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Apr 19, 2019 · Minneapolis investor Irwin Jacobs made his national reputation in the 1980s as a corporate raider by buying stakes in companies including Walt Disney and RCA and selling them for a quick profit.
Irwin L. Jacobs (July 15, 1941 – c. April 10, 2019) was an American businessman. He was the CEO of several large corporations, including the boat-building company Genmar Holdings . [1] He earned the nickname "Irv the Liquidator" for his aggressive business practices in the 1970s and early 1980s. [2]
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Jun 1, 2019 · Corporate Report, a defunct local business magazine, estimated Jacobs’ net worth at $400 million in 2000. Jacobs Trading itself became a symbol of his knack for a deal. He sold it in 2011 for ...
Apr 10, 2019 · Irwin Jacobs was a voluble, larger-than-life entrepreneur who built a fortune in the 1980s stalking, buying and selling some of the nation's largest companies. While his successes made him a name ...
Jun 30, 1996 · Is this the Irwin L. Jacobs, the fabled corporate raider who became conspicuously wealthy during the 1980's by buying huge chunks of troubled companies like Kaiser Steel, Walt Disney and Castle ...
Oct 16, 2015 · Irwin L. Jacobs, the Minneapolis takeover artist, has threatened to buy many big companies but has bought only a few small ones. With his June 14 agreement to buy AMF Inc., a $1.1-billion-a-year ...
Apr 13, 2019 · Jacobs said he was serious about wanting to be in charge, not simply being a corporate raider. He proved it when his group in 1985 did seize control of a big American corporation, AMF Inc.
