Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gordon_GekkoGordon Gekko - Wikipedia

    Gordon Gekko is a composite character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, [2] both directed by Oliver Stone. [3] Gekko was portrayed in both films by actor Michael Douglas, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the first film. [4]

  3. Gordon Gekko is one of the most memorable fictional characters in finance-related cinema. As the antagonist in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” and its sequel “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Gekko became a cultural symbol of greed and moral ambiguity in the financial world.

  4. Oct 26, 2021 · Who Is Gordon Gekko? Gordon Gekko is a fictional character who appears as the villain in the popular 1987 Oliver Stone movie "Wall Street" and its 2010 sequel "Wall Street: Money...

  5. May 20, 2024 · It was a speech by Boesky about the benefits of greed that inspired the famous “greed is good” speech delivered by Gordon Gekko, who was played by Michael Douglas, in the film “Wall Street.”

  6. Dec 8, 2023 · Who Is Gordon Gekko? Gordon Gekko is a fictional villain who has come to represent the lack of empathy among Wall Street financiers and capitalism in general, best summarized by his...

    • Contributor
  7. May 20, 2024 · Ivan Boesky, the one-time Wall Street tycoon, convicted fraudster and inspiration for the Gordon Gekko character in "Wall Street" died Monday in his California home, his family confirmed.

  8. Gordon Gekko : The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation.

  1. People also search for