Steve Bean is an American businessman, filmmaker and screenwriter who founded the world-renowned Shangri-La Entertainment Company.
Perhaps many people don't know Steve Bing, who has served as a producer of films such as Stallone's "Big Killing" and Morgan Freeman's "The Great Bounce", and has also invested in films such as "Oberwulf" and "The Polar Express", and is also the author of the book "The Rules Don't Apply".
How to describe Steve Bean? It is no exaggeration to say that he is the benefactor of many people, including the Democratic Party of the United States, and such a complicated life is destined to be full of legends and controversies.
From the age of 18 when he inherited his grandfather's $4 billion inheritance, to the time when he committed suicide by jumping off a building at the age of 55, he had only $2 million left, and the trajectory of his life was like a Hollywood movie. So, what's the story of Steve Bean? Let's talk about it today.
The history of Steve Bing
Steve Bean was born in New York City in 1965 as a second-generation immigrant from a Jewish family. His grandfather was real estate mogul Peter Bean, who once owned one of the largest apartment buildings in New York City, as well as some upscale residential and commercial properties in Los Angeles.
Although his father was not as good as his grandfather, he was also a successful architect, and he once designed some well-known buildings in Los Angeles, such as Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles International Airport, etc., and was very wealthy in his life.
Steve Bean's mother, Peter Bean's second wife, Helen Bean, was a socialite who was once a director of the National Endowment for the Arts and a patron of the Los Angeles Museum of Art.
It is said that all roads lead to Rome, and some people were born in Rome, but Steve Bing is equivalent to the royal family reincarnated in Rome.
He grew up in an environment of affluence and privilege, and grew up attending Harvard's Westlake School in Los Angeles and later transferred to the Hold Hall School in California, where he received an aristocratic education.
At school, Steve Bean showed a keen interest in film, often making short films with his classmates and occasionally attending film festivals. He also enjoys writing and once published some articles in the school newspaper.
At this time, Steve Bing was a relatively good kid and was accepted to Stanford University, which is the university that many people dream of.
However, instead of going to college, Steve Bean chose another path, which was to return home and inherit the family business.
Become a well-known billionaire
When Steve Bean was 18 years old, his grandfather died, and instead of leaving his property to his father, he left it to his grandson, who was still studying at Stanford University.
While others were still studying hard, Steve Bean became a billionaire overnight with a huge fortune of 4 billion yuan.
With the money, he still struggled to study, and soon he went through the withdrawal procedures to say goodbye to school, and took the $600 million left by his grandfather to start a business in Hollywood, hoping to realize his movie dream there.
Others enter the entertainment industry by starting with tricks and actors, and Steve Bing directly crosses all the steps and starts as a director. Of course, he actually made a work, which is the little-known thriller "Every Breath" released in 1994.
After becoming a director and screenwriter, Steve Bean really got his hands on the only work that was released in 2003 was the action comedy "Money Kangaroo", and even this film did not have a very good response in the market.
After that, he completely put aside his pen and devoted himself to becoming a filmmaker, and over the years he has produced works such as "Big Kill" starring Stallone, "The Big Rebound" starring Morgan Freeman, and the animated film "Polar Express".
However, the box office of these movies is also not ideal, but Steve Bean has money, and if the movie loses money, it will lose money, after all, I am happy to buy it for a thousand dollars. The entertainment industry is a big dye vat, and as the financier of many movies, there has never been a shortage of female stars around him.
Steve Bean's Emotional and Political Experience
Steve Bean's love life can be described in one word, and that is Huaxin, who has never been married, but has had countless girlfriends and lovers, including some well-known actresses and celebrities.
For example, Elizabeth Hurley, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Kidman, etc., every woman who dates is either beautiful or expensive, and it is reported that he also had a one-night stand with former US President Clinton's mistress Monica Lewinsky and dated his daughter Chelsea Clinton.
What is the reason for this? It turns out that Steve Bean is not only a filmmaker, but also a philanthropist and politician, who has donated tens of millions of dollars to various charities and public welfare organizations, and has also donated millions of dollars to the Democratic Party and its candidates, becoming one of the largest donors in the history of the Democratic Party.
Clinton is one of the beneficiaries of Steve Bean's estate, receiving $5 million from him in 2002 and more than $10 million seven years later.
To get back to the point, Steve Bean has had countless women in Hollywood, leaving "seeds" even if they are not married, a son named Damien Charles Hurley, and a daughter named Kira Corkerian Casper, both of whom were born out of wedlock.
The child's mother is the well-known British actress Elizabeth Hurley, who fell in love with Steve Bean in 2001, but found out that she was pregnant after the breakup. Elizabeth gave birth to Damien in 2002, and at first Steve Bean refused to recognize his biological father or even pay child support for Damien.
Elizabeth took him to court for this, and a DNA test confirmed that Steve Bean was Damian's biological father. Since then, Steve Bean has paid $30,000 in monthly child support for Damian, and the two did not officially confirm their paternity until 2019.
As for Kira's mother, Lisa Boney, who was the fourth wife of Las Vegas tycoon Kak Cockrian, is a tennis player by profession and had a brief affair with Steve Bean, but unfortunately also got hit.
Bleak ending
However, excessive consumption is like a bottomless pit, and no matter how much money Steve Bing has, he can't afford to squander it without restraint, or "squandering" is not enough to describe the speed at which he spends his money.
Careers, women, and power are just some of Steve Bean's passions, but his life is even more extravagant, having spent nine years at a hotel called Bel Air, which cost millions of dollars for accommodation alone.
Daily eating, drinking and entertainment is even more astronomical, it is reported that he once spent 4,000 US dollars on a meal, such consumption is not unique, brand-name clothes, luxury cars and watches are indispensable. It is said that there are no more than three generations of wealth, and this sentence is vividly reflected in Steve Bean.
In June 2020, news came from Los Angeles that Steve Bean jumped from the 27th floor of an apartment building and ended his life at the age of 55.
The body was also sent to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office for autopsy and toxicology testing, and the cause of death was determined to be suicide rather than accident.
Steve Bean reportedly left a suicide note before committing suicide, but the contents of the suicide note were not made public. According to relevant information, the money on him at that time was only 300,000 US dollars (about 2 million yuan).
At first glance, there are still a lot of assets, but for Steve Bean, who is used to spending money like water for Xi, 300,000 may be just a day's expenses. As the saying goes, "it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift", maybe he can't live a hard life, so he will choose to commit suicide.
Of course, there are also people who say that Steve Bean has enjoyed all the wealth and women that he should enjoy in his life, and it is worth going back to the world when he dies. What do you think differently about this?