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Louis Gerstner, CEO credited with turning around IBM, dies at 83
C-Suite
Louis Gerstner, CEO credited with turning around IBM, dies at 83
By Patrick Oster and BloombergDecember 28, 2025
Jim Simons
Success
The ‘Quant King’ who shook the world of hedge funds with his secretive Renaissance Technologies has died at 86
By Patrick Oster, Katherine Burton and BloombergMay 10, 2024
Byron Wien, the ‘nerdy middle-class Jewish kid’ who became a Blackstone and Morgan Stanley legend for his ’10 Surprises’ column, dies at 90
Finance
Byron Wien, the ‘nerdy middle-class Jewish kid’ who became a Blackstone and Morgan Stanley legend for his ’10 Surprises’ column, dies at 90
By Patrick Oster, Dawn Lim and BloombergOctober 26, 2023
Angelo Mozilo, who made Countrywide Financial a mortgage powerhouse and then became the face of the 2008 housing crisis, dies at 84
Finance
Angelo Mozilo, who made Countrywide Financial a mortgage powerhouse and then became the face of the 2008 housing crisis, dies at 84
By Patrick Oster and BloombergJuly 17, 2023
Sam Zell, elfin figure who became a billionaire ‘dancing on the skeletons of other people’s mistakes,’ dies at 81
Finance
Sam Zell, elfin figure who became a billionaire ‘dancing on the skeletons of other people’s mistakes,’ dies at 81
By Patrick Oster and BloombergMay 18, 2023
Colin Powell dies at 84
Politics
Colin Powell, retired U.S. Army general and secretary of state, dies at 84
By Patrick Oster and BloombergOctober 18, 2021
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson dies at 62
Retail
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson dies at 62
By Patrick Oster, Patrick Clark and BloombergFebruary 16, 2021
UNITED STATES - JULY 13: Bernard Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, arrives with his wife Kristie at Manhattan Federal court for his sentencing in New York Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Ebbers, convicted of leading an $11 billion fraud at WorldCom Inc., will learn this morning whether he must spend the rest of his life in a federal prison. (Photo by Adam Rountree/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Leadership
Ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, ‘telecom cowboy’ sentenced to 25 years in accounting fraud, dies at 78
By Patrick Oster and BloombergFebruary 3, 2020
David Stern
David Stern, Who Reshaped NBA Into Global Powerhouse, Dies
By Patrick Oster and BloombergJanuary 1, 2020
Billionaire David Koch Dies at 79
Politics
David Koch, Industrialist Who Funded Conservatives, Dies at 79
By Tom Metcalf, Patrick Oster and BloombergAugust 23, 2019
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By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026
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