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Davis has contributed millions of dollars to medical research. From 1978 to 1985, he and his wife Barbara were the hosts of Denver's annual Carousel Ball, a glittering, star-studded bash devoted to fund raising for diabetes research. (One of Davis' three daughters suffers from the disease.) Since moving...
Other than luck, what an oilman needs most is persistence. Marvin Davis has plenty of both. The bulky son of a dress manufacturer from Newark, Davis made his first billion dollars in less than 20 years as a Denver-based wildcatter with a salesman's knack for raising capital and...
Only two months after Northwest Airlines rebuffed his $2.6 billion bid, Davis has bounced back with an even grander scheme. Last week he offered to pay $5.4 billion, or $240 a share, for UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the second largest U.S. carrier. UAL's board said it...
Either way, Davis is likely to score big, which is his habit. He used his oil profits in 1981 to buy 20th Century Fox, then sold it to Rupert Murdoch four years later for an estimated profit of $325 million. Davis picked up another $50 million by buying the Beverly...
Colleagues have described Davis, 63, as a "killer" in business, an intimidating dealmaker whose 6-ft. 4-in. height and 280-lb. heft amplify his forceful nature. At the same time, he is a gregarious socialite who counts among his close friends Gregory Peck, Don Rickles, Henry Kissinger and former...