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...America) and Charles Merrill (Merrill Lynch), make our list, but some might argue that finance is underrepresented, since it was the availability of capital, as much or more than individual genius or initiative, that so often created the conditions for business success. By that measure, Drexel Burnham's Michael Milken, who raised billions for the likes of Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch and MCI Corp., should be included, notwithstanding his conviction for violating securities laws and his time spent in jail. Other financial innovators who changed the way we spend and save might also have made the list, including Dee Hock...
...life, that's what he tried to achieve with his new firm, which became a laboratory for his grand experiment. Today when we conjure up the names of the great American financiers, we tend to think of people like J.P. Morgan and Warren Buffett and even Michael Milken. But none of them had the effect on American life that Charlie Merrill had. In fact, they're not even close...
When the 1980s and '90s turned into the age of personal investment--courtesy of the 401(k)--as well as celebrity capitalism--courtesy of Michael Milken's junk bonds and the bull market--MONEY was joined by a passel of rivals, including SmartMoney, Worth and Mutual Funds, each of which made the eternal promise of investment journalism--pssst, you can beat the market...
Dershowitz, whose clients have included O.J.Simpson and Michael Milken, said he thinks havingKaradzic stand trial is more important thanreaching "a particular verdict...
...MICHAEL MILKEN Pays $47 million for violating his probation by consulting. Next time he should try gardening...