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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"), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Milken has received more than 2,946,918 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Milken is the 551st most popular businessperson, the 8,844th most popular biography from United States and the 205th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 15

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Michael Milken ranks 551 out of 601Before him are Christy Walton, John Munro Longyear, Christian von Koenigsegg, Isabel dos Santos, Avram Glazer, and Leo Burnett. After him are Abigail Johnson, Martin Whitmarsh, Arkady Volozh, Carly Fiorina, Charles Saatchi, and Micky Arison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Milken ranks 555Before him are Francesco Montenegro, Vladimir Belousov, Ram Vilas Paswan, Shahrnush Parsipur, Claudette Werleigh, and Giorgos Koudas. After him are Dave Mason, Jo Bonfrère, Ian Wallace, John B. Taylor, Aruna Irani, and Robert Jarvik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Milken ranks 8,844 out of 18,182Before him are Dan Henderson (1970), Laraine Day (1920), Eddie Hazel (1950), Ford Konno (1933), Brian Donlevy (1901), and Regina Resnik (1922). After him are George Lynch (1954), Robert Spitzer (1932), George Dole (1885), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927), David Darling (1941), and Chris Hillman (1944).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Michael Milken ranks 205Before him are Jamie Dimon (1956), Alan Eustace (1957), Christy Walton (1949), John Munro Longyear (1850), Avram Glazer (1960), and Leo Burnett (1891). After him are Abigail Johnson (1961), Carly Fiorina (1954), Billy Beane (1962), Robert Mercer (1946), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), and Tim Sweeney (1970).