“The Queen of Mean” was a chain-smoking hotelier and real estate tycoon with a reputation for tyrannical behaviour. She took the view that “only the little people pay taxes” but was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion in 1989. Sentenced to 16 years, she served just 19 months in prison and 2 months under house arrest. Worth some $8 billion, Helmsley left her Maltese dog, Trouble, $12 million in trust.
The Roll Call - TYCOONS
< Categories
1
Sarah Winchester (née Pardee, 1839 – 1922)
2
Hetty Green (AKA Henrietta Green, ‘The Witch of Wall Street,’ née Henrietta Robinson, 1834 – 1916)
3
Denise Coates
4
Trevor Hemmings CVO
5
Herb Chambers (born Herbert G. Chambers)
6
Leslie Wexner (AKA “Les” Wexner)
7
Nicolas Berggruen (AKA “The Homeless Billionaire”)
8
Sir Martin Sorrell (AKA “The Third Brother”)
9
John Pappajohn
10
Sir John Ritblat FRICS, FSVA
11
Rich Ricci
12
Richard Desmond (nicknamed “Mr Badger”)
13
Howard Raymond
14
Richard Caring
15
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
16
Urs Schwarzenbach
17
Wafic Saïd
18
James Sherwood
19
Crispin Odey
20
Vincent Tchenguiz
21
Leona Helmsley (1920 – 2007)
22
Gina Rinehart
23
Alan Miller
24
Owen Oyston
25
Sidney Frank (1919 – 2006)
26
Robert Maxwell (1923 – 1991)
27
Nick & Christian Candy
[…] For a profile of Leona Helmsley, go to: http://thesteepletimes.com/tycoons/leona-helmsley-1920-2007/?position=14 […]
[…] Leona Helmsley didn’t do “little”. She lived by the belief that “only the little people pay taxes” and housed herself in a vast mansion on a 40-acre plot in Connecticut. Helmsley died at the house in 2007 and it is now once again for sale through David Ogilvy & Associates. […]