At the 2024 Emmy Awards, Elton John became the 19th member of the coveted Egot winners club, an elite collection of creative talents who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.
The English singer won the award for his Disney+ special Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, a recording of his final North American show.
Before John, Viola Davis was the newest member of the club. The Woman King star won her first Grammy in February last year for the audiobook recording of her memoir, Finding Me. She's the third black female Egot winner, after Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.
The prestigious Egot list includes such notable figures as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rita Moreno, John Legend and Goldberg. While the likes of Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and James Earl Jones could be considered Egot winners, after winning honorary awards at one of the relevant ceremonies, the title is typically reserved for those who have scooped prizes in competitive categories.
Below, we look at the stars who have been awarded Egot status:
1. Richard Rodgers
Egot completed: 1962
The American composer became the first person to win all four awards in 1962. Known for his work in musical theatre, Rodgers – who has more than 900 song credits to his name – is behind the soundtracks for productions such as The King and I and The Sound of Music, written together with Oscar Hammerstein II. He has one Oscar, for a song from State Fair, one Emmy, for Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years, six Tonys and two Grammys.
2. Helen Hayes
Egot completed: 1977
The American actress was the first woman to score the Egot title, with her Grammy for Best Spoken Word Recording for Great American Documents. The star, who died in 1993, was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular acting wins at the Emmys, Oscars and Tonys. She won Academy Awards for roles in The Sin of Madelon Claudet and Airport, an Emmy for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Tonys for her performances in plays Happy Birthday and Time Remembered.
3. Rita Moreno
Egot completed: 1977
The West Side Story actress started off her Egot run with a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for her turn in the 1961 musical. The Puerto Rican star also has a Grammy for children's album The Electric Company, a Tony for her role in The Ritz and two Emmys for performances in The Muppet Show and The Rockford Files.
4. John Gielgud
Egot completed: 1991
The British actor and theatre director was a screen and stage regular, winning his first of the Egot quartet, a Tony, in 1948 for his role in The Importance of Being Earnest. He went on to acquire an Oscar for his supporting role in Arthur, an Emmy for Summer's Lease and a Grammy for the spoken word recording Ages of Man. He went on to win a second Tony for directing Big Fish, Little Fish.
5. Audrey Hepburn
Egot completed: 1994
The Breakfast at Tiffany's actress was awarded Egot status posthumously, as her Grammy for spoken word album, Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales, was granted the year after her death. Hepburn also has an Oscar for her role in Roman Holiday, an Emmy for her work on Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn and a Tony for her role in the play Ondine.
6. Marvin Hamlisch
Egot completed: 1995
This heavyweight composer has a whopping 12 Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys in total, proving that music really is where you have the most chance of striking Egot gold. Hamlisch, who died in 2012, won Academy Awards and Grammys for his scores for The Way We Were and The Sting, a Tony for his work on A Chorus Line and his four Emmys include his work on a televised performance of Barba Streisand: The Concert.
7. Jonathan Tunick
Egot completed: 1997
The American composer completed his Egot in 1997 with a Tony for his orchestration on the musical Titanic. Tunick also holds an Oscar for his score of A Little Night Music, a Grammy for his arrangement of Cleo Laine's album No One is Alone and an Emmy for his work on Night of 100 Stars.
8. Mel Brooks
Egot completed: 2001
The esteemed director, actor and writer scored three Tonys, a Grammy and an Oscar for writing musical comedy The Producers. Brooks, who is also known for his comedic chops, has a further two Grammys and four Emmys, three of which were for his performances on Mad About You, taking his total tally up to 11 awards in total.
9. Mike Nichols
Egot completed: 2001
The comedian-turned-director, who died in 2014, managed to rack up an impressive 15 awards, with the majority based on his skills in direction. Winning an Oscar for directing The Graduate, Nichols also has a Grammy for Best Comedy Performance for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May. His four Emmys include nods for directing Angels in America, while his nine Tonys include plaudits for directing plays such as Death of a Salesman and musicals including Annie and Monty Python's Spamalot.
10. Whoopi Goldberg
Egot completed: 2002
The American actress and comedian claimed her Egot in 2002, after she won an Emmy and Tony in the same year. The Sister Act star won an Oscar for her role in Ghost in 1991, while she produced Tony-winning Best Musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. Goldberg also has one Grammy, for Best Comedy Recording, and two Emmys, for her work on Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel and The View.
11. Scott Rudin
Egot completed: 2012
The American film, TV and theatre producer earned his Egot by doing just that – producing. He kicked off his run with an Emmy for producing children's programme He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', while his 2008 Oscar was for his work on No Country For Old Men. Rudin scored a Grammy for the Broadway cast recording of The Book of Mormon, while he has a staggering 17 Tonys under his belt, including work on musicals such as Passion and plays including Doubt, The History Boys and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
12. Robert Lopez
Egot completed: 2014
The American songwriter is the youngest Egot recipient, having completed his quartet at the age of 39. Lopez is most known for his catchy tunes, having written the Oscar-winning Let It Go from Frozen, as well as Oscar-winning Remember Me from Coco. His two Emmys are for his work on Wonder Pets!, while songs from Frozen and musical The Book of Mormon scored him three Grammys. The latter also netted him two Tonys, along with one for his work on Avenue Q.
13. Andrew Lloyd Webber
Egot completed: 2018
The British composer and musical theatre legend might have six Tonys under his belt, dating back to a 1980 award for Evita, but it was only in 2018 that he achieved Egot status. Webber, who has composed scores for productions such as Cats and Phantom of the Opera, won his only Emmy in 2018 for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, along with Legend and lyricist Tim Rice. The composer, who has written scores for 21 musicals in his career, also has three Grammys and an Oscar for Best Original Song, You Must Love Me, from the film adaptation of Evita.
14. Tim Rice
Egot completed: 2018
Webber's long-time collaborator is also an Egot holder, sharing some of his awards with the composer for songs he's written the lyrics to. Rice has three Tonys including one for Best Original Score for Aida, one Emmy, five Grammys and three Oscars. The last are all for Best Original Song, for Evita's You Must Love Me, Aladdin's A Whole New World and The Lion King's Can You Feel the Love Tonight.
15. John Legend
Egot completed: 2018
The soulful crooner achieved Egot status in 2018, when he won a Primetime Emmy for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. The first black male recipient to join the Egot ranks, Legend has a whopping 11 Grammys to his name, dating back to 2006, while he scored an Oscar in 2015 for Best Original Song for his track Glory from Selma. His Tony, meanwhile, came from co-producing the revival of musical Jitney.
16. Alan Menken
Egot completed: 2020
American songwriter and musician Alan Menken became the 16th person on the Egot list in July 2020. Menken completed his personal quartet when he was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Original Song for a track he crafted for the Disney Channel's Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
The composer has eight Oscars to his name, including wins for his scores for Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas, as well as 11 Grammys predominately for his Disney songs. He also won a Tony in 2012 for his music in Broadway production Newsies.
17. Jennifer Hudson
Egot completed: 2022
Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson was awarded her Egot status when A Strange Loop, a musical she starred in and produced, won best musical at the Tony Awards in June 2022. Previously, she had won two Grammys, a Daytime Emmy and an Oscar for her turn in 2006 film Dreamgirls.
18. Viola Davis
Egot completed: 2023
Actress Viola Davis, 57, joined the Egot list after winning her first Grammy in February 2023, for the audiobook recording of her memoir. She's the most Oscar-nominated black female actor in history, with four nods, and she won Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for her performance in Fences. She won the Best Lead Actress Tony in 2010 for the same role, as well as the Best Featured Actress Tony for her role in the Broadway play King Hedley II in 2001. She scooped an Emmy in 2015 for her role in TV show How to Get Away with Murder.
19. Sir Elton John
Egot completed: 2024
The multi-award-winning British composer and singer became the latest artist to receive Egot, winning an Emmy Award in 2024 in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his Disney+ programme, Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium concert.
John has previously won two Oscars for Best Original Song Can You Feel the Love Tonight? from The Lion King in 1994 and I’m Gonna Love Me Again from Rocketman in 2019. He won a Tony Award for the original score of Aida in 2000 and is a five-time Grammy Award winner for That’s What Friends Are For in 1987, Basque in 1992, Can You Feel the Love Tonight in 1995, Candle in the Wind in 1998 and Aida in 2001.
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
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UAE: Thunder Snow/Saeed bin Suroor (trainer), North America/Satish Seemar, Drafted/Doug Watson, New Trails/Ahmad bin Harmash, Capezzano, Gronkowski, Axelrod, all trained by Salem bin Ghadayer
USA: Seeking The Soul/Dallas Stewart, Imperial Hunt/Luis Carvajal Jr, Audible/Todd Pletcher, Roy H/Peter Miller, Yoshida/William Mott, Promises Fulfilled/Dale Romans, Gunnevera/Antonio Sano, XY Jet/Jorge Navarro, Pavel/Doug O’Neill, Switzerland/Steve Asmussen.
Japan: Matera Sky/Hideyuki Mori, KT Brace/Haruki Sugiyama. Bahrain: Nine Below Zero/Fawzi Nass. Ireland: Tato Key/David Marnane. Hong Kong: Fight Hero/Me Tsui. South Korea: Dolkong/Simon Foster.
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Fixtures:
Wed Aug 29 – Malaysia v Hong Kong, Nepal v Oman, UAE v Singapore
Thu Aug 30 - UAE v Nepal, Hong Kong v Singapore, Malaysia v Oman
Sat Sep 1 - UAE v Hong Kong, Oman v Singapore, Malaysia v Nepal
Sun Sep 2 – Hong Kong v Oman, Malaysia v UAE, Nepal v Singapore
Tue Sep 4 - Malaysia v Singapore, UAE v Oman, Nepal v Hong Kong
Thu Sep 6 – Final
Dubai World Cup factbox
Most wins by a trainer: Godolphin’s Saeed bin Suroor(9)
Most wins by a jockey: Jerry Bailey(4)
Most wins by an owner: Godolphin(9)
Most wins by a horse: Godolphin’s Thunder Snow(2)
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Sunday, Sept 28 – Second ODI
Tuesday, Sept 30 – Third ODI
Thursday, Oct 2 – Fourth ODI
Sunday, Oct 5 – First T20I
Monday, Oct 6 – Second T20I
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Saturday
Liverpool v Manchester United - 3.30pm
Burnley v West Ham United - 6pm
Crystal Palace v Chelsea - 6pm
Manchester City v Stoke City - 6pm
Swansea City v Huddersfield Town - 6pm
Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth - 6pm
Watford v Arsenal - 8.30pm
Sunday
Brighton and Hove Albion v Everton - 4.30pm
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Monday
Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion - 11pm
It’ll be summer in the city as car show tries to move with the times
If 2008 was the year that rocked Detroit, 2019 will be when Motor City gives its annual car extravaganza a revamp that aims to move with the times.
A major change is that this week's North American International Auto Show will be the last to be held in January, after which the event will switch to June.
The new date, organisers said, will allow exhibitors to move vehicles and activities outside the Cobo Center's halls and into other city venues, unencumbered by cold January weather, exemplified this week by snow and ice.
In a market in which trends can easily be outpaced beyond one event, the need to do so was probably exacerbated by the decision of Germany's big three carmakers – BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi – to skip the auto show this year.
The show has long allowed car enthusiasts to sit behind the wheel of the latest models at the start of the calendar year but a more fluid car market in an online world has made sales less seasonal.
Similarly, everyday technology seems to be catching up on those whose job it is to get behind microphones and try and tempt the visiting public into making a purchase.
Although sparkly announcers clasp iPads and outline the technical gadgetry hidden beneath bonnets, people's obsession with their own smartphones often appeared to offer a more tempting distraction.
“It's maddening,” said one such worker at Nissan's stand.
The absence of some pizzazz, as well as top marques, was also noted by patrons.
“It looks like there are a few less cars this year,” one annual attendee said of this year's exhibitors.
“I can't help but think it's easier to stay at home than to brave the snow and come here.”
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Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed
Rating: 1.5/5
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Always use only regulated platforms
Stop all transactions and communication on suspicion
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Warn others to prevent further harm
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Rating: 4/5
UAE jiu-jitsu squad
Men: Hamad Nawad and Khalid Al Balushi (56kg), Omar Al Fadhli and Saeed Al Mazroui (62kg), Taleb Al Kirbi and Humaid Al Kaabi (69kg), Mohammed Al Qubaisi and Saud Al Hammadi (70kg), Khalfan Belhol and Mohammad Haitham Radhi (85kg), Faisal Al Ketbi and Zayed Al Kaabi (94kg)
Women: Wadima Al Yafei and Mahra Al Hanaei (49kg), Bashayer Al Matrooshi and Hessa Al Shamsi (62kg)
