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Tag: Philanthropist
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Nicolas Berggruen (AKA “The Homeless Billionaire”)
An eternal wanderer and worth some £985 million ($1.56 billion), art collector and founder of the Berggruen Holdings, Inc. fund of hedge funds Nicolas Berggruen prefers to live in five-star hotels (more…) -
Topsy Taylor (born Lesley Taylor)
This big-haired New York and Newport based socialite and aviation enthusiast co-founded Helicopter Flight Services in 1985. (more…)
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Lynn Wyatt (née Lynn Sakowitz)
The Houston home of the “ageless wife” of the once jailed Texan oil baron Oscar Wyatt became known as the “Wyatt Hyatt” after becoming a “home away from home” for everyone from Mick Jagger to Princess Margaret (more…) -
Justin Fichelson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”
The Steeple Times asks realtor and star of ‘Million Dollar Listing San Francisco’ Justin Fichelson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?” (more…)
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Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. (AKA “Buddy Fletcher”)
The fund founded by “The Black Madoff” was bankrupted in 2012 after Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.’s firms, Fletcher Asset Management and Fletcher International, failed to meet redemption requests of £97 million ($144 million). (more…) -
Arjun Waney
Described as “the most successful restaurant creator and investor in Britain” by Newsweek, Arjun Waney is the Karachi born septuagenarian behind restaurants in Dubai, Istanbul, London, Malibu and New York (more…) -
Doreen Lofthouse OBE MBE (AKA “Mrs Fisherman’s Friend”)
Credited with taking Fisherman’s Friend global, Fleetwood based Doreen Lofthouse is modest, decent and unpretentious. (more…) -
Elyse Newhouse (née Elyse Applebaum)
This New York based philanthropist married the grandson of Advance Publications founder Samuel I. Newhouse, Sr. (1895 – 1979) in 1988. (more…) -
Dame Shirley Porter DBE (née Shirley Cohen)
Tesco heiress Dame Shirley Porter joined Twitter in August 2014 and describes herself there as “an English philanthropist and former UK politician residing in Israel”. (more…)