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. Daughter of James M. Cox (d. 1957), newspaper reporter who bought the Dayton Evening News for $26,000 in 1898. Runs Harlem Children's Zone; nonprofit provides educational services to 12,500 children and adults. Wall Street giant manages $90 billion across private equity, real estate, corporate debt, hedge fund operations. Chafes at sluggish stock, down 50% on his watch since 2000 (but up 13% in past 12 months). Also has noncontrolling stakes in Founded hardware store chain Menard's 1972; expanded, undercut competition pennies at a time. Donates to education, arts, science causes. Initially focused on building, financing low-income housing; moved into riskier luxury buildings in New York. His hedge funds said to have averaged 20% net of fees annually. Johnson & Johnson Green's the thing now, says this renowned venture capitalist and vegetarian. 1983. Owns 20% stake in pro basketball's Seattle Sonics. for $1.6 billion 2005. Fortune crushed after suffering 2 years of losses when tech bubble burst. Vying to buy pro baseball's Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co. Building media empire: owns film production, distribution, theater firms. As a result he has become one of the worlds richest men. Acquired Sun Life Insurance (later renamed SunAmerica) in 1971. Opened first Little Caesars pizza joint in 1959 after injury ended career; 40 stores by 1967. Severed ties with his buyout company after the discovery of fraud and conspiracy at the commodities brokerage. Owns ranches on 20,000 acres on Fort Worth's Barnett Shale. Prefer complex deals others shy away from. . Hewlett-Packard 5 years later. Schering-Plough Deal will close this year; Jannard will stay on as "chief mad scientist.". In 2014, Marquett Davon Burton invented the world's first effortless attendance technology, called the Fletch App. Auto mechanic's son dropped out of law school to sell cars in 1950, owned 1st dealership by age 25. Batten studied at U. of Virginia, then Harvard M.B.A.; became publisher at age 27. Shares soared 145% in past year. Now polishing 3-D digital cinema technology. Father, Stephen (see), became company president 1960, chairman 1973; Riley now chairman, chief executive. Said to have paid $27 million for an apartment on Fifth Avenue last year. Forty years after conception, Dolby went public 2005; shares up 100% since January 2006. Invested $1.4 million in a few nerds from Stanford 1980sSun Microsystems. www.youtube.com/marquettism Posts Reels Videos Tagged ", With partner Sergey Brin (see), Google Guy cracks the top 10 of the Forbes 400; both were worth a mere $4 billion in 2004. pritzker (d. 1986), who, with sons Jay (d. 1999) and Robert, created industrial conglomerate Marmon (sales: $7 billion) and hotel chain Hyatt (735 hotels worldwide). Stock soared from 1995; briefly world's fattest company by market cap 2000. Started plane brokerage business while studying economics at UCLA; disguised his youth by communicating via telegram. Sold to Bank of America in 2005 for $35 billion in cash and stock. Worker friendly: uses union sources to find hidden value in possible takeovers. Wendy's Restated earnings, cutting 2006 profits $2.2 billion, to $3.7 billion, for 7 years of shenanigans. Believes Microsoft's far-flung bets, including 10-year affair with Internet-based television, may soon pay off; says next 10 years will be the "most interesting" in software history. Researched weapons propulsion at Johns Hopkins and inadvertently dreamed up the integrated circuit that spawned the PC revolution. Severance: $8,450. Owns stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Chairs Orbis International: nonprofit group fights blindness in developing countries, uses DC-10 plane as mobile ophthalmological teaching and surgery lab. Today Upon graduating he joined Teach For America's 2009 Baltimore Corp. Made first fortune with investment in timberland. Emphasized style, cutting-edge lens technology; Oakley glasses are made of polycarbonate material that can withstand a shotgun blast. Built brand on groundbreaking loudspeaker design. Today Kinray's highly automated operation supplies more than 3,000 independent pharmacies in 8 northeastern states. Reason: Murdoch's 60% premium. Says he won't run for President. Returned to Duquesne Capital, runs No Margin Fund from Pittsburgh. Chief executive till 1992. Attempted to personally buy Bellagio casino, unfinished 76-acre resort complex CityCenter from MGM Mirage this spring; pulled out after company struck deal with Kerzner International to develop 40 acres of land on Strip. Mom, Helen, passed away April; matriarch's fortune to pass to charity over next few years. Reinvests profits in Nextel satellite networkthen it all collapses in telecom crash of 2000. Money now reinvested in oil, real estate, more car dealerships. Tribune At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Yang became chief executive for first time in June. Sold Sorenson Research medical business to Tome focused on improving overnight delivery services using integrated network of planes and trucks. Met partner Peter M. Nicholas at kids' soccer game, cofounded medical device producer Boston Scientific 1979. Partnered with Apple to create Nike iPod Sport Kits; units allow runners to synch sneakers with iPod Nanos to track workout data, exercise to favorite tunes. Former MIT professor got rich on wireless patents. Nation's most beloved investor is $6 billion richer this year despite handing over $2.1 billion in Cofounded electronic design automation company Daisy Systems early 1980s, then joined Andy von Bechtolsheim, Scott McNealy, Bill Joy to form Sun Microsystems. Turned small trash-hauling operation into waste-management titan WMX. Today Milstein Properties owns apartment towers from Battery Park City to the Upper East Side, offices in Midtown, numerous undeveloped lots across Manhattan. Nashville native served as an Air Force flight surgeon. Longtime Wharton supporters partnered with business school in February to design personalized executive education program for Este Lauder employees. for $2.1 billion in June. Shares down 50% since early 2006, forcing partner Nicholas from The Forbes 400. Owner of pro football's Miami Dolphins hosted Super Bowl XLI in February. He also created the Healthy Minds & Bodies program, providing students with a daily workout to improve their health. Met partner Gary Burrell (see) met at AlliedSignal, left and founded Garmin in 1989 to make navigation devices for aviation, boating, using newfangled Global Positioning System. Bloomberg sales: $4.7 billion. Son "Stub" took over 1981, built direct-satellite TV biz with U.S. Satellite Broadcasting. Dropped out of NYU to work on Wall Street, took job in mail room of Philipp Brothers. Sailing aficionado producing documentary film about the youngest crew ever to sail the Transpac, semiannual yacht race from Long Beach, Calif. to Honolulu. Favorite piece: Jeff Koons' "Balloon Dog." Sold online classifieds site StumbleUpon.com to Ebay this year; owns similar Indian site Naukri.com. "Bob" studied at Columbia U., then Harvard Business School. Retractable roof will keep iconic hole design, presumably so God can still watch his favorite team. Revenues exceed $20 billion; company booked $25 billion in new contracts last year. Calamos Asset Management Business boomed in 1970s after courts made insurance companies pay for replacement rentals. Sold electronics for father's distribution company after high school. In 2011, Burton was awarded a Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowship under Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Took public 30 years later; family still holds 45% of stock. Remains chairman emeritus. Rob: company's first lawyer; now chairman. Kim's Anam, Korean semiconductor maker. Transformed from Hollywood mogul to Internet maven in past decade. Duo runs Simon Property Group; REIT owns or operates nearly 260 million square feet of leasable space at 380 properties in North America, Europe and Asia. Level 3 Communications Went public in March, but stock has been volatile. Paid $135 million for 1907 Klimt portrait last year, one of the largest sums ever paid for a painting. Forgot to hedge, lost half the profits. Extended port contract with New Orleans through 2008 in July. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Last summer irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Cato . Last year persuaded Buying, drilling natural gas wells; mulling public offering. Siebel's salve: his stake brings $500 million in cash. Sold 1960s; built New York real estate empire with profits. Family trust believed to now exceed $10 billion in assets. Tenacious heir: father left bulk of estate to a charitable foundation; Barron waged lengthy legal battle for his cut of fortune, won 1989. Recruited in 2001 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (see both) to become chief executive. Dropped out of Harvard Ph.D. program to drive New York City taxi. Father, Robert Sr., founded Rich Products after WWII with invention of world's first frozen soy whipped topping. With son Louis (see) and friend Steven Udvar-Hazy (see), started International Lease Finance 1973; acquired, rented airplanes. Thoughts on the rp: 23:117. Went public 1998. Duo formed Broadcom 1991 using Nicholas' spare bedroom to design high-speed telecom chips. Heico Yale grad dreamed of being a writer. "Democracy is a hell of a lot more than elections." Sales: $91 billion. Wife Ann (see) inherited chunk of Wal-Mart stock from father James (Bud) Walton (d. 1995), who cofounded retail giant with brother Sam 1962. Scored big with simple philosophy: "Buy term and invest the difference." Father reduced his ownership in 1995; Abby inherited a 24% stake. Shuns the billionaire lifestyle. Wal-Mart 1971 with $3,000 and a credit card; expanded via franchising, joint ventures. Harrah's Entertainment Studied engineering at NYU; dropped out to help friend save family's fledgling supermarket business. Sent stick of gum to every person in U.S. phone book 1915. Rival Guidant proposed $3 billion buyout in 2003; deal collapsed after new drug-coated stent produced dismal results. Concerns: sustainable development, higher education, medical research. Built media empire. Sales: $9 billion. With the founding of Fletch, Burton birthed the effortless attendance vertical[6]. Investor in education outfit Knowledge Universe; company sold stake earlier this year to diversify ownership. Pardoned by President Clinton 2001. Press-shy investor hoping to bank it like Beckham; in January signed international phenom David Beckham to 5-year, $250 million deal to play for his L.A. Galaxy pro soccer squad. Took refining innovation to Soviet Union 1929; returned home 1930s, became fervently anticommunist. Says Buffett: "If we ask Charlie something and he says 'no,' then we put all of our money in it. London School of Economics; founded famed Quantum Fund with "Adventure Capitalist" Jim Rogers 1969. Son of lighthouse operator emigrated from Greece as an infant; family settled in upper Manhattan. Supports Jewish causes with wife, Abigail, and Wexner Foundation. Airplane junkie recently purchased a Falcon 7X jet. Would-be rival to Client accounts swelled during dot-com craze, then deflated when Internet bubble burst. Wynn Resorts Gave another $70 million to convert the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota's His original $270 million bet paid back more than 3-fold; made $970 million including fees. Working on 3 videogames for Family's shares of BofA now worth $2.6 billion. Recently renovated the Kennedy Cottage at his San Ysidro Ranch in California; travelers pay $2,990 per night to sleep in cottage occupied by John and Jackie Kennedy on their honeymoon. Sales: $3 billion. Fortress Investment Group Acquired online ad shop Aquantive in May for $6 billion in cash (20% of bankroll). Engineered $8.2 billion leveraged buyout of newspaper giant Tribune Co. in March; beat out billionaires Eli Broad, Ron Burkle, David Geffen (see all). Built mortgage lender Ameriquest by forcefully selling mortgages to homeowners unable to get traditional bank loans; subprime giant fell apart well before this year's lending meltdown. Studied law at UC, Berkeley. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. A variety of revenue streams has allowed him to achieve this point so swiftly, and he now sits with the most prominent celebrities on the planet. Sold to Abbott Labs for $4.2 billion last November; added $700 million to fortune. Rose to store manager, eventually vice president of Stater Bros.' parent, Petrolane. Last summer agreed to buy 41% of Evraz, Russia's largest steelmaker. Still owns 4.8 million shares worth $180 million. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Companies have been fiercely competitive since. I just needed a place to put all the money I was making." Won showdown with rival Also stake in lucrative New England Sports Network; regional channel supplies Red Sox games to Boston and beyond. Opened Ben Franklin 5-and-10 store in Newport, Ark. Other assets include Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, pro basketball's New York Knicks, hockey's New York Rangers. Father, Perry (d. 2006), inherited family fortune created by oil baron uncle Sid Richardson 1959. . Lindsay Acquired, became chief executive of second-largest U.S. auto dealer United Auto Group 1999. Legend holds that Anne's great-grandfather Samuel Burk Burnett won famed 6666 Ranch in Texas in high-stakes poker game. for $1.5 billion. But U.S. Army servicemen loved GPS during Gulf war (though Garmin never had a military contract), and now in Iraq. Fortune down 53% since 2000 (back then: $36 billion). Today manages 7.8 million square feet across 110 properties. Tata Consultancy Services InterActiveCorp Long-running fraternal feud over deal settled 2001. executes over 280,000 transactions a day, managing 6.3 million accounts. Slim-fast kingpin raised in Long Beach, N.Y. Once owned 25% stake in company; has sold large chunks of shares over time. He was later recruited to Everfi, a leading technology company in the education industry. Assets: $15 billion. Luxottica Assets under management exceed $16 billion. Duo launched Meijer Thrifty Acres in 1962. Third generation still owns about half the company; all on board but not involved in day-to-day management. Became president of Building third plant in Taiwan. Number of Past Jobs 1. Options due in October. Also owns luxury apartments on Upper East Side. Native Nebraskan ran discount stock brokerage. Tinkered with idea of selling stake in company to outside investors this spring; put on hold after markets turned downward this summer. Russian migr and former cabdriver made first fortune bartering fertilizer and oil with Soviets in 1980s. Ended tense standoff with Rupert Murdoch (see) in April; gave up $11 billion in News Corp. shares for 39% stake in DirecTV and $550 million in cash. Assets under management: $165 billion. Daughter, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, is president of charitable Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. Acquired radio stations; sold to Clear Channel for $17.1 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt. High school dropout joined Marines in WWII; trained as television repairman on GI Bill. 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