Shares rose 40% between July 2006 and April of this year; down 25% since. Founded Pat Ryan & Associates insurance firm 1964; sold policies directly through car dealerships. Sold to Abbott Labs for $4.2 billion last November; added $700 million to fortune. Sales: $270 million. 1986; hoped to buy firm, go public. Brother Howard runs family foundation. Early Intel investor's blue-chip stock fund continues to struggle; assets under management down 21% to $33 billion over past year. It can be set to a range of one foot to 150 meters. This year agreed to pay $25 billion for student loans firm Son of Texas wildcatter Perry Bass (d. 2006). Renamed Bloomberg LP 1987; added news service to take on Dow Jones and Reuters 3 years later. Left Washington U. to serve in Navy; became fighter pilot on U.S.S. Former Enron president left firm 1996; uncomfortable with "asset-light" strategy. 's operating income has doubled to $175 million in 2 years. Switched Mountain View, Calif. headquarters to solar power this summer; part of plan to "do no evil.". Took public 1997. Handed off day-to-day operations to sons Robert and Jonathan; Robert recently stepped down as chief investment officer. Member of Skull & Bones at Yale; took summer job at Goldman Sachs. Company relocated to $700 million, 46-story "green" tower last year. Lohan's latest flick, I Know Who Killed Me. In 2018, Burton was honored at the Global Good Funds annual gala for his work and efforts impacting global education. Food-court pioneer opened first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta 1967. Zealous chief navigates Microsoft's midlife crisis. Owns art collection worth $1 billion. Shares soared 145% in past year. Opened to outside investors 2003. Former This year exchanged $400 million worth of shares back to Chevron for cash plus oil and gas prospects to be developed. Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. Today 95% of firm's $4 billion sales comes from professional contractors. Harvard M.B.A. 1973. Now owns 12 million square feet of office space in New York, developing 2 new office buildings in Midtown. Nephew of entertainment pioneer Walt Disney started as a film editor. He also created the Healthy Minds & Bodies program, providing students with a daily workout to improve their health. So what: shares up 260% since public offering. Pioneered the exclusive selling of term life insurance, sent swarms of sales "termites" out to attack rivals' market share. Microsoft cofounder may be one of most hopeful tech investors ever. At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Staple on Republican giving circuit has donated $500 million to charity in past 2 years. . Plans to sell his 68% stake one day ( Founded Industrial Light & Magic special-effects shop in 1975; now handles trickery for myriad blockbusters (Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean). Today nation's second-largest REIT owns 200 million square feet across 194 malls and planned communities in 44 states; shares up 17% in past 12 months. Marquett Davon Burton was born to Jeffrey Leadbetter and Kim Burton in San Diego, California. Revenue: $3.7 billion, up 185% since 1995. Today invests via Pilot House Associates; owns $200 million stake in Energy Transfer Equity. Former salesman for Oracle left 1990 after chief Larry Ellison (see) ditched plans to bring Siebel's sales-tracking software to market. Silicon Graphics We wouldnt have been in the room with any of those players unless the efactory facilitated it, Burton says. German immigrant studied at Columbia U.; started with television stations. French-born computer programmer launched online auction Ebay in 1995. 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. Owns 40% stake in photo-sharing site As of 2021, Afrojack's net worth is estimated to be $60 million. In no hurry to expand; says drilling rigs too expensive right now. Footing most of the bill for new $800 million Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Sold company for undisclosed amount to Citigroup in September. (No Ratings Yet) Spouses stop bickering. Bidding for rights to run Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga racetracks. Eviscerated in 1990 real estate crash; stayed flamboyant, embraced reality TV. Firm's $1.4 billion investment arm has dumped $350 million into China; funding $100 million venture capital fund in Korea, $150 million fund in eastern Europe. U.S. Former high school football coach started selling life insurance 1967 to supplement income. Truth: he bought a herd of 6666-branded cattle 1875, then struck oil 1912. Netted $125 million after paying $6-per-share dividend last year; shares up 32% this year. 's iPod, the Zune, not yet a hit. Bequeathed another $225 million to Rockefeller Brothers Fund last summer. Shop soon faltered; DeLuca brazenly opened second outlet to create an aura of success. Bancroft family (and Dow Jones execs) succumbed after flirting with 21 other possible suitors; there were no takers. Bearded baron of Chicago real estate now writing headlines. Took public 30 years later; family still holds 45% of stock. Wal-Mart Uncle Samuel Slover arrived in Virginia 1900. Started trading soybeans; turned $3,000 he borrowed on his credit card into $45,000. Cable pioneer founded network that became Home Box Office; traded channel with the old Time Inc. for a cable company with 1,500 Long Island customers 1973. Sold land at busy intersections to oil companies to set up gas stations. Team now worth $1.2 billion. Blockbuster Took over Key Pharmaceuticals with partner Michael Jaharis (see), created new delivery systems for old drugs. Inherited 60% of privately held company when dad died 2006. Herb came aboard 1962. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Bloomberg sales: $4.7 billion. Now building expansion Encore. What made you get into business and the kind your in? Concerns: sustainable development, higher education, medical research. Nanogenarian still drives himself to work each morning. Childs. Entrepreneurial duo opened drive-in diner after stints in the Army. Yale economics student wrote senior thesis on what would become Federal Express. Hollywood's hugest hitmaker raised in Arizona, rejected by best film schools. Nicholas unexpectedly quit as CEO in 2003. Helped fund cash kings of The Forbes 400: Ted Turner, Carl Icahn, Ronald Perelman, Henry Kravis. Democratic donor supporting Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. Later spent days managing TG&Y discount store, nights making wooden frames in garage with wife. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. Played hockey for UCLA, started out earning $14 a week working nights at an aircraft factory. Estimated sales: $7 billion. Boat was originally purchased from Paul Allen (see). Today Sobrato Development owns and manages 100 buildings in Silicon Valley, 8.5 million square feet of commercial space, 8,500 residential units; another 400 acres ready for development. Pardoned by President Clinton 2001. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. Took refining innovation to Soviet Union 1929; returned home 1930s, became fervently anticommunist. In March sold 50.5% controlling stake in German broadcaster Group sold minority interest to Japanese investment firm Nomura for $890 million last December; has also earned more than $100 million in net cash payouts since 2005. Involved in Middle East diplomacy since 1988. Number of Past Jobs 1. Runs specialty insurance outfit C.V. Starr; firm hired public relations company Esapience to rebuild his reputation; P.R. Patron of Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha: "People like warm, fuzzy things.". "Investing is a lot like flying. Sid: known to invest with brother Lee (see); billions of dollars held in Cayman Islands investment accounts. Launched XM Radio channel Oprah and Friends last September. Electronic Data Systems Claimed average annual return: 40%. Still owns large stakes in Son Paul runs company. In 2019, Burton co-developed MyKee, a GPS and bluetooth based real-time location technology with Seth Kitchen[11]. Built string of car lots across native Texas before founding radio station giant Used proceeds to buy pro basketball's Dallas Mavericks from Ross Perot (see) in 2000 for $285 million; team has been to playoffs every season since. Settled for $1 billion. Thoughts on the rp: 23:117. Still yearning to win yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup. Brin emigrated from Russia, Page grew up in Michigan; both sons of professors. Son, Robert, now in charge. Tax-efficient philanthropy: donates buildings, office parks to foundations to sell or use. Media to buyout firms KKR and Permira for $4 billion, over double the $1.7 billion he and partners had paid for it in 2003. Bear Stearns Purchased New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million in 1973; franchise now worth $1.2 billion. Best asset: YES Network. Today owns 11 companies through 2 private equity funds, telecom outfits including SER Solutions, First Communications. Rival Guidant proposed $3 billion buyout in 2003; deal collapsed after new drug-coated stent produced dismal results. CSI: Utahhis Sorenson Forensics unit has lead to arrests in 5 cold-case murder mysteries since opening last year. Became president of company's mutual fund division 2001. Lockheed Martin He was raised in Pasadena. Bought Snapple from Quaker Oats for $300 million; sold company 3 years later to Son of Montreal tobacco and candy wholesaler studied at Harvard, then Wharton M.B.A. Cofounded Bass Enterprises Production Co. pumps an estimated 8 million barrels of oil and gas a year. Favorite piece: Jeff Koons' "Balloon Dog." Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Now runs private MFP Investors; assets under management exceed $1 billion, much of it his own money. Funds environmental, educational, medical causes. Committed $300 million to Cornell U. in June, chairman of Carnegie Hall has managed New York theater's endowment from $2.3 million in 1991 to $300 million today. Housing market may be heading down the toilet, but chrome and porcelain thrones are still making millions for third-generation chief of , Shell; added Terasen for $5.6 billion 2005. Severed ties with his buyout company after the discovery of fraud and conspiracy at the commodities brokerage. Deciphered codes for U.S. Department of Defense during Vietnam; taught math at SUNY Stonybrook after war. Gave another $70 million to convert the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota's More pipe from ConocoPhillips, Enjoys polo. . His Caxton Global Investments hedge fund has returned 25% annually net of fees since. Built riches on a marketing surprise. Leonore: Stanford grad, U.S. Chief of Protocol under Reagan. Sold houses as a student at Santa Clara U. Joined packing firm Rand-Whitney after marrying Myra Hiatt, daughter of founder. Took public 1968; sold to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway 1996. Doerr's own Google stake: $1.2 billion. Net profits in 2006: $2.3 billion. Stock up 25% over past 12 months. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities ( Graduated to real estate 1962. Studied electrical engineering at Rice U., then Harvard M.B.A. Fees as high as 5% of assets, 44% of profits. Owns ranches on 20,000 acres on Fort Worth's Barnett Shale. Owns stake in Staples Center arena with Philip Anschutz (see); also stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Active blogger philanthropic via Omidyar Network; finances small businesses in developing economies, donates to nonprofits. Sold minority stake in Hyatt to private equity firm Madrone Capital (owned by the Walton heirs) and Goldman Sachs for $1 billion in August. Widow of Al Lerner (d. 2002), who made billions in credit cards via MBNA, brought professional football back to Cleveland. Hunter stalks game on 453-acre Robins Island in Long Island's Peconic Bay. Founded J.C. Harvard M.B.A. left Bear Stearns in 1976 to start leveraged buyout firm KKR with Henry Kravis and George Roberts (see both). Founded Gores Technology Group buyout firm 1987 after selling computers out of his father's basement. Came to U.S. 1972. Today Olen Properties owns 6.4 million square feet of commercial space and 11,800 residential units in L.A., Las Vegas and Florida. The grown-up at Google uses surging stock price to buy way into Web videos (YouTube), blog-hosting (blogger.com), presentation software (Tonic Systems, Zenter). Earned M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Business lagged early 1990s; ditched frozen cheese, refurbished stores. Says Buffett: "If we ask Charlie something and he says 'no,' then we put all of our money in it. Sales: $345 billion. Biggest challenge: making the myriad applications work together for the release of Oracle Fusion in 2008. 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. Shoe baron ran track for U. of Oregon, teamed up with coach to start sneaker company 1964. Email Address: m GWCP @earthlink.net +1 email. Served in Navy during WWII. Bought by , M.B.A. from Stanford, then startups (3DO, Go Corp.), Netscape. So what: shares up 260% since public offering. Hired seasoned tech exec Eric Schmidt (see) in 2001 to run operations. What are three things a young man should focus on 1:09:4513. Now focusing on higher end of market; selling cast-iron bathtubs, $3,000 sinks. 1980s. With brother Donald Newhouse (see) took over after father's death in 1979; expanded, diversified. Duo founded oil-trading outfit Runicom early 1990s. If you are . If you look at the trades section, there's a bunch of transaction for "removing liquidity". Studied biophysics. Earned M.B.A. from Illinois Institute of Technology, became early authority on convertible securities; launched investment outfit that eventually became Bought Snapple for $135 million in 1992, sold 2 years later for $1.7 billion to Quaker Oats. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Son of a Texas cotton broker joined Navy, became 1987; expanded, sold to Viacom 7 years later for $8.4 billion. Unveiled $1.2 billion Wynn Macau casino resort last year; complex features 600 hotel rooms, 4 restaurants. Provides hospitality services to London's Wembley Stadium; venue will host first NFL game outside North America this month. Gained traction with innovative waffle sole, swoosh logo, superstar endorsements. Workaholic sign seller dropped out of U. of Nebraska to join Merchant Marine Academy. Sold parts to Founded long-distance and telecom provider Excel Communications 1988, took public 8 years later with $1.4 billion in sales. His hedge funds said to have averaged 20% net of fees annually. Clearwire Hedge fund guru grew up in Raleigh, N.C.; father worked in real estate. Norman, now 53, quit 1991 as Dell (see) direct-mail biz forced Gateway job cuts, store closings; fell off The Forbes 400. 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). Paid $80 million for Jasper Johns painting "False Start" last year. exec Ronald Garriques to lead company's global expansion, cut 10% of company's workforce, struck deals to sell desktop computers in Born in Budapest, family survived Nazi occupation of Hungary. in 1977. Unveiled $2.4 billion Venetian Macau in August; 10.5-million-square-foot mega-resort features 3,400 slots, 800 tables, 3,000 suites and a convention center. Pulled off one of the greatest corporate comebacks in history with 2005 merger of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck. 1928. Stanley Bought 3 donkeys for $75 at age 15; a week later saw an ad for pack mules selling at double the price. 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