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Sharks Of Gambling Industry. Part 3. |
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Donald Trump
Successful businessmen rarely limit themselves only to one type of entrepreneurship. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer in the premium real estate market and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates gambling casinos. Gambling industry often serves as a good support for main business. This is how the famous American billionaire and politician Donald Trump uses the gambling industry. Trump began his career at his father's company, the Trump Organization, and initially concentrated on his father's preferred field of middle class rental housing.
The range of Trump's interests is very wide, first of all, it is real estate, mass media, restaurants. It is not surprising that such a multifaceted entrepreneur became also interested in gambling industry. Understanding that practically all niches in Las Vegas are occupied, Trump paid his attention to the developing Atlantic City. It is there that he founded three casinos. Now Trump owns "Trump Taj Mahal", "Trump Plaza" and "Trump Marina" in Atlantic City. The fortune of Donald Trump is 2.6 billion dollars, he occupies the 278th position in "Forbes" world rating.
Calvin Ayre
Swift development of IT technologies influences practically all spheres of human activities. Gambling business is not an exception. Now one can play club poker, make bets on the results of sporting events via the internet without leaving home. The pioneer of online gambling was Calvin Ayre. Calvin was born in 1961 in Canada. In student years he worked up selling fruit. Having thus earned 10 thousand dollars, he organizes a company that specializes in IT technologies.
Perhaps, now he would also be engaged in developing, for instance, software, if once upon a time he came across an article that described business that accepted bets via telephone. After reading it Calvn decides to change the profile of his enterprise. In 1994 he creates "Bodog Entertainment Group". Believing in the potential of the computer network Internet, he starts to develop his business specifically in this area. With the help of web portal bodog.com for the first time people were able to bet online, and then play in casino and club poker. In March 2006 Calvin's photo appears on the cover of "Forbes", he becomes the first online casino games businessman who made his way into this prestigious magazine. According to "Forbes", Calvin managed to earn 44 million dollars, with this sum he occupies the 746th place in "Forbes" world rating.
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