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March 2, 2016

CEO Of Energy Corporation, Dies In Car Accident, Day After He Was Indicted




[From article]
Aubrey McClendon, the founder and former CEO of oil and gas giant Chesapeake Energy, died Wednesday in a single-car crash in Oklahoma City, a day after he was charged with bid-rigging in the energy markets.
McClendon, 56, was driving at a “high rate of speed” at about 9 a.m. when he drove through a grassy area and crashed head-on into a wall, dying instantly in a 2013 Chevy Tahoe, Oklahoma City police Capt. Paco Balderrama said at a press conference.
The car erupted into a fireball after, charring the crushed hull of the vehicle, according to photos of the scene.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the crash was an accident.
McClendon’s death comes one day after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of conspiring to rig the price of oil and gas leases in Oklahoma.
“While serving as CEO of a major oil and gas company, the defendant formed and led a conspiracy to suppress prices paid to leaseholders in northwest Oklahoma,” US Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer said in a statement Tuesday.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/02/ex-chesapeake-ceo-dies-in-car-crash-day-after-indictment/

Energy mogul dies in fiery car crash day after indictment
By Kevin Dugan
New York Post
March 2, 2016 | 3:19pm

February 27, 2016

Private Equity CEO Earned $799 million Last Year



Steve Schwartzman and his wife Christine

[From article]
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman earned an impressive $799.2 million in 2015, making him the wealthiest man in private equity, it was revealed Friday night.
Schwarzman’s compensation was up from $689.3 million in 2014 after a record year for Blackstone Group LP, the Wall Street Journal reported.
[. . .]
Schwarzman and his wife, Christine, are prominent on the philanthropy and social circuit. He gave $100 million to the New York Public Library in return for having his name inscribed on two stone pedestals flanking the main entrance. He gave $10 million to DC’s Kennedy Center over 10 years, and $100 million to create a scholarship program at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. He also gave $150 million to his alma mater, Yale.
But in a 2008 New Yorker interview, Schwarzman — who came from humble beginnings as the son of a Pennsylvania dry-goods store owner — said, “I don’t feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don’t. I feel the same as when I was a fifth-year associate trying to make partner at Lehman Brothers. I haven’t changed.”

http://pagesix.com/2016/02/26/blackstone-ceo-raked-in-799m-in-2015/

Blackstone CEO raked in $799M in 2015
New York Post
Page Six
By Emily Smith
February 26, 2016 | 9:53pm

May 31, 2015

Updated(2): Suspect Captured in Washington DC Mass Murders. Attorney: He Disliked Pizza


Posted May 21, 2015 7:58 PM ET; Last updated May 31, 2015 9:21 PM ET


Daron Dylon Wint in photos provided by DC police. 
Photo: AP


[From article]
Robin Ficker, who said he completed a two-hour consultation with Wint, 34, on Saturday at the D.C. Central Detention Center, sliced into official accounts of the alleged quadruple homicide in an interview with the News.
“He doesn’t like pizza, he doesn’t order pizza,” Ficker said. “If you don’t like pizza and you’re holding people hostage in a house, aren’t you going to look in the refrigerator for something else?”
[. . .]
But Ficker, who has represented Wint in past cases on the ex-con’s long rap sheet of assault, domestic violence and theft, maintains he’s not capable of killing someone and called the reputed Domino’s
analysis.” The popular pies aren’t “a big thing” in Wint’s native Guyana, Ficker noted, saying he plans to speak with forensic experts on Wint’s alleged link to the food.
[. . .]
“When you eat a pizza, you’re not getting the inside of your mouth on the pizza,” he said. “You’re trying to convince us that a touch of someone’s lips on a pizza crust means that a murder was committed hours later by the pizza biter? This pizza stuff is a stretch.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mansion-slaying-susp-doesn-pizza-attorney-article-1.2241428

D.C. mansion slaying suspect reportedly traced with DNA on pizza crust actually ‘doesn’t like pizza’: attorney (VIDEO)
BY TOBIAS SALINGER 
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
Saturday, May 30, 2015, 10:07 PM


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[From article]
He’d been staying in his gal pal’s Canarsie apartment since Sunday — but wasn’t concerned about getting caught until he was named as a suspect Wednesday night, a law enforcement source said.
Wint was “shocked” by the warrant for his arrest, the source added. He called his parents in Maryland, then hopped in a livery cab, forking over hundreds of dollars to get back to DC, the source said.

http://nypost.com/2015/05/22/feds-barely-missed-dc-family-slaughter-suspect-in-brooklyn/

Family-slaughter suspect took cab from Brooklyn to DC to escape police
By Jamie Schram, Aaron Feis and Yaron Steinbuch
New York Post
May 22, 2015 | 10:47am
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[From article]
Police believe the man suspected of brutally murdering a family and their housekeeper in Washington, DC, last week is in Brooklyn — because his Big Apple girlfriend told authorities he’d been staying with her, The Post has learned.
Daron Dylon Wint’s Brooklyn girlfriend claimed that he was with her but heading back to Washington, DC, to turn himself in, a law enforcement source told The Post.
The source added that her claims that he’s prepared to turn himself over to the police could be nothing more than a diversion. Police took her in for questioning at the 69th precinct Thursday, sources said.
[. . .]
“We had information to believe he may be here, and right now in the South Brooklyn area,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said at aThursday afternoon press conference.
“He has some relatives here and some friends here. We’re investigating that with them right now,” he added.
Wint was spotted as recently as Wednesday night in Brooklyn, authorities told the Associated Press.
Police believe he may have stayed with his girlfriend Wednesday night, then left early in the morning, law enforcement sources said.
[. . .]
Wint was at one time employed by American Iron Works, a construction materials supplier based in Hyattsville, Maryland, where Savvas served as CEO, Lanier said at a press conference in DC.
“We do believe that there is a connection between the suspect in this case through the business,” she said. “It does not appear that this is a random crime.”
He “possibly” traveled from Maryland to New York on a bus, and police haven’t connected him with a car at this point, Lanier said.
[. . .]
Wint was last seen in blue jeans, a blue hooded sweatshirt and white tennis shoes.  
http://nypost.com/2015/05/21/suspect-in-dc-family-murder-may-be-in-nyc-area/

Police believe DC home invasion slaughter suspect in Brooklyn
By Jamie Schram, Michael Gartland, Yaron Steinbuch and Danika Fears
New York Post
May 21, 2015 | 11:47am

March 21, 2015

Apple CEO Sued By Wife For Hiding Assets During Divorce



John Sculley
Photo: Getty Images
[From article]
The man who famously fired Steve Jobs from Apple, John Sculley, is being sued by his ex-wife of 32 years, Carol Lee Sculley, who claims he “secretly and furtively” hid more than $25 million of his assets when they divorced.


Carol Lee Sculley

Sculley — the former Apple CEO who reportedly now has a net worth of $200 million — settled his divorce with Carol, known as Leezy, in 2011. But she sued him in Palm Beach in 2013 claiming he “lied” to her and the court, “submitted a false financial affidavit . . . and failed to fully and honestly disclose his assets.”
According to the court papers, Sculley had claimed that their total marital assets at the time of their separation in 2010 were $4.8 million. But he allegedly didn’t disclose “substantial private equity investments and investments in privately held companies and ventures around the globe.”

http://pagesix.com/2015/01/25/former-apple-ceo-being-sued-by-ex-for-hiding-millions-in-divorce/?_ga=1.1418994.212440808.1402078759

Former Apple CEO being sued by ex for ‘hiding millions’ in divorce
By Emily Smith
New York Post
January 25, 2015 | 9:44pm

January 20, 2015

Second Motorist Shot Dead By Cyclist In Los Angeles



Kameron Segal
Photo: Facebook
When a person is described as a philanthropist, journalists seldom explain how they got their money.

[From article]
Another bike-by shooting has struck Los Angeles — this time nearly claiming the life of a well-loved philanthropist as he sat parked in his Rolls-Royce on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
Four years after high-power publicist Ronni Chasen was randomly gunned down by a bike-riding transient — also on Sunset Boulevard — cops in Los Angeles were still looking Saturday night for the lone bicyclist gunman who fired into the face and chest of millionaire Kameron Segal, 48.
“This is still a very active, ongoing investigation,” LAPD spokeswoman Jane Kim told The Post. Segal remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition, she said.

http://nypost.com/2015/01/17/real-estate-mogul-in-rolls-royce-shot-by-cyclist-in-la/

Real estate mogul in Rolls-Royce shot by cyclist in LA
By Laura Italiano
New York Post
January 17, 2015 | 11:38am

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On the scene: Segal (pictured at a party) is prominent on LA's party scene
At least in this story he is identified as a real estate tycoon.
[From article]
According to KTLA, witnesses saw the suspect fleeing on a bike after the shots were fired.
Authorities believe he is a black man in his late 30s to early 40s, is said to be around six feet tall and was last seen wearing a baseball cap and carrying a ruck sack. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2914926/Multimillionaire-property-tycoon-shot-dead-wheel-Rolls-Royce-waiting-close-5-million-deal.html

Multimillionaire property tycoon, shot at the wheel of his Rolls Royce by cyclist hit-man, was waiting to close $5 million deal
Kameron Segal was hit twice while in a parking lot on Sunset Boulevard
He was minutes away from signing a $5 million deal, it has emerged
Cyclist approached the driver's side window and fired twice
The 48-year-old victim was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Authorities said he is expected to survive, but the suspect is on the run
Mr Segal is the CEO of property management firm Williams Holdings
By WILLS ROBINSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 17:23 EST, 17 January 2015 | UPDATED: 11:14 EST, 19 January 2015


December 21, 2014

Real Estate Executive Returns Bonus



Rick Holley
Courtesy of Plum Creek Timber Co.
[From article]
Rick Holley is CEO of Plum Creek Timber Co. PCL 0.50% , a Seattle-based real estate investment trust that owns and manages around 6.8 million acres of timberland in 19 states. Today Holley disclosed, via a regulatory filing, that he has returned 44,445 restricted stock units back to the company because “he does not believe that he should receive such an award unless Plum Creek’s stockholders see an increase in their investment return.”

http://fortune.com/2014/12/18/ceo-gives-back-bonus-says-he-doesnt-deserve-it/

CEO gives back bonus, says he doesn't deserve it
by Dan Primack @danprimack
DECEMBER 18, 2014, 2:21 PM EST

October 18, 2013

High Salaries of CEOs of Non Profits Studied


http://nypost.com/2013/10/14/study-looks-at-nonprofit-groups-with-millionaire-ceos/

Study looks at nonprofit groups with millionaire CEOs
By Jeane MacIntosh
New York Post
October 14, 2013 | 12:04am

September 30, 2013

Florida Lady, CEO of Food Company, Has No College Degree



Woman in charge: Kat Cole started off her food industry career as a waitress at Hooters to pay for college, but soon rose through the ranks and is now the president of Cinnabon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2439404/From-sports-bar-boardroom-How-Hooters-waitress-worked-way-president-Cinnabon.html

From the sports bar to the boardroom: How one former Hooters waitress worked her way up to become president of Cinnabon
Kat Cole started her career in the food industry as a Hooters waitress to pay for college
But she quickly rose through the ranks of the company and was a vice president by the age of 26
In 2010, she left Hooters to become chief operating officer of Cinnabon
Within two months of getting her MBA she was promoted to president
This year, Cinnabon is expected to take in $1billion in sales, due in part to Cole's focus on licensing deals
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 13:21 EST, 30 September 2013 | UPDATED: 13:28 EST, 30 September 2013

April 7, 2011

AMGEN CEO, $21M in 2010

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9MF68NG2&show_article=1

Amgen CEO got $21 million in 2010 compensation
Apr 7, 2011 09:26 PM US/Eastern
By ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer