2014 Event James Watson, one of three scientists to co-discover DNA structure, has auctioned off the 1962 Nobel Prize medal he received for the achievement; Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov paid $4.8 million for the medal but then returned it to Watson 2014 Event The mall-building company owned by Filipino billionaire Henry Sy is set to accelerate mall development in China 2012 Event U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet discloses that he has prostate cancer 1999 Death Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76 1997 Event Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer 1994 Event Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados 1994 Event Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89) 1994 Event Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap 1994 Event Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 1993 Death Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70 1992 Event Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Death Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1978 Death John D Rockefeller III, U.S. billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 1978 Death John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80 1976 Death J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London 1976 Death Jean Paul Getty, U.S. oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 1976 Death Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 1972 Event Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake 1956 Birthday Meg Whitman, born in Long Island, New York, formerly, CEO of eBay, billionaire, Republican, 2010 candidate for Governor of California 1955 Birthday Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington billionaire CEO, Microsoft 1951 Birthday Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire 1946 Birthday Donald Trump, born in New York City, New York, billionaire, master builder, Trump Towers 1941 Birthday Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International 1940 Birthday David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem 1935 Birthday Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth 1935 Birthday Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer 1933 Birthday 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 Birthday J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 1930 Birthday H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate 1992 1927 Birthday John Sainsbury, English billionaire 1927 Birthday Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea 1926 Birthday Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1918 Birthday Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart 1914 Birthday Perry Bass, Texas billionaire 1914 Birthday John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire 1909 Birthday Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building 1906 Birthday John D. Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, oil 1905 Birthday Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, Hughes Aircraft, inventor
