Ronald Perelman
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Ronald Perelman is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider best known for building a vast business empire through leveraged buyouts and his long-time control of Revlon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ronald Perelman canonical | 9 |
| Ronald O. Perelman | 4 |
| Ronald L. Perelman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2413937 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Perelman Context triple: [Revlon, keyPerson, Ronald Perelman]
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A.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
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B.
Robert Kravis
Robert Kravis is a film producer best known for his work on the crime thriller "Lucky Number Slevin."
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C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
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D.
Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer of leveraged buyouts.
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E.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Perelman Target entity description: Ronald Perelman is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider best known for building a vast business empire through leveraged buyouts and his long-time control of Revlon.
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A.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
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B.
Robert Kravis
Robert Kravis is a film producer best known for his work on the crime thriller "Lucky Number Slevin."
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C.
Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross is an American real estate billionaire and philanthropist best known as the principal owner of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the developer behind New York’s Hudson Yards.
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D.
Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), known as a pioneer of leveraged buyouts.
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E.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
billionaire
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ corporate raider ⓘ human ⓘ investor ⓘ |
| business |
MacAndrews & Forbes
ⓘ
surface form:
MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated
Revlon ⓘ
surface form:
Revlon, Inc.
various consumer and entertainment companies acquired via LBOs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer |
MacAndrews & Forbes
ⓘ
surface form:
MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated
|
| familyName | Perelman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
corporate takeovers
ⓘ
finance ⓘ private equity ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ronald ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aggressive dealmaker
ⓘ
uses high leverage in acquisitions ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer products
ⓘ
cosmetics ⓘ entertainment ⓘ financial services ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building a diversified business empire
ⓘ
control of Revlon ⓘ hostile takeovers ⓘ leveraged buyouts ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Ronald Perelman self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
became one of the richest individuals in the United States
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created one of the largest personal holding-company empires in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being labeled a corporate raider in the 1980s
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complex financial engineering in acquisitions ⓘ highly publicized battles over control of Revlon ⓘ |
| notableRole | long-time controlling shareholder of Revlon, Inc. ⓘ |
| notableWork | building MacAndrews & Forbes into a holding company ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
corporate raider ⓘ investor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes
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chief executive officer of MacAndrews & Forbes ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of the American financial elite ⓘ |
| strategy |
leveraged buyouts of undervalued companies
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using holding companies to control multiple businesses ⓘ |
| wealthStatus | billionaire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ronald Perelman Description of subject: Ronald Perelman is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider best known for building a vast business empire through leveraged buyouts and his long-time control of Revlon.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ronald O. Perelman
this entity surface form:
Ronald O. Perelman
subject surface form:
Revlon Inc.
this entity surface form:
Ronald O. Perelman
this entity surface form:
Ronald L. Perelman
this entity surface form:
Ronald O. Perelman