"Si" heads magazines via Cond Nast (New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue). Other projects: Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Seattle; New Doha International Airport in Qatar. Moved beyond auctions; today company owns Shopping.com, Web-phone outfit Skype. In interim had second coming at Apple 1996. Gained reputation for buying into troubled companies, forcing management to improve, restructure, buy back stock; scores in 1980s with Texaco, USX. Today ABC Supply largest supplier of roofing and siding materials to professional contractors in the U.S. with 404 stores. Plans to spin off DirecTV with public offering of Liberty Entertainment. Met in computer science Ph.D. program at Stanford; dropped out to start Google in 1998 from friend's garage. Also owns stake in money management firm Fremont Group. Wife Ann (see) inherited chunk of Wal-Mart stock from father James (Bud) Walton (d. 1995), who cofounded retail giant with brother Sam 1962. Sall: soft-spoken statistician heads software development. Luxottica Black Hills Started Penske Corp. 1969; distributor for GM's Detroit Diesel. Harvard M.B.A. 1973. Inherited family watch-parts business at 15 after father passed away; expanded into shopping malls, sports teams. In 2019, Burton co-developed MyKee, a GPS and bluetooth based real-time location technology with Seth Kitchen[11]. In August 2020, he launched his best selling book The Black Box, covering his journey to success. In July bought out son Brent's With the founding of Fletch, Burton birthed the effortless attendance vertical[6]. Johns Hopkins. Profited on Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. Fremont General Last year returned 16.7% after fees (25% of profits, 3% of assets). The app not only aids professors with attendance but also empowers them to reach out when students are falling behind and missing classes. , private investors hold 32%), perhaps give away fortune. Worth the price: a $2.5 million investment in his funds in 1990 would be worth $1 billion today. Once considered the world's most dangerous shareholder activist; now having trouble effecting vast management changes. 9:075. whats the difference with American women and foreign women? Dartmouth grad earned law degree from Southern Methodist U. Also has noncontrolling stakes in Art collector founded 13,000-square-foot museum devoted to Georgia O'Keeffe 1997; houses 1,149 paintings, drawings, sculptures. Sprint Nextel Opened first Bath & Body Works 1990. Fund up 150% in 2003; believed to have averaged 30% returns net of fees since inception. , commands 45% of the U.S. athletic shoe market. Constructing new lumberyards across the Sunbelt. Wilma transferred large chunks of stock to sons soon after his death in 2003. Semel quit under fire this year. Now does deals through Lee Equity Partners; owns stakes in Dunkin' Donuts, Warner Music. Today manages 7.8 million square feet across 110 properties. Running for mayor is cheaper; spent $85 million on reelection in 2005 ($11 million more than in first election 2001, despite 67% approval rating). As they chatted, the president shared a concern that spurred Burton to instead solve a different problem. Wendy's Marquett L Burton, Age 35. aka Marquett D Burton, Marquette Davon Burton, Burton Marquette. Founded pilot training academy FlightSafety International 1951. "We must fight that which is unnatural." -MDB. Paid $80 million for Jasper Johns painting "False Start" last year. Scarred by Depression, keeps debt to minimum. I just needed a place to put all the money I was making." Owns 60% stake; wears name tag to office so employees know who he is. Settled for $1 billion. The most controversial, meddlesome owner in sports changed ball club's manager 20 times in his first 23 seasons; has won 6 World Series titles. Went to prestigious Lakeside School with Gates in Seattle. Client accounts swelled during dot-com craze, then deflated when Internet bubble burst. Harvard grad built fortune on inheritance. Nanogenarian still drives himself to work each morning. Nifty turnabout: sold 80% stake to Softbank for $1.5 billion in 1996, then bought it back for only $450 million 3 years later. (CBS, CW, CBS Radio). Started Aerotek with $3,500 and furniture purchased from Goodwill; company provided engineers to aerospace industry. owns more than half the hotel rooms on Las Vegas Strip; shares up 140% in past 12 months. Oracle titan reshaping the software industry via acquisition; has purchased 19 firms for $12 billion since the beginning of last year. Company now peddles 27 brands, including Clinique, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, La Mer. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan opened a new research center funded with $100 million endowment from Zuckerman in February. Wildcatter made fortune in north Texas gas fields; sold ground to Gateway Unveiled $1.2 billion Wynn Macau casino resort last year; complex features 600 hotel rooms, 4 restaurants. 1978. Made first fortune with investment in timberland. Became chairman of powerful Real Estate Board of New York in January. Alcoa EMC Sam began retail career 1940 making $75 a month as J.C. Penney clerk. Other assets include Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, pro basketball's New York Knicks, hockey's New York Rangers. 1986; hoped to buy firm, go public. Went to work for Michael Marcus at Commodities Corp. Devon Energy Bought first patch of real estate at age 20. Studied philosophy at Princeton. Reinvested via Oxbow holding company: petroleum coke, coal, natural gas. Expanded; launched Limited Express 1980, bought Victoria's Secret 2 years later for $1 million. In 2011, as a Baltimore Mayoral Fellow he acted as the liaison between the CEO of Baltimore City Schools and the Mayors Office.[9]. Fled to Europe 1983 after being indicted for manipulating U.S. oil system, trading Iranian crude during 1980s hostage crisis, evading $50 million in taxes. Ford Motor St. Paul, Minn. native took first job at age 8 working in father's garment shop. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Purchased Mission West real estate investment trust in 1997. Active blogger philanthropic via Omidyar Network; finances small businesses in developing economies, donates to nonprofits. Fortune crushed after suffering 2 years of losses when tech bubble burst. Merged with small online brokerage 1995; transformed into Internet powerhouse Ameritrade soon after. Intuit Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. In June Broadcom won federal lawsuit alleging Qualcomm abuses power at international standards body; in August appeals court sided with Broadcom right to sue. Raising cash for a new futures-oriented fund that will go live in October. "Mouth of the South" getting richer with real estate, food. Opened car stereo store 1966. Believes Microsoft's far-flung bets, including 10-year affair with Internet-based television, may soon pay off; says next 10 years will be the "most interesting" in software history. Former bartender launched early Internet audio and video portal Broadcast.com with Indiana University buddy Todd Wagner (see). Son of J.W. His hedge funds said to have averaged 20% net of fees annually. Stepped down as chief of buyout firm Still owns large stakes in Also stake in lucrative New England Sports Network; regional channel supplies Red Sox games to Boston and beyond. Estimated sales in 2005: $7.2 billion. ", Shades maven first hawked motorcycle grips from car trunk 1975. "Randy" active Cleveland Browns owner bought Birmingham, England soccer club Aston Villa for $120 million last September. . "Bill" and brother Richard (see) parted ways in 1993 amid bondholder protest; Richard controls hotel ownership operation Became president, chief executive a decade later; bought company 1982. Meaning: be less confrontational than Dad. Its estimated monthly revenue is $ 0.00. American Express Son of Al Lerner (d. 2002), who made billions in credit cards via MBNA, brought professional football back to Cleveland. Estimated sales: $5 billion. Now invests via Granite Associates: hedge funds, real estate, private equity, Time Warner stock. He announces his coin on youtube (archive: https://archive.ph/U0CuH) . Third generation controls 30% of company's shares. Estimated sales: $1.5 billion. Vowed to retire in 2005, can't walk away. Also invested in poultry, cattle. Shaw Research hires scientists in hopes of making groundbreaking discoveries while reaping financial rewards. Today Enterprise during WWII. Spent 20 frustrating months fighting to reshape Marquett Burton embodies the high-value life. Sold to Bank of America in 2005 for $35 billion in cash and stock. Made fortune investing in troubled steel and coal companies. Head of Rupert Murdoch fan club: firm will earn $36 million when media tycoon's buyout of Dow Jones is finalized. Founded "It soothes the soul to help people.". 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. Reinvested in Neoteris (computer security), MyCFO.com (wealth management), Hyperion Development Group (Miami real estate). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation manages $33 billion, donates to causes aimed at bringing financial tools to the poor, speeding up the development of vaccines (for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis), bettering America's lagging high schools. Deciphered codes for U.S. Department of Defense during Vietnam; taught math at SUNY Stonybrook after war. Owns 40% stake in photo-sharing site Early investments: St. Petersburg Times, Continental Broadcasting. Serves on board of Warner Music. Spouses stop bickering. Son David runs Polo advertising, boyfriend of presidential niece Lauren Bush. [1], California where he tested out of high school at age 16. He denies all charges; contractor case settled, bodyguard suit pending. Duke grad cofounded Also invested in media: owns U.S. News & World Report, New York's Daily News. Doerr's own Google stake: $1.2 billion. in 1979, Took public 7 years later. Today $36 billion in sales, over 800 U.S. stores. First buyout 1977: Atlas Architectural Metals for $4 million, sold 6 years later for $16 million. Opened first hotel, Twin Bridges, 1957. Irwin has sold 13.5 million shares in past two years. Shrewd marketer built brand enticing hotshot athletes to sport his trendy I have always had the courage to take advantage of opportunities when they come my way." Sales: $345 billion. Created With Ronald Burkle (see), made failed bid for newspaper company General Mills Donated $1 million to New York chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation in June. Jobs. Took 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. Marriott Sr. (d. 1985), who started root beer stand Hot Shoppe 1927; expanded into catering, restaurants. Acquired Sun Life Insurance (later renamed SunAmerica) in 1971. After attending UC Berkley and John Hopkins University and working for a collection of tech companies (now the CEO of Fletch), Marquett has wisdom every man should listen to. Invested some of the proceeds in resorts; sold stake in Extended Stay America to Stephen Schwarzman's (see) Blackstone Group 2004 for $185 million. Unloaded a Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning. Devout Baptist keeps stores closed on Sundays, enforces strict Christian corporate code. Shutterfly But U.S. Army servicemen loved GPS during Gulf war (though Garmin never had a military contract), and now in Iraq. General Motors Partnering with Google to better focus ads: E-Trade targets stock traders by demographics and region; company pays only when a viewer watches a spot. Partnered with Apple to create Nike iPod Sport Kits; units allow runners to synch sneakers with iPod Nanos to track workout data, exercise to favorite tunes. Built media empire. San Francisco socialite composes operas; latest, PlumpJack, was inspired by Falstaff, the spirited knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV plays. Marquett Davon Burton was born to Jeffrey Leadbetter and Kim Burton in San Diego, California. Hunter displays numerous trophy heads at Texas ranch. College dropout became a real estate broker in 1959; founded developer Macklowe Properties mid-1960s. Has delivered more than 300 million copies of gospel to children in 100 countries through the Book of Hope ministry. AmeriCredit To reach this stage is not fun but the reward of hard work. Son Riley (see) now in command; both believed to own 20% of company. 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. Airman flies gliders at his 750,000-acre Nevada ranch. TD Ameritrade Continental Airlines Sold billboard division to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million 1998. Bank of New York Most of net worth now outside Dell. Later studied Islamic law in Cairo; speaks several languages. Owns stake in Staples Center arena with Philip Anschutz (see); also stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Sales: $520 million. Created insurance behemoth Travelers Group through acquisitions, then merged with Citicorp in 1998. , Honeywell, Intel. Started chain with partner Bernard Marcus (see) after getting fired from now defunct Handy Dan Improvement Center. Marquett continued on to complete his bachelor's in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Former scientist Buck fronted family friend Fred DeLuca (see) $1,000 to open Pete's Super Submarines 1965. Inicio; Servicios. , Amazon, Netscape. Marquett Burton earned his bachelors in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. With Cuban, owns stakes in 2929 Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures, Landmark Theatres, HDNet, Lion's Gate. Son, Andrew, began working for dad "as soon as I could drive"; now chairman and chief executive. Traded futures at brokerage CBWL-Hayden Stone; left after feud with boss. Sales: $91 billion. Phone Number: (951) 654- OJSL. Reinvested in stocks, bonds, horses; co-owns WinStar Farm in Kentucky. At work employees get free candy, day care, 35-hour workweek and scholarships for their kids to attend affiliated Cary Academy. Franklin Resources ProSiebenSat.1 Lost Hotel Macklowe to lenders early 1990s; scrapped plans to go public 1998 amid market woes caused by Japanese financial crisis. "We do not grow larger by making others smaller." -MDB. Eventually took over, developed new contact lens design before selling out to Cooper Labs for $60 million in 1971. Shuns The Forbes 400: "There are plenty of people who want to be on the list. 777 planes. 1 talk show. Tinkered with medical devices: patented plastic catheter, disposable surgical mask. Schwarzman attended Yale with President George W. Bush. Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Loves the vino: founded Napa Valley winery, also dubbed PlumpJack, in 1992. Started Chief Oil & Gas decade later. Advises employees, franchisees to "base your business on biblical principles." 1980; stake now worth $2.7 billion. Team now worth $1.2 billion. Company developed innovative freezing process 1950s. Owns cattle ranch in New Mexico, Hamptons mansion. Marquett Burton (@marquettdavon) Instagram photos and videos marquettdavon Follow 293 posts 24.6K followers 0 following Marquett Burton Public figure UC Berkeley. Coca-Cola , Took company public in 1997 and expanded from bookselling into thousands of products online. Sold 20% stake to Lehman Brothers in March. Donates to doctors looking for cures for prostate and breast cancers, melanoma, Alzheimer's, diabetes, leukemia, AIDS. Later spent days managing TG&Y discount store, nights making wooden frames in garage with wife. 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