the show in January 2007 on its only Gameshow Hall of ...
Daymond John has an estimated net worth of $350 million -- but that's not what earned him a place on the GOBankingRates 100 Most Influential Money Experts list. A self-made man, John turned a $40...