Career / Profession: CEO at Koch Industries Inc.

Charles Koch was born on November 1, 1935 in Wichita situated in Kansas. He has an estimated net worth of 40.7 billion dollars. He is a leading American businessman and an active philanthropist. His birth name was Charles de Ganahl Koch.  His grandfather has a Dutch nationality. He was also the founder of the newspaper, the Quanah Tribune-Chief. He was also an important member in Quanah, Pacific Railway and Acme. He the chief Executive officer, chairman and co-owner of the Koch Industries. He owns 58% of the shares of the industries while his brother, David Koch owns 42% of the shares. David Koch is the Executive Vice President of the industries. Under his leadership, the company progressed leaps and bounds growing 2600 times of what it was when it started. It deals in chemicals and oil refining. While now it has spawned over other areas like pollution control equipment and technologies, minerals, polymers and fibers fertilizers, commodity trading & services, forest & consumer products. It has also other brands associated it with Dixie cup, Lycra fiber, the Stainmaster carpet and Quilted Northern tissue. The company’s revenue was 90 billion dollars till the year 2006. It is also ranked 2^nd in terms of earning revenue in United States of America. He is also the founder of The Cato Institute. It focuses on advocacy, exposure towards media and its influence in society. He also founded the Koch Cultural Trust with his wife. He has his hands also in funds artistic projects and creative artists.

Early life

He was brilliant student during his school and college times. He did his graduation in Massachusetts Institute of Technology and got the degree of Bachelor of Science in General Engineering and did post-graduation in Master on Science in Mechanical Engineering. He did his 2^nd masters in the 1960 and got Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. He then joined his father’s business, Rock Island Oil & Refining Company. Soon in 1967, he was made the president. In the very same year the company was renamed to Koch Industries.

Richly possessions: Estates and Homes

Palm Desert home

Charles Koch owns a very posh home located in the areas of Palm Desert in California in United States of America. He is the owner of the biggest private firm in America and his Palm Dessert home is his greatest and dearest asset. The price of this house is estimated in billions. The place has a beautiful interiors as well as exteriors. The stunning architecture keeps its lookers mesmerized and dazzled. The furniture is such that it offers great comfort. It is surrounded by lush green gardens which offer marvelous view of the natural beauty around the house. He has also a very rich neighborhood as the famous baseball player, Steve Garvey used to live here. The tycoon in publishing arena, Duane Hagadone also lived in Palm Deserts.

Causes he works for:

Charles G. Koch Charitable foundation

He is the founder of Charles G. Koch Charitable foundation. The organization helps 180 colleges and educational centers across the globe to raise awareness about education. It also funds many research programs going around. It encourages people to follow a path of well-being and leads mankind to make social progress. The main benefactors of this trust are colleges like University of Arizona, Kansas State University, Brown University and the universities in states like Utah, Florida and Montana. It also helps a sub branch of George Mason University, “Institute for Humane Studies”.  It is a non-profit private organization which was founded in 1980.

Awards and achievements:

He has won many awards and honory titles like Honorary Doctor of Science (from George Mason University for his contribution towards economic programs), Honorary Doctor of Commerce (from Washburn University),Honorary Doctor of Laws (from Babson College),President’s Medal (from Wichita State University in the year 2004), The Adam Smith Award (from the American Legislative Exchange Council),The 1999 Directors’ Award ( contribution to Global Vision in Energy in the New York Mercantile Exchange), The 1999 Governor’s Arts Patrons Award (from the Kansas Arts Commission), The 2000 National Distinguished Service Award (from The Tax Foundation), The Spirit of Justice Award (from The Heritage Foundation), The Entrepreneurial Leadership Award (from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship),The Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award (from the National Conference of Christians and Jews), The Distinguished Citizen Award (from the Boy Scouts of America), Wichita City Medallion, Wichita State University Entrepreneur, Wichita District Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year, The Individual Recognition Award (from the Wichita/Sedgwick County Arts and Humanities Council),The Uncommon Citizen Award (from the Wichita Chamber of Commerce) The Free Enterprise Award (from The Council for National Policy), The Herman W. Lay Memorial Award (from the Association of Private Enterprise Education),The Distinguished Service (from the University of Kansas),Honorary Life Membership in the Washburn Law School Association, The Distinguished Citizen Award (from Kansas State University),Spirit of Excellence Award (from The Urban League of Wichita),Outstanding Humanitarian Award (from the Greater Wichita Chapter of the National Society of Fundraising Executives), and The 2011 William E. Simon Prize (from the Philanthropy Roundtable).

What can he do with the money he has?

With the amount of money Charles Koch has, he can buy:

1. 343,183.9 pieces of Audi RS 7 Coupes worth 104,900 dollars each.

2. 3,000,000 pieces of Waterford London Console Tables worth 12,000 dollars each.

3. 3,603,603.6 pieces of Bloomingdale’s Century City 2-Piece Sectionals worth 9,990 dollars each.

Charles Koch has enough money to give every citizen in China 26.44 dollars.

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Career/Profession: Comedian, Actor, Film Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter, Film Director, Television Director

Edward “Eddie”Rubin Griffin as the name itself brings a smile on our face. He is popularly known as Eddie Griffin or we can say a funny man who is always ready to burn the stage with his style and jokes. He is a fantastic American actor and stand-up comedian. People used to know him with his role in the series Malcolm & Eddie as Eddie Sherman instead of his original name. He started his daring and amazed career in 1990. He is a gifted star in the world of entertainment.

Focus shifted from dancing to Acting:

Eddie was born on July 15^th, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was raised by his mother Doris Thomas who was an operator in Phone Company. He completed his high schooling in Kansas and got admitted to Kansas State University in biological Engineering but he left the university after three months. During his school time he was selected as a class clown for continuously three years. Instead he has perceived his career as a comedian but his first love was dance. He opened his own studio and worked there as choreographer. Suddenly his life took a turn when his brother forced him to perform at local stage as a comedian. He was told to perform for only three minutes but he performed continuously without break for 45 minutes. This incident opened a new door for him and he moved to Los Angeles for pursuing his career as stand-up comedian.

Acting gave him a shining career:

Griffin after moving to Los Angeles started his career by performing small roles in several films. He reached to the top after making use of each and every small opportunity. He was seen starred in several movies such as The Meteor Man in 1993, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo in 1999 etc. he established his career as a comedian when he performed for The Last Boy Scout in 1991, Coneheads in 1993 etc. these movies created a big fan following for Eddie and get him a role in Malcolm and Eddie from 1996-2000. The role in this series got him nominated for NAACP Image Award. He continued his acting in movies and list includes Scary Movie 3 in 2003, Norbit in 2007 etc. He also became writer and directed several episodes. He was fed up of doing small roles and taking just small advantage of the movie. Finally in 2001 he got lead role along with Orlando Jones in Double Take. John Q movie brought him respect as an actor in 2002. This list is endless including some big hits and some flops too. He also tried his hands on production of the movie My Baby’s Daddy in 2004 for Miramax Production.

Carved his name among the best Comedians:

As we know Griffin was interested in dancing but took stand up comedy as his career. It was seen that his behaviour and the speed with which he achieved the success in this field gave a feeling of his passion towards this profession. In a period of one month he carved his name in the good books of comedians and sooner he was compared with Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce etc. He was amongst the list of top 100 in the Stand ups comedians of All time. His successful performances led him to make a position in the industry and got so roles in Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam. He was also nominated for Cable Ace Award for One Night Stand in 1992. He also gave some funny musical performances for the Message in the Hat in 1993 and The Message in 1999. His credits are endless and actually increasing with time. He gave his performance for two tracks in two albums i.e. 2001 and Helter Skelter. He imitates Michael Jackson and Crack Cocaine in a very amazing way that sometimes his identity is lost. He came on Chappelle’s show in the role of Grits n Gravy.

Personal Life:

Griffin made a hat trick in marriage. He firstly got married to Carla in 1983 and at that time he was just 16 years old. The couple had been together for 13 years. After getting divorced from Carla he got married to Rochelle in 2002 but unfortunately this relationship also ended. The couple had nine children. In 2011 he tied knots with Nia Rivers.

Investments and his Assets:

Eddie Griffin is very particular about his looks and apparels. He is always seen in some new looks and tends to follow the trends. Starting from his glasses he nevertheless used to step down from the particular brand and his glasses are generally polarized. His accessories which he used to wear during his acting or stage comedies are generally of Aklia. He used to cover his head with NY Yankees Cap every time. He tends to invest all his mponey

Perfect mixture of talent:

Recently Eddie is working for Comedy Central for the show You Can Tell ‘em I said it which started in 2011. He was entitled amongst the top 100 greatest comedians of all time by Comedy Central. He has made his image not only on the stage but also covered silver screens. He has a record of 47 films and around 20 television shows. He is perfect mixture of talents and skills.

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