Forbes after Forbes; Empire must thrive without his spark; The Forbes empire
Feb. 26, 1990
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Timing was everything to Malcolm Forbes. He sharpened his Forbes magazine into a brash proponent of rampant capitalism, just as the money-driven Reagan era took hold. He entertained CEOs, while looking for the right moment to tweak them to buy ads in Forbes.
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Model capitalist won Soviet trust
Dec. 12, 1990
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Armand Hammer, friend of presidents, premiers and princes, used to explain his phenomenal business career by saying simply, "One thing led to another."
Indeed. Hammer, who headed Occidental Petroleum from 1957 until his death Monday at 92, led at least nine lives. He went from pharmaceutical manufacturing to asbestos mining to pencil making to merchant banking to art sales to making barrels and bourbon to cattle breeding to oil. Trained as a physician, he was a born dealmaker who put his own golden rule on a plaque in his Los Angeles bedroom: "He who hath the gold maketh the rule."
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'The Citizen Kane of his time'; Maxwell: The art of paradox
Nov. 6, 1991
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Bombastic, profane - even vulgar. That was Robert Maxwell.
Yet the same massive hand that went three knuckles deep into a pile of caviar, then dripping into his mouth sealed deal after deal with CEOs and union leaders the world over. The same tongue that lashed subordinates, suppliers and critics spoke the language of statesmanship - in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Hungarian and his native Czech - with presidents, kings and dictators.
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Sam Walton 1918-1992; Pioneer changed face of retailing
Apr. 6, 1992
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In his 52-year career as a retailer, Sam Walton became a billionaire, won the nation's highest civilian honor - and changed the rules of retailing forever.
"I think the death of Sam Walton has deprived the entire world of business and the entire world of consumers of a man who has brought clear and innovative thinking to both," retail analyst Kurt Barnard said Sunday shortly after the Wal-Mart founder died at the age of 74.
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William McGowan; 1927-1992; MCI Chairman dies while exercising
June 9, 1992
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WASHINGTON - The raised eyebrow, the twinkle in the eye, the look of incurable mischief - Bill McGowan's face told you all you ever needed to know about the man who helped make a one-minute long-distance telephone call almost as cheap as sending a letter.
