05/20/2024

Ivan Boesky Dead at 87

He was the inspiration for 'Wall Street' villain Gordon Gekko

Ivan Boesky, a onetime Wall Street titan-turned-convict who served as the partial inspiration for the 1987 Oliver Stone film "Wall Street," has died at the age of 87.

Though he denied ever saying it, contemporary accounts reported Boesky extolling the virtues of avarice in a commencement speech at the University of California Berkeley in 1986.

"I think greed is healthy," Boesky reportedly said. "You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself."

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