Asher Edelman is a former corporate raider who, along with Carl Icahn, served as the basis for the character Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (film) due to his 1985 takeover of Datapoint. In 1988, he taught a course called "Corporate Raiding - The Art of War" at New York's Columbia University, and then moved to Lausanne. In 1996, he acquired shares in the Societe du Louvre, a group with holdings in Taittinger champagne, Hotel de Crillon, Baccarat crystal, … Wikipedia
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