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Tori Spelling. Well-known actress and one of the heirs to father Aaron Spelling’s $600 million fortune, Tori Spelling’s spendthrift ways caused her father to limit her inheritance to a mere ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [7] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Some built upon their inherited fortune to create companies that far exceed those of their parents or spouses -- like the Koch Brothers or L'Oreal's Liliane Bettencourt -- while others, such as ...
The richest heirs and heiresses in the world span from hardworking retail owners to royalty, and the businesses they run vary just as much.
George Allan Webbe DL (15 January 1854 – 19 February 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.. The eldest son of Alexander Allan Webbe (1808-1868) and Marian Cutler (1825-1914), he was born at Westminster into a wealthy family that had long belonged to the colonial elite of Nevis.
The Gospel of Wealth asserts that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth. Carnegie based his philosophy on the observation that the heirs of large fortunes frequently squandered them in riotous living rather than nurturing and growing them. Even bequeathing one's fortune to charity was no guarantee that it would be used wisely, due to the fact that there was no guarantee that a charitable ...
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Emily Key Hoffman, known upon her marriage as Mrs. F. Y. Dalziel, (1876 – September 12, 1927) was an American socialite, heiress, dancer, and big-game hunter. A prominent debutante of the Gilded Age, she was a leading figure in New York and Newport high society. Hoffman was an accomplished amateur dancer and performed Spanish dances at ...