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Bernie Madoff

1938 - 2021

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Bernard Lawrence Madoff ( MAY-dawf; April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Madoff's firm had two basic units: a stock brokerage and an asset management business; the Ponzi scheme was centered in the asset management business. Madoff founded a penny stock brokerage in 1960, which eventually grew into Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernie Madoff is the 12th most popular businessperson (up from 45th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from United States (up from 449th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Businessperson.

Bernie Madoff is most famous for being the mastermind behind the largest Ponzi scheme in history. He was sentenced to 150 years in prison for his crimes.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bernie Madoff ranks 12 out of 847Before him are Warren Buffett, Oskar Schindler, George Soros, John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, and Sepp Blatter. After him are Vince McMahon, Aristotle Onassis, Robert McNamara, Ingvar Kamprad, Jamsetji Tata, and Florentino Pérez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Bernie Madoff ranks 6Before him are Juan Carlos I of Spain, Kofi Annan, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Claudia Cardinale, and Romy Schneider. After him are Adriano Celentano, Queen Sofía of Spain, Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Giddens, and Leonid Kuchma. Among people deceased in 2021, Bernie Madoff ranks 5Before him are Gerd Müller, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Michael Collins. After him are Ed Asner, Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, Christopher Plummer, George Shultz, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Roh Tae-woo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bernie Madoff ranks 105 out of 20,380Before him are Jack Nicholson (1937), Abraham Maslow (1908), Anthony Fauci (1940), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), and Charles H. Townes (1915). After him are Richard Stallman (1953), Louis Armstrong (1901), Marvin Gaye (1939), Vince McMahon (1945), Jim Morrison (1943), and Calvin Klein (1942).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Bernie Madoff ranks 6Before him are Howard Hughes (1905), Bill Gates (1955), Warren Buffett (1930), John D. Rockefeller (1839), and Jeff Bezos (1964). After him are Vince McMahon (1945), Robert McNamara (1916), Tim Cook (1960), Fred Trump (1905), William Boeing (1881), and Jeffrey Epstein (1953).