Hammer's self-celebrated career began at a meeting with Lenin, and
blossomed into a long series of insider business deals in the USSR. Soviet
documents reveal that he ferried $34,000 from the Soviets to the American
Communist Party in 1921. But Hammer wasn't one to let ideology get in the
way of business -- in 1976 he pleaded guilty to charges of trying to conceal
a $54,000 contribution to Nixon's reelection campaign, and received a tiny
fine (and eventually a pardon from George Bush). Hammer's control over his
$20 billion Occidental Petroleum was so firm that stockholders complained
about picking up the tab for his art collections. Although he was frequently
under SEC investigation, his lawyers and connections always came through.
Before the "Teflon tycoon" died at age 92, many were beginning to worry that
the hyperactive Hammer was not only untouchable, but might even be immortal.
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