Sentence examples for amassed a private fortune from inspiring English sources

It is likely that they did not affect most North Koreans, he said, except those relatively few who had amassed a private fortune through black markets.

So much for the first full-blown experiment in humanitarian intervention.Yugo KovachLondonWindows on the worldSIR – Tax the world selling overpriced Microsoft products, amass a private fortune and use it to save millions of lives in poor countries ("Missionary zeal", January 29th).

He always denied that he had amassed a secret fortune.

Ross, 79, who was called a "vulture investor" for buying up failing companies, cutting jobs and flipping them for often huge profits, has amassed a $2.9bn fortune via his private equity firm, WL Ross & Co. Ross last week agreed to buy a $12m seven-bedroom house on DC's leafy Woodland Drive, known as "billionaire's row".

Like those aforementioned pop stars, he too has enjoyed placing his buttocks on the comforting leather of a private jet and amassed a fortune to the sum of £145 million, but he's done so in a way that's refused to play by the rules of how record labels expect their pop stars to act.

Mr. Beisheim, who was said to have amassed a fortune of $3.3 billion, was intensely private and rarely in the public eye.

Over the years Mr. Hirst has amassed a large fortune.

David amassed a personal fortune reported at $200m.

He had amassed a personal fortune of at least $15 billion.

Meanwhile, he amassed a modest fortune through investments in banking, electricity, gas, rubber, and sugar.

He invested his baseball earnings shrewdly and amassed a comfortable fortune.