| 词条 | Meshulam Riklis |
| 释义 |
| name = Meshulam Riklis | image = Meshulam Riklis.jpg | alt = | caption = Riklis on December 2, 1988 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1923|12|2}} | birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|1|25|1923|12|2}} | nationality = Israeli | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Businessman | spouse = Judith Stern (1940s-1970s) Pia Zadora (1977-1993) Tali Sinai (2010-2019) | children = with Stern: Simona Riklis Ackerman (deceased) Marcia Riklis Ira Riklis with Zadora: Kady Riklis Kristofer Riklis }} Meshulam Riklis ({{lang-he|משולם ריקליס}};{{lrm}} 2 December 1923 – 25 January 2019) was a Turkish-born Israeli businessman. Early yearsBorn in Istanbul, Riklis grew up in Tel Aviv before coming to the United States in 1947 with his first wife, Judith Stern, with whom he had three children: Simona (Mona), Marcia, and Ira. He studied mathematics at Ohio State University, graduating in 1950. His first significant job was as a junior stock analyst for the Minneapolis investment firm Piper Jaffray. Business careerRiklis is credited with having originated complicated paper transactions like high-yield bonds and leveraged buyouts to take over control of major companies, then doing paper switches of the assets into companies he owned. His first significant foray was the creation in 1966[1] of the Rapid-American Corporation by combining his significant stake in Rapid Electrotype Company, a platemaking concern with the American Colortype Company, a maker of stereoview lithographs and dollhouse furniture. Tracing the history of Rapid American Corporation[2] and its renamed form Glen Alden Corporation, one can find the succession of acquisitions Riklis used to create his financial empire, including; McCrory Stores, Leeds Travelware,[3] Gruen Watch Company, Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, Aunt Nellie's Farm Kitchens, Bargain Time, Beatrice Foods, Canadian retailer Dylex, Culligan International, Fabergé Cosmetics, J. J. Newberry stores, Lerner Shops, Lawry's Meat Specialties, Martha White Foods, Odd Lot Trading, International Playtex, the Riviera hotel and casino in Las Vegas, RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres, Samsonite, and Schenley Industries, the one-time American distributor of Dewar's whisky.[4] After his financial empire was well established, he returned to Ohio State to complete his acquisition of a Master's Degree in Finance. His degree thesis, titled "Expansion through Financial Management" and based on his career, discussed "the effective use, or rather non-use, of cash." [5] At the height of his financial success, he claimed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times to have had a reported net worth of a "billion dollars."[6] One of the many shells and holding companies he bought in the process of building the empire was E-II Holdings, in which the other investors later discovered he had placed the names of impressive companies, but not the assets. Among the investors in E-II was Carl Icahn. These investors revolted on Riklis and started seizing other properties in the financial empire.[7][8] Many of the corporations declared bankruptcy, again carefully maneuvered by Riklis to preserve his personal wealth. He famously sold his stake in the Carnival Cruise Line to Ted Arison for US$1 (while the company was US$5 million in debt).[9] In the early 1980s, he hired Jeffrey Silver and then Boston accountant, Arthur Waltzman, to take over as CEO of his then struggling Vegas landmark Riviera Hotel and Casino and rescue it from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} He also brought on board 25-year Playboy Enterprises executive, Sam Distefano to head the resort's entertainment department and personally hire its celebrity headliners for over ten years.[10] Forbes Magazine reported that while at the helm of a string of his companies, Riklis left his creditors unpaid for over US$2.9 billion in debt. According to Forbes, less than 10% of this had been recovered as of 2007.[11] Riklis donated US$1,000 to the presidential campaign of Joseph Biden.[12] In March 2013, Riklis filed for bankruptcy protection for Rapid-American Corp because of asbestos related personal injury claims brought against Rapid American through their subsidiary Philip Carey Manufacturing.[13]Personal lifeAfter divorcing his first wife, the 53-year-old Riklis was married to the then 23-year-old Pia Zadora on September 18, 1977. They had two children, Kady and Kristofer.[14][15] Riklis then financed the movie Butterfly, starring Zadora. Her acting in the film was lampooned by comedians and critics alike,[16] winning her the Razzie Award for Worst Actress, but she somehow won the Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year[17] after a well publicized press junket paid for by Riklis, also hosted at his own Riviera Hotel.[18] Riklis and Zadora then bought and demolished one of Beverly Hills' best known landmarks, Pickfair Manor, the former home of silent movie legends Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, to build a larger home on the site. They lived there until their divorce in 1993.[15] In 2010, aged 86, Riklis married his third wife, Tali Sinai, who was almost 40 years his junior.[19] In 2012, his daughter, Simona, known professionally as advice columnist Mona Ackerman, predeceased her father, dying from cancer at age 66.[14] Meshulam died on 25 January 2019, aged 95.{{Where|date=January 2019}}[20] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=36194228|title=Company Overview of Rapid-American Corp.|publisher=Bllomberg|accessdate=5 April 2018}} 2. ^{{cite news|author=iPad iPhone Android TIME TV Populist The Page|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874162,00.html|title=CORPORATIONS: The Rapid Riser|publisher=TIME|date=6 June 1960|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.patentstorm.us/assignee-patents/_Leeds_Travelwear__a_division_of_Rapid_American_Corporation/417052/1.html|title=Leeds Travelwear, a division of Rapid-American Corporation - US Patent Assignee - PatentStorm |publisher=Patentstorm.us|accessdate=18 November 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007011354/http://www.patentstorm.us/assignee-patents/_Leeds_Travelwear__a_division_of_Rapid_American_Corporation/417052/1.html|archivedate=7 October 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000205813|title=Meshulam Riklis |publisher=Nndb.com|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 5. ^{{cite thesis|url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1303155861|title=Expansion Through Financial Management Case Studies|last=Riklis|first=Meshulam|date=1966|type=MBA|publisher=The Ohio State University|page=76|accessdate=13 June 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news|author=Michael A. Hiltzik|title=A Borrowed Empire: Meshulam Riklis, Known to Most of the World as Mr. Pia Zadora, Is a Model for Today's Corporate Raiders, a Controversial Tycoon Who Built a Financial Kingdom on Debt|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=17 August 1986|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-17/magazine/tm-16503_1_pia-zadora|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|author=Stephanie Strom|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DB1E3AF935A15756C0A965958260|title=COMPANY NEWS; E-II Holdings Wins Fight For Reorganization Plan |publisher=New York Times|date=26 May 1993|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/E_II_Holdings_Inc_acquires_McCrory_Parent_Corp_from_Riklis_Family_Corp-26691|title=Riklis Family Corporation - Company Snapshot|publisher=Alacrastore.com|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondships.com/CarnivalMiracle-NumberOne-1.html|title=Artcile on Carnival Miracle and Carnival Victory|website=beyondships.com}} 10. ^"Frank Sinatra", Los Angeles Times, 28 September 1990; accessed 19 December 2015. 11. ^{{cite web|author=Nathan Vardi|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0930/400067_print.html|title=Magazine Article|publisher=Forbes.com|date=3 February 2000|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/88/elec-NEW-YORK-NY-88-part12.html|title=New York, New York (NY) Political Contributions by Individuals - Donations to Congress, local, or national races, Republican or Democrat and other candidates|website=www.city-data.com}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=Rapid-American Files Bankruptcy Citing Asbestos Liability|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-08/rapid-american-files-bankruptcy-citing-asbestos-liability.html|publisher=Blomberg.com|date=8 March 2013|accessdate=11 January 2014}} 14. ^1 DANIEL E. SLOTNIK [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/nyregion/mona-ackerman-psychologist-who-wrote-advice-column-dies-at-66.html?_r=0 "Mona Ackerman, Advice Columnist, Dies at 66"], nytimes.com, 5 December 2012. 15. ^1 Sara Nathan, "EXCLUSIVE: From Penthouse to Prison: How Broadway star Pia Zadora's racy pictures are a far cry from her arrest for 'choking' her teenage son", The Daily Mail, 3 July 2013. 16. ^[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E4D71038F936A35751C0A964948260 movies.nytimes.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520011135/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E4D71038F936A35751C0A964948260|date=20 May 2011}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://thegoldenglobes.com/welcome.html?yearz/G-1981.html|title=TheGoldenGlobes.com|publisher=TheGoldenGlobes.com|accessdate=18 November 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211134727/http://thegoldenglobes.com/welcome.html?yearz%2FG-1981.html|archivedate=11 February 2012}} 18. ^{{cite news|author=Bernard Weinraub|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/08/movies/first-comes-a-junket-then-a-golden-globe-hollywood-is-buzzing.html?pagewanted=1|title=First Comes a Junket, Then a Golden Globe; Hollywood Is Buzzing|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=8 February 1993|accessdate=18 November 2012}} 19. ^jpost.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124090905/http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=185851|date=24 January 2011}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/meshulam-riklis-dies-pia-zadora-husband-billionaire-involved-in-golden-globes-scandal-was-95-1202542139|title=Meshulam Riklis Dies: Pia Zadora Husband, Billionaire Involved In Golden Globes Scandal Was 95|first1=Bruce|last1=Haring|first2=Bruce|last2=Haring|date=26 January 2019|publisher=deadline.com}} External links
13 : 1923 births|2019 deaths|Israeli chief executives|Israeli expatriates in the United States|Israeli people of Turkish-Jewish descent|Naturalized citizens of Israel|Ohio State University alumni|People from Istanbul|People from Tel Aviv|Turkish emigrants to Israel|Turkish expatriates in Israel|Turkish Jews|Place of death missing |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。