Claiming billions of your lost loot
From Angelina to Zsa Zsa, Steven Jobs to Sergey Brin, the chairman of the Fed to the CEO of Goldman Sachs, the well-known and also the rich share a frequent failing with the rest of us: they’ve misplaced a number of their money. Nationwide the pool of unclaimed property held by states is close to $33 billion and growing. A MarketWatch review of a number of the main unclaimed property sites maintained by the states revealed some surprising names and organizations that have unclaimed property. For instance: The state of New Jersey is holding an “unknown” for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, tied to his last address there. In addition a “Ben S. Bernanke, Stanford” is owed $72 reported to California by American Express Organization. Bernanke taught at Stanford in the 1980s and at Princeton in the 1990s. Actress Angelina Jolie is owed $659.01 in salaries and wages reported to the state of California by The Walt Disney Organization & Affiliates.(image/Reuters) Actress Angelina Jolie apparently never got around to cashing a check from Walt Disney Co. & Affiliates for $659.01. It’s identified on the California Controller’s website as being for salaries/wages. Bradd (sic) Pitt of Malibu is owed $5,000, reported to California by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Johnny Depp is owed $2,159.06, reported by Porsche Cars North America Inc. Zsa Zsa Gabor is owed $129.35, reported by Warner Bros. Film and Entertainment. Singers are well represented in the unclaimed property lists as well: California is holding more than $6,000 for Stevie Wonder. Aretha Franklin has more than $9,000 with the state. Mick Jagger is owed nearly $1,000. Justin Timberlake is owed $3,020.55 in wages, payroll and salary reported by Talent Partners Commercial Services and an additional $523.35 reported by General Electric. Elvis is not owed money, so far as could be determined. But Elvis Presley Enterprises has more than $100 waiting for it with the state of Tennessee. Media figures are in the mix, too. “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart has several listings on New York’s unclaimed property site including at least one with a last address: “C/O The Daily Show 513 West 54th Street, New York, NY.” The “Daily Show” itself is also owed money, reported to the state by Sprint United Management in 2009 
