But, as his personal fortune declined, Thiel developed his pessimistic theory of a tech slowdown.
This is not to say that possession of a personal fortune is a fatal handicap in politics.
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Others, like Lyndon Johnson and Andrew Jackson , used government service as a springboard to personal fortune.
Tuchman, who had lost a lot of his personal fortune, returned two years later to help revive the business.
Third, it rewards a risk-taker who committed most of his personal fortune and waking hours to making a revolutionary venture work.
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Chelsea's owner, Roman Abramovich, has used his personal fortune to transform the team into a perennial contender in the English Premier League.
The son of Senegal's former President Abdoulaye Wade is in police custody after being charged with corruption in connection with his personal fortune.
In the past 13 years, she held several key operational roles at Google, contributing to its expansion and accumulating a considerable personal fortune.
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We can see their personal fortune, but of course whether he or she wins the medal or not is also down to their competitors.
She will be replaced by Republican Rick Snyder, a founder of Gateway computers who has used his personal fortune to back start-up companies in Michigan.
Mr. Paulson has made a very successful career, an immense personal fortune and an astounding financial empire at the New York-based investment house, Goldman Sachs.
He believes that the "steadfast" backing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the key ingredient in the department's success and derives partly from the mayor's vast personal fortune.
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Shortly after retiring in 1945, when he found himself in danger of becoming a millionaire, he set up a foundation and gave it half his personal fortune.
He also has also benefited from a personal fortune, made in the energy business, that has helped him finance his campaign and blanket the airwaves with ads.
Zhu Yuguo, ranks at 102 on the Forbes China Rich List, with a personal fortune of 5.71 billion Yuan and has invested heavily in the wind power industry.
Not only was he promised a personal fortune, but, as a keen naturalist, the trip would afford him the opportunity to explore the flora and fauna of Jamaica.
Even though Abramovich's personal fortune is understood to have been affected by the global economic downturn, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon insists the club is not for sale.
After lengthy negotiations he put up a third of his personal fortune, and he persuaded other investors to join him so he could gain a 51% controlling interest.
He has used his considerable personal fortune to affect change.
He has already served as Italy's prime minister for three separate terms and built up what is believed to be a vast personal fortune from his business empire.
Armstrong's personal fortune had sustained a big hit days earlier.
Mr Berlusconi has already served as Italy's prime minister for three separate terms and built up what is believed to be a vast personal fortune from his business empire.
Andy Grove, one of Intel's founders and ex-chief executive, was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2000 and has since pledged millions of his personal fortune to fund research into the disease.
Under the leadership of Weisel, who invested large sums of his personal fortune, the United States Postal Service team became the most dominant and important team in the sport of professional bike racing.
But even without the personal fortune that helped Bloomberg win as a Republican (or the one that John Catsimatidis may use to help him), Lhota stands out as a compelling and competitive candidate.
The economic slowdown impacts even the absurdly wealthy, and if given truth serum I doubt that you would find too many owners who care more about winning trophies than their own personal fortune.
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To prevent such a catastrophe, incumbent politicians such as McCain and Lieberman, who want us to trust them, have been busily enacting campaign-finance rules that bar anyone without a personal fortune from displacing them.
And, of course, it is admirable and desirable for the leaders of successful public companies to use some of their personal fortune for charitable purposes, as many have throughout history and many do now.
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