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- A giant of a man, Marvin Davis lived a giant life. Rocky Mountain wildcatter turned Hollywood mogul, he treated Twentieth Century Fox as his personal playground, broke all the rules (even his own), and, when he died last year, left his family warring over what may be a vanished $5.8 billion fortune.
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A giant of a man, Marvin Davis lived a giant life. Rocky Mountain wildcatter turned Hollywood mogul, he treated Twentieth Century Fox as his personal playground, broke all the rules (even...
- Mark Seal
Marvin H. Davis (August 31, 1925 – September 25, 2004) was an American industrialist. He made his fortunes as the chair of Davis Petroleum and at one time owned 20th Century Fox, the Pebble Beach Corporation, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Aspen Skiing Company.
Mar 8, 2019 · Oil man Marvin Davis and financier Marc Rich bought the studio in 1981 for $722 million. By 1985, Rich was a fugitive, and Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. bought him out for $250 million.
Jun 8, 1981 · For years, the 6-foot-5, 300-pound multimillionaire has been known as 'Mr. Wildcatter,' the man who found petroleum in places where the major oil companies were reluctant to take a risk. Now...
He loved making a buck. When Jack formed a partnership with wildcatter Jack Ryan to drill wells in Evansville, Ind., Dad went to work in the oilfields and found his passion. Then he met his lifelong love, Barbara Levine, whom he married in July of 1951.
Sep 26, 2004 · Marvin Davis, the wildcatting oil tycoon who bought 20th Century Fox and spent two decades as a major figure in the entertainment industry, died of natural causes Saturday morning at his...
