Sam Wyly
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Sam Wyly is an American entrepreneur and billionaire known for founding and investing in numerous technology, retail, and energy companies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam Wyly canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American billionaire
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| businessModel |
leveraged buyouts
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roll-up acquisitions ⓘ |
| businessRegion | Dallas–Fort Worth area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Maverick Capital
NERFINISHED
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Sterling Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterling Software NERFINISHED ⓘ University Computing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Louisiana Tech University
NERFINISHED
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University of Michigan Ross School of Business NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| financialStatus | former billionaire ⓘ |
| founded | University Computing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chairman of Michaels Stores (past)
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chairman of Sterling Software ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Charles Wyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritten | memoir about his business career ⓘ |
| industryOfActivity |
energy industry
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retail industry ⓘ technology industry ⓘ |
| investedIn |
Bonanza Steakhouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf States Utilities NERFINISHED ⓘ Michaels Stores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building companies through acquisitions
ⓘ
political donations in the United States ⓘ |
| legalIssue | SEC civil fraud charges related to offshore accounts ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
found liable in SEC civil fraud case
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ordered to pay significant financial penalties ⓘ |
| name | Sam Wyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding and investing in energy companies
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founding and investing in retail companies ⓘ founding and investing in technology companies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
role in expansion of Michaels Stores
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role in growth of Sterling Software ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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entrepreneur ⓘ investor ⓘ |
| philanthropicActivity |
donations to arts organizations
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donations to educational institutions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Texas ⓘ |
| sibling | Charles Wyly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sam Wyly Description of subject: Sam Wyly is an American entrepreneur and billionaire known for founding and investing in numerous technology, retail, and energy companies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.