Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"), [2] and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws. [3]

Mar 7, 2025 · Michael Milken, American financier whose ‘junk bond’ operations fueled many of the corporate takeovers of the 1980s. In 1990 he pleaded guilty to six counts of securities fraud and served time in prison. He was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020.

2 days ago · Michael Milken understands this better than most and used his knowledge to develop products in the 80s to attract liquidity to an under-served market transforming it. For more than 20 years he...

Feb 19, 2020 · President Trump pardoned financier Michael Milken Tuesday. Decades ago, he changed Wall Street when he created the junk bond market. Then he got arrested and turned to philanthropy.

Mike Milken's career has mirrored his four main professional passions: medical research, education, public health and access to capital.

Named one of the '75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century' by Esquire magazine, Michael Milken has driven social change with a consistent focus on disrupting - and improving - the status quo. Lifestyles magazine says he has played an "outsized role in American society."

Feb 15, 2025 · Michael Milken is a philanthropist and chair of the Milken Institute. He joined Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1969 and traded in high-yield bonds, which earned him the nickname "junk...

Apr 30, 1990 · A s the presiding financial genius of the Roaring Eighties, Michael Milken pioneered the $200 billion junk-bond market that powered the decade’s epic takeover wars.

Named one of the “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” by Esquire magazine, Michael Milken is in his fifth decade of driving social change with a consistent focus on disrupting—and improving—the status quo.

Jul 30, 2023 · Before there was alleged crypto scamster Sam Bankman-Fried, the harrowing Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff and the rapacious Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, there was Michael Milken.