A man of wealth and true taste

Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, made the right decision in life; he has just died.

The Turkish-born debonair mogul spoke with a clipped cadence that gave testimony to aristocratic roots -- he'd first come to the United States as a boy in the '30s when his father, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, became Turkey's ambassador to Washington...

When their father died in 1944, Ahmet and Nesuhi rejected the family tradition of civil service in Turkey and decided to remain here...

"We wanted to live in America, and we chose the business that we love because we loved American music,"..

More on his life and career here.

Mark C.

Posted by markc at December 16, 2006 12:36 PM