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Michael Milken

1946 - Today

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Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"), which led to his reputation as the "Junk Bond King", and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws. Milken's compensation while head of the high-yield bond department at Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s exceeded $1 billion over a four-year period, a record for U.S. income at that time. With a net worth of $6 billion as of 2022, he is among the richest people in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Milken is the 685th most popular businessperson (down from 630th in 2024), the 11,154th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,664th in 2019) and the 238th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Michael Milken ranks 685 out of 847. Before him are Eugene Roshal, Tony Fernandes, Peter Hill-Wood, Yelena Baturina, Chai Ling, and Henry Tate. After him are Steve Shirley, Michael Burry, Micky Arison, Shuhei Yoshida, Amy Pascal, and Gina Rinehart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Milken ranks 716. Before him are Kazuhiro Ninomiya, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Clive Bunker, Jan Domarski, Sverre Kjelsberg, and Bryan D. O'Connor. After him are Vahidin Musemić, Richard O. Covey, Manfred Zapf, Franz Fischler, Ian Wallace, and Bruce Robinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Milken ranks 11,156 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Dee Hull (1935), Michael Oher (1986), Arnold Kopelson (1935), William H. Webster (1924), Claudia Christian (1965), and Anita Baker (1958). After him are Woody Shaw (1944), Susanna M. Salter (1860), Jim Neidhart (1955), Howell Cobb (1815), Brian Christopher (1972), and Kay Johnson (1904).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Michael Milken ranks 238. Before him are Gwynne Shotwell (1963), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Trip Hawkins (1953), Andy Jassy (1968), Avram Glazer (1960), and George Steinbrenner (1930). After him are Michael Burry (1971), Amy Pascal (1958), Barry Diller (1942), Alan Eustace (1957), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), and Lamar Hunt (1932).

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