Mario Gabelli

Mario Gabelli runs Gamco, a mutual fund and investment firm he founded in 1977.Gabelli's reputation for stock-picking took off in the 80s when he found success betting on the media and telecom sectors. In 1965 he graduated first in his class from the Fordham College of Business Administration.He was reportedly Wall Street's highest paid chief executive when he took home $85 million in 2013.Gabelli gave at least $25 million to his alma mater Fordham, which named its undergraduate business college after the billionaire.