The Toy Box Tiny Home isn't your typical tiny home.

According to its creators, it was built to express four things: peace, simplicity, happiness, and recreation.

The $48,000 box makes no bones about its 140-square-foot living space. In fact, it flaunts it right up front with its skinny trailer base and whimsical colorblock panels.

Designed by Frank Henderson and Paul Schultz, the home is for sale on TinyHouseListings.com.

Though color-block panels dominate most of the home's exterior, the black-rimmed windows add to its design.

The home is sold with cube-style seating in the main living space.

The cubes can also morph into a coffee-table.

If you're a new mom, the bad news is that, unlike all other developed countries in the world, the US doesn't ensure any paid time off for new moms.

The good news is that some companies are stepping up their game to make up for where US policy lacks.

Companies like Google, which offers 18 weeks of paid leave to new mothers if they are the primary caregiver, are realizing that offering new parents more paid time off can be a real competitive advantage.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki wrote last year in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that the rate at which new moms left Google fell by 50% when it increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 18 weeks in 2007.

"Mothers were able to take the time they needed to bond with their babies and return to their jobs feeling confident and ready," she wrote. "And it's much better for Google's bottom line — to avoid costly turnover, and to retain the valued expertise, skills and perspective of our employees who are mothers."

Ample time off is important, but other perks like on-site lactation rooms, subsidized or on-site childcare, and flexible work arrangements are an integral part of supporting new moms, too.

Based on data compiled from Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list and Fatherly's 50 Best Places to Work list, here are 20 companies that go above and beyond for new moms by providing these services and more:

Oliver Wyman

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: An inhouse program provides counsel and support to employees as they transition to new parenthood.

Bain & Co.

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: New moms can take advantage of in-office massages and manicures, sleep and stress-management sessions, and yoga.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: A free service locates someone to help complete personal tasks.

Bank of America

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: Health insurance offers a service to talk to a doctor by phone or video chat and receive diagnoses and prescriptions almost instantly.

Boston Consulting Group

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: Company fully covers medical costs for dependents, even including some typically "elective" items.

Microsoft

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 12

Additional perks: Lunch delivery, on-site personal shipping, free home grocery delivery, on-site dry cleaning and laundry services, convenience shopping, and dinners to go are among the perks that can make new moms' chore list that much shorter.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Gerrett & Dunner

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 13

Additional perks: Bonuses remain intact even though billable-hours targets are adjusted for maternity leave.

FINRA

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 13

Additional perks: FINRA offers mentoring programs and talks for new moms.

LEGO systems

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 13

Additional perks: New moms are guaranteed 26 weeks of leave, 13 of which are unpaid. Also, access to amazing toys doesn't hurt.

McKinsey & Co.

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 14

Additional perks: Every employee at McKinsey uses flextime — it's not just a policy, it's the norm.

Deloitte

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 14

Additional perks: Employees take about 40 paid days off each year.

HP

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 14

Additional perks: Employees can use HP's concierge, resource and referral service, or employee assistance program to help them accomplish personal errands.

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 15

Additional perks: Women can join a program that lets them work just a few months each year.

Goldman Sachs

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 16

Additional perks: Childbirth classes and maternity mentoring programs are available.

Barclays

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 16

Additional perks: Barclays offers child care coaching, parenting seminars, and a dedicated families' network.

Deutsche Bank

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 18

Additional perks: Maternity coaching is available on-site.

Arnold & Porter

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 18

Additional perks: Associates can extend their leave without pay to a full year.

Facebook

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 18

Additional perks: The social network provides a $4,000 "new child benefit" for each child born or adopted and breastfeeding workshops.

Google

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 18

Additional perks: The company offers one-on-one consultations for parents and provides them with $500 for "baby bonding."

Ernst & Young LLP

Weeks of paid maternity leave: 39 weeks

Additional perks: Support groups are available for parents.

SEE ALSO: The 50 best places for new dads to work

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This weekend, the fastest and strongest people on Wall Street faced off in the annual Wall Street Decathlon at DaSilva Memorial Stadium at St. John's University in Queens to determine who is the best athlete.

In four hours, the Wall Streeters completed a 400-meter run, football throw, pull-ups, 40-yard dash, dips, 500-meter row, vertical jump, 20-yard shuttle, bench press, and an 800-meter run.

It's all for a great cause. The event raised $1.5 million for pediatric cancer research and treatment at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Mark Rubin, who will be starting a new job at ICAP, won the "Wall Street's Best Athlete" title for the fourth consecutive year. Citigroup analyst Laura Placentra captured the title of "Wall Street's Best Female Athlete" during her first competition.

If you missed it, we've included photo highlights in the slides that follow. A big shout-out to Zack DeLaune and Kevin McCarthy who were kind enough to share their photos.

Former college hockey player Joel Rosenberg competed on team 'Aaron Conquers.' He finished the 400M run in 01:00.93.

Jefferies' Randy Giveans finished the 400M run 00:54.17, placing 8th overall for that event.

David Lazarus, a senior VP at Trillium Trading LLC, finished the 400M run in 00:57.31.

You don't have to go far to sink your feet into some soft white sand or plunge into clear aquamarine waters. Some of the world's best beaches are right here in the US.

For this list, we looked at seven notable beach rankings compiled by travel experts, vacationers, and water-quality researchers and combined these rankings to come up with the ultimate list of the best beaches in the US.

The rankings we used were Dr. Beach's Top 10 Beaches for 2015, Trip Advisor's 2015 Travelers' Choice Awards Top 25 Beaches in the United States, Travel Channel's Top 10 US Beaches, Forbes' America's Top 10 Beaches of 2014, Men's Journal's The 20 Best Beaches in America, Coastal Living's 21 Best Beaches, and Thrillist's The 25 Best Beaches in America.

23. Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii, is the island's largest bay (close to three miles long) and is also home to Hanalei Beach — a 125-feet-wide stretch of pure white sand.

22. East Hampton, New York’s Main Beach is both pristine and secluded, making it the perfect destination for those seeking luxury without the crowds.

21. Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park sits on a barrier island on the southwest coast of Florida near Naples. It boasts beautiful views of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as birdwatching, snorkeling, hiking, and fishing.

European tech is booming. Over the last year, 13 startups became unicorns — companies with $1 billion-plus valuations — according to research bank GP Bullhound.

It's a marked increase from a year prior, when just 3 new unicorns were created.

And in 2013, when the term "unicorn" was first coined, just four unicorns "were born per year in the last decade"worldwide.

Of course, there's still a long way to go to catch up with the US — as Quartz notes, Facebook alone is worth twice as much as every single European unicorn put together. And in the same timeframe, the US produced 22 unicorns. But nonetheless, in Europe right now, things are looking up.

1. Adyen

Adyen is a payments company that raised $250 million in December 2014. Investors include General Atlantic, Index Ventures, and Felicis Ventures, Fortune reported at the time — at a $1.5 billion valuation. Its founders, Pieter van der Does and Arnout Schuijff are both Dutch, and it now has more than 3,5000 merchants in 187 countries on the platform, including Spotify, Burberry, and Facebook. 

In a recent interview with Tech.eu, van der Does said an IPO or exit isn't on the cards. "If you look at what we’re doing now, at our hyper-growth – we’re doubling in size every year and had about €150 million in revenue in 2014 – then it wouldn’t be a very logical thing for us to do. If you are convinced that the books are going to show this kind of growth in the next few years, then it’s something that should be considered in a few years."

2. BlaBlaCar

A French rideshare service, BlaBlaCar lets users coordinate on lifts — setting up travellers who are going in the same direction. The rider gets a cheap trip, and the vehicle owner saves on petrol — but they don't make enough off petrol to fall foul of taxi regulation like Uber. 

In July 2014, it raised $100 million in a round led by Index Ventures, which was at the time the biggest French VC funding round of all time.

3. Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero is going from strength to strength, and closed a fresh $110 million round of funding in early June — making up $1 billion of funding overall, $600 million of which came this year alone. The company is now worth $3.2 billion. 

So what does the German startup do? Well, it has a series of apps and local websites that partner with local restaurants in different countries — 34 at the last count. In the UK, it operates as Hungry House, for example, while in Korea, it's YoGiYo. It now enjoys $165 million monthly sales. 

CEO Niklas Östberg hails from Switzerland.

21-year-old Jacob Catalano felt like Snapchat was doing a poor job highlighting all the amazing talent that has flocked to the app in the last few years.

To fix this problem, he created the site Snap Stars to keep track of all the funniest and most creative Snapchat personalities. 

We scoured the site and rounded up a list of the top Snapchatters to follow, with an example of some of their best Stories.

Sara Hopkins

Username: @Sayhop

Why follow: The infectiously enthusiastic Sara Hopkins has racked up more than 600K followers on Vine, but her sassy Snapchat Stories — which often include her adorable Pomeranian pup Chico — are just as entertaining. When's she not poking fun at herself or doing her frighteningly accurate dolphin impression, Hopkins works as a reporter for a local North Carolina news station. 

You can watch one of her Snapchat Stories below.

Sallia Goldstein

Username: @Salliasnap

Why follow: Goldstein, who says she's been devoted to drawing since the day she could put a writing utensil in her hand, will impress you with her intricate artistic skills. 

"Snapchat's drawing feature makes my procrastination more productive than ever!" Goldstein told Business Insider. "But really, Snapchat let's me showcase my two only talents: drawing and storytelling. No other social media app lets me do that."

You can watch one of her Snapchat Stories below.

Cyrene Quiamco

Username: @CyreneQ

Why follow: One of the most unique things about @CyreneQ's Snapchat Stories is how she asks viewers to contribute. For example, sometimes she'll ask a question and then include a bunch of the hilarious Snaps she receives in her story. 

Thanks to her amazing artwork and huge following, Quiamco has made as much as $10,000 on a single Snap through brand partnerships.

Bonus: She runs a website called The 11th Second where she also highlights the work of other Snappers.

You can watch one of her Snapchat Stories below.

The global housing market continues to make a strong recovery.

But the boom is not being felt everywhere.

According to the Global Property Guide for the first quarter of 2015, home prices rose in 25 of the 38 housing markets worldwide in which inflation-adjusted statistics are available.

And so while there were only a few losers, here is a list of the seven worst-performing housing markets in the world, based on their inflation-adjusted, year-over-year price changes for the first quarter.

7. Spain

Home prices in Spain fell 2.12% year-over-year, an improvement from the 5.41% decrease in 2014.

Meanwhile, prices rose 0.38% in Q1 of 2015.

Source: Global Property Guide

6. Mexico

Home prices in Mexico fell 2.43% year-over-year, compared to a rise of 0.82% in 2014.

Prices fell 3.42% in Q1 of 2015.

Source: Global Property Guide

5. Dubai

Home prices in Dubai fell 2.72% year-over-year, much worse than the 31.57% rise recorded in 2014. Dubai has proven to be one of the world's most volatile real estate markets, with double-digit losses followed by double-digit gains in the past few years.

Prices fell 5.64% in Q1 of 2015.

Source: Global Property Guide

Millennials are set to become the largest group of consumers in America. 

Ad agency Moosylvania asked 1,500 millennials — defined as 20 to 35-year-olds — to vote for their favorite brands. 

We broke out the results to show which clothing and footwear brands dominate among this subset. 

15. Aeropostale

14. Under Armour

13. Chanel

Monday morning, thousands of people left the sleepy farm town of Manchester, Tennessee after the four day music and arts festival known as Bonnaroo.

This year's festival — the 13th installment of Bonnaroo — featured some 200 live performances as well as numerous surprise guests, celebrity cameos, and unlikely collaborations. 

From Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis singing an 80's power ballad to Chance the Rapper preforming an homage to the Notorious B.I.G., here are some of the must see photos from these weekends Roo'.

Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis crashed the stage to sing "We Are the World" during late-night Superjam on Saturday.

66-year old Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin preformed with The Sensational Space Shifters on the main stage.

Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons sang his heart out.

When "Jurassic Park" came out in 1993, it was a groundbreaking marvel. It revolutionized CGI while telling a compelling story.

With the next installment, "Jurassic World," out in theaters, now seemed like as good a time as any to see where everybody from the original is today.

The actors and actresses who helped bring the original classic to life have found success long after escaping the clutches of the Velociraptors.

THEN: In perhaps the biggest role of his career, Sam Neill played leading paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, who gets invited to the dinosaur-filled island home to Jurassic Park.

NOW: Neill reprised his role in "Jurassic Park III" and has appeared in TV series including "The Tudors." He now plays Inspector Chester Campbell in the British gangster drama "Peaky Blinders," which is preparing for its third season.

"Peaky Blinders" airs on BBC Two and can be seen on Netflix.

THEN: Laura Dern played paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler, who accompanies Dr. Grant on his trip to Jurassic Park.

Two years ago, Business Insider opened a West Coast bureau in the heart of San Francisco. It's since moved locations twice because of rapid expansion.

In June, the nine-person editorial team plus sales staff packed up once again and moved into WeWork's brand-spanking-new high-rise at 535 Mission St.

Step inside to see where we work.

This was our old space in San Francisco's Financial District. Both the editorial and sales teams outgrew it!

Here are some of our intrepid reporters lugging supplies to the new office.

It's at 535 Mission St., a brand-spanking-new skyscraper just south of Market Street.

This week is the U.S. Open, the second "major" golf tournament of the year.

Unlike in years past, this year's U.S. Open will not feature thick rough and narrow fairways. 

Instead, it will be played on a links-style course just outside of Seattle. 

The course is called Chambers Bay, and it is going to drive the professionals crazy. The greens have wild undulations. The fairways have fescue grass, which is more coarse than the grass on traditional courses. 

Chambers Bay is a links-style public course that was built in 2007 by Robert Trent Jones II. It was built on a former gravel mine.  It's a seriously gorgeous golf course with jaw dropping views of the Puget Sound. 

Here's an overview of the whole course from the restaurant at the top of the property. A shuttle takes you down to the driving range and the course. On the right is the par-5 eighth hole.

Here's one more overview. On the left, right in front, is the par-3 ninth hole.

Here's the awesome message inscribed on the range balls. More people should take this to heart. Playing the tips of a course is generally pointless, unless you're a single digit handicapper who booms drives.

There's no easier entrance into the world of nose-to-tail eating than through the head, claws, and tail of a whole lobster. 

I don't have to tell you how sweet and luscious that claw and knuckle meat is, and even mild shellfish fans know the glory of a butter-poached lobster tail. But what about the rest?

Well, folks, class is about to be in session. Recently, I stopped by New York's John Dory Oyster Bar for a lesson in lobster.     

Meet April Bloomfield, executive chef and co-owner of The John Dory Oyster Bar and the irrefutable high priestess of nose-to-tail cooking.

On my visit, The John Dory's chef de cuisine, Charlene Santiago, broke down this tasty fellow for the purposes of research and lunch.

Her first move was to pop off the tail. See that inky goo in the middle? That's lobster roe, and it is delicious. “We like to use the roe and make a butter out of it,” says Santiago.

To say the past was a simpler time is up for debate, but one thing can't be denied: We live in a time of excess. As our global population grows, humanity's effect on the planet multiplies exponentially.

This concept is illustrated in a new book, "Over-development, Overpopulation, Overshoot (OVER),"the main project of the 2015 Global Population Speak Out campaign, which provides a platform for affecting the times ahead of us on Earth through the actions of people and organizations. The book unapologetically brings attention to crucial issues that are confronting us, issues that some of us may be avoiding.

It does so by collecting incredibly striking, shocking, and provoking photographs from photographers all over the world. The images might make you see the world in a new way, and that's the point.

Captions by Global Population Speak Out and Jack Sommer.

Center-pivot irrigation, a way of watering crops with sprinklers, dot the square fields in West Kansas, USA. Today, the majority of them are propelled by electric motors.

Shipping containers, indispensable tool of the globalized consumer economy, reflect the skyline in Singapore, the busiest transshipment port in the world and the second busiest in total shipping tonnage.

Massive haul trucks support surface mining operations in the tar sands region of Alberta, Canada, one of the largest known deposits of bitumen oil resources and one of the largest mining operations on Earth.

Some countries bounced back relatively quickly after the global financial crisis, but others aren't doing so hot.

"Worryingly, the stalled recovery in some high-income economies and even some middle-income countries may be a symptom of deeper structural malaise," Kaushik Basu, the World Bank's chief economist and senior vice president, wrote. "What is critical is for nations to use this window to usher in fiscal and structural reforms, which can boost long-run growth and inclusive development."

We compiled a list of 10 countries with the slowest projected annual growth rate, or CAGR, from 2014 through 2017 based on the forecasts from the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects.

10. Yemen

2015 GDP: -2.80%

2016 GDP: +2.80%

2017 GDP: +3.40%

2014-17 GDP CAGR: +0.90%

Economy: Yemen's energy-dependent economy was burned by 2014's oil crash, and the country is in the middle of a civil war.

"Yemen continues to face difficult long-term challenges, including declining water resources, high unemployment, severe food scarcity, and a high population growth rate," according to the CIA Factbook.

Source: World Bank, CIA World Factbook

9. Croatia

2015 GDP: +0.50%

2016 GDP: +1.20%

2017 GDP: +1.50%

2014-17 GDP CAGR: +0.70%

Economy: Croatia is one of the better off former Yugoslav republics, but its economy never fully recovered after 2008. GDP slipped by an estimated 0.4% in 2014, and the country is plagued by "stubbornly high" unemployment rate, uneven regional development, and continued reduced foreign investment.

Source: World Bank, CIA World Factbook

8. Brazil

2015 GDP: -1.30%

2016 GDP: +1.10%

2017 GDP: +2.00%

2014-17 GDP CAGR: +0.47%

Economy: Brazil's government attempted to pump up economic growth through targeted tax cuts for industry and incentives to fire up household consumption over the past few years. But the country's fiscal and current account balances have disintegrated. On top of that, the 2014 World Cup was a huge strain on the economy.

Source: World Bank, CIA World Factbook

The Stanley Cup Final wrapped up this week, with the Chicago Blackhawks becoming the champions after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in Game 6.

On Wall Street, hockey is a popular way for firms to entertain clients. It is also a sport played by many in the industry. And some people in the business own teams.

We tracked down a bunch of former professional hockey players and college stars who are now working on Wall Street as traders, financial advisers, hedge funders and bankers. We have included our roundup of some of the best ice-hockey players in the financial-services industry in the slides that follow. (Note: These names are not ranked in order).

If we're missing any big names, feel free to send an email to jlaroche@businessinsider.com with your nomination. Please include a photo as well as some career highlights.

Clark Gillies, a senior VP at Hilton Capital, was forward for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres.

Finance Job: He's a senior vice president at Hilton Capital.

Age: 61

Position: Forward

Hockey Team(s): New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres

Highlights: While in the NHL, he played in 958 games, scored 697 points, and spent 1,023 minutes in the penalty box. He's a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He also won four consecutive Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders. 

Source: Hockeydb.com

RBC investment advisor Neil Eisenhut played for the Canucks and the Flames.

Finance Job: Investment advisor at RBC Dominion Securities  

Age: 48

Position: Center

School: University of North Dakota

Team(s): Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and the Rangers

Highlights: Eisenhut played with the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and the Rangers. He also played in Germany for 6 years. He received a hockey scholarship to University of North Dakota.

Hedge fund manager Tim Barakett was drafted by the New Jersey Devils after Harvard.

Finance Job: He's the CEO and founder of Atticus Capital. He's also the founder of TRB Advisors, a private investment fund.

Age: 49

School: Harvard

Team: New Jersey Devils 

Highlights: He played for Harvard and was drafted by the Devils in 1986. He also played professionally in Switzerland for Eissportverein Zug and the Canadian national team (Spengler Cup).

He holds an NCAA division record for single-season game-winning goals. He ranks 19th in all-time career points at Harvard. During college, he played in 127 games and had 55 goals and 79 assists. 

Alexa Meade's work may look like something you would see hanging on the wall in an art gallery, but Meade isn't like any other artist. 

The artist's work is different in that she literally paints human beings, turning them into living, breathing portraits. Alexa creates the illusion of a world where 2D and 3D have become one.

Meade writes on her website that before she started creating these unique pieces of art, she had never attended a painting class. But she says she draws on inspiration from sculpture classes she took in college. 

We first saw Meade's mind-bending work on Made In Shoreditch. 

You can like Meade's Facebook page where she posts information about her work and exhibition dates. 

This is one of Alexa's exhibitions entitled Natura Morta. The average gallery-goer would be forgiven for thinking this is a traditional canvas painting.

Or this...

But take a step back and you'll see that Alexa has literally painted a person and transformed them into a living piece of art.

The private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, recently published its Decade Forecast in which it projects the next 10 years of global political and economic developments.

In many ways, Stratfor thinks the world of 10 years from now will be more dangerous place, with US power waning and other prominent countries experiencing a period of chaos and decline.

Russia will collapse ...

"There will not be an uprising against Moscow, but Moscow's withering ability to support and control the Russian Federation will leave a vacuum," Stratfor warns. "What will exist in this vacuum will be the individual fragments of the Russian Federation."

Sanctions, declining oil prices, a plunging ruble, rising military expenses, and increasing internal discord will weaken the hold of Russia's central government over the world's largest country. Russia will not officially split into multiple countries, but Moscow's power may loosen to the point that Russia will effectively become a string of semi-autonomous regions that might not even get along with one another.

"We expect Moscow's authority to weaken substantially, leading to the formal and informal fragmentation of Russia" the report states, adding, "It is unlikely that the Russian Federation will survive in its current form."

... and the US will have to use its military to secure the country's nukes.

Russia's nuclear-weapons infrastructure is spread across a vast geographic area. If the political disintegration Stratfor predicts ever happens, it means that weapons, uranium stocks, and delivery systems could end up exposed in what will suddenly become the world's most dangerous power vacuum.

The breakout of Russia's nuclear weapons stockpile will be "the greatest crisis of the next decade," according to Stratfor.

And the US will have to figure out what to do about it, even if it means dispatching ground troops to secure loose weapons, materials, and delivery systems.

"Washington is the only power able to address the issue, but it will not be able to seize control of the vast numbers of sites militarily and guarantee that no missile is fired in the process," the Decade Forecast states. "The United States will either have to invent a military solution that is difficult to conceive of now, accept the threat of rogue launches, or try to create a stable and economically viable government in the regions involved to neutralize the missiles over time."

Germany is going to have problems ...

Germany has an export-dependent economy that has richly benefitted from the continent-wide trade liberalization ushered in by the European Union and the euro, but that just means the country has the most to lose from a worsening euro crisis and a resulting wave of euroscepticism.

The country's domestic consumption can't make up for this dip in Germany's export economy or for a projected decline in population. The result is Japan-style stagnation.  

"We expect Germany to suffer severe economic reversals in the next decade," the Decade Forecast says.

There are two types of billionaires: those who inherited their wealth, and those who built it from nothing.

Our friends at Wealth-X, a database of information about ultra-high net worth individuals, focused on the latter to compile a list of the wealthiest self-made billionaires in the world.

From tech mogul Bill Gates to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, here's who made the list. 

25. Len Blavatnik

Estimated net worth: $20.1 billion

Though he's known as one of Britain's richest residents, Blavatnik is a native of Ukraine. He earned degrees at Moscow State University, Columbia, and Harvard Business School before founding Access Industries in 1986 and investing in aluminum and chemical companies. In recent years he began investing in tech, with stakes in Spotify and Beats. Blavatnik also owns Warner Music, which he bought in 2011 for $3.3 billion.

24. Li Ka-Shing

Estimated net worth: $20.1 billion

Ka-Shing is one of the richest men in Asia, but his power far exceeds his wealth. He's known for investing in new, blossoming tech startups and was an early Facebook backer. Recently, the company he chairs, Hutchison Whampoa, bought the UK's second-largest mobile operator, O2. Last year he invested $23 million in plant-based egg-replacement company Hampton Creek through his firm Horizon Ventures.

23. Patrick Drahi

Estimated net worth: $21 billion

The third-richest person in France, Drahi founded Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications holding company, in 2002. Altice operates throughout France, Belgium, Israel, Portugal, and the Dominican Republic, and garnered international attention for its $1.8 billion IPO in January 2014. Drahi is coming to the US soon, too — he's taking over American cable company Suddenlink.

Pizza Hut is unleashing a new pizza whose crust is stuffed with hot dogs.

The fast-food industry has a history of releasing bizarre items.

Many were found overseas. Pizza Hut's hot-dog pizza was spotted in Japan and we could see these items come to the US one day. 

Pizza Hut's "Double Sensation" Pizza

Pizza Hut released this wacky item in Singapore. The two-crust pizza was essentially a pizza-in-a-pizza, with one crust stuffed with three cheeses and topped with turkey, ham, veggies, and salsa, and another stuffed with chicken sausage, cheese, and topped with zucchini, chicken, and sauce. There was a cherry in the middle, too.

Pizza Hut's Crown Crust Meatball and Cream Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza

In 2010, Eater reported Pizza Hut Middle East released a pizza complete with a crust featuring balls of cream cheese alternating with meatballs. The website noted that a now-removed commercial claimed the cream cheese was intended for spreading all over the pizza.

Pizza Hut Crown Crust Pizza with Cheeseburgers

In 2012, Pizza Hut Middle East released another Crown Crust Pizza, this time featuring mini cheeseburgers in the crust. According to a commercial for the wacky product, it was topped with beef, fresh vegetables, and a special sauce specific to Pizza Hut. The commercial makes it look like the product was targeted towards people who craved cheeseburgers when they dined at Pizza Hut, as it featured a man ordering a cheeseburger. His friends laugh, but his waiter introduces him to this outrageous product.