ABOUT KIRK KERKORIAN
CEO of Tracinda Corporation. He once held a fortune of more than $16 billion.
He was an amateur welterweight champion after dropping out of school in eighth grade.
He held large shares of MGM, General Motors, and the Ford Motor Company stocks.
He had a brief third marriage to Lisa Bonder that ended in 1998. He raised two daughters, Tracy and Linda.
He was 40 spots behind Warren Buffett on the Forbes 2008 list of the richest people.
