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    Richard Whitney (August 1, 1888 – December 5, 1974) was an American financier, president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1930 to 1935. He was later...
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  • Richard Whitney may refer to: Richard Whitney (financier) (1888–1974), American financier, president of the New York Stock Exchange, convicted embezzler...
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  • basketball player Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1972), American financier and horse breeder Courtney Whitney (1897–1969), American lawyer and Army...
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  • for Prime Pleases Partners at Whitney." New York Times, June 26, 1989 RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. "Benno C. Schmidt, Financier, Is Dead at 86." New York Times...
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    notably with his cousin John Hay Whitney as a major shareholder backing the Technicolor Corporation. The two were also financiers for the 1939 film classic Gone...
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    William Collins Whitney, founder of the Whitney family, financier, U.S. Cabinet member, thoroughbred stable owner Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Vanderbilt...
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    Wide World (October 27, 1930). "H.P. WHITNEY DIES AT 58 OF PNEUMONIA; ILL ONLY A FEW DAYS; Sportsman and Financier Succumbs Unexpectedly at HisFifth Avenue...
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    Freeport-McMoRan, among others. He was a trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1971 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon appointed him to the chairmanship of...
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  • Thomas H. Lee (businessman) (category American financiers)
    Lee (March 27, 1944 – February 23, 2023) was an American businessman, financier, and investor credited with being one of the early pioneers in private...
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    other Republicans who criticized him for accepting compensation from financier Louis Wolfson. To replace Fortas, Nixon successively nominated two Southern...
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    Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead...
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  • (The Red Badge of Courage) Thomas Edison, inventor John Pierpont Morgan, financier Charles H. Treat, Treasurer of the United States from 1905–1909 Charles...
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  • William Collins Whitney – political leader and financier Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor, art patron, collector, and founder of the Whitney Museum of...
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  • August 15, 1966, Whitney announced the closure of the Herald Tribune. Combined with investments in the World Journal Tribune, Whitney spent $39.5 million...
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  • Haines lives in a beautiful suburban Connecticut home with her wealthy financier husband Stephen and their 11-year-old daughter Molly. Her best friend...
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  • attorney, US Senator: 165  Eli Whitney Blake Jr. (1857), American scientist and educator, great-nephew of Eli Whitney John Thomas Croxton (1857), Civil...
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    GBE (November 2, 1885 – February 25, 1974) was an American banker and financier, scion of a prominent and powerful political family, and U.S. Ambassador...
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  • Robert Livingston Schuyler (September 16, 1798 – November 15, 1855), was a financier, steamboat operator, and railroad president who acted as the de facto...
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    Senator Gordon Whitney is married to Geraldine Whitney, and is the father of Colin and Keith Whitney. Bruce Martin (1970–1971) Keith Whitney (aka Jonah Lockwood)...
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    000 lbf (220 kN) turbofan from GE Aviation/CFM International or Pratt & Whitney, with a bypass ratio of 10:1 or more and an overall pressure ratio exceeding...
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    Charlie Munger (category American financiers)
    2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022. Jill Perry (January 29, 2008). "Financier Munger Gives DuBridge Lecture". California Institute of Technology. Archived...
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    Brooks Adams (1838–1918), author Brooks Adams (1848–1927), historian Ivers Whitney Adams (1838–1914), founder of the oldest continuously playing professional...
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    businessman, polo player William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), United States Secretary of the Navy, financier Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert (1861–1952)...
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  • and Robert Goelet had two children: Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941), a financier and real estate developer. Beatrice Goelet (1885–1902), who died of pneumonia...
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    Thomas Fortune Ryan (category American financiers)
    assistant position on Wall Street where he would be tutored by William Collins Whitney.[citation needed] Ryan opened a brokerage firm with two partners, Lee,...
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  • changes to their contributions, with Brass dismissed prior to editing. Financier producer Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse magazine, engaged Giancarlo...
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    George Fisher Baker (category American financiers)
    George Fisher Baker (March 27, 1840 – May 2, 1931) was an American financier and philanthropist. Known as the "Dean of American Banking", he was also...
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    February 1905) "That was the right prayer.": 119  — Jay Cooke, American financier (16 February 1905), having overheard a prayer for the dead "Our trade...
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  • Sr. (1868–1949), a founder of the Gulf Oil Corporation Richard King Mellon (1899–1970), financier, general, and philanthropist; married Constance Prosser...
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  • sound due to the actors understanding very little English. The film's financier, Jack Bravman, took an out-of-court settlement from American International...
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