Ivan Boesky, the one-time Wall Street tycoon, convicted fraudster and inspiration for the Gordon Gekko character in "Wall Street" died Monday in his California home, his family confirmed. He was 87 ...

Ivan F. Boesky, a prominent figure in the 1980s Wall Street insider trading scandals, died Monday at the age of 87. What Happened: Boesky, a symbol of Wall Street’s avarice, was known for his ...

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is an American drama film and sequel to Wall Street (1987). Filmed 23 years after the first movie, Money Never Sleeps focuses on the 2008 financial crisis. The plot ...

May 20 (UPI) --The infamous Wall Street trader Ivan Boesky, inspiration behind the "Wall Street" movie character Gordon Gekko, died Monday in his California home at age 87, his family confirmed.

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, ...

Ivan F Boesky, the infamous Wall Street trader who inspired Michael Douglas‘s Gordon Gecko character in the movie Wall Street, has died at the age of 87. His daughter Marianne Boesky told The New York ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Actor Michael Douglas is back as financial tycoon Gordon Gekko with money on his mind at a time when Wall Street is dusting itself off after the worst financial crisis in ...

Actor Michael Douglas appears in PSA as foil to old corrupt character. Feb. 27, 2012 — -- The FBI has enlisted Michael Douglas, best known for his role as the ruthless financial executive Gordon ...

In the 1987 film Wall Street, Gordon Gekko memorably stated that “Greed Is Good.” Ultimately, Gekko opined, greed would save “the malfunctioning corporation of the USA.” In the intervening 37 years, ...

I'm probably not the only one who suspects the credit crunch was brought on by men who grew up idolizing Gordon Gekko. When director Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" came out in 1987, nobody wanted to be ...

I was a young reporter working for USA Today the first time I heard the term “self police” in the same breath as “Wall Street.” That was 1986. I may have been new to high finance, but even then with ...