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Kirk Kerkorian

1917 - 2015

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Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (Armenian: Քըրք Քըրքորեան; June 6, 1917 – June 15, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian was one of the important figures in the shaping of Las Vegas and, with architect Martin Stern Jr., is described as the "father of the mega-resort". He built the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas three times: the International Hotel (opened in 1969), the original MGM Grand Hotel (1973) and the current MGM Grand (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kirk Kerkorian is the 297th most popular businessperson (down from 243rd in 2019), the 3,611th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,632nd in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Kirk Kerkorian ranks 297 out of 847. Before him are Ghislaine Maxwell, Friedrich Krupp, Eiji Toyoda, Francesco Baracca, Tommy Mottola, and Mineko Iwasaki. After him are Dietmar Hopp, John C. Bogle, Katharine Graham, Daniel Peter, Lazare Ponticelli, and Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Kirk Kerkorian ranks 135. Before him are Henri Salvador, Asima Chatterjee, Samael Aun Weor, Shams Pahlavi, Vasily Petrov, and Adam Malik. After him are Semyon Kurkotkin, Brad Dexter, Dondinho, Luigi Poggi, Earl Cameron, and Katharine Graham. Among people deceased in 2015, Kirk Kerkorian ranks 134. Before him are Edgar Froese, Chea Sim, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Aleksei Gubarev, Aruna Shanbaug case, and Doris Hart. After him are Dick Nanninga, Geoffrey Lewis, Renzo Zorzi, Ignacio Zoco, Anne Meara, and Wayne Dyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kirk Kerkorian ranks 3,611 out of 20,380. Before him are Victoria Woodhull (1838), Doug Jones (1954), George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Kristin Davis (1965), Harrison Dillard (1923), and Eric Stoltz (1961). After him are Maila Nurmi (1922), Joyce Meyer (1943), William Thurston (1946), Hailey Baldwin (1996), Jack Williamson (1908), and Leslie Lamport (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Kirk Kerkorian ranks 99. Before him are Henry Flagler (1830), David Packard (1912), Eric Trump (1984), John DeLorean (1925), Jared Kushner (1981), and Tommy Mottola (1949). After him are John C. Bogle (1929), Katharine Graham (1917), Larry Silverstein (1931), Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), Eric Schmidt (1955), and Johnny Kitagawa (1931).

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