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...launch of Windows 95. He defied government probes of his finger-in-the-eye business practices, even as he was leveraging his control of computer software to edge his way into banking, retailing, interactive television and Hollywood. His net worth ballooned to nearly $15 billion, making him the richest self-made man on the planet...
...richest deal in sports-television history, nbc successfully bid a whopping $2.3 billion for the right to broadcast the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 Winter Games and the 2008 Summer Games. The network also cut a risky but potentially lucrative deal with Microsoft to create an all-news cable channel...
...France stumbles, the consequences will be serious. The Franco-German partnership has been at the heart of Europe's evolution and stability for almost half a century. France is a key member of the Atlantic Alliance, boasts the world's fourth richest economy and is a leader in such high-tech fields as aerospace, electronics, telecommunications and software...
Before launching Investcorp, Kirdar worked for Chase Manhattan Bank, where he was in charge of operations in the Persian Gulf. (Many of his senior executives are Chase alumni.) He was there at the height of the oil shocks of the 1970s and forged close ties with some of the richest men in the region. Abdul-Rahman Al-Ateeqi, a former Oil Minister and Finance Minister of Kuwait, has been Investcorp's chairman since the beginning. The vice chairman, Ahmed Ali Kanoo, heads a family with a net worth estimated at $1.5 billion...
YOUR THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTICLE ON the EQ factor falls into the very pit it attempts to avoid. The question should not be "Why the smartest kid in the class will probably not end up the richest," but "Why the smartest kid will probably not end up the happiest." Success today is measured by money, something as quantifiable as IQ. Happiness is more like EQ: vague, but you know if you've got it. JULIEN OLIVIER Barrington, New Hampshire...