Devon Energy Spent much of past few years buying up competitors; now investing internally. Owns pro baseball's Washington Nationals; runs franchise with son and 2 sons-in-law, spending millions to develop team's farm system. . Father, Edward II, founded Fidelity Management & Research Co. 1946; phenomenal stock picker. Also owns stake in Harrah's Entertainment; will reap $300 million when company completes $27.8 billion sale to private equity firms Apollo Management and TPG. Enjoys badminton. University of California, Berkeley Marilyn's son Curtis appointed chief operating officer in 2003, resigned this year; sued mom, aunt in May, claiming he was cheated out of chief executive position and his cut of profits. Took quirky ad-cum-search engine public 2004; shares up 510% since. Running for mayor is cheaper; spent $85 million on reelection in 2005 ($11 million more than in first election 2001, despite 67% approval rating). Recently published self-help business book The Science of Success; claimed company would go public "over my dead body.". colleague Jerome Kohlberg (see) to form leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts 1976. : cheap ingredients, fast service, drive-up windows. Recently paid $70 million for a cluster of beachfront properties in Santa Barbara, Calif. Son of cable investor John Elroy McCaw. "I've been a news junkie since I was 13 years old." Boat was originally purchased from Paul Allen (see). To boost value, split company into 2 year-end 2005: Viacom (Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks), Start Date . Huntsman Corp. Australia-born, U.S.-naturalized tabloid titan pays too much, then makes it work. British Petroleum Sold houses as a student at Santa Clara U. Marquett Davon Burton Alpha dog at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers funded famed tech pups in 1990s Rose to store manager, eventually vice president of Stater Bros.' parent, Petrolane. Son, Ross Jr., runs Dallas real estate firm Hillwood. Brin serves as president of technology, Page heads product division. with Lowry Mays 1972. Father, Stephen (see), became company president 1960, chairman 1973; Riley now chairman, chief executive. Joined UCLA faculty 1980, launched research leading to first human islet cell transplant. Today owns millions of square feet of commercial and retail property, thousands of apartments. Owns Four Seasons hotel in New York, resorts in California, Hawaii, Mexico. Mom, Helen, passed away April; matriarch's fortune to pass to charity over next few years. [1], California where he tested out of high school at age 16. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. operates 40 companies with combined sales of $2.5 billion; funnels cash straight into next buyout, usually near-bankrupt Rust Belt manufacturers. Later added 2 competing Boston stations. Avid art collector recently donated 2 floors of a New York City townhouse to Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. Started working at age 7 to help support family. Met partner Min Kao (see) at AlliedSignal, left and founded Garmin in 1989 to make navigation devices for aviation, boating, using newfangled Global Positioning System. Succession is still unsettled. Collects Aboriginal art. Motorola Last year produced Clint Eastwood's WWII epics, Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers; twin bill cost $70 million to make, grossed $175 million worldwidedespite wide critical acclaim. Stock soared from 1995; briefly world's fattest company by market cap 2000. 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. Expanded oil industry in U.S.S.R. 1930s; returned home before World War II. Wrote theme song for Inspector Gadget. Built Devout Mormon used proceeds to buy land in Idaho, Utah; donated rest to cancer research. Badly burned during dot-com bust. Dropped out of NYU to work on Wall Street, took job in mail room of Philipp Brothers. Began offering chewing gum instead of baking powder. Marquett has experience in the non-profit sector, government and private industry. , owns stakes in cable (QVC, Encore, Starz), cell phones (Motorola), online retailing ( Israeli immigrant raised in Flint, Mich. First job at GM. His Tiger Foundation has donated $58 million to fight New York City poverty. Duo founded oil-trading outfit Runicom early 1990s. Reinvests via private investment vehicle MSD Capital: equities, real estate, private equity. Sales: $3.7 billion. Sold stake in one of his buyout firms to Amvescap for $375 million last year. , Cerent, Corvis. Merged with Richard Rainwater's (see) Columbia Hospital Corp., stepped down 1994. Leonore: Stanford grad, U.S. Chief of Protocol under Reagan. Bred hamsters, traded them to other children. Today Hearst Corp. controls newspapers (San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle), magazines (Cosmopolitan, Esquire), cable networks (stakes in ESPN, Lifetime, A&E), TV, radio stations. Then Lehman. Cascade Rob: company's first lawyer; now chairman. Marquett Burton is one of the wealthiest celebrities in the planet. Became partners with dad, ran company's day-to-day operations. Sales: $10.5 billion, net margins 30%. Recently signed Left day-to-day operations 2004; remains chairman. Bought Snapple from Quaker Oats for $300 million; sold company 3 years later to Today $36 billion in sales, over 800 U.S. stores. Former leveraged buyout titan returns to The Forbes 400 after a 2-year hiatus. Back to Vegas: nabbed Steve Wynn's (see) Mirage Resorts for $6.4 billion 2000, then Mandalay Bay Resorts for $7.9 billion 4 years later. Raytheon Google's 12th employee built a fortune that started with a game of ping-pong. Fights childhood poverty through George Kaiser Family Foundation; pledged $60 million to redevelop a blighted community alongside a 42-mile stretch of Arkansas River. Oversees consumer finance and California banking divisions. Owns vineyards in New Zealand. In 2011, Burton was awarded a Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowship under Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Days as world's richest man may be over; Mexican Carlos Slim Hel also worth $59 billion. Launched cable biz with $1,500 in 1956: built 5-channel system in Liberty, N.Y. Failed to buy Tribune newspaper company with fellow Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad (see); advised Dow Jones' union during company's negotiations with Rupert Murdoch (see) over sale of Wall Street Journal, other assets to News Corp. Close friend of Bill Clinton; former president now a Yucaipa adviser, has a bedroom at Burkle's Beverly Hills mansion. 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. Took public 1983. Heico Campbell soup accountant took general manager post at 5-employee pet food firm Iams 1970. Met partner Jerry Yang (see) as Stanford grad student, veered off Ph.D. path to form new portal; took Yahoo public 1996. Remains interested in buying L.A. Times. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Batten studied at U. of Virginia, then Harvard M.B.A.; became publisher at age 27. Purchased Mission West real estate investment trust in 1997. Thoughts on the rp: 23:117. ; invested $460 million so far, product approval years away. Other investments: Russian meat processor, Moscow real estate. 1969. Druckenmiller (see), "broke" British pound in 1992, made $1 billion profit. Marquett Burton Tech Executive Published Feb 5, 2018 . Outdoorsman chairs the Nature Conservancy. Once clearly defined, Fidelity stakes amongst Johnson family members are now one of the best-kept secrets in capitalism. 1962. Now looking for oil in harsh waters of maritime Canada. Today more than one million people use it as primary or secondary source of income. Wall Street giant manages $90 billion across private equity, real estate, corporate debt, hedge fund operations. Also supports entrepreneurship through Dayton business center Aileron, single mothers through Dayton-area program The Glen. Courtesy of Renaissance Technologies Corp. 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Sold real estate investment trust Equity Office Properties to Stephen Schwarzman's (see) Blackstone Group for $39 billion cash in February. WSJ adds class to News mass: New York Post, Fox film, broadcast and cable channels. Sports enthusiast owns pro basketball's Detroit Pistons, WNBA's Detroit Shock, hockey's Tampa Bay Lightning. Founded hardware store chain Menard's 1972; expanded, undercut competition pennies at a time. McDonald's Fortune down 53% since 2000 (back then: $36 billion). Lear Victor now chairman. Institute. Whether you are the leader responsible for promotions or the person recommended for a promotion, this is worth thinking about. Reinvested in chemicals, metals. Took over 1969; expanded into real estate, banking, derivatives. Home Depot In Solscan, if you look at TVL (total value locked), it looks like the pool was at $2k for a couple of days before collapsing to 0. "Si" heads magazines via Cond Nast (New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue). Renaming company Icahn Enterprises; shares up 140% over past 12 months. Inicio; Servicios. Nation's most beloved investor is $6 billion richer this year despite handing over $2.1 billion in revenues exceeded $35 billion last year; 6.5 million items delivered daily. Took over Stryker Corp. after Lee Stryker died in a plane crash 1976. , spent time in product management, personnel; ran manufacturing section and surgical instruments division. Pushes patience: "Great things in this business don't happen overnight." High school sports star owner of pro hockey's Colorado Avalanche, basketball's Denver Nuggets. Auto mechanic's son dropped out of law school to sell cars in 1950, owned 1st dealership by age 25. Reward and punishment occur during life. Eddie Jr. forced to exchange team with sister Denise DeBartolo York for large stake in Now buying up auto parts companies. Attended Lehigh U.; worked for aluminum company Frequent panelist on Sunday morning chatfest The McLaughlin Group. 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. Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). (No Ratings Yet) Holds more than 30 patents with other inventors. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. 1980s. Procter & Gamble Luxottica Company relocated to $700 million, 46-story "green" tower last year. Today Kaiser-Francis produces 12 million barrels of oil and natural gas equivalents annually. Sold to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion. Hired as fishing-boat captain by former NYSE board member Walter Frank; Wall Street veteran encouraged him to go to Columbia business school. Liberty Media Has donated more than $100 million to Stanford U.; gave $65 million to National Air & Space Museum. Sallie Mae owns more than half the hotel rooms on Las Vegas Strip; shares up 140% in past 12 months. Coca-Cola Yale grad also breeds Morgan show horses. Silicon Valley office space houses Apple, Microsoft. Assets under management: $1.5 trillion. Gives staff stock options anyway. Grandchild of Homer Stryker (d. 1980), surgeon who invented mobile hospital bed, founded medical supply company Stryker Corp. Today portfolio includes Chicago's Four Seasons Hotel, MGM Tower in Los Angeles. Joined union local as a box boy at age 13. Constructing a $260 million float glass plant in Ryazan, Russia. The 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. Sold flowers on Los Angeles street corners. Global Good Fund Fellow for $17.1 billion with Texas Pacific Group. With wife, Tashia, gave $50 million to alma mater U. of Wisconsin to fund bioscience research last year. Equity Residential Google Investment geek uses complex algorithms to capitalize on tiny anomalies in the stock market. Hilton Hotels Dropped out of Harvard Ph.D. program to drive New York City taxi. Leads W.M. Born in Budapest, family survived Nazi occupation of Hungary. "It soothes the soul to help people.". Today Entrepreneurial duo opened drive-in diner after stints in the Army. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Earned electrical engineering degree from Princeton and Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley. 417-883-7417 | 4.71 avg rating 51 ratings 2 editions. This year agreed to pay $25 billion for student loans firm Sprint Nextel Donated $400 million to South Dakota Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Services in February; gift expected to focus primarily on pediatrics. Scored big with simple philosophy: "Buy term and invest the difference." His original $270 million bet paid back more than 3-fold; made $970 million including fees. Son of wealthy Egyptian cotton farmer earned Harvard M.B.A. before founding Fayez Sarofim & Co. investment bank 1958. Initially financed by Stanford endowment, angel investors K. Ram Shriram (see), Andy von Bechtolsheim. Citigroup now one of world's largest financial services companies. Brooklyn-born son of a bricklayer made big bet on 9 West 57th Street, today one of New York City's best commercial addresses; building is home to several high profile hedge funds, commands rents of more than $200 a foot. Owns stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Assets under management exceed $16 billion. Inherited half of his $4 billion estate; Annenberg Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art got the rest. Built portfolio erecting campuses for tech titans Apple and Now polishing 3-D digital cinema technology. Wharton grad left father's buyout business in his 30s; bought $1.9 million stake in jewelry distributor Cohen-Hatfield 1978. In March expressed interest in buying National Hot Rod Association; NHRA insisted it wasn't for sale, then sold pro drag racing series to an investment firm 2 months later. Walter's father, Moses, started Triangle Publications; Walter inherited it at age 32, added magazines (Seventeen, TV Guide). Settled for $1 billion. If he says 'that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard,' then we make a more modest investment.". Also owns 453-foot Rising Sun; building a smaller leisure boat because megayacht is hard to park. Staple on Republican giving circuit has donated $500 million to charity in past 2 years. Last year came allegations he used illicit drugs and prostitutes to lure customers, in lawsuit filed in L.A. County, Calif. court by ex-bodyguard over back pay, recalling a 2002 suit threatened by a contractor who alleged he built secret lairs at Nicholas home in Newport Beach and cited his "manic obsession with prostitutes" and "addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy." Winning strategy: use junk bonds to buy underperforming companies, rework balance sheets, sell for profit. Studied real estate finance at Michigan State; spent 20s learning buyout business alongside older brother Alec (see) at Gores Technology Group. Nifty turnabout: sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, then bought it back for only $450 million 3 years later. Father, William Ziff Jr. (d. 2006), built Ziff-Davis publishing empire (PC Magazine, Car & Driver, Boating). Sales: $520 million. Harvard M.B.A. 1973. Founder and Executive: 2014: Sep 2020: Related Hubs. Rebuilt fortune after 1990s real estate collapse via private equity firm Walton Street Capital. Today Charles lords over nation's largest privately held company: chemicals, pipelines, ranching, commodities trading, lumber, paper; also refining operations in Alaska, Texas and Minnesota. He has a breadth of experience, spanning non-profit, government and private industry. Bought by Tell-all account of prison experience, Threshold Resistance, was released this April. Harvard Law 1947; joined father's theater business, now National Amusements, 1954. General Motors 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. Dropped out of U. of Kentucky to follow passion; flew Pan Am planes for 10 years. Payroll rep found niche supplying financial services to small businesses. Clear Channel Enrolled, then dropped out of Cal State Long Beach. Opened to outside investors 2003. Flew surplus Air Force planes across Atlantic after war before building charter flights company Trans International Airlines; sold for $104 million profit 1966. Prefer complex deals others shy away from. Recently purchased a $145 million stake in Jack Nicklaus' golf course and equipment design company. Found way to Harvard Business School. 1962. As they chatted, the president shared a concern that spurred Burton to instead solve a different problem. Footing most of the bill for new $800 million Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Came out of retirement to revive HCA during fraud investigation. "Abby" studied art history at Hobart & William Smith Colleges; then earned Harvard M.B.A. Expanded into Yellowstone Club World; today memberships start at $1.5 million. Became a naval officer during World War II; studied for CPA exam in spare time. Later built cell phone outfit Metro Mobile, sold to Bell Atlantic for $2.5 billion 1991. Dartmouth grad earned law degree from Southern Methodist U. Founded money management and hedge fund outfit Bridgewater Associates 1975; investment firm claims 13% annual returns after fees. Tumbles out of The Forbes 400 Top 10 this year. Beanie Babies hit shelves 1993; created collecting craze. for an astounding $58 billion 3 years later5 times the old price even though he had only increased firm's subscriber base 30% to 5.5 million homes. Today there are 28,198 Subway shops in 86 countries; much of company's success can be attributed to infamous Jared commercials claiming formerly obese airline worker lost 245 pounds eating only Subway sandwiches. His creation sells a million units in 10 weeks at $600; instant $200 price cut riles disciples. Took control of oil firm Sibneft 1995; sold stake to Russian state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom for $13.1 billion a decade later. Entertainment companies lost family billions; Edgar Jr. now runs in record lease in New York's Trump Tower; Trump Chicago hotel opens December. Also runs hefty fertilizer operation, owns stake in semiconductor outfit Microcon Technology. Took public 3 years later. Raising cash for a new futures-oriented fund that will go live in October. Victor earned engineering degrees from MIT; Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. Son, Andrew, began working for dad "as soon as I could drive"; now chairman and chief executive. Also stake in for record $11.5 million in May; manly mob drama stars Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg. Today owns, manages 22 companies with combined sales exceeding $8 billion. Turned small trash-hauling operation into waste-management titan WMX. Estimated sales: $90 billion. With family controls Fidelity Investments, America's largest mutual fund company. 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. In 2017 The Johns Hopkins University graduation, Burton was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of The Johns Hopkins University[3]. Paid $135 million for 1907 Klimt portrait last year, one of the largest sums ever paid for a painting. Later studied Islamic law in Cairo; speaks several languages. Focused on new developments near area's Dulles airport and Tysons II. Donated $1 million to cancer research last year. "Democracy is a hell of a lot more than elections." Severance: $8,450. Raised another $25 million from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital in 1999. Staunch Democrat credits his politics to modest upbringing: "I still have fond memories of what FDR did for us.". Now owns casinos in Atlantic City, Gulf states and Europe, plus luxury hotels and apartment buildings. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Marquett Davon Burton. American Airlines Marquett Burton embodies the high-value life. , Third generation still owns about half the company; all on board but not involved in day-to-day management. LEGAL INNOVATION | Tu Agente Digitalizador; LEGAL3 | Gestin Definitiva de Despachos; LEGAL GOV | Gestin Avanzada Sector Pblico Said to have paid $27 million for an apartment on Fifth Avenue last year. Left Microsoft in 1983 to fight Hodgkin's disease. Leonard took company public 1995; son William now chief executive. Claimed average annual return: 40%. Convinced by investor Frank Meyer to move to Chicago; founded Citadel Investment Group 1990 with Meyer's money. Became money man for George Soros (see) 1988; famously orchestrated his boss' billion-dollar raid on the British pound in 1992 with timely short position. I just needed a place to put all the money I was making." Teamed up with cousin George Roberts (see) and fellow , Amazon, Netscape. Combined sales toys, other merchandise even richer: $13.5 billion. Lifetime charitable donations approaching $1 billion. Rough spot last year: took Refco public via his Thomas H. Lee Partners. Last fall began producing The Rachael Ray Show; Food Network sweetheart's gabfest already garners 2.3 million viewers a week. This page has been accessed 19,329 times. Parted ways with head coach Bill Parcells last year. Wildcatter made fortune in north Texas gas fields; sold ground to Son of Russian immigrants grew up in the Bronx. Stanford grad opened doors to eponymous discount brokerage firm in 1971. Has given more than $1.5 billion to charity, including gifts to the United Nations Foundation, Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Turner Foundation. Won back his Advanced Bionics from Burton opened offices in Chicago, Petoskey, South Korea, Puerto Rico[8], Cincinnati, Springfield, St. Louis, and Erie.[9]. Academy of Hair Designs Linda Daugherty, Chair of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerces Small Business Council, shares tips to 417-lander Seth Harrell has a masters degree in a unique field: foresight. Also arenas: Co-owns controlling stake of Israel's Bezeq Israeli Telecom. Earned M.B.A., joined father's insurance firm. Google is "it girl" now. Public 2004; shares down 45% since early 2006. Bancroft family (and Dow Jones execs) succumbed after flirting with 21 other possible suitors; there were no takers. . Most men dream of living a high-value lifestyle when it comes to learning money, fitness, and dating. Anne inherited family's land, earnings, oilfields upon death of her mother 1980. Supports Jewish causes with wife, Abigail, and Wexner Foundation. Alice: raises horses, founded American art museum in Bentonville. Bought pro football's Dallas Cowboys in 1989 for $150 million; team worth $1.2 billion today. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. Bought Roy Disney's (see) Cessna 206, then created airline to haul gamblers from New England to Atlantic City. in 2001 for $3.5 billion. Marquett L Burton, Age 35. Selling shares in Och-Ziff hedge fund in company's impending public offering; will remain passive investors, have no voting control over firm's operations. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. Private investment arm, Shamrock Holdings, invests in hotels, entertainment, Israeli insurance companies. Sold Sorenson Research medical business to ), fiber optics (Qwest), movie theaters (Regal Cinemas), ranches. Owns pro hockey's Boston Bruins; became NHL chairman in June. "American economic security is at risk without better public education.". With wife, donated $16 million for a new stem-cell lab at UCSF. , Shell; added Terasen for $5.6 billion 2005. Sales: $5 billion. Boston Scientific Pledged $100 million living endowment to Rockefeller University in 2005. Focused on developing office and residential properties in New York City. Estimated sales: $7 billion. Paid off debt early, built Taylor Corp. on invitations, stationery, books. Spouses stop bickering. "Mouth of the South" getting richer with real estate, food. He earned a master's degree from The John Hopkins University while teaching full time in one of Baltimores worst public schools. Now focusing on higher end of market; selling cast-iron bathtubs, $3,000 sinks. Viacom from fast-food container supplier into nation's largest private chemical company via acquisitions. Marquett Burton Tech Executive Published Dec 8, 2017 + Follow Can you name a famous Black tech entrepreneur? Funds environmental, educational, medical causes. Sold $1.5 billion worth of Qwest shares in forward sales in past year. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Son of a barber earned childhood cash selling popcorn in Minnesota. Sister, Eleanor, involved with children's charities. Last year donated $11 million electronics plant to the late Jerry Falwell; Liberty U. founder converted building into new law school and church. Acquired one-third of massive Madden Deep natural gas field in Wyoming 1972; field grosses at least $2 million a day. Founded White Fields home for troubled boys in Oklahoma. Sold domestic rights for indie flick We Own the Night to With brother Seymour (d. 2001), took over business. How do you become a pimp in todays marketplace 25:428. Gave $20 million to UC, Irvine's law school in August. Oklahoma company now 4th-largest natural gas producer in U.S. Diversified: venture capital, hedge funds, commodities trading. In May Liberty swapped 68.5 million shares it held in Time Warner in exchange for that company's pro baseball Atlanta Braves, craft magazines and $960 million cash. Vied with Warren Buffett (see) over girls in high school; 2 became lifelong friends. Today owns 7 office buildings in Manhattan; 1-million-square-foot office tower in downtown undergoing extensive renovations. 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