People from Rockingham County, North Carolina

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 102. Chapters: People from Greensboro, North Carolina, People from Reidsville, North Carolina, O. Henry, Dolley Madison, Ronald Perelman, John Isner, Carolyn B. Maloney, Orson Scott Card, Chris Daughtry, Kay Hagan, Richard Stephen Ritchie, Cat Power, Junior Johnson, Tal Henry, Charlie Poole, Torry Holt, Ken Jeong, Mark McGuinn, Thomas Berry, Stan Lane, Ansu Sesay, Rick Dees, Erskine Bowles, Moses H. Cone, Henry Flynt, Barry Farber, Doug Marlette, Millard Powers, Eddie Pope, Jim Neal, David R. Bryant, Howard Coble, Billy "Crash" Craddock, Brendan Haywood, Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, Kristin Eubanks, Clyde N. Wilson, Jeff Bostic, Tal Farlow, Joey Cheek, Jim Duncan, Samuel E. Anderson, Sonny Terry, Brandon Copeland, Walter Hooper, Ann Livermore, Jerome Simpson, J. William Kime, Golda Fried, Ethan Albright, Junius Scales, Wayne Handy, George Preddy, John Inman, David Settle Reid, Mary Price, William R. Trotter, Brett Claywell, Marques Douglas, Bill Lindsay, Meredith Poindexter Gentry, Marcus Brandon, Greg Twiggs, Charlie Sanders, Charles Manly Stedman, Kevin Coble, Timothy Peters, Stanley Tanger, Fred Neal, Kelly Kline, John McLean, Joseph Lennox Federal, Beverly Malone, Lou Hudson, Terrence Holt, Joe Dudley, Anita W. Addison, Loretta E. Lynch, MacKenzie Mauzy, Kelly Wiglesworth, John Anthony Lennon, Onzlee Ware, Robert Elijah Jones, Richard H. Cardwell, Vince Evans, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Randy Hunt, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Glenda Gilmore, Haywood Jeffires, Red Prysock, Keenan Allen, Clarence Harris, Michael Parker, Kathleen Peterson, Caroline Lind, Antico Dalton, DeMario Pressley, Caroline Dollar, Delton Hall, Donna Edmondson, Mike Hogewood, Allen Shelton, John Settle, Mike Elkins, John A. Houston, Dino Hackett, Roger T. Benitez, Na Brown, Claude McKinney, Maxine Allen, Bert Wilder, Reuben Davis, Terry Plumeri, Michael Brooks, Pepsi Bethel, Shannon Cochran, Wayne Robinson, Martin Daniel Eakes, Adam O'Connor, Charles Foster, Jack Keenan, Gene White, Mary Elizabeth Parker, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Bob Gorrell, Joey Hackett, Dave Cheadle, Linton Garner. Excerpt: Ronald Owen Perelman (born January 1, 1943) is an American investor who made his fortune buying beleaguered corporations and re-selling them later for enormous profits. He has invested in grocery, cigar, licorice, makeup, car, photography, television, camping, security, lottery, jewelry, banks, and comic book companies mostly through his whole owned company MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. Owns M/Y C2. Perelman was born in Greensboro, North Carolina to Raymond and Ruth Perelman in 1943. His family practiced Judaism. Raymond was an accomplished businessman in his own right. Along with his father and brother, he controlled the American Paper Products corporation. Raymond eventually left the company and bought Belmont Iron Works, a manufacturer of structural steel. On Raymond's knee, Perelman learned the fundamentals of business. By the time Ronald turned eleven years old he regularly sat in on board meetings of his father's company. Raymond was a rough teacher, harshly criticizing Ronald for even the slightest misstep. Perelman attended The Haverford School and then the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he followed in his father's foot steps and majored in business. He graduated in 1964 and completed his master's in 1966. Perelman has been married five times. He married Sterling Bank heiress Faith Golding in 1965 and they divorced in 198...