Today provides a third of the french fries sold around the country. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. Sales exceed $13 billion; 10th-largest privately held company in U.S. by sales. Recently published self-help business book The Science of Success; claimed company would go public "over my dead body.". 4.71 avg rating 51 ratings 2 editions. Collects contemporary Chinese and Vietnamese art acquired during visits to offshore factories. Poultry executives approached Cathy with discounts on leftover chicken breasts too big for Delta meal trays. He was raised in Pasadena. 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. Founded, sold aerospace companies Spectrolab, Heliotek 1960s. Ampex With brother Frederick, sold stake to brothers Charles and David (see both) for $1.3 billion 1983. Johns Hopkins. In March expressed interest in buying National Hot Rod Association; NHRA insisted it wasn't for sale, then sold pro drag racing series to an investment firm 2 months later. Co-owns controlling stake of Israel's Bezeq Israeli Telecom. The Black Box. Studied finance at Oregon State, led private equity division at Black Rock Financial. Media shy: "I wouldn't mind being the least-known owner in the NFL.". Specter of options backdating still hangs; SEC stops at CFO, new ex-pal Fred Andersonwho blames Jobs. Aging, active baby boomers boosting bottom line: net profits soared 21% to $778 million in 2006. Working on 3 videogames for Nike Started Chief Oil & Gas decade later. Sports enthusiast owns pro basketball's Detroit Pistons, WNBA's Detroit Shock, hockey's Tampa Bay Lightning. Intel Bought stake in 19-store video rental chain Sold houses as a student at Santa Clara U. Harvard M.B.A. left Bear Stearns in 1976 to start leveraged buyout firm KKR with Henry Kravis and George Roberts (see both). Built Kendall-Jackson into populist wine concern. Swimmer, serves on board of American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Sun Microsystems Family shares of BofA now worth $2.6 billion. Met Buffett at a dinner party 1959; duo soon began investing together. IBM 1978 at age 31. Boston-born son of accountant studied engineering at Johns Hopkins. Joined UCLA faculty 1980, launched research leading to first human islet cell transplant. Ran for President twice; railed against Nafta, budget deficits. Then earned Harvard M.B.A., Loyola law degree. Revenue: $1.8 billion. Pushed company into telecom, fiber optics, power plants. ; with partners, investing $80 million in the California bank. Took over family's Whiteco Industries 1946. Parents handed control of companyand nearly half of their stockto Robert and brothers John and William (see both) 2004; shares down 15% since. 1969. Recently signed Former exec at real estate syndicate Property Research started storage business 1972 after stopping at warehouse on road trip and learning it was full. Penny-pinching Frederik took helm following father's death in 1963. 3,441 11.6K 81.3K Marquett Burton Retweeted The Black Wall Street Times @TheBWSTimes Alternative asset manager became billionaire alongside Michael Novogratz and Peter Briger Jr. (see both) in February with public offering of Sales: $2.1 billion in 2006. 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. MannKind William studied engineering at Princeton, then Harvard M.B.A. Duo returned to Hong Kong 1970s. Retired 1994; son James now in charge. AmeriCredit Today owns large chunk of Allegis Group, nation's third-largest staffing firm. Founded J.C. Invested $1.4 million in a few nerds from Stanford 1980sSun Microsystems. Opened first hotel, Twin Bridges, 1957. Bought First Premier Bank in 1986, later founded credit card outfit Premier Bankcard, early pioneer in subprime lending. Today Enterprise Rent-A-Car sales exceed $9 billion. , agreed to buy power firm chairman spent 9 months in jail on price-fixing charges in 2004. LEGAL INNOVATION | Tu Agente Digitalizador; LEGAL3 | Gestin Definitiva de Despachos; LEGAL GOV | Gestin Avanzada Sector Pblico Son, Ross Jr., runs Dallas real estate firm Hillwood. Nicholas is tech's bad boyall 6 feet 6 inches of him. Trio made first fortune merging Tyumen Oil Company and Harvard grad built fortune on inheritance. Less than two years after launching Fried Design Company, Josh Sullivan was ready for his next business. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Cablevision 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. Its estimated monthly revenue is $ 0.00. . Fights childhood poverty through George Kaiser Family Foundation; pledged $60 million to redevelop a blighted community alongside a 42-mile stretch of Arkansas River. "We must fight that which is unnatural." -MDB. Still waiting on approval to redevelop a parcel on Manhattan's East River into 4 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail space. Constructing a $260 million float glass plant in Ryazan, Russia. Took quirky ad-cum-search engine public 2004; shares up 510% since. Renamed SandRidge Energy; acquired Carl Icahn's (see) oil and gas outfit NEG for $1.5 billion cash and stock. Predicts his next fortune will be made in water; owns vast water rights in Texas Panhandle. Marquett continued on to complete his bachelor's in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Recently purchased a $145 million stake in Jack Nicklaus' golf course and equipment design company. Assets under management: $1.5 trillion. Recruited in 2001 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (see both) to become chief executive. Requested Gateway 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. Ridiculous compensation: Speedway granted Smith a $1.5 million bonus in part for repaying the millions of dollars in loans he owed the company. Studied real estate finance at Michigan State; spent 20s learning buyout business alongside older brother Alec (see) at Gores Technology Group. Ed preferred the limelight. Founded Siebel Systems 1993, took public 1996. Also stake in Eviscerated in 1990 real estate crash; stayed flamboyant, embraced reality TV. Coca-Cola Founded own firm 1988. Aon Corp. Berkshire shares up 24% over past 12 months; have averaged 21.4% annual return since 1965. In no hurry to expand; says drilling rigs too expensive right now. Ads remain the driver of the high-profit search engine, posting 99% of sales, now past $10.5 billion a year. in 1986. Brother Tom (see) runs competing Platinum Equity. Opened Charlotte Motor Speedway 1960. With venture capital and family money launched Federal Express 1973. Later built cell phone outfit Metro Mobile, sold to Bell Atlantic for $2.5 billion 1991. Launched cable biz with $1,500 in 1956: built 5-channel system in Liberty, N.Y. Owns one of country's most renowned art collections: impressionists, contemporary, old masters. Today more than one million people use it as primary or secondary source of income. Added insurance, auto dealerships and real estate. Acquired one-third of massive Madden Deep natural gas field in Wyoming 1972; field grosses at least $2 million a day. Initially financed by Stanford endowment, angel investors K. Ram Shriram (see), Andy von Bechtolsheim. He just happened to mention, If we knew when students stopped coming to school, we could help them, Burton says. into an underground science and engineering laboratory. Acquired stakes in newly privatized Russian companies. William III a partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, invests in companies focused on Web video, fiber optics. Today privately held Arnel & Affiliates owns, manages 5,200 apartments and 2 million square feet of commercial space. Sales: $4.4 billion. New York Times Co. Then U. of Southern California business school. Marquett Burton embodies the high-value life. Fortune down 53% since 2000 (back then: $36 billion). Feisty entrepreneur grew up poor in Portland, Ore.; sold magazines, lemonade through Depression. Has constructed 55,000 apartments in Florida since 1982. Became Bechtel president 1960; chairman 1973. Dedicated philanthropist has given away $5 billion since 1979 via his Open Society Institute and other charitable groups; strives to promote democracy throughout the globe. Black-clad digi-god suddenly a Dark Angel falling to earth. With family, controls Fidelity Investments, America's largest mutual fund company. Bred hamsters, traded them to other children. Shares rose 40% between July 2006 and April of this year; down 25% since. Brother Howard runs family foundation. Doubters said he overpaid for MySpace, too ($630 million in 2005); a year later Google agreed to pay $900 million for 3 years of access to MySpace, other Weblets. Spent 4 years in business; sold to Texaco in 1986 for $10 billion. Edgar Sr. took over U.S. operations, brother Charles ran business in Canada. Bought troubled New England Patriots football franchise in 1994 for then record $172 million. Son of wealthy Egyptian cotton farmer earned Harvard M.B.A. before founding Fayez Sarofim & Co. investment bank 1958. Spends spare time writing blog. Recently purchased a Missouri bank. Son Michael charged with stealing $3,000 worth of fishing equipment in Connecticut last summer. High school sports star owner of pro hockey's Colorado Avalanche, basketball's Denver Nuggets. Parents emigrated from Israel, settled in Flint, Mich. Owns pro football's Houston Texans, majority stake in Stonerside Stables, home of the Kentucky Derby. Russian migr and former cabdriver made first fortune bartering fertilizer and oil with Soviets in 1980s. Company recently gave health insurance, higher wages to shopping center janitors. In January 2012, Burton became the Pacific Northwest Manager at Everfi, where he engaged in executive level business development with banks and fortune 500 companies. Studied French literature at U. of Pennsylvania. Bloomberg sales: $4.7 billion. Backed by boss, took 50% pay cut to start own car-leasing business; offered rentals as temporary replacements for stolen, wrecked cars. Company owns ranch land abutting Yellowstone National Park in Montana and Texas. Son, Peter (see), serves as senior vice president. Boeing Today company is nation's third-largest private landowner with more than 1.8 million acres of timberland, mostly in California. Sold 28% of company to Goldman Sachs for $138 million 1994; took public 1997. Valuation revised this year to include stunning art collection (Johannes Lingelbach, Rubens). ; stock up 70% since public offering September 2006. rose to 4th-biggest player, shipped in Holstein-cow-patterned boxes in homage to origins. 1985; stake once worth billions is valued at less than $350 million today. Herb came aboard 1962. Pressing on from fast-food container supplier into nation's largest private chemical company via acquisitions. In May Liberty swapped 68.5 million shares it held in Time Warner in exchange for that company's pro baseball Atlanta Braves, craft magazines and $960 million cash. But I won't be here." company now suing for unpaid bills. Head of Rupert Murdoch fan club: firm will earn $36 million when media tycoon's buyout of Dow Jones is finalized. Created Vision Cable; acquired New Jersey cable licenses, built 230,000 subscriber base in 6 states. Chevron Sid: known to invest with brother Lee (see); billions of dollars held in Cayman Islands investment accounts. 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. MidAmerican Energy . Two nephews now in charge: Howard III runs Mexico operations, Stephen leads Central Market. Served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James under Nixon. Founded Caxton Associates 1983. Title At Company . Then Harvard M.B.A. Company relocated to $700 million, 46-story "green" tower last year. Vows to work with only those he truly trusts; takes over with brothers Bruce, Keith and John Jr. and transforms company into early cell phone giant McCaw Cellular. Marquett Burton earned his bachelors in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. . Son of Texas wildcatter Perry Bass (d. 2006). Believed to help generate string of 30% returns for Soros' Quantum Fund. General Motors Banking big shot got start as a runner for Bear Stearns 1955; earned $150 a month. Other investments: NIBC (Netherlands bank), Turned Bank of New York Also real estate: 520,000 acres, including entire mountain across from posh Park City, Utah ski resort; wind farm in central Utah. "Bob" with brother Laurence, bought New Jersey hotel in 1946, leased hotels in once posh Atlantic City. Now polishing 3-D digital cinema technology. Assets have swelled from $28 million to $34 billion in 20 years. As of 2021, Afrojack's net worth is estimated to be $60 million. Owns stake in private jet maker Aerion; expanding freight outfit Cargo 360 with $1.4 billion order for 6 Net profits in 2006: $2.3 billion. Won coveted Singapore gaming license last year; building $3.6 billion Marina Bay Sands on 51-acre site with a view of city's skyline. Big supporter of YMCA, Boy Scouts of America. First movie, Duel, made for TV. Bulk of revenues generated with goods sold through wholesalers, retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's. Inline with his drive to empower women, Burton brought in a woman to lead the bleeding edge tech company. Marquett Burton is CEO and cofounder of Fletch; a college retention app that empowers students to invite any classmate to a study group with just 3 taps on their phone or get quick answers around the clock. Earned M.B.A., joined father's insurance firm. Also owns the $3,000-a-night Costa Smeralda resort in Sardinia. Raised another $25 million from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital in 1999. Sales: $3 billion. With son Louis (see) and friend Steven Udvar-Hazy (see), started International Lease Finance 1973; acquired, rented airplanes. Shares soared 145% in past year. Founded Asylum Records 1970, then Geffen Records. Sold $600 million in stock this year; reduced stake by 15%. Client accounts swelled during dot-com craze, then deflated when Internet bubble burst. Second-generation Greek-American born in Detroit, raised in Pasadena, Calif. in 1998; lost in bankruptcy after dispute over later acquisition from Parents Donald and Doris founded music-and-jeans store the Gap in San Francisco 1969; opened 6 new stores in first year. Native Nebraskan ran discount stock brokerage. Firm has raised, invested $27 billion across 6 private equity funds. Took public in 2005; shares have tripled since. Bought by . Only child, William (d. 1951), assumed control in 1887, built nation's largest newspaper chain via sensational "yellow" journalism. Opened first Bath & Body Works 1990. Click Here for Billionaires You've Never Heard Of. Hires Ph.D.s over M.B.A.s. Son of Samuel Newhouse Sr., first-generation American who parlayed tiny Bayonne Times into nation's largest privately owned newspaper chain. Harvard dropout and Wife, Susan, created upper-crust (and unaffordable) fashion label Phi. Sold just under 10% stake to Chinese government weeks before the offering. With Bolted when plans faltered 1997; launched Marsico Capital later that year. Days as world's richest man may be over; Mexican Carlos Slim Hel also worth $59 billion. plant in Edison, N.J. Budapest-born immigrant fled to Sweden during Soviet occupation of Hungary; landed in New York 1958. Known for obsession with due diligence, efficiency. Quantitative hedge fund uses complex computer models to analyze and trade securities. Went Hollywood: made billions buying and selling movie studio MGM, 3 times since 1969. Says he won't run for President. Minnesota farm boy paid way through college working at a print shop; persuaded owner to sell for $2 million over 10 years. Widow of Brooklyn-born investor Preston Tisch. Initially financed by Stanford endowment, angel investors K. Ram Shriram (see), Andy von Bechtolsheim. In a few years, he will reach a new level of popularity and will get several accolades. . Press-shy mogul one of largest landholders in Malibu. Then Harvard Law. Rival Guidant proposed $3 billion buyout in 2003; deal collapsed after new drug-coated stent produced dismal results. Trying to rehab toy business; now has licensing deals, partnerships with Nascar, Paramount. Also hotels: Manhattan's tony Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand. PG&E Staples Advises employees, franchisees to "base your business on biblical principles." 1986; hoped to buy firm, go public. Son, Andrew, began working for dad "as soon as I could drive"; now chairman and chief executive. Increased demand for prime office space, rising rents pushing up profits as tech companies expand. Opened first Hobby Lobby store with $600 loan 1970. Founded Ace Beverage 1956 with exclusive rights to distribute Budweiser in parts of Los Angeles. Pioneered big-box-store concept: stacked inventory on sales floor, let customers touch merchandise. Lost Hotel Macklowe to lenders early 1990s; scrapped plans to go public 1998 amid market woes caused by Japanese financial crisis. Family contributions to NYU exceed $100 million. Moved to eyewear 1983. Bought rival Shurgard for $5.5 billion in 2005. With Ronald Burkle (see), made failed bid for newspaper company Today owns 35.8 million shares worth $1.7 billion; stock down 13% in past year. 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. Took control of Loews Theatres 1959; varied interests now include watches (Bulova), tobacco (Lorillard), oil drilling (Diamond Offshore), natural gas pipelines (Boardwalk). "What can I say? "The Boss" ran track at Williams College; graduated 1952, became an assistant football coach at Northwestern and Purdue universities. Paid $62 million last spring, sued for full refund; IRS demanding more: $13.6 million. . Recently under legal scrutiny for a 2002 Russian hunting trip: shot a moose, sheep from helicopter. Then Lehman. (CBS, CW, CBS Radio). High school dropout became 3-term governor of Ohio; Democratic presidential nominee in 1920 with FDR as his running mate. Bet early on Fort Worth's Barnett Shale natural gas field; sold out to Devon Energy and Crosstex Energy for $2.6 billion cash 2006. Son of hotel magnate Conrad hilton (d. 1979) sold Hilton Hotels to private equity giant Blackstone for $26 billion in July; Barron will net $700 million when deal closes later this year. Reality: pros, not kin, will succeed himif he ever dies. Later joined fellow Sun-backer Doerr. 1982; Netscape 1994; Healtheon (now Invested in media: owns Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper, Pennsylvania radio stations. Best revenge: One year later he buys Pixar graphics startup from Star Wars creator George Lucas (see) for $10 million. Funded some of world's most innovative biomed firms: Pacesetter Systems (rechargeable pacemakers), MiniMed (insulin pumps), Advanced Bionics (cochlear implants). Environmentalist Sam sent kids to alma mater, Cornell, before joining family business. Your email address will not be published. Staunch Democrat credits his politics to modest upbringing: "I still have fond memories of what FDR did for us.". Emphasized style, cutting-edge lens technology; Oakley glasses are made of polycarbonate material that can withstand a shotgun blast. 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. "We do not grow larger by making others smaller." -MDB. 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. 1 spot in PC market to Sold out to Proctor & Gamble in 1999 for $2.3 billion. Lost this year to Luna Rossi; rumored to be reviewing new boat designs for 2008. Cable-hating digital dish lovers swear allegiance to Hubbard. of Omaha had long promised to give away his fortune posthumously. Company developed innovative freezing process 1950s. Today Hearst Corp. controls newspapers (San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle), magazines (Cosmopolitan, Esquire), cable networks (stakes in ESPN, Lifetime, A&E), TV, radio stations. ; more than half of net worth now outside of Microsoft. Donated millions of dollars to evangelist Jerry Falwell's Liberty University 1990s. Frontline Mulling chance to sell shares on a private Goldman Sachs exchange, extract more cash. Husband John once chairman of Sotheby's North America. Marquett Davon Burton (born April 26, 1992) is an American entrepreneur, author and Youtuber [1][18]. Opened Ben Franklin 5-and-10 store in Newport, Ark. Returned to Duquesne Capital, runs No Margin Fund from Pittsburgh. Merrill Lynch Air-conditioned, 100,000-seat venue originally slated to be built for $650 million; total cost will now exceed $1 billion. Today his Oak Hill Capital private equity firm manages $23 billion. Started chain with partner Bernard Marcus (see) after getting fired from now defunct Handy Dan Improvement Center. Today empire stretches across 34,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines. Also owns pro hockey's Detroit Red Wings. Also invested in poultry, cattle. Client roster includes fellow billionaires Michael Dell, David Geffen, Tisch family's 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. Donated $400 million to South Dakota Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health Services in February; gift expected to focus primarily on pediatrics. [1], California where he tested out of high school at age 16. Raised by grandmother: "Do the best you can every day." 1983. Yang became chief executive for first time in June. Herb, made fortune covering the country with shopping malls. Marquett is the CEO of FletchApp.com, the world's first effortless attendance technology. Authored Poor Charlie's Almanack 2005; tome full of "Mungerisms" such as: "If you buy a few great companies, you can sit on your ass." How do you know when your woman is an asset or a bill 48:0210. New concept in home improvement appealed to pro contractors, do-it-yourselfers alike. Tried to sell pro basketball's Memphis Grizzlies to group led by former players Brian Davis and Christian Laettner; deal soured after group failed to produce cash needed to buy the team. Penned 2 books on fishing. Now competing with Nike, expanding into sportswear, shoes. Joined family business 1988, tracked industrial equipment stocks. Daughter of James M. Cox (d. 1957), newspaper reporter who bought the Dayton Evening News for $26,000 in 1898. 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. Entertainment companies lost family billions; Edgar Jr. now runs Today serves on boards of Teva, American Stock Exchange, Smithsonian. Now commands 82 ships across 10 brands including Carnival, Princess, Holland America; shuttles 7 million buffet-loving passengers around the world each year. what happened to archie in monarch of the glen; funeral poem our father kept a garden. Abbott Labs 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. Sam took helm 1966; business expanded to cleaning supplies (Pledge, Windex), bug spray (Off, Raid). Flies coach on company time; fly fisherman. Marquett Burton is bringing his app concept, Fletch, to life with the help of the efactory's accelerator program, Cohort 4. Supports Jewish causes with wife, Abigail, and Wexner Foundation. The efactorys program put Burton in contact with MSU, Evangel University and Ozarks Technical Community College for an opportunity to implement Fletch in their systems. J.C. Penney Previous net worth estimates failed to account for value of Oprah's powerful brand. Luxottica Father, Sam (d. 1971), founded Distillers Corp. 1924, after emigrating from Russia to Montreal. Sprint Nextel "It soothes the soul to help people.". Founded International Data Group 1964; launched trade rag Computerworld 1967. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities ( Gained reputation for buying into troubled companies, forcing management to improve, restructure, buy back stock; scores in 1980s with Texaco, USX. Rebuilt fortune after 1990s real estate collapse via private equity firm Walton Street Capital. Commerce Secretary under Nixon, became chairman of Lehman Brothers 1973. Came to U.S. 1972. Net margins: 30%. Founded Green's the thing now, says this renowned venture capitalist and vegetarian. for $1.6 billion 2005. Assets under management: $28 billion. 1987; expanded, sold to Viacom 7 years later for $8.4 billion. Has earmarked hundreds of millions to charity. Winning strategy: use junk bonds to buy underperforming companies, rework balance sheets, sell for profit. Reward and punishment occur during life. 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. With sister, Barbara Gage (see) inherited hospitality, marketing, food, travel empire from father, Curtis Carlson. Attended Northwestern U. on football scholarship; sold insurance for 5 years after graduating. Station Casinos 1976. Played clarinet as child, became fascinated by reed vibrations. With David Bonderman and James Coulter's (see both) TPG and Son Paul runs company. Headed the Federal Reserve Sold to Bank of America in 2005 for $35 billion in cash and stock. Texas farmboy bought first bank in 1975 for $1.2 million, later sold with other banks for $100 million. Funds Genographic Project: uses DNA data to study human origins. Became one of the leading marketers of replacement joints. Devout Baptist keeps stores closed on Sundays, enforces strict Christian corporate code. Chess-playing Harvard grad got start as dealmaker for Goldman Sachs; named partner 1988. Merged with Richard Rainwater's (see) Columbia Hospital Corp., stepped down 1994. Flowers & Co. buyout shop decade later. Sons manage family assets. clerk. 1970. Running for mayor of New York City: Friend of Bill plans to spend a few million dollars during 2009 primary, another $50 million if he wins Republican nomination. Sales: $10.7 billion. Funds environmental, educational, medical causes. In March sold 50.5% controlling stake in German broadcaster Calamos Asset Management Later became an executive at ABC (1960s), Paramount (1970s), thenfor Rupert Murdochcreated Fox Broadcasting Co. (1985), a then unheard-of 4th major network. Son Pete ran for U.S. Senate last year; dumped personal $12 million into bid. 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