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...DIED. Howard (Butch) Kerzner, 42, South African-born casino and resort developer-and son of international leisure tycoon Sol Kerzner-who acquired and dramatically expanded the Bahamas' renowned Atlantis Paradise Island, a 2,300-room pleasure palace with 24 hectares of swimming pools; in a helicopter crash; in Sosua, Dominican Republic...
DIED. Howard (Butch) Kerzner, 42, South African--born casino and resort developer--and son of international leisure tycoon Sol Kerzner--who acquired and dramatically expanded the Bahamas' renowned Atlantis Paradise Island into a 2,300-room pleasure palace with 60 acres of swimming pools; in a helicopter crash; in Sosua, Dominican Republic...
...billion Amount British tycoon and adventurer Sir Richard Branson has pledged to develop alternative energy sources over the next ten years $1 billion Estimated annual U.S. government budget for renewable-energy research...
...Bass case is one of the less-flagrant examples of spots-for-sale in Golden’s book. After all, Bass anted up after his daughter graduated from Harvard. By contrast, real estate tycoon Charles Kushner pledged $2.5 million to Harvard just as his son Jared prepared to apply. Even though an official at Jared’s own high school acknowledged that the scion’s GPA and SATs didn’t merit Harvard admission, he nonetheless won a spot in the Class of ’03. In sum, the examples of admissions-for-donations...
...Ellison, chief executive of Oracle Corp., called off his plans to donate $115 million and create the Ellison Institute for World Health—a decision he attributed to Summers’ resignation. At least three other substantial gifts were cancelled, including $100 million from publisher and real-estate tycoon Mortimer Zuckerman, $100 million from former Harvard Corporation member Richard A. Smith ’46, and $75 million from banker David Rockefeller ’36, The Wall Street Journal reported in July...