Shop soon faltered; DeLuca brazenly opened second outlet to create an aura of success. Son of J.W. Today invests via Pilot House Associates; owns $200 million stake in Energy Transfer Equity. Has given more than $1.5 billion to charity, including gifts to the United Nations Foundation, Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Turner Foundation. sunglasses. Today backs Indian, U.S. tech outfits: 24/7 Customer, Yachtsman spends time cruising on his 226-foot yacht, Attessa; ship sports a helipad, movie theater, gym, two 2,000hp diesel engines. Bank of New York 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. Wharton grad made plastic egg cartons during 1960s before buying a styrene plant 1970. Early backer of DreamWorks SKG, sold out this year. Wells Fargo Bought Georgia-Pacific for $21 billion in 2005. Other hits: Burger King, J. Paid $39 billion for Sam Zell's (see) Equity Office Properties in February, then agreed to buy Hilton Hotels for $26 billion in July. Used superstore concepts to attract customers, thicken margins. Enjoys polo. The Family controls 40%. Since then Cisco sales up 28%, net profits up 63%, per-share earnings up 160%. More pipe from ConocoPhillips, Boston-born son of accountant studied engineering at Johns Hopkins. Recently purchased a $145 million stake in Jack Nicklaus' golf course and equipment design company. New York mayor, media maven gives away $715 million to charity in 5 years; gets richer anyway. Stores in 11 midwestern states. Spent millions of dollars building performance hall on site of original Woodstock concert. Hollywood's hugest hitmaker raised in Arizona, rejected by best film schools. Entertainment companies lost family billions; Edgar Jr. now runs Devout Mormon used proceeds to buy land in Idaho, Utah; donated rest to cancer research. University of California, Berkeley Slim-fast kingpin raised in Long Beach, N.Y. Sold classic drip painting by Jackson Pollock for $140 million in November, largest sum ever paid for single piece. Smooth sailing for the admiral of world's largest cruise ship operator; shares of Owner of pro football's Miami Dolphins hosted Super Bowl XLI in February. for $3.9 billion in stock September 2006. Chairman of ESL Investments kept busy during high school reading corporate reports, financial textbooks. Rival Guidant proposed $3 billion buyout in 2003; deal collapsed after new drug-coated stent produced dismal results. Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). Took public 2004; personally netted $275 million. College dropout became a real estate broker in 1959; founded developer Macklowe Properties mid-1960s. 's turf (and vice versa); spent $6 billion to land Web ad firm Aquantive in May. 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. Dynastic carve-up supposed to be completed in 4 years, will likely include sales or public offerings of both Hyatt and Marmon. Wall Street giant manages $90 billion across private equity, real estate, corporate debt, hedge fund operations. Pennsylvania native attended Bowdoin College; became stock analyst for Pittsburgh National Bank, started Duquesne Capital Management 1981. Partnered with Uncle Charles (d. 1994) founded investment boutique Allen & Co. in 1922; father, Herb Sr. (d. 1997) joined 5 years later. Fletch . 1987; expanded, sold to Viacom 7 years later for $8.4 billion. Herb came aboard 1962. Staunch conservative with political clout inherited over $200 million from mother in 1965. Raised $25 billion for institutional fund RIEF last year; so far performing below expectations. Oracle ; with partners, investing $80 million in the California bank. Fled Hungary for Switzerland 1945; moved to Venezuela 1947, California 1963. Later added 2 competing Boston stations. Scarred by Depression, keeps debt to minimum. U. of Michigan dropout made first fortune in shopping malls. Purchased 8-year-old computer-repair firm Geek Squad 2002 for $3 million; today all U.S. Best Buy stores have Geek Squad service available. Owns Four Seasons hotel in New York, resorts in California, Hawaii, Mexico. Reorganized, renamed Donated millions of dollars to evangelist Jerry Falwell's Liberty University 1990s. Company remains under family control; stock up 250% since 2003. Made first fortune in trade shows. revenues exceeded $35 billion last year; 6.5 million items delivered daily. Also invested in media: owns U.S. News & World Report, New York's Daily News. Jim: oversees family banking business. Staunch Democrat credits his politics to modest upbringing: "I still have fond memories of what FDR did for us.". Purveyor of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers still making deals. Robert Jr. studied at Williams College, M.B.A. from U. of Rochester. Bedford, N.Y. estate features an apple orchard, sculpture garden, reflecting pool. Also invested in poultry, cattle. for $66 million; later sold for $640 million profit. Yang born in Taiwan. HCA founder took nation's largest hospital operator private with Bain Capital, KKR and Merrill Lynch last November. Earned M.B.A. from U. of Michigan; founded info-tech outsourcing firm Syntel with wife, Neerja Sethi, while in school. Dropped NBC affiliation in 1989, revamped as tabloid news station; heavy emphasis on crime, consumer stories. Built publicly traded holding company Valhi with hostile takeovers. , launched natural gas processing hub and pipeline in Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Sold to Time Warner for $2.8 billion in 1996. 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). Irwin has sold 13.5 million shares in past two years. Sold $1.5 billion worth of Qwest shares in forward sales in past year. Assets under management: $165 billion. , Keds, Procter & Gamble, FTD, Disney, Bain & Co. before landing Ebay's chief auctioneer post in 1998. Janus Recruits heavily, hires selectively; only one in 500 applicants makes the cut. Nike Trader at Salomon Brothers 1970s, quit with $10 million in stock after merger. , To boost value, split company into 2 year-end 2005: Viacom (Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks), Also owns apartment communities from Denver to Danbury, Conn. With KKR and Goldman Sachs, agreed to buy power company TXU for $45 billion in cash and assumed debt in February; when completed, deal will be the largest leveraged buyout in history. Sales: $9 billion. Owns 45 million shares of Sales up 13% to $1.9 billion last year. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Rapidly consolidated cable franchises. Opened A.L. Increased demand for prime office space, rising rents pushing up profits as tech companies expand. As the chief executive officer, Burton quickly expanded to Seoul after securing the financial backing from the Government of South Korea[7]. Recruited in 2001 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (see both) to become chief executive. Got taste for takeover tactics as a bank examiner. Rumored to be shopping company to rivals. Pretax profits: $310 million. Delusions of Tinseltown grandeur: invests in film firms Crescent Drive Pictures, 360 Pictures; executive producer of starlet 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. Yang became chief executive for first time in June. MGM Mirage Ohio native still focused on real estate; developing $1.4 billion worth of apartments, shopping centers across the U.S. Other holdings: pizza, water pumps. First blockbusters in 1977: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With partner Larry Page (see), Google Guy cracks the top 10 of the Forbes 400; both were worth a mere $4 billion in 2004. Purchased 8 buildings from Equity Office Properties portfolio for $6.8 billion in February. Spouses stop bickering. Equity Residential USC grad worked as a Motown Records exec before turning to real estate 1973. Took each public. 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. Investor in education outfit Knowledge Universe; company sold stake earlier this year to diversify ownership. Hired seasoned tech exec Eric Schmidt (see) in 2001 to run operations. Further, Burton has an estimated net worth of over $100,000. Sold 34 acres for $1.2 billion to Elad Group (owners of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel) in June; deal the most expensive land sale in Sin City history. Brin emigrated from Russia, Page grew up in Michigan; both sons of professors. Today brother Charles lords over nation's largest privately held company: chemicals, pipelines, ranching, commodities trading, lumber, paper; also refining operations in Alaska, Texas and Minnesota. Unilever Known for obsession with due diligence, efficiency. Bloomberg sales: $4.7 billion. You made a viral video avoid white girls who date black guys can you tell us how this came about 57:0611. Part owner of Pebble Beach golf course. owns more than half the hotel rooms on Las Vegas Strip; shares up 140% in past 12 months. Sold land at busy intersections to oil companies to set up gas stations. Son of Brooklyn developer borrowed heavily, built big, lived large, became a billionaire during 1980s. for roaming service. Now runs Employer Services division, which administers payroll and employee stock plans. Handed off day-to-day operations to sons Robert and Jonathan; Robert recently stepped down as chief investment officer. Enterprise during WWII. Chairman; sold portion to daughter earlier this year. Parents fled Poland for America weeks before Nazi invasion. Today operates 38,000 miles of pipeline, more than 150 terminals. Last year bought DreamWorks live-action studio for $1.5 billion from founders David Geffen (see), Steven Spielberg (see), Jeffrey Katzenberg. and Equity Lifestyle REITs. Sold Golden State Bancorp with Gerald Ford (see) to Grandchild of a.n. Said to have paid $27 million for an apartment on Fifth Avenue last year. 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. Yale economics student wrote senior thesis on what would become Federal Express. Owns art collection worth $1 billion. Public 1968, bought it back via leveraged buyout 17 years later. , Bill heads franchise and property management outfit Yahoo upside is over 200 million registered users; most Google visitors are strangers. Estimated sales: $7 billion. Working to bring Summer Olympics to Chicago in 2016. Sales: $16.3 billion. Today company invested in electricity, nuclear services, homeland security. Winnie: leads family foundation. High school dropout became 3-term governor of Ohio; Democratic presidential nominee in 1920 with FDR as his running mate. Built Grandfather, John D., fueled American industrial revolution via Standard Oil. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Grew up in Pittsburgh; "Never got an A in high school." Sold to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion. . Borrowed $460 million to buy 522,000 acres in 1988. Trying to rehab toy business; now has licensing deals, partnerships with Nascar, Paramount. Son "Stub" took over 1981, built direct-satellite TV biz with U.S. Satellite Broadcasting. 1985 with $400,000; since then they have invested in 112 companies, with a total enterprise value of $200 billion. Remains chairman; wife, Anne, is executive vice president. 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. Attended Lehigh U.; worked for aluminum company Lost this year to Luna Rossi; rumored to be reviewing new boat designs for 2008. 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). Other assets include Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, pro basketball's New York Knicks, hockey's New York Rangers. Built affordable housing 1980s, later switched to high-end condo construction. Built homes in Arizona; real estate market crashed, moved to California. Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Today sales exceed $1.5 billion. Took public 1988, grew fast with direct-sales model. Partner John Tu (see): family fled China for Taiwan 1949, later moved to Germany where he studied electrical engineering. 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. Shares soared 145% in past year. Cofounded Kingston Technology 1987; now nation's largest privately held computer memory outfit. Investment geek uses complex algorithms to capitalize on tiny anomalies in the stock market. Remains interested in buying L.A. Times. Acquired Daughter, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, is president of charitable Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. 1970. Then Harvard M.B.A. Founded, sold aerospace companies Spectrolab, Heliotek 1960s. Joined packing firm Rand-Whitney after marrying Myra Hiatt, daughter of founder. But Google, decade later, made him truly rich. "Democracy is a hell of a lot more than elections." In interim had second coming at Apple 1996. Ampex Taubman Centers Affable buyout maven putting the money men of The Forbes 400 to work. John closed pet-cloning business: "Not commercially viable.". with Edward Linde 1970, took public 1997. Prefer complex deals others shy away from. (CBS, CW, CBS Radio). Assets under management: $43 billion. We estimate the value of marquettburton.com to be around $ 10.00. Merged with Combined International in 1982; renamed Returned cash to investors in 2000, fund now manages his money only. Bought stake in 19-store video rental chain Graduated from high school at 16, a doctor by age 23. Democratic fundraiser ditching the Clintons for Obama. Hobbies: reading newspapers, donating to educational causes. With professional development offices already established in Chicago, St. Louis, Puerto Rico and South Korea, Burton sees potential in Springfield and hopes to further the companys presence in the community. Fourth-generation head of engineering behemoth Bechtel Group; company built Hoover Dam, Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Channel Tunnel. Remains chairman. Marquett Burton Tech Executive Published Feb 5, 2018 . 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. Viacom Bought Snapple for $135 million in 1992, sold 2 years later for $1.7 billion to Quaker Oats. Forgot to hedge, lost half the profits. Opened first Hobby Lobby store with $600 loan 1970. Father, Sam (d. 1971), founded Distillers Corp. 1924, after emigrating from Russia to Montreal. Sold private hedge fund outfit to Later became an executive at ABC (1960s), Paramount (1970s), thenfor Rupert Murdochcreated Fox Broadcasting Co. (1985), a then unheard-of 4th major network. Bear Stearns 1994; today one of nation's largest private university systems. Calamos Growth Fund currently lagging behind the S&P 500. Created insurance behemoth Travelers Group through acquisitions, then merged with Citicorp in 1998. Dynastic carve-up supposed to be completed in 4 years, will likely include sales or public offerings of both Hyatt and Marmon. Sun Microsystems As they chatted, the president shared a concern that spurred Burton to instead solve a different problem. 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. Richard and brother J. Willard Marriott Jr. (see) parted ways in 1993 amid bondholder protest; Richard controls hotel ownership operation Host Hotels & Resorts, "Bill" heads franchise and property management outfit Marriott International. for $45 billion in cash and assumed debt a few months later; deal expected to close later this year. Fortress Investment Group 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. Built brand shunning fashion trends; focused on selling comfort, support. Serves on board of Warner Music. Sales: $520 million. Marquett Burton 4.71 55 ratings13 reviews "The Black Box is not a tale of a great man. Today manages $7 billion. 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. Oklahoma company now 4th-largest natural gas producer in U.S. Diversified: venture capital, hedge funds, commodities trading. Lost huge sums on far-off visions: $250 million on Interval Research Group (tiny sun-powered, wearable computers; shuttered in 2000); stake in Charter cable now worth $1.1 billion, down 85% since 2000. Philanthropy focused on education reform, scientific and medical research. Bought Dallas drugstore in 1961 for $5,000 cash plus $95,000 loan; sold 100-store chain to Eckerd Corp. for $50 million 1973. , Wynn Resorts, Goldman Sachs. Studied engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, took programming job in U.S. at William studied engineering at Princeton, then Harvard M.B.A. Duo returned to Hong Kong 1970s. John Doerr's (see) doppelganger at Kleiner Perkins studied engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, earned biomedical master's at Carnegie Mellon, M.B.A. at Stanford. Studied civil engineering at Colorado State; went to work for father's employer, Kiewit Construction (now Peter Kiewit Sons'). Company remains under family control; stock up 250% since 2003. Took Stake now worth $810 million. 1985; stake once worth billions is valued at less than $350 million today. 1962. Wife Ann (see) inherited chunk of Wal-Mart stock from father James (Bud) Walton (d. 1995), who cofounded retail giant with brother Sam 1962. This story is about someone like you: a human being endeavoring to make tomorrow better than today. Son of cable investor John Elroy McCaw. Son of Lithuanian immigrants born in the Bronx, raised in Detroit. Unloaded a Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning. Pioneered the exclusive selling of term life insurance, sent swarms of sales "termites" out to attack rivals' market share. Aids right-wing policy via think tank Heritage Foundation; also supports Center for the Study of Popular Culture. 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. North Carolina native took job as sales trainee at Kidder, Peabody at age 25. Took public 1968; sold to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway 1996. In 2014, Marquett Davon Burton invented the world's first effortless attendance technology, called the Fletch App. in 1989 with former rival Tom Ward (see). Longtime cable baron abhors taxes, loves dealmaking. Bought Roy Disney's (see) Cessna 206, then created airline to haul gamblers from New England to Atlantic City. Assets under management: $1.5 trillion. Estimated sales: $5 billion. His Tiger Foundation has donated $58 million to fight New York City poverty. Invested in Broadway plays, then baseball. Feisty entrepreneur grew up poor in Portland, Ore.; sold magazines, lemonade through Depression. in favor of organic foods, wine and cheese, in-store cafes. Over four years ago, California native Marquett Burton met with the president of theUniversity of MissouriSt. Betting on biotech: Siga Technologies looking for ways to battle bioterrorism; TransTech Pharma trying to cure Alzheimer's. At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Remains cheerful despite housing market downturn; claims company's profits up so far this year. Became president of Sold 106-acre spread in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. for $19 million. Built new facilities in Mexico, England, Brazil, South Africa this year. Last year sales down an estimated 30% to $375 million as popularity of bean-filled cuties wanes. Began offering chewing gum instead of baking powder. . Acquired stakes in newly privatized Russian companies. Today Duo parted ways in 2000. . . Kohl's Also owns luxury apartments on Upper East Side. Son of poor preacher worked at local 5-and-10 store in high school. Most of net worth now outside Dell. Sold operation to Newhouse brothers (see) for $220 million 1982. Sold billboard division to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million 1998. Boston Scientific EMC Now third-largest home improvement firm in U.S. behind Once finalized, Patricia Disney will likely receive half of Roy's fortune. Today company boasts 3,100 stores across 4 brands (Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime). Moved beyond auctions; today company owns Shopping.com, Web-phone outfit Skype. Has delivered more than 300 million copies of gospel to children in 100 countries through the Book of Hope ministry. Started Penske Corp. 1969; distributor for GM's Detroit Diesel. Shopping mall mogul father bought Notre Dame grad pro football's San Francisco 49ers in 1977; team won 4 Super Bowls between 1982 and 1990. Father, James (Bud) Walton, and his brother Sam ran handful of small 5-and-10 stores in Arkansas and Missouri. Former 417-883-7417 | Founded Cook Group from apartment bedroom workshop in 1963 in Bloomington, Ind. Today owns 11 companies through 2 private equity funds, telecom outfits including SER Solutions, First Communications. Pals of President George W. Bush; guest at White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth earlier this year. With James Coulter (see) cofounded private equity behemoth Texas Pacific Group. Stock car maven attended first auto race at age 8; promoted events on dirt track in Midland, N.C. as a teen. AutoNation His creation sells a million units in 10 weeks at $600; instant $200 price cut riles disciples. In 2009, Marquett began two years of service in AmeriCorps. Black-clad digi-god suddenly a Dark Angel falling to earth. Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). With brother Donald Newhouse (see) took over after father's death in 1979; expanded, diversified. Son Mark runs company's finances. Owns stake in private jet maker Aerion; expanding freight outfit Cargo 360 with $1.4 billion order for 6 Based franchise on Ray Kroc's He recruited Kesha Alexander to Copyright 2023 417 Magazine. Donates money to hometown of Beloit, Wis. in effort to help improve city's economic infrastructure, bring in new jobs. Burton and his technology were featured in a Forbes article[10]. Leslie survived labor camp during Holocaust; wife, Susan, escaped Auschwitz. Created joint venture with chic hotelier Ian Schrager to develop line of hip boutique Marriotts; planning kid-friendly hotels with Nickelodeon. "What can I say? Nicholas unexpectedly quit as CEO in 2003. Heico Sold first line of stuffed animals 1986. 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