Admittedly, after a few minutes of this story I realized that Robert Redd had the good fortune to play a part in the dynamics of a family connection.

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Founder and President Robert Bigelow, who made his fortune in the hotel industry before getting into the space business in 1999, framed the gambit as an out-of-this-world real estate venture.

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The board also includes Robert Brown, creator of Soldier of Fortune magazine, and rock guitarist Ted Nugent.

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The gift was established by a major gift given Syracuse by Robert Menschel, a Syracuse graduate, who made his fortune at Goldman Sachs and is a well-known New York philanthropist and art collector.

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The book is published by Paladin Press, a Boulder, Colorado company founded by two former Green Berets, Peder Lund and Robert Brown (who later split off to found Soldier of Fortune magazine).

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Pritzker died and later, when Jay and Robert Pritzker died, the IRS received wee fractions of the family fortune.

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She met Robert Louis-Dreyfus, heir to the storied Louis-Dreyfus fortune, with roots stretching back to the early 19th century, during a flight to London in 1988.

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It came as no surprise that Matthew Pritzker, a 21-year-old heir to the Chicago family fortune, joined his sister Liesel in a suit against their father, Robert, over what ever happened to their trust money.

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