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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: "One Man's Trash": Building a Garbage Kingdom. -- Garbage into Gold: The Early Waste Management Years. -- Waste Management: Regulatory Woes and Industry Triumphs. -- Wayne's Companies After Waste Management: Toilets, Lawns, Bugs, and Water. -- Video Venture: Taking Charge of Blockbuster. -- Fast Forward: Building the Blockbuster Management Team. -- Deal du Jour: Blockbuster Swallows Up the Competition. -- Don't Hit Pause: Blockbuster in Turbulence. -- Sports Inc.: Stadium Seats and a Baseball Team. -- Sports Tycoon: Hockey, Football, and a Game Plan. -- Viacom: The Deal from Hell. -- After Blockbuster: What's Next. -- Author's Notes. -- Personal Interviews. -- Sources. -- Index |
| Summary |
Thirty-five years ago, Wayne Huizenga rose before sunup each morning to run his garbage collection route. Today, the sun hasn't yet set on his multibillion-dollar sports, entertainment, and waste management empire. Now, in The Making of a Blockbuster, Business Week reporter Gail DeGeorge gives us the complete inside story of how a rowdy young college dropout-turned-garbage collector rose to become a corporate titan |
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Writing in a taut, journalistic style, DeGeorge traces the evolution of Huizenga's business empire, beginning in 1962 when, with $5,000 borrowed from his father-in-law, Huizenga purchased a second-hand garbage truck and a handful of commercial accounts. From this modest start, he built Waste Management, the world's largest waste collection company. He then managed a string of far-flung and highly profitable business ventures - from portable toilets to pest control - and then grew Blockbuster from l9 video stores to a 3,700-store entertainment conglomerate with annual revenues of more than $4 billion. We learn for the first time the full details behind how he built Blockbuster, in just seven years, through a combination of grit, seat-of-the-pants dealmaking, and sheer entrepreneurial genius. When he sold Blockbuster as part of the sensational 1994 Viacom/Paramount merger, Huizenga emerged as a powerbroker in the entertainment industry |
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We also get a behind-the-scenes look at Wayne Huizenga's successful launch into the sports industry, including his unparalleled ownership of three major professional sports franchises - the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, and the Florida Panthers - as well as Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium. Huizenga has recently purchased a small solid waste company - leading us to wonder if he's now building his third multibillion-dollar corporation |
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Business |
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United States |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-342) and index |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Huizenga, Wayne.
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Viacom International.
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Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation.
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Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
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Sports team owners -- United States -- Biography.
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Refuse disposal industry -- United States.
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Video recordings industry -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
95041880 |
| ISBN |
0471122696 cloth alkaline paper |
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