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     • Kirk Kerkorian was an Armenian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Known as one of the significant figures who shaped Las Vegas, he is also hailed as the ‘father of the mega resort’ along with architect Martin Stern Jr. Among his other achievements, he had built the world’s largest hotel in Las Vegas three times.
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   • Las Vegas real estate and movie studio mogul Kirk Kerkorian died on June 15. He was 98 years old, making him the world's second oldest billionaire. Only David Rockefeller, who turned 100 in June, was older. Kerkorian's life was the stuff of movies. An eighth-grade dropout, he was once a boxer and a former World War II fighter pilot trainer.

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   • "Kirk Kerkorian: The Reticent Billionaire". In Sheehan, Jack (ed.). The Players: The Men who Made Las Vegas. University of Nevada Press. pp. 159–166. ISBN 978-0874173062. Rempel, William C. (2018). The gambler : how penniless dropout Kirk Kerkorian became the greatest deal maker in capitalist history. New York, NY, USA: HarperCollins.

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   Who was Kerkor Kerkorian?

   • Kerkor Kerkorian was the youngest of four children of Lily and Ahron, impoverished Armenian immigrants, in Fresno, in California’s central valley. His father’s small farm collapsed in the 1921-22 recession and the family moved to Los Angeles. Kirk, still speaking little English, started earning money at the age of nine.

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   How did Kirk Kerkorian become a billionaire?

   • How Kirk Kerkorian overcame powerful enemies, became a billionaire, and still waited in line at his own hotels. Kirk Kerkorian was a part of the Las Vegas landscape for so long that it’s hard to imagine the Strip without his quiet but powerful hand in the high stakes casino development game.

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   Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian ( Armenian: Քըրք Քըրքորյան; June 6, 1917 – June 15, 2015) was an Armenian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California.

   • Children: 2
   • Awards: National Hero of Armenia (2004)

   • Years active: 1940–2015
   • Resting place: Inglewood Park Cemetery

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   Kirk Kerkorian was an Armenian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Known as one of the significant figures who shaped Las Vegas, he is also hailed as the ‘father of the mega resort’ along with architect Martin Stern Jr. Among his other achievements, he had built the world’s largest hotel in Las Vegas three times.

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   Jun 17, 2015 · Wed 17 Jun 2015 06.16 EDT. The American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, who has died aged 98, made his money in the risky, impetuous business style that John Maynard Keynes called the “casino”...

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   He was born Kerkor Kerkorian on June 6, 1917, to Ahron and Lily Kerkorian, Armenian immigrants who had settled in California's San Joaquin Valley farming region. The youngest of four children, he spoke Armenian at home, learning English on the streets and during his intermittent schooling.

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    Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian ( Armenian: Քըրք Քըրքորյան; June 6, 1917 – June 15, 2015) was an Armenian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California.