Internal rate of return from 1985 to 2003: 43% a year. With partners sold off 100 hotels to billionaire media mogul Robert Johnson for $1.7 billion last summer. Paid off debt early, built Taylor Corp. on invitations, stationery, books. It can be set to a range of one foot to 150 meters. 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. Made second fortune in videogames. Father Edward III (see) joined company as an analyst in 1957, president 15 years later. 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. He was raised in Pasadena. Following his bachelors, Marquett joined Teach For Americas Baltimore corp. Fremont General Now invests via Granite Associates: hedge funds, real estate, private equity, Time Warner stock. Bought Enron pipeline business with college chum William Morgan. Sold houses as a student at Santa Clara U. Family escaped Soviet Union after revolution, settled in Iran. Bought Georgia-Pacific for $21 billion in 2005. If he says 'that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard,' then we make a more modest investment.". Transformed from Hollywood mogul to Internet maven in past decade. In a few years, he will reach a new level of popularity and will get several accolades. Donates to doctors looking for cures for prostate and breast cancers, melanoma, Alzheimer's, diabetes, leukemia, AIDS. Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). Sold 5 Times Square office tower for $1.3 billion last November. Public 1996; sold 3 years later to Hughes/DirecTV for $1.3 billion. "We do not grow larger by making others smaller." -MDB. Became president, chief executive a decade later; bought company 1982. Son, Andrew, began working for dad "as soon as I could drive"; now chairman and chief executive. 2 spot in U.S. sneaker market. Donates to educational, cultural institutions. Phone Number: (951) 654- OJSL. Less than two years after launching Fried Design Company, Josh Sullivan was ready for his next business. Took public 3 years later. Scored big with simple philosophy: "Buy term and invest the difference." Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. Johns Hopkins. Added pacemakers, syringes, ultrasound, penile grafts; now company is the world's largest privately held medical device manufacturer. Sales: $10.5 billion, net margins 30%. Expanded oil industry in U.S.S.R. 1930s; returned home before World War II. Donates 5% of pretax earnings to charitable causes. I just needed a place to put all the money I was making." Says he won't run for President. Silicon Valley office space houses Apple, Microsoft. Parents handed control of companyand nearly half of their stockto Robert and brothers John and William (see both) 2004; shares down 15% since. in August 2005 (TripAdvisor, Hotels.com, Hotwire). Former Marine commands real estate empire via Majestic Realty: owns more than 73 million square feet of commercial property from Los Angeles to Atlanta. Assets under management: $96 billion. Founders stepped down from daily management 2004. Owner of pro hockey's Buffalo Sabres; divorced third wife, Heather, earlier this year. Environmentalist Sam sent kids to alma mater, Cornell, before joining family business. Headed the Federal Reserve Dolby now industry standard for movies, stereos. Nicholas is tech's bad boyall 6 feet 6 inches of him. Reinvests profits in Nextel satellite networkthen it all collapses in telecom crash of 2000. Carnival (All in the Family), formed Embassy Communications; sold programming interests to Coca-Cola for $485 million 1985. Son, Ross Jr., runs Dallas real estate firm Hillwood. U. of Michigan dropout made first fortune in shopping malls. Gave $100 million to alma mater Tufts in 2005. Focused on new developments near area's Dulles airport and Tysons II. Founded Kohlberg & Co. 1987. Plan to pass control of empire to Jay's son Tom (see), cousin Nick (see) and niece Penny (see) collapsed in 2001; family agreed to split empire 11 ways, drawing lawsuit by Robert's 2 youngest children, Matthew and Liesel. colleague Jerome Kohlberg (see) to form leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts 1976. Tata Consultancy Services 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. in favor of organic foods, wine and cheese, in-store cafes. Has donated more than $100 million to Stanford U.; gave $65 million to National Air & Space Museum. Still plays large role in strategy. Took over 1969; expanded into real estate, banking, derivatives. Opened first Little Caesars pizza joint in 1959 after injury ended career; 40 stores by 1967. for $1.4 billion; couple got $375 million. Has spent $250 million building Thoroughbred breeding operation; owns 3 Kentucky farms. Campbell Soup Center in L.A., the O2 (formerly Millennium Dome) in London. The Black Box. Oversize chicken sandwiches became trademark. Google ), fiber optics (Qwest), movie theaters (Regal Cinemas), ranches. Required fields are marked *. for $1.6 billion 2005. Norman, now 53, quit 1991 as Dell (see) direct-mail biz forced Gateway job cuts, store closings; fell off The Forbes 400. Bass Enterprises Production Co. pumps an estimated 8 million barrels of oil and gas a year. Expanded into gambling: opened $380 million casino resort in French Lick, Ind. Founded Asylum Records 1970, then Geffen Records. Sales: $345 billion. Often buys distressed operations in poor neighborhoods to pay low prices, avoid bidding wars. Operations now controlled through holding company United National Corp. Robert Jr. studied at Williams College, M.B.A. from U. of Rochester. Owns stake in money management firm Fremont Group. Owns a Batmobile from Batman Returns. Lear (financial services). Investor in education outfit Knowledge Universe; company sold stake earlier this year to diversify ownership. Food-court pioneer opened first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta 1967. Rose to store manager, eventually vice president of Stater Bros.' parent, Petrolane. Formed Sorted potatoes, raised hogs, saved up to buy first potato field; became millionaire by 30. He reportedly signed a to a standard NBA contract with Oklahoma City Thunders. He's one of a handful of beta testers who was trying out the new WiNot internet service, debuting city-wide next month (Sept. 14th) in New York. Pioneered big-box-store concept: stacked inventory on sales floor, let customers touch merchandise. Spends majority of time on philanthropy. Schwarzman and Peterson cofounded Kept blunt, fearsome style intact. Other investments: NIBC (Netherlands bank), Silicon Graphics Recently smacked by stagnating Miami market; estimated 2007 sales down 33% from last year to $2 billion. EMC Managing $1 million of family's, friend's money by senior year. Today operates 38,000 miles of pipeline, more than 150 terminals. Founded Renaissance Technologies 1982. 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. Today owns 7 office buildings in Manhattan; 1-million-square-foot office tower in downtown undergoing extensive renovations. Combined sales toys, other merchandise even richer: $13.5 billion. Expected philanthropic gifts to reach $400 million this year. "Get to work positively impacting those within your reach ." -MDB. Federal court in 2006 said EchoStar violated rules by providing 900,000 subscribers with broadcast channels from outside their local markets; under appeal. Other investments: Taubman Centers Winning strategy: use junk bonds to buy underperforming companies, rework balance sheets, sell for profit. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. Stockbroker's son partnered with frat brother to start cable company 1963. Johnson & Johnson Led $700 million leveraged buyout of Duane Reade drugstore chain 2003. Bought channel for $550 million in 1992 with Latin American partners; sold in March to a Haim Saban (see) group for $13.7 billion. Collects wine and maps. Pardoned by President Clinton 2001. Sold for $1.4 billion in 1994, retired to Florida. Flies coach on company time; fly fisherman. earlier this year. Made fat fortune helping others get thin; sold to Campbell soup accountant took general manager post at 5-employee pet food firm Iams 1970. Also hotels: Manhattan's tony Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand. Last year Perot Systems opened a technology center in Mexico, uses offshore labor in 20 countries. Public 1997; dominated market with Niaspan, which raises good cholesterol. Fights childhood poverty through George Kaiser Family Foundation; pledged $60 million to redevelop a blighted community alongside a 42-mile stretch of Arkansas River. Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Kohler Co. Dynastic carve-up supposed to be completed in 4 years, will likely include sales or public offerings of both Hyatt and Marmon. 1962. Sold billboard division to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million 1998. Dartmouth grad earned law degree from Southern Methodist U. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Son Dick spent $30 million on failed Michigan gubernatorial bid last fall; took heat for laying off workers in job-strapped Michigan while Amway expanded in China during the 1990s. salesman. Delusions of Tinseltown grandeur: invests in film firms Crescent Drive Pictures, 360 Pictures; executive producer of starlet Lawyer's son parked cars at racetrack in Monmouth, N.J. Summer job on Wall Street. Is entrepreneurship necessary for financial freedom 6:474. DuPont Poultry executives approached Cathy with discounts on leftover chicken breasts too big for Delta meal trays. Won't this guy ever go public? Fourth-generation head of engineering behemoth Bechtel Group; company built Hoover Dam, Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Channel Tunnel. Electronic Data Systems He was later recruited to Everfi, a leading technology company in the education industry. Still yearning to win yachting's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup. David: former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank. Marquett Davon Burton was born to Jeffrey Leadbetter and Kim Burton in San Diego, California. He was raised in Pasadena. Blackstone Group Best known for famed $25 billion RJR Nabisco buyout 1989. Founded money management and hedge fund outfit Bridgewater Associates 1975; investment firm claims 13% annual returns after fees. Earned M.B.A. from Illinois Institute of Technology, became early authority on convertible securities; launched investment outfit that eventually became With brother Samuel Newhourse Jr. (see) took over after father's death in 1979; expanded, diversified. ============================================================TIME STAMPS:1.Who is Marquett Davon Burton 2:002. Last year, he was selected as an emerging fellow by the After a decade with SRC Holdings Corp., Darin Bridges is now president of management consultant company The Great Game of Business. New rival to business network CNBC debuts Oct. 15. Oracle titan reshaping the software industry via acquisition; has purchased 19 firms for $12 billion since the beginning of last year. As per his personal life, the hunk is possibly single and unmarried. Working on 3 videogames for Now other builders pay him millions to license "Trump" brand. Email Address: m GWCP @earthlink.net +1 email. Family shares of BofA now worth $2.6 billion. Constructing new lumberyards across the Sunbelt. Sales: $10.7 billion. , Sam's Club stores. Built brand on groundbreaking loudspeaker design. Sales: $5 billion. After bosses at San Jose State U. turned down proposal for his adult education program, John, humanities professor with Ph.D. from Cambridge, left to start for-profit University of Phoenix 1976. Today Carlson Cos. own hotels (Radisson, Country Inns & Suites), restaurants (T.G.I. Public 1979. Donald oversees weakening newspaper division (Cleveland Plain Dealer, Newark Star-Ledger). With brother William heads Li & Fung, global outsourcing firm that supplies clothes and accessories to retailers such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Earlier this year rumored to be interested in buying the New York Times Co. Unrest: university presidents demanding changes to U.S. News' famed college rankings. Estimated sales: $7 billion. Bill attended MIT. Semel quit under fire this year. in 1979, Took public 7 years later. Fund up 150% in 2003; believed to have averaged 30% returns net of fees since inception. Shuns the billionaire lifestyle. Druckenmiller (see), "broke" British pound in 1992, made $1 billion profit. Went public 1997; shares up 63% in past 12 months. Third generation still owns about half the company; all on board but not involved in day-to-day management. Sold flowers on Los Angeles street corners. Active philanthropist hung up his toolbelt 2002; donated $250 million in 2001 to fund world's largest aquarium, in Atlanta. Created School Choice Scholarships Foundation; nonprofit pays high school tuition for needy kids. With Staples , Cerent, Corvis. Avoided tech bust by selling dot-com stocks early, bet on companies with predictable earnings. Rapidly consolidated cable franchises. Parents Donald and Doris founded music-and-jeans store the Gap in San Francisco 1969; opened 6 new stores in first year. Company now peddles 27 brands, including Clinique, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, La Mer. worth $2.3 billion. Remains chairman; wife, Anne, is executive vice president. Father reduced his ownership in 1995; Abby inherited a 24% stake. New novel by "FakeSteve" (a FORBES writer) depicts him as narcissistic jerk. Took public 30 years later; family still holds 45% of stock. Original office: 2 folding chairs and a card table. Became a naval officer during World War II; studied for CPA exam in spare time. Plummeted in tech bust but up 185% from $11 low in 2001. U.S. Bancorp Wharton grad made plastic egg cartons during 1960s before buying a styrene plant 1970. Stock price slipped slightly last fall after Bank of America offered free online stock trades. Earned M.B.A. from U. of Michigan; founded info-tech outsourcing firm Syntel with wife, Neerja Sethi, while in school. Last year bought 147,000-acre Hamilton Tree Farm in Washington State out of bankruptcy. Funds environmental, educational, medical causes. Went to work for Michael Marcus at Commodities Corp. But I won't be here." Now they get him in trouble. "Yes, I'm single. Acquired Sun Life Insurance (later renamed SunAmerica) in 1971. Yachtsman spends time cruising on his 226-foot yacht, Attessa; ship sports a helipad, movie theater, gym, two 2,000hp diesel engines. Today classic designs span men's and women's clothing, luggage, house paint, furniture, fragrances; new line Rugby now experimenting with "punk meets preppy" for younger generations. Son Howard oversees real estate and banking operations. U. of Chicago grad personally purchased Fast Company and Inc. magazines from Gruner & Jahr for $35 million 2 years ago. Donates money to hometown of Beloit, Wis. in effort to help improve city's economic infrastructure, bring in new jobs. , Bought pro baseball's Texas Rangers from group including George W. Bush 1998. Highly religious: keeps stores closed on Sundays, plays contemporary Christian music in background. . ; stock up 70% since public offering September 2006. Sales now $13 billion. "Otherwise you get into these small companies that eat up all your time and don't go anywhere.". Plans to house vast ivory collection in famed Duke-Seamans Mansion next year. . Donated $100 million to alma mater to create the Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy. Father, Stephen (see), became company president 1960, chairman 1973; Riley now chairman, chief executive. Lost No. Liberty Media The Oprah Winfrey Show launched nationally 1986; currently airs in 135 countries, drawing 46 million viewers a week in the U.S. Also launched showboating shrink Dr. Phil; a producer of the musical version of The Color Purple on Broadway. Beetle enthusiast has one of largest collections in world: 160,000 specimens. Marine in Vietnam, then worked as crop-dusting pilot. 's iPod, the Zune, not yet a hit. Station Casinos 5 years later. , One of 4 sons of Fred Koch, MIT grad who invented method of refining gasoline from heavy oil. U. of Texas dropout sorted mail at famed William Morris Agency. Ross & Co. in 2000. Son Michael charged with stealing $3,000 worth of fishing equipment in Connecticut last summer. Owns 40% stake in photo-sharing site Sales: $16 billion. Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. Today portfolio includes Chicago's Four Seasons Hotel, MGM Tower in Los Angeles. 1962. Current Address:QQLD Rexmere Rd, Baltimore, MD. Net Worth: $59.0 billion Harvard dropout and Microsoft visionary preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in company he cofounded 32 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic. But U.S. Army servicemen loved GPS during Gulf war (though Garmin never had a military contract), and now in Iraq. Sold just under 10% stake to Chinese government weeks before the offering. Met partner Jerry Yang (see) as Stanford grad student, veered off Ph.D. path to form new portal; took Yahoo public 1996. Pledged $400 million to alma mater in April; 4th-largest gift ever to an educational institution. Oxford grad, started with one paper, inherited at age 23. Greek culture enthusiast supports medical and nutrition research at Tufts U. Manhattan-born Wharton grad joined father's cosmetics and hair care products company 1958. Extending ad business into TV, cell phones, various online venues; bought Web video portal YouTube for $1.65 billion last year; recently partnered with EchoStar, LG Electronics, Salesforce.com. Battling HP for China market. Sold Mirage Resorts to Kirk Kerkorian (see) for $6.4 billion in 2000. Brin emigrated from Russia, Page grew up in Michigan; both sons of professors. Hero of hardware cofounded Home Depot 1978; do-it-yourself giant fired chief executive Robert Nardelli in January amid concerns over stagnant stock price. Father, Joseph, ran pharmacy in Brooklyn. He began his teaching career at Booker T. Washington Middle School where he taught 6th . Also fights poverty, AIDS in Africa. Gets Tinseltown takedown when he tries to muscle Hollywood as he did music biz; NBC Universal pulls shows from iTunes. Cashed out before all of them tumbled in bubble-burst. Marquett continued on to complete his bachelor's in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Told FORBES in February that the Bancrofts wouldn't sell for "5, 10, 20 years. Took public 2004; personally netted $275 million. with Edward Linde 1970, took public 1997. Craig, at age 19, finds father dead of a heart attack, watches as dad's partners try to grab family business. Bulking up nongrocery unit to compete with Wal-Mart Supercenters; in October introduced program allowing customers to purchase any of 500 generic drugs for $5. Davis foresaw rise of athletic shoe popularity, bought company on day of Boston Marathon 1972. With venture capital and family money launched Federal Express 1973. Ardent Democratic benefactor for Hillary Clinton. Avid art collector recently donated 2 floors of a New York City townhouse to Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. Marquett Burton Tech Executive Published Feb 5, 2018 . George A. Miller Scholar Then Vegas: bought Sands Hotel & Casino for $128 million, demolished it to build the $1.5 billion all-suites Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the 1.2-million-square-foot Sands Convention Center. Vying for baseball's Chicago Cubs. Remains chairman emeritus. J.C. Penney Company now peddles 27 brands, including Clinique, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, La Mer. Southern Methodist U. alum donated $20 million in 1997 to build new football venue; SMU Mustangs now play at Ford Stadium. Built media empire. Bought troubled New England Patriots football franchise in 1994 for then record $172 million. Took Filo runs tech. The patriarch of cable news is no longer in the media business. Founded Ace Beverage 1956 with exclusive rights to distribute Budweiser in parts of Los Angeles. Today Grandchild of John T. Dorrance, inventor of condensed soup process. Added insurance, auto dealerships and real estate. Gift was valued at $31 billion on day of announcement; donation will far exceed that sum so long as Berkshire shares continue to rise. Left to commercialize research. Tough job: Yahoo (market cap $31.2 billion) is only one-fifth value of Google; in 2004 they were neck and neck at $52 billion apiece. revenues exceeded $35 billion last year; 6.5 million items delivered daily. Agreed to buy casino outfit Company incrementally acquired by French bank Socit Gnrale. Diversified into nondairy coffee creamer, frozen breads, cookies, cakes. For the first time since 1989 there isn't a Walton in Top 10 of The Forbes 400; Wal-Mart shares flat over past 12 months as bigger gainers passed by famously secretive children and daughter-in-law of Sam Walton (d. 1992). In no hurry to expand; says drilling rigs too expensive right now. [1], California where he tested out of high school at age 16. Bought small stake in Arkansas aviation firm. Changed the way casinos do business by enticing conventioneers to Sin City midweek, taking emphasis off gambling. , Sons manage family assets. Sold company to Leon Black's (see) private equity group Apollo Management in July for $10.6 billion after turning down lower offer from Russian-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik (see). Got start flying helicopters in Korean War, then worked at Sold to General Motors 22 years later for $2.5 billion. 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. Duo split 1981. Currently controls more than 300 retail auto dealerships and 26 collision repair centers. Marquett Davon Burton is an American technology entrepreneur. 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. 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