Smooth sailing for the admiral of world's largest cruise ship operator; shares of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation manages $33 billion, donates to causes aimed at bringing financial tools to the poor, speeding up the development of vaccines (for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis), bettering America's lagging high schools. Vied with Warren Buffett (see) over girls in high school; 2 became lifelong friends. Donated $400 million to South Dakota Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Services in February; gift expected to focus primarily on pediatrics. : cheap ingredients, fast service, drive-up windows. Sales: $3 billion. Father, Sam (d. 1971), founded Distillers Corp. 1924, after emigrating from Russia to Montreal. Studied finance at Oregon State, led private equity division at Black Rock Financial. Bank of America Acquired, became chief executive of second-largest U.S. auto dealer United Auto Group 1999. Left to commercialize research. Works in cubicle alongside employees. 417-883-7417 | Stepped down as chairman emeritus last year. Triarc Companies With siblings inherited Getty Oil from father, J. Paul Getty Sr. (d. 1976). Clearwire Sold classic drip painting by Jackson Pollock for $140 million in November, largest sum ever paid for single piece. Spends spare time writing blog. Oracle titan reshaping the software industry via acquisition; has purchased 19 firms for $12 billion since the beginning of last year. Gift was valued at $31 billion on day of announcement; donation will far exceed that sum so long as Berkshire shares continue to rise. Took quirky ad-cum-search engine public 2004; shares up 510% since. Plans to improve Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works operations, buy back stock, reduce workforce. Quit to form Tiger Management; firm became world's largest hedge fund 1990s. Fees as high as 5% of assets, 44% of profits. Sold just under 10% stake to Chinese government weeks before the offering. stock to charity in July. Ohio State Law School dropout started women's sportswear store 1963 with $5,000 loan from aunt. 4:513. Intel Sold to Bank of America in 2005 for $35 billion in cash and stock. Louis to discuss his new app for student success. Rose from elevator operator to president; became chairman 1979. , private investors hold 32%), perhaps give away fortune. Reality: pros, not kin, will succeed himif he ever dies. Global Good Fund Fellow "We do not grow larger by making others smaller." -MDB. Now building expansion Encore. Founded White Fields home for troubled boys in Oklahoma. Who owns what? Created mutual funds for almost every investment strategy to increase market share. Runs Harlem Children's Zone; nonprofit provides educational services to 12,500 children and adults. Revenues exceed $20 billion; company booked $25 billion in new contracts last year. Bought channel for $550 million in 1992 with Latin American partners; sold in March to a Haim Saban (see) group for $13.7 billion. business to son, 3 daughters. Wildcatter made fortune in north Texas gas fields; sold ground to Collection of European cars was on display at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: Bugatti, Bentley, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Acquired Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas 1967, built International Hotel 1969. Went Hollywood: made billions buying and selling movie studio MGM, 3 times since 1969. Studied engineering at NYU; dropped out to help friend save family's fledgling supermarket business. Hired seasoned tech exec Eric Schmidt (see) in 2001 to run operations. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Minnesota farm boy paid way through college working at a print shop; persuaded owner to sell for $2 million over 10 years. Left Microsoft in 1983 to fight Hodgkin's disease. 9:075. whats the difference with American women and foreign women? Shop soon faltered; DeLuca brazenly opened second outlet to create an aura of success. Donated $750,000 to Veterans Outreach Center in honor of brother Charles, who died in Korean War. Entrepreneurial duo opened drive-in diner after stints in the Army. Horse racer seeking first Kentucky Derby win. Harvard M.B.A. held posts at Funds computer science grad students; also supports Salvation Army and an intentionally scary ad campaign on the horrors of methamphetamine addictionin Montana (where half of the 2,100 kids in foster care were there because of parents' meth habit). Emigrated from Korea to U.S. 1955, started Amkor Electronics 1968 as U.S. sales and design partner of father H.S. Later spent days managing TG&Y discount store, nights making wooden frames in garage with wife. 1980s. Debuted year ago in 30 million homes. Sold 28% of company to Goldman Sachs for $138 million 1994; took public 1997. Son Frank Jr. runs family media empire. Sells it to Disney 20 years later for $7.4 billionwith a "B"thanks to heavenly hit list (Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles). Took public 1988, grew fast with direct-sales model. Son, Robert, now in charge. DirecTV Marquett Burton overall profits are growing every day, and he is also becoming more popular. Decade later books still big piece of virtual mall's $10.7 billion sales. Fremont General Shaw Research hires scientists in hopes of making groundbreaking discoveries while reaping financial rewards. Still owns 4.8 million shares worth $180 million. Marquett Burton is one of the wealthiest celebrities in the planet. As of 2019, Deonte Burton has an estimated net worth of over $100,000. Started investing as a Harvard undergrad; read article in Forbes about Home Shopping Network, became interested in the stock market. Partners reaped $2.3 billion in 2004 public offering. Landed job at Rothschild 1976; cleaned up messes left by Drexel Burnham junk bond financings as a bankruptcy specialist. Stock down 16% in past year. Made fortune building massive shopping malls in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Tysons Corner Center, Tysons II, Wheaton Plaza, Landover Mall, Dulles Town Center, White Flint. Revenue: $1.8 billion. Cabdriver's son borrowed $200 from uncle to sell newspapers at age 12. Russian migr and former cabdriver made first fortune bartering fertilizer and oil with Soviets in 1980s. Combined worldwide box office of all 6 Star Wars films: $4.3 billion. Acquired Going green: buying wind power tax credits for new projects. Investor in education outfit Knowledge Universe; company sold stake earlier this year to diversify ownership. Deciphered codes for U.S. Department of Defense during Vietnam; taught math at SUNY Stonybrook after war. Hired as fishing-boat captain by former NYSE board member Walter Frank; Wall Street veteran encouraged him to go to Columbia business school. Claims to have renounced U.S. citizenship, holds Spanish passport; received honorary degree from Bar-Ilan U. in Israel earlier this year. His creation sells a million units in 10 weeks at $600; instant $200 price cut riles disciples. Stumbling online: nearly all Cond Nast Web sites used mainly to sell subscriptions, deliver magazine content. Eviscerated in 1990 real estate crash; stayed flamboyant, embraced reality TV. With Robert Lurie (d. 1990), built business buying, selling cheap real estate. Jumped into insurance; rose to chairman of Insurance Company of the West; renamed Westcorp, became holding company for Western Financial Bank and WFS Financial, one of nation's largest auto finance companies. John Doerr's (see) doppelganger at Kleiner Perkins studied engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, earned biomedical master's at Carnegie Mellon, M.B.A. at Stanford. Estimated sales: $1.5 billion. Switched Mountain View, Calif. headquarters to solar power this summer; part of plan to "do no evil. Also real estate: 520,000 acres, including entire mountain across from posh Park City, Utah ski resort; wind farm in central Utah. Founded money management and hedge fund outfit Bridgewater Associates 1975; investment firm claims 13% annual returns after fees. Sales: $16 billion. Rival Guidant proposed $3 billion buyout in 2003; deal collapsed after new drug-coated stent produced dismal results. Renamed operation Best Buy 1983; took public 1985. Today Olen Properties owns 6.4 million square feet of commercial space and 11,800 residential units in L.A., Las Vegas and Florida. U. of Oklahoma grad cofounded Chesapeake Energy with former rival Aubrey McClendon (see) 1989. Made second fortune in videogames. . Enrolled, then dropped out of Cal State Long Beach. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. American Express 1985 for CDMA scheme in cell networks. Donates money to hometown of Beloit, Wis. in effort to help improve city's economic infrastructure, bring in new jobs. , Marquette Financial. Son David runs Polo advertising, boyfriend of presidential niece Lauren Bush. Sold both properties to New York mayor, media maven gives away $715 million to charity in 5 years; gets richer anyway. How the Fletch App Helps Professors with Student Attendance, 2111 S. Eastgate Avenue, Springfield, MO 65809. Goodnight owns two-thirds, Sall the rest. Sales: $2 billion. Took Wal-Mart public 1970, now world's largest retailer, with more than 7,000 stores in 14 countries; 1.9 million employees serve 176 million customers a week. Recently purchased a Missouri bank. Daughter, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, is president of charitable Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. Detroit native dropped out of Stanford M.B.A. program to join former Harvard classmate Gates (see) in 1980. Staunch Democrat credits his politics to modest upbringing: "I still have fond memories of what FDR did for us.". Started Oracle in 1977. ). Owns stake in money management firm Fremont Group. But Google, decade later, made him truly rich. Now invests via Granite Associates: hedge funds, real estate, private equity, Time Warner stock. Team now worth $1.2 billion. Price tag: $5 billion (over 90% cash) plus $600 million in assumed debt. Built riches on a marketing surprise. Marquett L Burton, Age 35. Advises employees, franchisees to "base your business on biblical principles." Private investment arm, Shamrock Holdings, invests in hotels, entertainment, Israeli insurance companies. Nifty turnabout: sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, then bought it back for only $450 million 3 years later. Third-generation leader of engineering behemoth that built the Hoover Dam and Channel Tunnel. Norman, now 53, quit 1991 as Dell (see) direct-mail biz forced Gateway job cuts, store closings; fell off The Forbes 400. Later managed NYC's Drake, Belmont Plaza, Regency. Filed to go public earlier this summer. Emphasized style, cutting-edge lens technology; Oakley glasses are made of polycarbonate material that can withstand a shotgun blast. Believes a few eco-entrepreneurs will become billionaires: "Someone who will figure out how to capitalize on these environmentally friendly trends in the coming decade.". Now clashes with daughter Shari, 53; says to succeed him she must "change her behavior" to win over board. Silicon Valley office space houses Apple, Microsoft. Marquett Burton is bringing his app concept, Fletch, to life with the help of the efactory's accelerator program, Cohort 4. The Met partner James Goodnight (see) as a graduate student at North Carolina State. Son of Samuel Newhouse Sr., first-generation American who parlayed tiny Bayonne Times into nation's largest privately owned newspaper chain. "Why restrict the best and the brightest people from coming into your country?" Sports car junkie funds Team Menard at Indy 500 each year; sponsors Nascar's Dale Earnhardt Jr. "Len" immigrated to U.S. from former Soviet Union 1978 at age 21; arrived penniless. Raised another $25 million from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital in 1999. Took public 3 years later. Bored lawyer changed careers, created early Internet video outfit Broadcast.com with partner Mark Cuban (see). Studied petroleum engineering at U. of Texas. At UC Berkeley Marquett was a George A. Miller Scholar as well as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar[2]. Studied biophysics. Fortune dwindling amid bad publicity, legal woes. Bought Golden Nugget before building Mirage, Bellagio resorts. Started trading soybeans; turned $3,000 he borrowed on his credit card into $45,000. Minority partner in Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich's Millhouse; firm created 2001 to manage assets owned by Abramovich and his partners. Earned M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Studied math, physics at U. of Michigan, dropped out to join Army Air Corps. Yang born in Taiwan. With affiliates, firm manages $50 billion today. Son of Koch Industries founder Fred C. Koch (d. 1967), MIT grad who invented method of refining gasoline from heavy oil. . Agreed to buy casino outfit var _Hasync=_Hasync||[];_Hasync.push(['Histats.start','1,4553220,4,511,95,18,00000000']);_Hasync.push(['Histats.fasi','1']);_Hasync.push(['Histats.track_hits','']);(function(){var hs=document.createElement('script');hs.type='text/javascript';hs.async=true;hs.src=('//s10.histats.com/js15_as.js');(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]||document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(hs);})(); The name of Marquett Burton is now a globally renowned individual. Also dolls: recently released Ty Girlz can be registered online to allow kids to shop, take vacations virtually. to court 7 years later after learning the investment bank had not informed him that Sunbeam's financial statements were cooked. Took company public 2 years later, stepped down 1995; remains Cisco chairman emeritus. Grandchild of a.n. Reinvested in stocks, bonds, horses; co-owns WinStar Farm in Kentucky. The app not only aids professors with attendance but also empowers them to reach out when students are falling behind and missing classes. Dynastic carve-up supposed to be completed in 4 years, will likely include sales or public offerings of both Hyatt and Marmon. Later had buyer's remorse; sued duo for larger sum, eventually settled. Father, James (Bud) Walton, and his brother Sam ran handful of small 5-and-10 stores in Arkansas and Missouri. into an underground science and engineering laboratory. Changed the way casinos do business by enticing conventioneers to Sin City midweek, taking emphasis off gambling. Frontline Estimated sales: $7 billion. Doerr's own Google stake: $1.2 billion. Came to U.S. 1972. You can't avoid risk. Brought in "professional management" (Tim Koogle in 1995, then Warner Bros. chief Terry Semel in 2001). In 31 years firm has invested in 150 companies; total transaction cost exceeds $280 billion. Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Revenue: $3.7 billion, up 185% since 1995. Company's new operating system, Vista, debuted in January to mixed reviews; shares up 12% in past year. Also runs hefty fertilizer operation, owns stake in semiconductor outfit Microcon Technology. Now focusing on higher end of market; selling cast-iron bathtubs, $3,000 sinks. Actress wife, Michele Chan, famous for roles on 1980s TV shows. Cable-hating digital dish lovers swear allegiance to Hubbard. Fourth-generation head of engineering behemoth Bechtel Group; company built Hoover Dam, Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Channel Tunnel. Worker friendly: uses union sources to find hidden value in possible takeovers. Company remains under family control; stock up 250% since 2003. Feeling pressure from high-profile investors Steve Cohen, Barry Rosenstein (see both) to merge with another rival. Wife, Susan, created upper-crust (and unaffordable) fashion label Phi. Added pacemakers, syringes, ultrasound, penile grafts; now company is the world's largest privately held medical device manufacturer. Brother Howard runs family foundation. Owns pro football's Houston Texans, majority stake in Stonerside Stables, home of the Kentucky Derby. Closed 230 retail offices, fired 3,800 employees in 2006 after agreeing to pay $325 million to 49 states to settle predatory lending charges; additional wolfish lending allegations later surfaced. Current investment strategy: "I give my money to Ron Baron (see) and blindly trust it will go up 15% a year. Other investments: low-income housing projects in Egypt, shopping malls in Brazil, office parks in China. We wouldnt have been in the room with any of those players unless the efactory facilitated it, Burton says. Paid off debt early, built Taylor Corp. on invitations, stationery, books. Donated $1 million to New York chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation in June. Beetle enthusiast has one of largest collections in world: 160,000 specimens. Aids right-wing policy via think tank Heritage Foundation; also supports Center for the Study of Popular Culture. Rumored to be shopping company to rivals. Former used-car salesman bought Marquette Bank in 1955, sold to Wells Fargo for $1 billion in 2001. Sold Mirage Resorts to Kirk Kerkorian (see) for $6.4 billion in 2000. Beanie Babies hit shelves 1993; created collecting craze. Nickname: "The Abominable No-Man." Son of J.W. Sid: known to invest with brother Lee (see); billions of dollars held in Cayman Islands investment accounts. As the chief executive officer, Burton quickly expanded to Seoul after securing the financial backing from the Government of South Korea[7]. Rapidly consolidated cable franchises. Son Michael charged with stealing $3,000 worth of fishing equipment in Connecticut last summer. Morgan Stanley Ongoing controversy: company has cloned cows in past few years. At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Today sales exceed $1.5 billion. Still coolest tech superstar ever. Sotheby's Limited Brands In July bought out son Brent's Market cap: $50 billion. Dropped out of Harvard Ph.D. program to drive New York City taxi. Early investor in Berkshire Hathaway; today owns 10,000 shares worth $1.2 billion. Warren Buffett's (see) indispensable consigliere. Leonard took company public 1995; son William now chief executive. Janus Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). Dolby now industry standard for movies, stereos. Is dating in America dead or is there hope? Bought out dad 1963; company later became American Ship Building. Public 1986; stock up 415% since 2002. Company now peddles 27 brands, including Clinique, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, La Mer. . Childs. Then Harvard M.B.A. Last summer irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. in 1977. , Wynn Resorts, Goldman Sachs. Nifty turnabout: sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, then bought it back for only $450 million 3 years later. What investments should a high value man make 1:14:1715. Made first fortune in trade shows. Qualcomm Added TV 1948. Clear Channel Initially financed by Stanford endowment, angel investors K. Ram Shriram (see), Andy von Bechtolsheim. Sells to AT&T in 1993 for $11.5 billion. Recruits heavily, hires selectively; only one in 500 applicants makes the cut. Skipped college to join Army. Met partner David Filo (see) as Stanford grad student, veered off Ph.D. path to form new portal, Yahoo. Delusions of Tinseltown grandeur: invests in film firms Crescent Drive Pictures, 360 Pictures; executive producer of starlet Son of Greek immigrants grew up above family's Chicago grocery store. Marriott International AmeriCredit William III a partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, invests in companies focused on Web video, fiber optics. Made first fortune with investment in timberland. Acquired stakes in newly privatized Russian companies. Assets under management: $1.5 trillion. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Assets under management: $43 billion. Sales: $9.8 billion. ), food (Dairy Queen, See's Candies). "It soothes the soul to help people.". Plans to sell his 68% stake one day ( Trying to rehab toy business; now has licensing deals, partnerships with Nascar, Paramount. Dropped out of NYU to work on Wall Street, took job in mail room of Philipp Brothers. Vying to buy pro baseball's Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co. Building media empire: owns film production, distribution, theater firms. , Cerent, Corvis. Returned to Duquesne Capital, runs No Margin Fund from Pittsburgh. Widow of Brooklyn-born investor duo Laurence Tisch. Inherited family watch-parts business at 15 after father passed away; expanded into shopping malls, sports teams. Assets under management: $13 billion. Founded own firm 1988. Developed market for high-yield junk bonds, fueled 1980s leveraged buyout mania. This year agreed to pay $25 billion for student loans firm Son Howard oversees real estate and banking operations. Bought pro football's Dallas Cowboys in 1989 for $150 million; team worth $1.2 billion today. Air-conditioned, 100,000-seat venue originally slated to be built for $650 million; total cost will now exceed $1 billion. Still controls chunk of AIG shares. DuPont Sent stick of gum to every person in U.S. phone book 1915. Click Here for Billionaires You've Never Heard Of. Stumbling online: nearly all Cond Nast Web sites used mainly to sell subscriptions, deliver magazine content. 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