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According to Forbes, Milken has given away between 5–10% of his fortune, earning a philanthropy score of 3 out of 5. [55] Upon his release from prison in 1993, Milken founded the Prostate Cancer Foundation for prostate cancer research, which by 2010 was "the largest philanthropic source of funds for research into prostate cancer". [56] Milken himself was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in the same month he was released. [57] His cancer is currently in remission. The Prostate Cancer Foundation works closely with Major League Baseball through its Home Run Challenge program to promote awareness of prostate cancer and raise money for medical research. Each season in the weeks leading up to Father's Day, Milken visits many ballparks and appears on TV and radio broadcasts during the games.In her new book The Bond King, Mary Childs chronicles PIMCO, a large financial institution in its own right that was founded during the 1970s. She has plenty of material to relate, notwithstanding the firm's relatively short history. Childs is cohost of National Public Radio's Planet Money podcast and previously worked at Barron's and the Financial Times. The Bond King is her first book.

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James B. Stewart (1992). Den of Thieves. p.133. ISBN 067179227X. The firm could issue a "highly confident" letter, a formal pledge from Drexel that ... To understand the winners and losers of today’s money game, journalist Mary Childs argues, is to understand the bond market—and to understand the bond market is to understand the Bond King. The Associated Press (February 22, 1991). "Milken Assigned to Bay Area Prison". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018 . Retrieved September 10, 2018. Milken's protege Terren Peizer had worked as a junk bond salesman for Milken, managing an account with which Drexel had an illegal arrangement that included insider trading and phony tax losses. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] Peizer provided material evidence to prosecutors against Milken. [38] At Milken's pre-sentencing hearing for securities fraud in 1990, Peizer testified against Milken in exchange for immunity from both criminal prosecution and SEC sanctions. [39] [40] [41]UC Berkeley Inter-Fraternity Council: Sigma Alpha Mu". Archived from the original on November 19, 2007. From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Pioneer, Billionaire--and, Soon, Unemployed: Michael Milken". Los Angeles Times. January 26, 1989. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015 . Retrieved February 21, 2020. Finally, in 1978, Milken asked to move the junk bond trading operation from New York to the Century City section of Los Angeles. Daniels, Cora (November 29, 2004). "The Man Who Changed Medicine". Fortune. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009 . Retrieved July 28, 2009. It's amazingly good. It cuts through all the mind-numbing jargon of the finance world to provide an accessible and illuminating look at the rise of the multitrillion-dollar bond market. It's beautifully written. It's meticulously researched and reported. It's eye opening. And it centers on a fascinating and entertaining character whose journey takes us right to the heart of the story of high finance over the last half century." ― Greg Rosalsky, Planet Money newsletter