How did Gus become rich?

Originally collaborating with the Mexican drug cartel to distribute cartel cocaine, Gus eliminated his dependence on the cartel and began distributing methamphetamine himself, and eventually became the kingpin of his solo drug empire, which was the most successful drug operation in United States history until his ...

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How did Gus get rich?

And in season three we are told that Gus Fring will make $96 million off three month's of Walt's work producing 200 pounds of meth per week.

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How much money did Walter get from Gus?

Just as Walt is about to leave, an associate of Gus named Victor blocks him from exiting and tells him to deliver the meth to a truck stop within the next hour in exchange for $1.2 million cash. Walt rushes to Jesse's apartment and breaks in while Jesse and Jane are in a heroin-induced haze.

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How much is Gus worth in Breaking Bad?

Giancarlo Esposito (Gustavo Fring) Net Worth - $8 Million.

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Did Gus Fring have a boyfriend?

"Gus is holding onto his rage, his desire for revenge, and maybe he's holding onto this romance that he had, with his boyfriend Max," Gould said. The boyfriend Gould is referring to is Max Arciniega (James Martinez), who Breaking Bad fans will remember as Gus' friend and business partner.

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How Much Does Gus Fring Make - The Meth Billionaire

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Who is the highest paid actor in Breaking Bad?

Cranston takes home a cool $225,000 per episode, while Paul earns $150,000. (Not bad for someone who was originally supposed to be killed off at the end of season one.) That puts Cranston's salary for the final eight episodes of the series at $1.8 million. Paul would take home $1.2 million.

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How much money did Skyler give to Ted?

During Ted's interview with the IRS, Skyler shows up as an incompetent airhead who was hired for her looks only and fools the IRS agent into dropping charges if Ted manages to pay up to $600,000 in back taxes. Skyler launders the money to Ted by having Saul claim his Great Aunt in Luxembourg left it to him in her will.

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How did Walt get 1.2 million?

Meanwhile, as an excuse for his money, Walt decides to donate the money to himself through his son's new website. Just as Skyler goes into labor, Walt has to deliver his 38 lbs. of meth to the wholesaler who has agreed to buy the lot for $1.2 million.

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How much money did Walt give Gretchen and Elliot?

upon receiving the $9.7 million in cash. Gifts are never subject to income tax to the recipient under Section 102, and from a gift tax perspective, it is generally the donor who bears the tax consequences. Elliot and Gretchen, upon establishing the trust for Walter Jr., would be required to pay any gift tax.

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Who has the highest IQ ever?

The appropriately named Marilyn vos Savant is in a class of her own. According to Guinness World Records, her astonishing IQ of 228 is the highest ever recorded. The daughter of an Italian and a German immigrant, vos Savant was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1946.

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How smart is Skyler White?

Although not as smart as her genius husband, Skyler is highly intelligent. She manages to figure out her husband's double life with the little information she had in a matter of months.

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What is Gus Fring's last word?

Last chance to look at me, Hector. Gus Fring's last words before his death at Hector's hands.

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How much money did Tuco give Walt?

He agrees to pay Walt the $50,000, and tells him that his meth sold faster than any other product he had ever seen. Walt agrees to sell his next batch to Tuco, provided that payment is made upfront and that Tuco agrees to accept at least two pounds.

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How much does Gus pay his employees?

Average Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken hourly pay ranges from approximately $8.00 per hour for Host/Hostess to $22.30 per hour for Food Service Worker. The average Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken salary ranges from approximately $20,800 per year for Butcher to $62,292 per year for General Manager.

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Why did Don Eladio let Gus live?

Don Eladio spared Gus' life when he killed Max Arciniega because he knew who Gus was. He recognized him as the man who had built his empire and was therefore not a threat that could be eliminated easily.

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Why did Walt sell the car for $50?

It belonged to a man scared of Gus Fring, scared of Tuco Salamanca, scared of chemotherapy, scared of cholesterol. So, after taking a long look at his porkpie, he sells the car to the mechanic for fifty bucks — a dollar for each year of his previous life.

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How much money did Walt give Jesse?

That said, season 5 revealed that Walt earned over $80 million in cash, which he kept in a storage unit. Jesse, however, was left with $5 million that Walt gave him out of guilt.

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How much money did Walt originally want?

Ok, so initially, Walt needed $737,000. After working on his own and then with Gus, how much money did he have? There was a vague estimate of his NET earnings in 'Gliding Over All' but that was about it.

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What does Skyler do for a living?

Character biography. Over the years, Skyler has had several meager sources of income: working as a bookkeeper for the Albuquerque firm Beneke Fabricators, writing short stories, and selling items on eBay. She and her husband, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), have a son, Walt Jr.

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Who did Skyler cheat on Walt with?

Skyler has an affair with Ted in season three to exact revenge upon Walt, but ignores Ted's offer to leave some of her things at his house. When Walt finds out about their affair, he tries to confront Ted, who hides in his office.

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Did Hank forgive Walt?

In Breaking Bad, does Hank feel respect/sympathy/forgiveness for Walter just before he dies? Yes. Forgiveness may be a stretch, but certainly some degree of understanding. It's my favorite scene in the series.

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What was Walter White's IQ?

145 is a good estimate of Walter White's IQ. That's just above genius level, which is 140. Somebody with an IQ of 145 is very capable of being a college professor or a chemist.

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How rich did Walter get?

Walter White may be fictional. But the $80 million profit he turned by selling meth in less than a year is a very realistic sum for a true-life drug kingpin. It's not until the last season of Breaking Bad that viewers learn just how much cash their favorite meth-making anti-hero has accumulated by cooking crank.

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Did the cast of Breaking Bad get along?

The Breaking Bad costars work together on their liquor company, Dos Hombres. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston are closer than ever. The former Breaking Bad costars have continued to build a friendship after the show's end in 2013.

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