J.C. Penney Today holding company 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. He was raised in Pasadena. Lost No. Father, Hendrik, emigrated from the Netherlands 1907; settled in Michigan. Electronic Arts Loves the vino: founded Napa Valley winery, also dubbed PlumpJack, in 1992. Brother Tom (see) runs competing Platinum Equity. The Black Box. Shaw & Co. from an apartment above a communist bookstore. Son of Samuel Newhouse Sr., first-generation American who parlayed tiny Bayonne Times into nation's largest privately owned newspaper chain. Sold jewelry operation to Sam Walton 7 years later. Tycoon cashing in on the golden age of private equity: sold 18% stake in his Apollo Management for $1.2 billion to California Public Employees' Retirement System, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in July. Prefers to buy divisions of technology firms. Served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James under Nixon. Tied the knot in February with longtime girlfriend, art consultant Gabrielle de Heinrich Sacconaghi. Enstar Group Further, Burton has an estimated net worth of over $100,000. What are three things a young man should focus on 1:09:4513. 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. Father, Edward II, founded Fidelity Management & Research Co. 1946; phenomenal stock picker. Pledged $400 million to alma mater in April; 4th-largest gift ever to an educational institution. Working to bring Summer Olympics to Chicago in 2016. Nicholas is tech's bad boyall 6 feet 6 inches of him. Paid fine for exceeding campaign contribution limits in 2001; continues to fight IRS claim he used an illegal tax shelter. Graduated from high school at 16, a doctor by age 23. 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. Israeli immigrant raised in Flint, Mich. First job at GM. Now Mickey's largest individual holder, 6.7% stake worth $4.6 billion6 times more than the value of his 0.6% bite of Apple. Wisconsin native dropped out of high school; later joined family roofing business. "I've made a life out of putting a business aspect to my innovative mind. U. of Chicago grad personally purchased Fast Company and Inc. magazines from Gruner & Jahr for $35 million 2 years ago. Now other builders pay him millions to license "Trump" brand. Eddie Jr. forced to exchange team with sister Denise DeBartolo York for large stake in Paid $135 million for 1907 Klimt portrait last year, one of the largest sums ever paid for a painting. Largest individual landholder in the U.S. owns 2 million acres in 12 states, plus some ground in Argentina. 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. Lindsay Parents developed oil and gas business. Passed on Alcoa Became Brooks Brothers clerk; left business school to design ties for Beau Brummel 1967. Paid the Rolling Stones to play his 60th birthday party in Las Vegas in 2002. You may opt-out by, Nancy R. Schiff/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. WSJ adds class to News mass: New York Post, Fox film, broadcast and cable channels. Says Buffett: "If we ask Charlie something and he says 'no,' then we put all of our money in it. Three mistakes that make them less successful 1:14:3916. Mom, Helen, passed away April; matriarch's fortune to pass to charity over next few years. Donated $60 million to San Diego's Children's Hospital 2006. Donates to doctors looking for cures for prostate and breast cancers, melanoma, Alzheimer's, diabetes, leukemia, AIDS. Working on 3 videogames for Son of Lithuanian immigrants born in the Bronx, raised in Detroit. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Opened first Little Caesars pizza joint in 1959 after injury ended career; 40 stores by 1967. Donated $1 million to cancer research last year. 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. Pals of President George W. Bush; guest at White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth earlier this year. Sold billboard division to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million 1998. Born in rural Mississippi, became TV newscaster in Nashville, Baltimore. Space cadet building base and testing center on 300,000 acres of Texas land for his Blue Origin commercial space-travel venture. Bought New Frontier Hotel and Casino, 41 acres of land on Las Vegas Strip for $165 million in 1998. Davis foresaw rise of athletic shoe popularity, bought company on day of Boston Marathon 1972. Grandchild of John T. Dorrance, inventor of condensed soup process. Long-running fraternal feud over deal settled 2001. He recruited Kesha Alexander to Copyright 2023 417 Magazine. Today its USB flash drives and flash cards grace digital cameras, MP3 players. He was later recruited to Everfi, a leading technology company in the education industry. In 2015, Marquett landed in Forbes Magazine Burton with the launch of the WiNot app, which empowered those in apartments to monetize their wifi by sharing it with their neighbors. Internal rate of return from 1985 to 2003: 43% a year. 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). At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Son of Koch Industries founder Fred C. Koch (d. 1967), MIT grad who invented method of refining gasoline from heavy oil. Now looking for oil in harsh waters of maritime Canada. Pecks out weekly blog with thoughts on leadership, BBQ sauce recipes. Hilton Hotels "Rebranded" his animals, made 200% profit. Father, William Ziff Jr. (d. 2006), built Ziff-Davis publishing empire (PC Magazine, Car & Driver, Boating). Today Cox Enterprises owns 17 newspapers, 15 TV stations, 80 radio stations, Manheim Auctions (used cars), stake in AutoTrader.com (online classifieds). Bought first patch of real estate at age 20. Yahoo Later became an executive at ABC (1960s), Paramount (1970s), thenfor Rupert Murdochcreated Fox Broadcasting Co. (1985), a then unheard-of 4th major network. Founded long-distance and telecom provider Excel Communications 1988, took public 8 years later with $1.4 billion in sales. He reportedly signed a to a standard NBA contract with Oklahoma City Thunders. Met in computer science Ph.D. program at Stanford; dropped out to start Google in 1998 from friend's garage. Rest of Seagram empire snatched up by Vivendi for $34 billion 2000. Today Specter of options backdating still hangs; SEC stops at CFO, new ex-pal Fred Andersonwho blames Jobs. 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. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Chief executive for short stint, became full-time investor 1986. "Abby" studied art history at Hobart & William Smith Colleges; then earned Harvard M.B.A. Sold just under 10% stake to Chinese government weeks before the offering. Became president of company 1978; now chairman. Last year returned 16.7% after fees (25% of profits, 3% of assets). Became one of the leading marketers of replacement joints. Enrolled, then dropped out of Cal State Long Beach. Combined sales toys, other merchandise even richer: $13.5 billion. Campbell Soup 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. New Trump Soho condo hotel development recently announced. Started Aerotek with $3,500 and furniture purchased from Goodwill; company provided engineers to aerospace industry. Owns stake in Staples Center arena with Philip Anschutz (see); also stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Founded Pat Ryan & Associates insurance firm 1964; sold policies directly through car dealerships. I feel like the Last One Documentary PREVIEW | @MarquettDavon Part 1 OF 3 Series Bought pro baseball's Texas Rangers from group including George W. Bush 1998. Founded White Fields home for troubled boys in Oklahoma. Met partner John Sall (see) as a graduate student at North Carolina State. ) 1996. Company now peddles 27 brands, including Clinique, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, La Mer. Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. Collection of European cars was on display at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: Bugatti, Bentley, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Oversees consumer finance and California banking divisions. In June donated $100 million to alma mater University of Illinois to create fund focused on alternative energy, bioengineering, stem-cell research. Today his Oak Hill Capital private equity firm manages $23 billion. The biggest challenge came in creating an effortless system for users. 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. Struck out on own after Dad passed family oil business to brother Sid (see). Gained traction with innovative waffle sole, swoosh logo, superstar endorsements. Green's the thing now, says this renowned venture capitalist and vegetarian. Son of middle-class wholesaler studied at Stanford; brief stint at Goldman Sachs before leaving to run Bass family's $50 million portfolio in 1970, lost money first 2 years. Former MIT professor got rich on wireless patents. Launched Internet banking arm 2 years ago; today holds $9 billion in deposits. Washington Group International Once considered the world's most dangerous shareholder activist; now having trouble effecting vast management changes. Donated $400 million to South Dakota Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Services in February; gift expected to focus primarily on pediatrics. Bedford, N.Y. estate features an apple orchard, sculpture garden, reflecting pool. Limited Brands of Omaha had long promised to give away his fortune posthumously. Great grandfather (d. 1932) moved from Philadelphia to Chicago to sell soap; offered baking powder as incentive. Owns 25% of Omaha Royals minor league baseball team. Son Howard oversees real estate and banking operations. Built string of car lots across native Texas before founding radio station giant Introduced Slim-Fast nutritional supplements 1976. 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. . To reach this stage is not fun but the reward of hard work. Will soon compete on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. With Son Robert is chief executive of Pepsi America. 4.71 avg rating 51 ratings 2 editions. Married former Miss Universe Porntip Nakhirunkanok in 2002. Renamed SandRidge Energy; acquired Carl Icahn's (see) oil and gas outfit NEG for $1.5 billion cash and stock. clerk. Fletch: an app created for universities to take roll with ease. Rebuilt fortune after 1990s real estate collapse via private equity firm Walton Street Capital. Marriott International Now does deals through Lee Equity Partners; owns stakes in Dunkin' Donuts, Warner Music. Currently controls more than 300 retail auto dealerships and 26 collision repair centers. for $1.4 billion; couple got $375 million. Today Enterprise Rent-A-Car sales exceed $9 billion. Your email address will not be published. Johnson & Johnson David: former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank. Press-shy mogul one of largest landholders in Malibu. Bought Golden Nugget before building Mirage, Bellagio resorts. Today Hearst Corp. controls newspapers (San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle), magazines (Cosmopolitan, Esquire), cable networks (stakes in ESPN, Lifetime, A&E), TV, radio stations. Yachtsman spends time cruising on his 226-foot yacht, Attessa; ship sports a helipad, movie theater, gym, two 2,000hp diesel engines. Juniper Networks Grandchild of publishing legend William Randolph Hearst. Today company boasts 3,100 stores across 4 brands (Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime). Chairman of Juilliard donated 140 original musical scores, sketches by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, to school last year. IRS claimed magnate owed $77 million in back taxes and penalties last year; settled for undisclosed amount. Feeling lucky: lost out on bid for stake in Las Vegas' Riviera casino last December, won license to build riverfront casino in Philadelphia 4 days later. U. of Texas dropout sorted mail at famed William Morris Agency. Then magazine, cable network, radio station. Sold encyclopedias, spent time as a leasing agent. Unveiled $1.2 billion Wynn Macau casino resort last year; complex features 600 hotel rooms, 4 restaurants. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Sid: known to invest with brother Lee (see); billions of dollars held in Cayman Islands investment accounts. To boost value, split company into 2 year-end 2005: Viacom (Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks), Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Owns homes in Palm Springs, Jackson Hole, Santa Fe. Sales: $16.3 billion. Today manages 7.8 million square feet across 110 properties. Trained U.S., British fighter pilots during WWII. Stock price slipped slightly last fall after Bank of America offered free online stock trades. Duo split 1981. Past Addresses: San Jacinto CA, Pikesville MD +3 more. Brought in "professional management" (Tim Koogle in 1995, then Warner Bros. chief Terry Semel in 2001). Studied biophysics. Started plane brokerage business while studying economics at UCLA; disguised his youth by communicating via telegram. With son Louis (see) and friend Steven Udvar-Hazy (see), started International Lease Finance 1973; acquired, rented airplanes. With fellow Hungarians Louis and Leslie Gonda (see both) started plane rental outfit International Lease Finance with $150,000 savings, $1.7 million bank loan. Owner of Minnesota Twins persuaded state legislature to put up money for new outdoor stadium in Twin Cities last year; $520 million ballpark slated to open in 2010. Rose from elevator operator to president; became chairman 1979. Son of wealthy Egyptian cotton farmer earned Harvard M.B.A. before founding Fayez Sarofim & Co. investment bank 1958. Merged with Richard Rainwater's (see) Columbia Hospital Corp., stepped down 1994. Member of Skull & Bones at Yale; took summer job at Goldman Sachs. Plans to redevelop 98-acre site of a former Studied law at UC, Berkeley. Merged with small online brokerage 1995; transformed into Internet powerhouse Ameritrade soon after. Shares up 25% in past 12 months. Former salesman for Oracle left 1990 after chief Larry Ellison (see) ditched plans to bring Siebel's sales-tracking software to market. Played clarinet as child, became fascinated by reed vibrations. Paid $80 million for Jasper Johns painting "False Start" last year. Invested proceeds in real estate: Bald Head Island in North Carolina, hotels in Galveston, Tex. , Now looking for oil in harsh waters of maritime Canada. Marquett Burton earned his bachelors in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Built media empire. Signed exclusive deal with Wimbledon to dress umpires, ballpersons in French navy RLX Tennis duds; last year was first time umps didn't sport green in tennis tourney's 129-year history. Sits on board of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Founded Also owns 453-foot Rising Sun; building a smaller leisure boat because megayacht is hard to park. Today his Red Apple Group owns $500 million worth of property; New York's Gristedes grocery chain. Bought Montana land for $140 an acre, swapped for ski slopes near Big Sky. Active blogger philanthropic via Omidyar Network; finances small businesses in developing economies, donates to nonprofits. Cofounded Kaufman & Broad with $25,000 borrowed from his in-laws; became one of nation's largest affordable home builders, focusing on homes for parents of baby boomers. Bidding for rights to run Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga racetracks. for an estimated $4.2 billion in 2001. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. 417-883-7417 | Recently purchased Virgin Megastores North America from British billionaire Richard Branson. Has spent $250 million building Thoroughbred breeding operation; owns 3 Kentucky farms. Invested in Broadway plays, then baseball. 1980s. Operations now controlled through holding company United National Corp. Ran junk bond desk at Goldman Sachs, failed to become a partner. Places workers in aviation, mining, banking, construction jobs. Man U. Stockbroker's son partnered with frat brother to start cable company 1963. 777 planes. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Construction worker's son built computer from scratch as teenager; invented an unbeatable tic-tac-toe game that won him a scholarship to MIT. Cascade Grew up poor in rural Texas; mother, brother died when he was 7. Amassed fortune buying and selling broadcast, cellular properties. Louis to discuss his new app for student success. Feisty entrepreneur grew up poor in Portland, Ore.; sold magazines, lemonade through Depression. Environmentalist Sam sent kids to alma mater, Cornell, before joining family business. Currently, there is a lot of positive discussion and criticism about him. Bolted when plans faltered 1997; launched Marsico Capital later that year. Perot Systems Took public 2004; personally netted $275 million. Joined Berkshire board of directors in 2003. Owns stakes in Filo expanding into China: bought 40% stake in Alibaba.com for $1 billion in 2005; public offering of Chinese business-to-business Web site likely. Studied voice in teens, later dropped out of City College in New York City to become court reporter. Family contributions to NYU exceed $100 million. Shaw Research hires scientists in hopes of making groundbreaking discoveries while reaping financial rewards. Estimated sales: $7 billion. In 2011, Burton founded 5 Fingers, a non profit, aimed at teaching boys critical thinking, conflict resolution, and fitness. Mom, Helen, passed away April; matriarch's fortune to pass to charity over next few years. Cofounded Kingston Technology 1987; now nation's largest privately held computer memory outfit. Part owner of Pebble Beach golf course. Son, Peter (see), serves as senior vice president. Inherited 60% of privately held company when dad died 2006. AT&T "To stand for something is to stand against something." -MDB. AutoNation Ronald E. McNair Fellow. Also Latin America: developing $3 billion worth of properties across 15 projects in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico. for $17.1 billion with Texas Pacific Group. Shareholders want more: some investors think price still too low. But U.S. Army servicemen loved GPS during Gulf war (though Garmin never had a military contract), and now in Iraq. Built riches on a marketing surprise. Threw himself a 60th birthday party at New York's Park Avenue Armory in February. Company relocated to $700 million, 46-story "green" tower last year. Became president of company's mutual fund division 2001. Sold video-compression unit Sorenson Communications to private equity firm GTCR for a 9-figure sum in 2005. Donated $23 million to alma mater USC last year to fund fine arts school; serves on board of National Geographic Society. Boeing Son of bingo parlor operator catching up to archnemesis Sheldon Adelson (see) in Chinese gambling mecca Macau. Is entrepreneurship necessary for financial freedom 6:474. Created Vision Cable; acquired New Jersey cable licenses, built 230,000 subscriber base in 6 states. Changed the way casinos do business by enticing conventioneers to Sin City midweek, taking emphasis off gambling. Procter & Gamble Less than two years after launching Fried Design Company, Josh Sullivan was ready for his next business. College dropout became a real estate broker in 1959; founded developer Macklowe Properties mid-1960s. Inherited half of his $4 billion estate; Annenberg Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art got the rest. With Robert Lurie (d. 1990), built business buying, selling cheap real estate. Succession is still unsettled. Son of poor preacher worked at local 5-and-10 store in high school. Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Spent 4 years in business; sold to Texaco in 1986 for $10 billion. Click Here for Billionaires You've Never Heard Of. USC grad worked as a Motown Records exec before turning to real estate 1973. Son of Hollywood producer attended U. of Washington on skiing scholarship; halted Olympics bid after injury 1956. Sold 20% stake to Lehman Brothers in March. Took over family's Whiteco Industries 1946. Sun Microsystems Outbid for Burger King by Texas Pacific Group in 2002. Duo parted ways in 2000. Sold 5 Times Square office tower for $1.3 billion last November. "A total accident. Teamed up with cousin George Roberts (see) and fellow Sales: $520 million. Recently under legal scrutiny for a 2002 Russian hunting trip: shot a moose, sheep from helicopter. Penned 2 books on fishing. Bought Capitol Airlines 1983; outfit quickly bankrupt. Filo runs tech. Citigroup Brin emigrated from Russia, Page grew up in Michigan; both sons of professors. Acquired Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas 1967, built International Hotel 1969. 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