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William Shatner, Stock Market Billionaire? He may be thanks to Priceline.
Fox Business News ^ | 03/29/2011 | Brian Sullivan

Posted on 03/29/2011 7:49:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Is William Shatner officially a billionaire? He may be, thanks to Priceline.com.

Quietly PCLN shares have surged to yet another record high. They're up nearly $90 bucks this year alone and are closing in on $500.

When Captain Kirk .. er, Shatner .. became Priceline's pitchman more than a decade ago, he smartly (or desperately) decided to be paid in stock. After a brief run during the tech boom Priceline shares went into the dump, bottoming out below $2. Then the run began.

While we don't know how many shares or options Shatner was given, or if he has held onto them, reports last year were that his stake was worth some $600 million dollars. And that was when Priceline was trading at a mere $300/share.

With the stock up nearly $200 more/share since then, its possible Mr. Shatner is getting darn close to being a good, old fashioned stock market billionaire.

(Excerpt) Read more at briansullivan.blogs.foxbusiness.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: billionaire; priceline; stockmarket; williamshatner
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1 posted on 03/29/2011 7:49:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I will ALWAYS respect this man. He dealt with some of the worst in the universe, and he did it with class, and without any ‘hint of mint’, which seems to be required these days.


2 posted on 03/29/2011 7:53:08 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks SeekAndFind. It’s difficult to find someone else, anyone else, his age, who finds as much acting work has he does, and pulls it off. Live long and prosper, Mister Shatner.


3 posted on 03/29/2011 7:57:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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4 posted on 03/29/2011 7:57:24 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep, he talked about this on one of the morning shows a few years back. The gist of the story is when priceline was unknown, they could only pay Shatner in stock for being their spokesman. He wisely accepted the offer. He wouldn’t disclose how much he has made, but he said that it was considerably more than all the money he had made during his entire acting career combined.


5 posted on 03/29/2011 7:57:46 PM PDT by apillar
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To: SeekAndFind

Shatner if anything is a smart businessman. For a long time he tried to get away from the Captain Kirk image. But even in the 60’s he got himself a nice piece of the show. That’s probably worth a billion dollars by now. Too bad he was such a poophead to his fellow castmates, except for Nimoy. Not ONE other castmate has anything nice to say about the guy. I hope he’s mellowed over the years. He was genuinely surprised about the hatred the TOS actors had for him when he wrote his book. Maybe his gigantic ego prevented him from seeing it at the time.


6 posted on 03/29/2011 8:00:42 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: BobL

Oh, I remember in late Dec. 2000 or early Jan.2001 after the internet bubble popped and PCLN dove to a dollar a share. Hurts every time I think about it.


7 posted on 03/29/2011 8:02:03 PM PDT by Avery Iota Kracker (He hate me.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Well, I lost $2,000+ on PCLN after buying and holding in the years after it was first issued... I bought and held to to a reverse stock split. The loss was used to offset gains in other stocks.
8 posted on 03/29/2011 8:04:18 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Loved him in the youtube video about gun control while an actor for Boston Legal. “Thank God for guns huh Jerry?”


9 posted on 03/29/2011 8:04:54 PM PDT by 23 Everest (A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
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To: BobL
"Don't tell me they don't use money in the 25th century"

"Well, we don't!"

10 posted on 03/29/2011 8:05:26 PM PDT by alancarp (Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Loved him in the youtube video about gun control while an actor for Boston Legal. “Thank God for guns huh Jerry?”

Link www.handgunclub.com/hca/?p=221


11 posted on 03/29/2011 8:06:28 PM PDT by 23 Everest (A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
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To: Avery Iota Kracker
Exactly... another stock I owned in my Hall of Shame was Global Crossing (GX).

My experiences with these stocks caused me to get away from individual stocks ... I now invest in low cost broad market index funds along with inflation protected treasury funds (composed of short/mid/long term maturities).

12 posted on 03/29/2011 8:11:18 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

He once killed a lizard with sulfer, carbon, diamonds, and bamboo.


13 posted on 03/29/2011 8:13:13 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer
"I will make your death merciful" For the ST geeks out there, who provided the voice of the Gorn?
14 posted on 03/29/2011 8:17:57 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good for him. I remember when Priceline stock cratered. Shatner hung in there, agreed to keep promoting them, and they finally recovered. He took the risk and it’s paying off. As it should be.


15 posted on 03/29/2011 8:27:22 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Trajan88

I never owned PCLN, I guess that would hurt even more. The coulda woulda shoulda factor is enough pain.
Ditto on avoiding individual stocks. I invest in and trade the Russel 2000. Makes life easier, avoids stress.


16 posted on 03/29/2011 8:27:22 PM PDT by Avery Iota Kracker (He hate me.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
He once killed a lizard with sulfer, carbon, diamonds, and bamboo.

And he did it long before MacGruber -er- I mean MacGyver.

17 posted on 03/29/2011 8:29:01 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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To: boop
For the ST geeks out there, who provided the voice of the Gorn?

Not sure, but for some reason I wonder how it'd taste dipped in butter...

I'd better go eat some dinner - cheers!

18 posted on 03/29/2011 8:31:35 PM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish I would have bought some PCLN about 5 years ago.


19 posted on 03/29/2011 8:35:35 PM PDT by RockinRight (C'mon people - enough with the FR circular firing squad.)
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To: Avery Iota Kracker

“Oh, I remember in late Dec. 2000 or early Jan.2001 after the internet bubble popped and PCLN dove to a dollar a share. Hurts every time I think about it.”

I hear you. But remember, the guy was a STARSHIP COMMANDER. You don’t get that rank be being a sleezeball. He’s the best of the best - we should have listened to him when he promised that Priceline would go big-time.


20 posted on 03/29/2011 8:37:18 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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