Let's not forget the key skill of marrying well, as one of the chief champions of globalization, Thomas Friedman, will tell you. Here's a tidbit about Friedman I'd never known before:
"Friedman's wife, Ann [Bucksbaum, is the daughter of] ... Matthew Bucksbaum, ... the chairman of the board of General Growth Properties, the real estate development group that he co-founded with his brother in 1954. The Bucksbaums helped pioneer the development of shopping centers in the United States. As of 2007, Forbes estimated the Bucksbaum family's assets at $4.1 billion, including about 18.6 million square meters of mall space.
"Ann and Thomas Friedman live in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The July 2006 issue of Washingtonian magazine reported that they own 'a palatial 11,400-square-foot house, currently valued at $9.3 million, on a 7½-acre parcel just blocks from I-495 and Bethesda Country Club.'"
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Carl