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Barry Sherman

Entrepreneur · born February 2, 1942 · died 2017

$3.2Bolder estimate, as of December 2017 · Bloomberg

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Bernard Charles "Barry" Sherman, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who was chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc. With an estimated net worth of US$3.2 billion at the time of his death, according to Forbes, Sherman was the 12th-wealthiest man in Canada.

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Barry Diller
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Barry Diller

Entrepreneur · Fox Broadcasting Company · media

1942 · United States

$4.2Bolder estimate, as of June 2020 · Forbes

Barry Charles Diller is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman of IAC and Expedia Group, and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch and USA Broadcasting. Diller was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Shakira
actor

Shakira

Actor

1977 · Spain

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer.

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Paul Mescal
actor

Paul Mescal

Actor

1996 · Ireland

Paul Colm Michael Mescal is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Farrah Fawcett
actor

Farrah Fawcett

Actor

1947–2009 · United States

Mary Ferrah Leni Fawcett was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels.

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Ayn Rand
author

Ayn Rand

Creator

1905–1982 · United States

Alice O'Connor, better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.

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James Joyce
author

James Joyce

Author

1882–1941 · Ireland

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

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