Керкорян Кирк
Керкорян Кирк
Kerkorian Kirk
Музыкант, открывший американцам «Аршака II» первая скрипка симфонического оркестра оперного театра Сан-Франциско Герард Свазлян Кто же он, Герард Свазлян? Он родился в Египте в армянской семье и был воспитан в Советской Армении, где получил музыкальное образование и увлекся оперой, работая в Ереванском оперном театре. В 1975 году Свазлян эмигрировал в США и уже тогда играл на скрипке в знаменитом оркестре Метрополитен Опера.После этого он переехал в Сан-Франциско, где в местной опере и началась его 23-летняя карьера. Музыкант быстро понял, что армянская опера неизвестна и неоценена международным сообществом музыкантов
Писательница и активный член армянской общины Калифорнии Роксана Макасджян «Фонд Линей», основанный миллиардером Кирком Керкоряном. Председатель фонда Джим Алджян объяснил отказ в помощи тем, что фонд концентрирует свое внимание на гуманитарных проблемах исторической родины. Тем не менее скрипач Свазлян сформировал комитет для сбора денег посредством маленьких вкладов. Люди рассказывали своим друзьям,и вскоре слух о проекте распространился по всему армянскому американскому сообществу. В США, где около миллиона армян, примерно половина из них живет в Калифорнии. К концу января 1999 г. из 557 вкладчиков в конечном подсчете только 104 дали 1000 долларов и больше, и комитет достиг своей цели. Однако поддержка фондов «не была слепым упражнением национальной гордости», - подметила Джули Кулханян - Строуч из Пьедмонта, которая со своим мужем Роджером Строучем положили первые 100 тыс. долларов в фонд оперы.Кстати, господин Строуч, который вкладывает деньги в компании по программному обеспечению компьютеров, - один из основателей кафедры Уильяма Сарояна по арменистике в престижном американском Университете Беркли.Не осталась в стороне и президент Армянского Всеобщего Благотворительного Союза, центр которого располагается в Нью-Йорке, госпожа Луиз Симон ( Манукян), выделившая ЮОтыс. долларов для реализации данного проекта.Таким образом, к назначенному сроку были собраны чуть более миллиона долларов, Ноев Ковчег. Информационно-аналитическая газета армянской диаспоры стран СНГ. N 7 (65) Август 2003 года http://www.noev-kovcheg.ru/index.asp?n=65
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KIRK KERKORIAN (1917- )
The Quiet Lion The father of the megaresort, this daredevil pilot turned his high-flying ways into soaring profits by building the world's biggest hotels both on and off the Strip.
BY K.J. EVANS Review-Journal
Kerkorian, Kirk
Money Bags
Net Worth: $5.8 billion Source: Investments, investments, casinos Self made
Age: 87 Marital Status: divorced , 2 children , 3 divorces Hometown: Los Angeles , CA Undergraduate: High School, Diploma
Low-key investor hit jackpot with $7.9 billion takeover of Mandalay Bay Resorts in June. MGM Mirage stake now worth $3.4 billion. Former World War II pilot got start selling Trans International Airlines for $104 million profit in the 1960s. Invested proceeds in Vegas: acquired Flamingo hotel 1967, built International hotel 1969. Sold both properties to Hilton Hotels in 1970. Built first MGM Grand (now Bally's), opened second incarnation 1993. Bought Steve Wynn's (see) Mirage Resorts for $6.4 billion in 2000. Longtime love affair with MGM movie studio appears to be coming to an end: takeover negotiations with Sony heating up. Originally purchased studio 1970; sold to Ted Turner (see) 1986, bought back months later. Sold again 1990. Picked up a third time 1996. Personally netted $1 billion when studio paid massive $8 dividend to investors in May. Continues to push lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler over 1998 merger; testified in Delaware court in December. DCX shareholders now accusing Kerkorian of insider trading.
Kirk Kerkorian
Born: 6-Jun-1917 Birthplace: Fresno, CA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States Executive summary: Las Vegas baron
Military service: Canadian RAF (Air Transport Command)
Father: Ahron Kerkorian Mother: Lily Wife: Hilda Schmidt (m. 24-Jan-1942, div. 27-Sep-1951) Wife: Jean Maree Hardy (dancer, m. 5-Dec-1954, div., two daughters) Daughter: Tracy Daughter: Linda Wife: Lisa Bonder (tennis player, m. 1998, div. 1998) Daughter: (Kerkorian alleged the daughter's father was Steve Bing)
Metro, Goldwyn, and Meyer Chairman, Major shareholder MGM Mirage United Artists Chrysler Major shareholder (formerly) General Motors Major shareholder Gaming Hall of Fame 1991 Armenian Ancestry
КИРК КРКОРЯН Кирк Кркорян (Григор Григорян) сегодня является армянским миллиардером #1 в Америке. Он родился в 1917г. во Фрезно в семье Аарона и Лили Григорян. До 1935г. он занимался многим и даже был боксером-любителем. А также он учился в авиационной школе, был пилотом-инструктором, а после Второй мировой войны летал на самолетах воздушных сил через Атлантический океан. Вскоре К.Кркорян занялся торговлей самолетов и, открыв чартерные авиалинии, продал их с прибылью в 104 млн. в 1966г. С 1962-67гг. организовал в акциях заработав 37.6 млн долларов в течение 5 лет. В 1967г. он изменил род деятельности, построил самый большой отель в Лас Вегасе (отель Фламинго Интернейшнл) и продал его за 140 млн. в следующем году. В 1968г. он занялся сферой кино и в следующем году стал директором Метро Голдвин Мейор (MGM), к которому он в дальнейшем добавил Юнайтед Артистс, Коламбия Пикчерс и 20 сенчери фокс. В 1991г. он начал покупать акции Крайслера и вскоре стал его самым крупным акционером. А также он является владельцем гостиниц, казино, высококласных авиалиний и Тим парка" в Лас - Вегасе стоимостью 1 миллиард долларов. За свою фантастическую финансовую карьеру он получил прозвище Армянин на летающем ковре и Орел Лас - Вегаса. С 1992г. занимался благотворительностью в независимой республике Армении, включая его недавний подарок в 200 млн. долларов. Он также щедро жертововал мультимиллионные вклады в фонд Арцаха, поддерживая его борьбу за независимость.
Кирк Кркорян
Кирк Кркорян (Григор Григорян) сегодня является армянским миллиардером #1 в Америке. Он родился в 1917г. во Фрезно в семье Аарона и Лили Григорянов. До 1935г. он занимался многим и даже был боксером-любителем. А также он учился в авиационной школе, был пилотом-инструктором, а после Второй мировой войны летал на самолетах воздушных сил через Атлантический океан. Вскоре К.Кркорян занялся торговлей самолетов и, открыв чартерные авиалинии, продал их с прибылью в 104 млн. в 1966г. С 1962-67гг. организовал в акциях заработав 37.6 млн долларов в течение 5 лет. В 1967г. он изменил род деятельности, построил самый большой отель в Лас Вегасе (отель Фламинго Интернейшнл) и продал его за 140 млн. в следующем году. В 1968г. он занялся сферой кино и в следующем году стал директором Метро Голдвин Мейор (MGM), к которому он в дальнейшем добавил Юнайтед Артистс, Коламбия Пикчерс и 20 сенчери фокс. В 1991г. он начал покупать акции Крайслера и вскоре стал его самым крупным акционером. А также он является владельцем гостиниц, казино, высококласных авиалиний и Тим парка" в Лас - Вегасе стоимостью 1 миллиард долларов. За свою фантастическую финансовую карьеру он получил прозвище Армянин на летающем ковре и Орел Лас - Вегаса. С 1992г. занимался благотворительностью в независимой республике Армении, включая его недавний подарок в 200 млн. долларов. Он также щедро жертововал мультимиллионные вклады в фонд Арцаха, поддерживая его борьбу за независимость.
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Керк Керкорян Армянский миллиардер
ерк Керкорян (Григор Григорян) сегодня является армянским миллиардером № 1 в Америке. Он родился в 1917г. во Фрезно в семье Аарона и Лили Григорянов. До 1935г. он занимался многим и даже был боксером-любителем. А также он учился в авиационной школе, был пилотом-инструктором, а после Второй мировой войны летал на самолетах воздушных сил через Атлантический океан. Вскоре К.Керкорян занялся торговлей самолетами,и открыв чартерные авиалинии, продал их с прибылью в 104 млн. в 1966г. С 1962-67гг. работал с акциями, заработав 37.6 млн. долларов в течение 5 лет. В 1967г. он изменил род деятельности, построил самый большой отель в Лас Вегасе (отель "Фламинго Интернейшнл") и продал его за 140 млн. в следующем году. В 1968г. он занялся сферой кино и в следующем году стал директором "Метро Голдвин Мейор" (MGM), к которому он в дальнейшем добавил "Юнайтед Артистс", "Коламбия Пикчерс" и "20 сенчери фокс". В 1991г. он начал покупать акции Крайслера и вскоре стал его самым крупным акционером. А также он является владельцем гостиниц, казино, высококлассных авиалиний и "Тим парка" в Лас - Вегасе стоимостью 1 миллиард долларов. За свою фантастическую финансовую карьеру он получил прозвище "Армянин на летающем ковре" и "Орел Лас - Вегаса". С 1992г. занимался благотворительностью в независимой республике Армении( его недавний подарок в 200 млн. Долларов). Он также щедро жертвовал мультимиллионными вкладами в фонд Арцаха, поддерживая его борьбу за независимость.
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Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian (b. June 6, 1917) is a Nevada billionaire and president/CEO of the modern incarnation of MGM, which today is still a motion picture studio as well as a resort properties corporation. Kerkorian also owns Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and the "father of the megaresort".
The richest resident of Los Angeles, he may also be the most private. He almost never gives interviews. He does not use credit cards. He does not have an e-mail account. He does not board commercial flights. He does not shop in retail stores. He does not make speeches. He does not accept awards. Even when he is being magnanimous--his charitable foundation has dispensed more than $100 million over the decade--he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor. He does however eat out 3 or 4 times a week and play tennis every weekend, often with Alex Yemenidjian.
Net Worth in 2005 (Forbes Magazine) = $10 billion Table of contents [hide] 1 Early life
2 Kerkorian and Planes
3 Kerkorian and Las Vegas
4 Kerkorian and MGM Studios
5 Kirk and cars
6 Family
7 Lincy Foundation
8 Books
9 External links
[edit] Early life
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian was born in 1917 in Fresno, California to Ahron and Lily, Armenian immigrants. He is the youngest of 4 children. "Our first language, although we were born here, was Armenian," Kerkorian recalls. "We didn't learn the English language until we hit the streets." His father, an illiterate immigrant whom everyone called Villa (as in Pancho) on account of his oversize mustache, had become a paper millionaire during the great San Joaquin Valley raisin boom of World War I. Then recession of 1920-21 struck, and auctioneers liquidated his holdings. The young Kerkorian, under the tutelage of his older brother, became a fairly skilled amateur boxer but in 1939, he decided to learn how to fly airplanes.
The Kerkorians headed south, joining Los Angeles's urban poor. They landed first in Lincoln Heights, then the fringes of Jefferson Park, sometimes moving every few months when money was short. Kirk grew into a street-smart ruffian; he was expelled from Foshay Junior High for fighting, then sent to Jacob Riis, a downtown school for delinquent boys, before dropping out in the eighth grade. To help his parents Kirk began assembling a hustler's resume paperboy, golf caddie, steam cleaner, car refurbisher, furnace installer, amateur boxer (under the tutelage of his older brother Nish, also a boxer; Kirks nickname: "Rifle Right Kerkorian"), bouncer in a bowling alley bar. When he was 17 he lied about his age and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, which sent him to cut fire trails in Sequoia National Park. During his boxing days, Kerkorian became the Pacific amateur welterweight champion. [edit] Kerkorian and Planes
When he was 25 he lied about his education and entered the Morton Air Academy in Blythe, where he earned the rank of lieutenant and became an army flight instructor. During World War II Kirk flew daredevil missions across the Atlantic for the Royal Air Force, delivering unarmed Canadian bombers to European bases for $1,000 a trip - trips many called suicide runs. After the war he became a soldier of fortune, scouring the globe for surplus planes, some of them less airworthy than others, and transporting them himself to the highest bidder.
In 1947, at the age of 30, he sank everything into Los Angeles Air Service, a small charter business that cost him $60,000. Californians were just awakening to the allure of Las Vegas, and Kirk hit it big by, shuttling celebrities, high rollers, elopers, and the occasional mobster to the 24-hour wedding chapels and casinos. He renamed the company Trans International Airlines, turning it into the first U.S. charter service with its own jet. He took it public in 1965. Armenian-Americans knew of Kerkorian and bought his stock. It rose from a low of $9.75 to a high of $32. "It brought the stock up to begin with, and then our earnings were great, too, and it kept going up until we sold to TransAmerica," says Kerkorian. In 1968 he sold out to the TransAmerica Corporation. In that 1968 deal, Kerkorian received about $85 million worth of stock in the TransAmerica conglomerate, making him its biggest shareholder.
In 1992 Kerkorian started MGM Grand Air, a super luxury airline that only flew LA-NY flights. Timing was bad as the extended recession caused the close of this airline in 1994. [edit] Kerkorian and Las Vegas 1945 made his first visit to Las Vegas as a Cessna pilot. 1962 Kerkorian pulled off what Fortune magazine called "one of the most successful land speculations in Las Vegas' history." He bought 80 acres (320,000 sq m) across the Strip from the Flamingo for $960,000. The property was actually seperated from the Strip however by a narrow band of land belonging to another owner. "It was landlocked," says Kerkorian, "We traded the owners four or five acres for all of this thin strip that they could never build on." Caesars Palace contacted Kerkorian and rented it. 1967 bought 82 acres (330,000 sq m) of land on Paradise Road in Las Vegas for $5 million and built the International Hotel, which at the time was the largest hotel in the world. 1968 Sold Ceasars Palace land, having made $9 million on it in rent and sale price gains. ???? Kerkorian's International Leisure also bought the Flamingo Hotel in order to train the staff of the soon to open International - poaching much of the management (33 people) from the Sahara. 1969 Built the worlds largest hotel at the time, the International (now the Las Vegas Hilton), which was 30 stories and 1,512 rooms. It was criticized before opening for being off the Strip. Kerkorian sold his Las Vegas home, his private plane and his yacht in order to build the hotel. "We opened that hotel with Barbra Streisand in the main showroom," says Kerkorian. "The rock musical 'Hair' was in the other showroom and the opening lounge act was Ike and Tina Turner. Elvis followed Barbra in the main showroom. I don't know of any hotel that went that big on entertainment." 1973 (July 5) having purchased MGM, the famous movie studio, Kerkorian and MGM opened the original MGM Grand Hotel, which was the largest hotel in the world at that time (now that hotel is the Bally's). The new $107 million megaresort was named for a 1932 MGM film, "Grand Hotel." At 26 stories, the MGM Grand had 2,084 rooms, a 1,200-seat showroom and amenities like a shopping arcade, movie theater and jai alai fronton. 1980 November 11 the original MGM Grand burned in a fire that was the worst disaster ever in Las Vegas history, killing 85 people. MGM Grand reopened after only 8 months. 1986 Kerkorian sold the MGM Grand hotels in Las Vegas and Reno for $594 million to Bally. 1993 Built the present MGM Grand Hotel, which has 5,000 rooms, eight restaurants, a health club, a monorail, the 15,000-seat MGM Grand Garden and a theme park as big as Disneyland when it opened in 1955. It was also the largest hotel in the world when it opened.
Spun off from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Mirage owns and operates many properties, including the Bellagio, the current MGM Grand resort complex, the Mirage, Treasure Island, the New York-New York, and the Boardwalk in Las Vegas, as well as the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
(see Business Week - November 2, 1974 for how he financed all of this) [edit] Kerkorian and MGM Studios
In 1969, Kerkorian began buying MGM stock and by the end of the year had working control of the company. He immediately appointed James T. Aubrey, Jr. MGM's president. He downsized the struggling MGM and sold off massive amounts of historical memorabilia, including Dorothy's ruby slippers (from The Wizard of Oz), and several acres of MGM's backlots (which were razed to build houses). Kerkorian sold MGM's distribution system in 1973, and gradually distanced himself from the daily operation of the studio. In 1979, Kerkorian issued a statement claiming that MGM was now primarily a hotel company; however, he also managed to expand the overall film library and production system with the purchase of United Artists in 1981. In 1986 he sold the studios to Ted Turner.
Turner kept ownership of the combined MGM/UA for exactly 74 days. Both studios had huge debts and Turner simply could not afford to keep them under those circumstances; to recoup his investment, he sold all of United Artists and the MGM trademark back to Kerkorian. The studio lot was sold to Lorimar, which was later acquired by Warner Bros.; in 1990, the lot was sold to Columbia Pictures, in exchange for the half of Warner's lot they'd rented since the 1970s. Also in 1990, the MGM studio was purchased by Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti, but Parretti defaulted on the loans he'd used to buy the studio and sold the studio back to Kerkorian in 1996.
Longtime romance with MGM movie studio now over: 3-time studio owner closed $5 billion deal with Sony, 3 private-equity firms and cable giant Comcast in April, 2005; netted $1.8 billion. [edit] Kirk and cars
Kerkorian first entered into the world of cars with Chrysler, which he bought a large stake in, eventually reaching nearly 15%. He tried to buy the company outright, but the board blocked his efforts only to allow Mercedes (Diamler Benz) to buy the company later. Kerkorian is suing DiamlerChrylser for misrepresenting the deal as a merger, rather than an aquisition.
In May 2005, Kerkorian increased his stake in General Motors (GM) to 9.5%. In September 2005, he announced his intent to place someone on the GM Board of Directors. [edit] Family 1942 Married Hilda Schmidt, a Nebraska-born dentist's secretary whom he had met in his old southwest Los Angeles neighborhood. 1952 Divorced. No children. (She got their house in Inglewood, a two-year-old Ford, and $50,000.) 1954 Married Jean Maree Hardy, a Vegas showgirl at the Thunderbird Hotel. Two children, Tracy, and later adopted Linda. 1983 Divorced (private settlement believed to be worth $200 million). She remarried, but when she divorced in 1997 she sought nothing from her second husband. Her only request was that the court restore her name, Jean Kerkorian. 1991 Meets tennis pro Lisa Bonder and they enter long relationship. 1998 Kira Rose Kerkorian born to Lisa Bonder. Kirk voluntarily begins paying $20,000 a month in child support, later raising the amount to $50,000 a month. In a massively public court case, Lisa petitions to raise the monthly child support from $50,000 a month to $320,000 a month. Father later determined to be Steve Bing, who is also the father of Elizabeth Hurley's child. A breach of privacy suit was filed against Kerkorian by Bing. 1999 Kerkorian married tennis pro Lisa Bonder for the prearranged period of 30 days, because Lisa wanted to "legitamize" Kira. [edit] Lincy Foundation
Named after his two daughters, Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation has made huge charitable contributions, much of this to Armenian causes. [edit] Books Kerkorian: An American Success Story, by Dial Torgerson The Playground of the Gods, by Cathy Cash-Spellman (ISBN 0446517011) a fictional story whose main character is clearly based on Kirk Kerkorian. [edit] External links MGM Corporate Website MGM Mirage properties website Excellent article about Kerkorians rise in business Forbes 400
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KIRK KERKORIAN Кирк Керкорьян
It was while a pilot in World War II that Kirk Kerkorian developed a love of aircraft that has lasted all of his life. When the war ended, Kerkorian remained in the skies. flying gamblers to Las Vegas in a surplus B-26 bomber. In 1948, he founded Transinternational Airlines which he operated until 1968 when he sold the airlines and cashed in his investment for $104 million. Hilton Hotels Corp. Chairman Barron Hilton noted that one of his greatest mistakes was now becoming Kerkorian's partner in Transintermational Airlines. With his profits, Kerkorian purchased Western Airlines and served as director and major shareholder from 1969 to 1976. In 1986, plans were announced for an all-first class carrier, MGMT Grand Air, which would operate Between Los Angeles and Newark. New Jersey and later extend its routes to London. Over the years, the financier has also had extensive holdings in casinos, hotels and movie companies His reclusive ways have angered some shareholders, but those who have stuck with the high-stakes investor usually make money. Kerkorian must know what he is doing as his wealth is estimated at over $600 million, placing him in the top 75 on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans.
