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...painting and let him know as soon as its value had doubled. Senn kept only the pieces he loved. The collector got to know many of the artists whose work he acquired. On one occasion, Monet wrote to Senn asking him to use his influence as a prominent local businessman with the Le Havre authorities. The artist wanted a street named in his honor, to mark his achievements and connection with the city. Since that accolade was reserved only for the deceased, the request got nowhere. Given the magnificence of Senn's donation, the collector now surely deserves that tribute...
...mind, it's hard to say why a secretive 87-year-old Beverly Hills billionaire would suddenly buy shares in an industrial dinosaur like General Motors. So let's say this: The man doesn't like sitting in the backseat, not in his personal life, certainly not as a businessman. Most mornings he drives himself to work in a Jeep Grand Cherokee, arriving at the office by 10:30. He can afford a chauffeur, of course, since he's worth an estimated $9 billion, a fortune built over a half-century of buying and selling assets from airlines to real...
John is first and foremost a businessman, interested in preserving legitimacy as much as reputation. Shamrock is “Not an Escort Service,” the thin business cards echo. It is also one of the few booking agencies licensed and bonded by the state. Competitors point to it when asked about New England’s largest stripping businesses, and one customer, just before the strippers were set to arrive for the bachelor party that he had arranged, said he switched from another agency to Shamrock because it was more “established...
Legendary skateboard champ Tony Hawk helped turn a California street sport into a global phenomenon. Now 36, Hawk is also a successful businessman, having built an action-sports empire that encompasses best-selling video games, DVDS, equipment, apparel and an arena tour called Boom Boom HuckJam. Hawk spoke with TIME's Jeffrey Ressner from the Cayman Islands, where he performed at the opening of Black Pearl, the world's largest concrete skate park...
...says he began planning his drug-dealing scheme in earnest, DeLorean told a group of sports car dealers: 'We will do anything to keep this company alive.' But what he really seemed committed to keeping alive was an image of himself: John DeLorean, the smart and plucky maverick businessman, the high-stakes gambler who makes his own rules and always wins...