Stock car maven attended first auto race at age 8; promoted events on dirt track in Midland, N.C. as a teen. Moved to railroads ( ). Bought first patch of real estate at age 20. "Larry" with brother Preston bought New Jersey hotel in 1946, leased hotels in once posh Atlantic City. Duo are equal partners in TPG. Led $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube last year. Expanded into gambling: opened $380 million casino resort in French Lick, Ind. Left day-to-day operations 2004; remains chairman. James: Cox chief since 1988. Owned 10 stores by age 24; made $25 million a year in revenue. Bidding for rights to run Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga racetracks. Yahoo upside is over 200 million registered users; most Google visitors are strangers. Founded Colony Capital 1991, bought up bad real estate loans from fledgling S&Ls. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. Trio made first fortune merging Tyumen Oil Company and Reinvested in stocks, bonds, horses; co-owns WinStar Farm in Kentucky. Intel still reigns as world's biggest chipmaker, sales pass $35 billion. Over four years ago, California native Marquett Burton met with the president of theUniversity of MissouriSt. 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. Third movie, Jaws, started unparalleled run of blockbusters (E.T., Indiana Jones movies, Jurassic Park, many more) and epic dramas (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan). Duo launched Meijer Thrifty Acres in 1962. 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. In August voters rejected a Kansas bill that would have allowed him to install slot machines at his Wichita Greyhound Park. 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. Revenue: $3.7 billion, up 185% since 1995. private for $9 billion. Investing in technology that removes carbon dioxide from coal-burning plants, cancer research. Company incrementally acquired by French bank Socit Gnrale. New novel by "FakeSteve" (a FORBES writer) depicts him as narcissistic jerk. Studied literature at Middlebury College. 5 years later; lost lease 1950. Today Grandchild of Homer Stryker (d. 1980), surgeon who invented mobile hospital bed, founded medical supply company Stryker Corp. 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. Sold minority stake in Hyatt to private equity firm Madrone Capital (owned by the Walton heirs) and Goldman Sachs for $1 billion in August. Invested in media: owns Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper, Pennsylvania radio stations. Worked at Trying to go private: company board rejected family's initial $8.9 billion bid in January, approved $10.6 billion offer 5 months later. Invested proceeds in real estate: Bald Head Island in North Carolina, hotels in Galveston, Tex. Built media empire. Met in computer science Ph.D. program at Stanford; dropped out to start Google in 1998 from friend's garage. Took quirky ad-cum-search engine public 2004; shares up 510% since. With family, controls Fidelity Investments, America's largest mutual fund company. Today "Why restrict the best and the brightest people from coming into your country?" Son of oil driller bought out dad 1961, struck big in Utah and Wyoming. It reaches roughly 30 users and delivers about 30 pageviews each month. Launched Internet banking arm 2 years ago; today holds $9 billion in deposits. This year exchanged $400 million worth of shares back to Chevron for cash plus oil and gas prospects to be developed. Studied petroleum engineering at U. of Texas. Convinced by investor Frank Meyer to move to Chicago; founded Citadel Investment Group 1990 with Meyer's money. Built publicly traded holding company Valhi with hostile takeovers. Recently purchased Virgin Megastores North America from British billionaire Richard Branson. Trader at Salomon Brothers 1970s, quit with $10 million in stock after merger. Later became an executive at ABC (1960s), Paramount (1970s), thenfor Rupert Murdochcreated Fox Broadcasting Co. (1985), a then unheard-of 4th major network. Today outfit believed to be one of the world's best-performing fund of funds; said to have returned 43% last year net of fees. . to court 7 years later after learning the investment bank had not informed him that Sunbeam's financial statements were cooked. Made billions betting on oil; claims to be the largest individual shareholder of Chevron, Today Kaiser-Francis produces 12 million barrels of oil and natural gas equivalents annually. Hank forced into retirement by his handpicked board in 2005 following an investigation by then N.Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer; most of the charges dropped earlier this summer. Attended Lehigh U.; worked for aluminum company He announces his coin on youtube (archive: https://archive.ph/U0CuH) . Edgar Sr. took over U.S. operations, brother Charles ran business in Canada. Pals of President George W. Bush; guest at White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth earlier this year. Buyouts: Castle & Cooke (Hawaii real estate), Dole Food (bananas, pineapples). Donated $175 million to build cancer center at alma mater. 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. Purchased Mission West real estate investment trust in 1997. Runs specialty insurance outfit C.V. Starr; firm hired public relations company Esapience to rebuild his reputation; P.R. Sam began retail career 1940 making $75 a month as J.C. Penney clerk. EMC Herb, made fortune covering the country with shopping malls. Father, Sam (d. 1971), founded Distillers Corp. 1924, after emigrating from Russia to Montreal. Invested in Broadway plays, then baseball. Academy of Hair Designs Linda Daugherty, Chair of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerces Small Business Council, shares tips to 417-lander Seth Harrell has a masters degree in a unique field: foresight. Today Carlson Cos. own hotels (Radisson, Country Inns & Suites), restaurants (T.G.I. . Jazz musician's son executed first trade at age 12. 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. Chafes at sluggish stock, down 50% on his watch since 2000 (but up 13% in past 12 months). Kept blunt, fearsome style intact. Early investor, board member of Google has sold more than 3 million shares since 2004 public offering; still owns 1.7 million shares worth $870 million. Bought 80-acre pear and walnut orchard in California, converted into first vineyard. Its DataTraveler Mini-Migo holds 2 gigabytes on a data key fob less than 1 inch long, for $25. Electronic Data Systems Also owns the $3,000-a-night Costa Smeralda resort in Sardinia. Has delivered more than 300 million copies of gospel to children in 100 countries through the Book of Hope ministry. Acquired stakes in newly privatized Russian companies. Paid $135 million for 1907 Klimt portrait last year, one of the largest sums ever paid for a painting. Stumbling online: nearly all Cond Nast Web sites used mainly to sell subscriptions, deliver magazine content. 1969. Curt: runs industrial cleaning supplies outfit JohnsonDiversey. Then gave $600 million in stock to his 6 kids. Son of barbara cox Anthony, longtime Forbes 400 member, who died in May. Early investments: St. Petersburg Times, Continental Broadcasting. . Shoe baron ran track for U. of Oregon, teamed up with coach to start sneaker company 1964. Earned electrical engineering degree from Princeton and Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley. Berkshire Hathaway Family's shares of BofA now worth $2.6 billion. Bought company 1970s; founded wood and paper trader International Forest Products later in 1972. Last year his BP Capital hedge fund made $1 billion in profit betting on crude oil, natural gas, Canadian tar sands. Cofounded SAS Institute 1976, now believed to be largest privately held software maker in the world; massive databases, customer analysis, business intelligence. . Immigrated to U.S. at age 15 with $800. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Marquett Davon Burton. 's operating income has doubled to $175 million in 2 years. Gateway Funds computer science grad students; also supports Salvation Army and an intentionally scary ad campaign on the horrors of methamphetamine addictionin Montana (where half of the 2,100 kids in foster care were there because of parents' meth habit). , with Robert Noyce 1968; introduced first microprocessor 3 years later. Rose to store manager, eventually vice president of Stater Bros.' parent, Petrolane. Bought cosmetics company He was later recruited to Everfi, a leading technology company in the education industry. Today The biggest challenge came in creating an effortless system for users. Sales: $1.5 billion. One of the Traitorous Eight cofounded Used papers to champion Spanish-American War; infamously portrayed by actor Orson Welles in Citizen Kane. Inherited 60% of privately held company when dad died 2006. Studied biophysics. Ed preferred the limelight. Feisty entrepreneur grew up poor in Portland, Ore.; sold magazines, lemonade through Depression. Sells 20 million Microsoft shares every quarter, proceeds going to private investment vehicle www.youtube.com/marquettism Posts Reels Videos Tagged Truth: he bought a herd of 6666-branded cattle 1875, then struck oil 1912. Owns stakes in pro basketball's L.A. Lakers, hockey's L.A. Kings. Sold billboard division to Chancellor Media Corp. for $960 million 1998. Opened to outside investors 2003. Sales up 13% to $1.9 billion last year. 1983. Sold classic drip painting by Jackson Pollock for $140 million in November, largest sum ever paid for single piece. Family escaped Soviet Union after revolution, settled in Iran. Victory soured as Guidant forced to recall thousands of defective heart defibrillators; company recently agreed to pay $195 million to settle resulting lawsuits. worth $2.3 billion. in 1977. Holiday hit with Dreamgirls; says he is done with movies. , Searching for more universities that will do the same; several have turned him down because of his strict rules as to how funds should be used. Can you focus on your purpose and women at the same time 1:09:1812. Joined UCLA faculty 1980, launched research leading to first human islet cell transplant. Last summer irrevocably earmarked the majority of his Berkshire shares to charity, mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Medtronic Last year donated $11 million electronics plant to the late Jerry Falwell; Liberty U. founder converted building into new law school and church. Sold out to WorldCom for $1.3 billion. Kao: Garmin chief executive; donated $17.5 million to U. of Tennessee for science and engineering research. Parents fled Poland for America weeks before Nazi invasion. Sold parts to Williams & Associates 1977. Beetle enthusiast has one of largest collections in world: 160,000 specimens. Uncle Samuel Slover arrived in Virginia 1900. Now Fortress chief executive; manages private equity, publicly traded alternative investment businesses. Today Hearst Corp. controls newspapers (San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle), magazines (Cosmopolitan, Esquire), cable networks (stakes in ESPN, Lifetime, A&E), TV, radio stations. Now looking for oil in harsh waters of maritime Canada. for $1.6 billion 2005. Plans to improve Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works operations, buy back stock, reduce workforce. Filo runs tech. Salesman's son dropped out of college, took to road selling plush toys. Stopped $6 billion takeover bid by rival E-Trade in summer 2005; bought TD Waterhouse for $1.7 billion a few months later. Developed passion for stock market in teens after investing parents' $5,000 nest egg. Went public 1998. Tenacious heir: father left bulk of estate to a charitable foundation; Barron waged lengthy legal battle for his cut of fortune, won 1989. Company's headquarters dubbed the "design bunker" for its 600,000-square-foot reinforced blast walls. Severance: $8,450. William III a partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, invests in companies focused on Web video, fiber optics. Founded investment company Yucaipa 1986; made fortune buying and selling supermarket chains Fred Meyer, Jurgensen's, Ralph's. Ed preferred the limelight. Rob: company's first lawyer; now chairman. Sold to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion. Marquett Davon Burton is an American technology entrepreneur. With brother James opened chain of general stores in Bentonville, Ark. Founded White Fields home for troubled boys in Oklahoma. Sales: $345 billion. Built riches on a marketing surprise. Sales now $13 billion. George A. Miller Scholar Tinkered with medical devices: patented plastic catheter, disposable surgical mask. 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. Founded Caxton Associates 1983. Victor now chairman. Bancroft family (and Dow Jones execs) succumbed after flirting with 21 other possible suitors; there were no takers. Bought Chevy dealership. Kohlberg exited 1987. , Honeywell, Intel. Corporate lawyer joined father's Tana Oil & Gas 1980; merged production properties with Texaco (now Also 550,000 acres of Florida timberland, stake in 1,800-acre golf resort in Cabo Del Sol. Launched Polo with $50,000 later that year. Agreed to buy casino outfit Met Jorge Perez (see); duo made billions developing Florida condos. Studied math at MIT, then Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley. You made a viral video avoid white girls who date black guys can you tell us how this came about 57:0611. Fletch: an app created for universities to take roll with ease. Also real estate: 520,000 acres, including entire mountain across from posh Park City, Utah ski resort; wind farm in central Utah. Debuted year ago in 30 million homes. Grandfather Fung Pakliu started distribution outfit Li & Fung a century ago in Guangzhou, China; sold porcelain, handicrafts. Frontline Longtime critic of efforts to repeal estate tax; says wealth should not pass exclusively to members of "lucky sperm club." AutoZone Last year persuaded Triarc Companies Delusions of Tinseltown grandeur: invests in film firms Crescent Drive Pictures, 360 Pictures; executive producer of starlet At UC Berkeley Marquett was a George A. Miller Scholar as well as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar[2]. 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). Professors and teachers are already very busy, so we made it so that they don't have to learn a new technology, Burton says. Nephew of late Forbes 400 member Max Fisher (d. 2005) founded real estate outfit Related Companies 1972. Sales: $9 billion. As a University of CaliforniaBerkley graduate, Burton remembered his owncollege experience and saw the correlation between a students attendance and his success. Calamos Growth Fund currently lagging behind the S&P 500. Went to work for Michael Marcus at Commodities Corp. Today firm's private equity, hedge fund, real estate operations manage $43 billion. Recently donated millions of dollars to fund a new building for the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University; also gave $30 million to the Frost School of Music at University of Miami. Started industrial holding company Access Industries 1986. Sold to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion; company isn't visible today. Soft-spoken investor grew up dirt-poor in Yuba City, Calif.; father dug sewer trenches. "I've been a news junkie since I was 13 years old." Claimed average annual return: 40%. With brother Samuel Newhourse Jr. (see) took over after father's death in 1979; expanded, diversified. Father was a doctor in China; family fled during WWII, moved to South Africa. In 31 years firm has invested in 150 companies; total transaction cost exceeds $280 billion. Sultan of sound formed firm 43 years ago, yet today it thrives on the latest in iPod speaker docks, home theater systems, noise-killing headphones. Anadarko Petroleum Marquett Burton has had 1 past job as the Founder and Executive at Fletch. Recently lost bid to operate New York race tracks. Now other builders pay him millions to license "Trump" brand. Acquired New York's oldest savings bank, Emigrant, for $90 million 1986; assets now $14 billion. Came out of retirement to revive HCA during fraud investigation. 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