Barry Diller
New York, New York
Drop Out, University of California, Los Angeles
United States
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online media, Self Made
$4,000,000,000
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#568 Billionaires 2019
#215 Forbes 400 2018
Barry Diller founded internet and media conglomerate IAC in 1995 where he's senior executive and chairman.Diller is also chairman of travel tech company Expedia which spun off from IAC in 2005. He has a 3.4% stake in Expedia. Prior to founding IAC, he worked at ABC, Paramount and Fox and oversaw launches of hit TV shows including "Cheers" and "The Simpsons." Through a majority stake in the online company Match Group, IAC controls popular dating platforms like Tinder, OkCupid and Match.com. In 2011, Diller and Furstenberg donated $20 million through their family foundation to help complete the High Line Park in New York City.He is married to designer Diane Von Furstenberg and owns an estimated third of her eponymous fashion company.
Diller never graduated from college and got a job in the mail room at William Morris talent agency. Diller is the owner of the EOS yacht, one of the largest private sailing yachts in the world.
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