Definition & Meaning | English word KERKORIAN

Definitions of KERKORIAN

1. A Armenian surname from Armenian.

Examples of Using KERKORIAN in a Sentence

• In 1969, businessman and investor Kirk Kerkorian bought 40% of MGM and dramatically changed the operation and direction of the studio.
• Meanwhile, Kirk Kerkorian, the chairman of Trans International Airlines and landlord of Caesars Palace, began formulating plans to build a 1,000-room casino hotel in Las Vegas.
• However, due to concerns in the financial community over the debt-load of his companies, on August 26, 1986, he was forced to sell the MGM name, all of United Artists (UA), and the MGM Culver City studio lot back to Kerkorian for approximately $300 million after months of ownership.
• On gaining his commercial pilot's certificate in six months, Kerkorian learned that the British Royal Air Force was ferrying Canadian-built de Havilland Mosquitos over the North Atlantic to Scotland.
• 7th row: Martiros Saryan • Kirk Kerkorian • Sergei Parajanov • William Saroyan • Charles Aznavour
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• Kerkorian sold the resort In May 1994, ITT Sheraton announced plans to build the Sheraton Desert Kingdom, a $750 million, 3,500-room megaresort on the property, adjacent to the existing Sheraton Desert Inn.
• She accused Kerkorian's attorneys of retaining Pellicano to wiretap Bonder's phone during the divorce proceedings of Bonder and Kerkorian that involved a paternity dispute.
• Later he purchased a 376-ton 150-foot motor yacht Ariane for $1 million, which was sold after the crash to Charles Revson the head of the Revlon Company, and later to Kirk Kerkorian, and finally was owned by Adnan Khashoggi for 20 years.
• Through a public-private partnership with the NHBC, the nonprofit organization managed $120 million in philanthropic donations from the Engelstad Foundation, the Lincy Foundation, the Boyd Family Foundation and Bank of America, as well as a $25 million contribution from the state of Nevada to build the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Building at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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