gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 15, 2014 There's no recent death or news item to create this thread, but there are a couple of really old, really rich people worth watching: Warren Buffett, 83, 4th richest person alive, has been in the news for choosing his successor at Berkshire Hathaway. Charles and David Koch, 78 and 74, 6th richest people alive, CEOs of Koch Industries, have massively funded conservative politicians in favor of fossil fuels. Bernie Ecclestone, 83, under corruption charges and threatened as boss of Formula 1 racing. George Soros, 83, 26th richest person alive, massive supporter of The Democratic Party, doesn't look too healthy but there are no bad news so far. Ingvar Kamprad, 88, Founder of IKEA, very secretive. DEAD Sheldon Adelson, 80, Las Vegas casino magnate, another guy who spends millions of dollars on politicians to ensure that society will go on in a way he thinks is best even after his death Karl Albrecht, 94, 23rd richest person alive, Germany's richest guy and co-founder of ALDI, his brother died last year. When will it be his turn? DEAD Liliane Bettencourt, 91, 11th richest person alive and richest french person, owner of L'Oreal, was involved in a corruption scandal and legal trouble with her daughter. DEAD Also worth watching: The Walton Family, owners of Wal-Mart and maybe even Bill Gates who is still only 58, but looks much older, in my opinion. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,661 Posted June 15, 2014 Don't forget dear old Rupert now... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 16, 2014 Indeed! Actually, when the thought of this thread first entered my mind I had him on my list, but yesterday I forgot, thanks! Rupert Murdoch, 83, CEO of News Corp., has had a bit of a bad streak lately, both personal, with the divorce from his wife, and public, with the phone hacking scandal and failure of his attempt to take over...what's the name..BSKYB or something... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 28, 2014 CEO of Dune entertainment and Village Roadshow chief, Greg Coote, dead at 72. He co-financed movies like Matrix and Avatar. http://www.deadline....i-p-greg-coote/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted June 28, 2014 Dune Entertainment? Wow that's a weird name, I'm sure for anyone who has seen the film Dune, the word entertainment is the last thing they would ever say after it in a word-association exercise..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 29, 2014 Dune Entertainment? Wow that's a weird name, I'm sure for anyone who has seen the film Dune, the word entertainment is the last thing they would ever say after it in a word-association exercise..... I'm not going to lie... I really like that movie. It made me read all the books. I'm fully aware of its faults, but there is magic in there (probably all due to the book). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 4, 2014 Richard Mellion Scaife, orchestrator of Hillary Clinton's 'vast right-wing conspiracy', media-mogul, and heir to a banking fortune, is dead at 82. I thought he was already dead... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/us/richard-mellon-scaife-influential-us-conservative-dies-at-82.html?_r=0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted August 20, 2014 Paul Raines, CEO of GameStop, underwent surgery to remove a brain tumour And keeping with his GameStop values, he probably offered to purchase the extracted tumour for $2 and re-sell it for $39.99. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted August 21, 2014 The founder of Germany's most popular moving company, Klaus Zapf, has died at 62. He was a rather anti-capitalist capitalist. Although a millionaire, he still bought his groceries at discounters, he still collected deposit bottles and liked to sue big companies as a small stockholder: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/klaus-zapf-umzugsunternehmer-aus-berlin-ist-tot-a-987327.html (german link, and I think there won't be an english obituary) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 20, 2014 Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total, killed in plane crash in Russia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted October 25, 2014 Calogero Gambino, Deutsche Bank lawyer and involved in diverse manipulations of interest rates and currencies which are currently going through the news, has commited suicide in New York. http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-10-24/deutsche-bank-lawyer-found-dead-in-new-york-in-suicide?mod=rss-peoplemod=rss-people&ea9c8a2de0ee111045601ab04d673622 It's the second suicide of high-ranking Deutsche Bank employees this year. In January, bank executive William Broeksmit also committed suicide, also possibly related to the investigations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted December 31, 2014 Co-Founder of Krispy Kreme Donuts, Lewis Rudolph, is dead at 95: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30641026 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 7, 2015 Former Goldman Sachs CEO John Whitehead, dead at 92: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/john-whitehead-former-leader-goldman-sachs-died-company-172357799--sector.html#MQwRMko I remember that I actually looked them (Goldman Sachs CEOs) up for potential entries into my economics theme team. I wonder why I didn't pick him. He worked in the Reagan Administration and would have counted as an economist, much like Robert Rubin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 8, 2015 Ed Hardy founder Christian Audigier, 56, has cancer: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3029279/Ed-Hardy-founder-Christian-Audigier-stands-inspirational-message-revealing-battle-cancer.html It seems like the treatment is going fine though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,071 Posted April 8, 2015 Joel Spira, who patented the solid state light dimmer switch and founded the Lutron Electronics Company, has had his lights switched off at 88. http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20150408_ap_2f6f4fea1d9045cdb31d0e39c17b4ef5.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 9, 2015 There has been so little information released about the health of Samsung chief Lee Kun-Hee, who has been in hospital for nearly a year, that the Korean press are speculating he may have died some time ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 21, 2015 The founder of jazz label ESP-Disk, Bernard Stollman has died at 85 of colon cancer. http://pitchfork.com/news/59352-esp-disk-founder-bernard-stollman-has-died/ The label released a couple of classic jazz records in the 60s and 70s, for example, by Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra (though I personally love the Pharoah Sanders records the most). And while I'm at it, Brian Couzens, the founder of classical music label Chandos has died at 82, but I have nothing to say about this: http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/sad-news-classical-label-founder-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 29, 2015 The longtime CEO of Michélin (the michélin man?) who turned the company into a global giant, Francois Michèlin, is dead at 88: http://www.autonews.com/article/20150429/OEM02/150429772/francois-michelin-dies-at-age-89 He once passed control of the company to his son Edouard, who, however, died before him in a car crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted April 29, 2015 The longtime CEO of Michélin (the michélin man?) who turned the company into a global giant, Francois Michèlin, is dead at 88: http://www.autonews.com/article/20150429/OEM02/150429772/francois-michelin-dies-at-age-89 He once passed control of the company to his son Edouard, who, however, died before him in a car crash. Fun fact the name of the Michelin man is Bibendum 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,071 Posted April 29, 2015 The longtime CEO of Michélin (the michélin man?) who turned the company into a global giant, Francois Michèlin, is dead at 88: http://www.autonews.com/article/20150429/OEM02/150429772/francois-michelin-dies-at-age-89 He once passed control of the company to his son Edouard, who, however, died before him in a car crash. Fun fact the name of the Michelin man is Bibendum He who was tyred of life.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,626 Posted April 29, 2015 The longtime CEO of Michélin (the michélin man?) who turned the company into a global giant, Francois Michèlin, is dead at 88: http://www.autonews.com/article/20150429/OEM02/150429772/francois-michelin-dies-at-age-89 He once passed control of the company to his son Edouard, who, however, died before him in a car crash. Edouard died by drowning on a fishing trip; his great uncle died in a car accident in the 1930s. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,071 Posted May 2, 2015 Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey died on Friday suddenly at 47. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3065515/Facebook-exec-Sherly-Sandberg-s-husband-Dave-Goldberg-dies-suddenly-47.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 2, 2015 Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey died on Friday suddenly at 47. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3065515/Facebook-exec-Sherly-Sandberg-s-husband-Dave-Goldberg-dies-suddenly-47.html Well I posted in friends and family thread as CNN only posted like 40 minutes ago. Wth?!! Anyway, sorry mate. Didn't know Daily Mail has 5 hour advanced notice on CNN :-( SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,071 Posted May 3, 2015 Heribald Naerger, former supervisory board chairman of Siemens AG, has died. He was 91. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-03/siemens-former-supervisory-board-chairman-heribald-naerger-dies-i98hpf4s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted May 4, 2015 Classical records "mastermind" Paul Myers has died at 83: http://slippedisc.com/2015/05/a-classical-record-master-has-died/ (somehow that website is often very high on my search list) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
