What is the net worth of the inventor of the Swift Boat Challenge?
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Swift Boat challenge The Swift Boat challenge from Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens was his reported offer of $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge made by the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, formerly the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, during the Presidential election campaign.
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T. Boone Pickens Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. (born May 22, 1928), known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of November, 2016, Pickens has a net worth of $500 million.
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Lino Saputo Emanuele "Lino" Saputo, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born June 10, 1937) is an Italian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the Canadian cheese manufacturer Saputo, Inc. He is sixth-richest man in Canada, and the 269th richest man in the world, with an estimated net worth of $5.2 billion as of June 2017.
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Jay Faison Jay Faison (born November 29, 1967) is an American entrepreneur and a conservative philanthropist from North Carolina. He was Founder and CEO of SnapAV. In 2013, he sold the vast majority of his shares in SnapAV and invested $175 million to start the ClearPath Foundation, with the mission of accelerating conservative clean energy solutions.
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Bruce Kirby (yachts) Bruce Robert William Kirby (born 2 February 1929 in Ottawa) is a Canadian-born sailboat designer, dinghy and offshore racer and journalist. His designs span in size from the single-handed Laser dinghy, by far the most successful one design boat in history, to the 12-meter class Louis Vuitton Cup yacht, "Canada One". He continues his design work in his American company, Bruce Kirby Marine.
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Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (] ; born 27 December 1947) is the former president and CEO of The Lego Group (1979–2004). According to "Forbes", Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is the richest Dane with a net worth of $21.2 billion as of March 2017.
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Jerry Kaplan Samuel Jerrold "Jerry" Kaplan (born March 25, 1952) is an American computer scientist, author, futurist, and serial entrepreneur. He is best known as a pioneer in the field of pen computing and tablet computers. He is the founder of numerous companies, including GO Corporation, whose technology was used to develop the first smartphone and tablet PC. Kaplan is the co-founder of OnSale, the first B2C online auction site launched in 1994, five months prior to eBay. He is a recipient of the 1998 Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award and author of the best-selling book "Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure." He has been featured in major news publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Red Herring, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Kaplan is also the author of the 2015 book "Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence". Additional companies he has co-founded include artificial intelligence company Teknowledge, Inc. and social game website Winster.com. Kaplan is currently a Fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
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Jonathan Manzi Jonathan Manzi (born 1991, Beverly, Massachusetts), an American entrepreneur, is known as the youngest person in history to attain a net worth exceeding $1 million via industry, doing so at the age of 16. Manzi attends Stanford University.
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Laurie Davidson Lawrence Karl Davidson, CNZM (born in Dargaville, 1927), is a New Zealand sailing yacht designer. He is most notable for his International America's Cup Class sailboats which successfully challenged and defended the America's Cup sailing trophy.
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Paul Singer (businessman) Paul Elliott Singer (born August 22, 1944) is an American hedge fund manager, activist investor, and philanthropist. His hedge fund, Elliott Management Corporation (EMC)—specializes in distressed debt acquisitions. Singer is also the founder and CEO of NML Capital Limited, a Cayman Islands-based offshore unit of Elliott Management Corporation. In 2017, "Forbes" rated Singer's net worth as $2.9 billion.
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Bob Clifford Dr. Robert "Bob" Frederick Clifford AO, (born in Tasmania, Australia), and now living in Surrey, England, is an Australian shipbuilder, entrepreneur, and businessman, best known for his success in building his Incat catamaran building company into an international brand that sells wave piercing catamaran ferries all over the world including to the US military and many European ferry operators.
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Shlomo Rechnitz Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz (born July 29, 1971) is an American businessman. He is the founder of TwinMed and owner of Brius Healthcare Services. He lives in the State of California. He is a billionaire with an estimated net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Karl-Johan Persson Karl-Johan Erling Göran Persson (born 23 March 1975) is a Swedish billionaire businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of the fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), which was founded by his grandfather Erling Persson. As of April 2017, according to "Forbes", he has a net worth of US$1.93 billion.
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Dodge Morgan Dodge David Morgan (January 15, 1932 – September 14, 2010) was an American sailor, businessman, publisher and "self-proclaimed contrarian." He flew fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s, worked as a newspaper reporter in Alaska, and became a millionaire by operating Controlonics, a company that manufactured Whistler radar detectors from 1971 to 1983. He gained fame in 1986 as the first American to sail solo around the world with no stops; Dodge was the third person to ever accomplish the feat and set eleven world records during his voyage including the fastest ever solo, non-stop circumnavigation. He also set a world record for eastward sailing when he completed his journey in 150 days, cutting the prior record of 292 days nearly in half. He spent his later years living on a 30-acre island that he purchased in 1998 in Maine's Quahog Harbor.
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Don Rowlands Sir Donald David Rowlands {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (17 June 1926 – 18 March 2015) was a New Zealand rower and businessman.
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Carl Berg Carl Edwin Berg (born 1938) is an American businessman, real estate investor, and venture capitalist who has been included in "Forbes" magazine's list of the 400 richest people in America numerous times. As of March 2013, his net worth was estimated at $1.1 billion.
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Hansjörg Wyss Hansjörg Wyss (IPA: /ˈhɑːnz/ -jorg wiz) (born 19 September 1935) is a Swiss entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the founder and was president, then chairman of Synthes USA, until its sale in 2012. Wyss, who lives in Wyoming, has supported philanthropic causes relating to environmental protection, social justice and science. His contributions led to the establishment of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University in 2009 and he created the Wyss Foundation, which aims to conserve natural environments, including public lands in the Western United States, Africa, and South America. As of 2017, Wyss has a net worth of US$5.6 billion, according to "Forbes".
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Orrin H. Ingram II Orrin H. Ingram II (born 1960) is an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and polo player. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Industries and the Chairman of Ingram Barge Company.
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Ted Alfond Ted Alfond (born 1945) is an American investor, philanthropist, and billionaire.
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Richard M. Schulze Richard Michael Schulze (born January 1941) is an American businessman. He is the founder of Best Buy and previously served as chairman and CEO. On the "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
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Kevin Parry Kevin John Parry (1933 – 26 November 2010) was a businessman from Western Australia, most noted for his backing of the Taskforce '87 syndicate which unsuccessfully defended the 1987 America's Cup in Fremantle, Western Australia. The defence cost over $20 million and built and raced three 12-metre class boats: "Kookaburra I", "Kookaburra II", and "Kookaburra III".
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Tom Hunter Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.