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Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignments of the drug as large as 30 tons , [ 2 ] and was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA , the ...
Howard Stanley Marks (born 1946) is an American investor and writer. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management , the largest investor in distressed securities worldwide. In 2022, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, Marks was ranked No. 1365 on the Forbes list of billionaires.
At the time of Oaktree's inclusion in the PPIP program, The New York Times reported: "Howard S. Marks is the sort of financier who Washington hopes will help fix the nation’s tumbledown banks." [ 34 ] As of December 31, 2018, the Oaktree PPIP Fund, L.P. had a gross return of 28%.
Mr Nice is the autobiography of former drug dealer Howard Marks. [1] Published in 1996, it became an international bestseller due in large part to the humour and unabashed bravado the author uses to describe his life and the sheer scale of his drug deals involving, among others, the CIA, MI6, the IRA and the Mafia.
Investor Howard Marks reports that about half of the Nifty Fifty "compiled respectable returns for 25 years, even when measured from their pre-crash highs, suggesting that very high valuations can be fundamentally justified."
[citation needed] Marks was the main consultant for the film and for Ifans. The DVD includes a commentary by Howard Marks and a featurette in which Ifans impersonates Marks while both get intoxicated during a stand-up show, much to the delight of the crowd. Mr Nice was filmed in 2009 in Benidorm, Spain.
Prominent drugs trafficker Howard Marks was involved with McCann for several years in smuggling hashish from Afghanistan through Irish ports, specifically Shannon Airport, to the UK via Milford Haven in Wales. [4]
Antony Patrick Andrew Cairne Berkeley Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan, 3rd Baronet of Carr Manor (2 February 1936 – 24 November 1991) was a British hereditary peer. [1] He lived a playboy lifestyle and married five times.