Succes 2010: Guy Laliberté, primul clovn spaţial. Costul biletului: peste 35 de milioane $

Guy Laliberté is a Québécois entrepreneur, philanthropist, poker player, space tourist and currently the CEO of Cirque du Soleil. Starting out street performing as an accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater; Laliberté created his circus which is a synthesis of all circus styles around the world. In 2006, the 95% share holder of the US $1.2 billion Cirque Du Soleil was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

In September 2009, Guy Laliberté became the first Canadian private space explorer. His mission was dedicated to raising awareness on water issues facing humankind on planet Earth, making his spaceflight the first, in his own words, "Poetic Social Mission" in space. Under the theme Moving Stars and Earth for Water, this first Poetic Social Mission in space aimed at touching people through an artistic approach: a special 120-minute webcast program featuring various artistic performances unfolding in 14 cities on five continents, including the International Space Station.

In April 2007, Laliberté finished fourth in the World Poker Tour Season Five event at Bellagio in Las Vegas and won $696,220. Laliberté also played on GSN's High Stakes Poker Season 4 show. He also took part in Poker After Dark season 4.

Succes 2010: Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice a fost secretar de stat al Statelor Unite ale Americii între ianuarie 2005 - ianuarie 2009. Între 2001 şi 2005 a ocupat funcţia de consilier pe probleme de securitate naţională al lui George W. Bush.
În decembrie 2005, Condoleezza Rice a întreprins un turneu în Europa pentru a lămuri tema centrelor de detenţie CIA pe teritoriul unor state din Europa de Est. În cadrul acestui turneu, pe data de 6 decembrie 2005 a efectuat o vizită de 3 ore în România, unde a fost primită de preşedintele Traian Băsescu.

Bruce Springsteen aka The Boss

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter recording and touring with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
His nicknam is "The Boss".
Springsteen probably is best known for his album Born in the U.S.A. (1984), which sold 15 million copies in the U.S. and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, with seven singles hitting the Top 10, and the massively successful world tour that followed it. The title track was a bitter commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans, some of whom were Springsteen's friends and bandmates.

Succes 2010: Wolfgang Puck, chef de top mondial

Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions.

Following the 1981 publication of his first cookbook, Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen based on his Ma Maison recipes, Puck opened the restaurant Spago on the Sunset Strip in 1982. Fifteen years later, in 1997, Puck opened the award-winning Spago in Beverly Hills, which has been recognized as one of the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S. since 2004. His success enabled him to launch the Wolfgang Puck Companies which includes the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. and Wolfgang Puck Catering. The Wolfgang Puck Companies encompasses over 20 fine dining restaurants, premium catering services, more than 80 Wolfgang Puck Express operations, and kitchen and food merchandise, including cookbooks and canned foods.

Puck is The Honorary Chair Chef for the "Five Star Sensation" Benefit in Cleveland, Ohio every two years helping to bring $10 Million Dollars to support The Ireland Cancer Foundation of University Hospitals.

Wolfgang Puck's favorite food is macaroons. :)

Succes 2010: Paul M. Nurse Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse, FRS is a British geneticist/cell biologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Leland H. Hartwell and R. Timothy Hunt for their discoveries regarding cell cycle regulation by cyclin and cyclin dependent kinases.

Succes 2010: Oliver E. Williamson, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics

Succes 2010: Mark Shuttleworth, primul "afronaut". Costul biletului: 20 de milioane de dolari

Mark Richard Shuttleworth, antreprenor din Africa de Sud, este cel de-al doilea turist spaţial şi primul african care ajunge în Spaţiu. A platit circa 20 de milioane de dolari pentru "excursie".

Shuttleworth locuieşte în prezent la Londra şi are dublă cetăţenie sud-africană şi engleză.

Succes 2010: Terry Gilliam, singurul Monty Python american

Terrence Vance Gilliam este un regizor și membru al grupului britanic Monty Python. Este singurul membru al grupului născut în afara Marii Britanii in Minnesota, Statele Unite.

Dupa destramarea grupului Monty Python, Gilliam a devenit scenograf și regizor de film. Filmele sale au o importantă componentă fantastico-ironică, abordând probleme de identitate, integrare socială, libertate, integritate mentală. Caracterele reale sunt acompaniate de personaje simbolice si mitologice, un loc aparte având piticii, cavalerii apocaliptici, toate plasate într-un mediu baroc, inconfundabil din punct de vedere stilistic.

Printre succesele sale se numară Brazil (1985), o adaptare dupa 1984, romanul lui George Orwell, Regele pescar (1991), unul dintre cele mai frumoase basme ale New York City și ale Central Park-ului, 12 maimute (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, o poveste halucinogenă si Frații Grimm (2005). Actorii săi favoriți sunt, pe lânga foștii colegi din Monty Python, Jeff Bridges, Jonathan Pryce, Johnny Depp, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Jeter, Simon Jones, Charles McKeown, Derrick O'Connor, Jack Purvis, Peter Vaughan and Robin Williams.

Succes 2010: Klaus Tschütscher, prim-ministrul Liechtensteinului

Succes 2010: Lars Løkke Rasmussen, prim-ministrul Danemarcei

Succes 2010: K. Barry Sharpless Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Succes 2010: Brian Boitano, campion mondial si olimpic la patinaj artistic