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1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76
1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer 1994 Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados 1994 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89) 1994 Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 1993 Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70 1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1978 John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 1978 John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80 1976 J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 1976 Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1976 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake 1955 Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington billionaire CEO, Microsoft 1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire 1946 Donald Trump, born in New York City, New York, billionaire, master builder, Trump Towers 1941 Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem 1935 Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 1930 H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate 1992 1927 John Sainsbury, English billionaire 1927 Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea 1926 Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1923 Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1920 Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1918 Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart 1914 Perry Bass, Texas billionaire 1914 John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire 1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building 1906 John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil 1905 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, Hughes Aircraft, inventor |
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