Worst Bat Mitzvah Ever
You've gotta feel sorry for his daughter...
According to the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy, David H. Brooks, CEO of Bulletproof vest maker DHB Industries, earned 70 million in 2004. On top of that, he sold 186 million in company stock last year.
War profiteering has been kind to Mr. Brooks. Although 23,000 of his supposedly bulletproof vests have been recalled by the army and marines, his compensation is still more than 13,000% of what it was before Sept. 11th.
What would you do with an extra 250 million floating around?
If you're Mr. Brooks, you throw the mother of all Bat Mitzvahs for your teenage daughter...
The New York Daily News estimates that the bat mitzvah Brooks threw for his daughter over the weekend cost an estimated $10 million. Virtually every musician that you might guess would appeal to a 50-something Long Island CEO was flown in by private jet: Aerosmith, Tom Petty, the Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, who performed with Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Kenny G. As a likely concession to his daughter's tastes, Brooks also booked 50 Cent, DJ AM (Nicole Richie's fiancée) and rap diva Ciara.
According to Daily News gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, Brooks was so pumped for Aerosmith that he changed his wardrobe for their performance from a “black-leather, metal-studded suit -- accessorized with biker-chic necklace chains and diamonds from Chrome Hearts jewelers -- into a hot-pink suede version of the same lovely outfit.” The CEO then reportedly mounted the stage, clowned with Steven Tyler and insisted that his teenage nephew be permitted to sit in on drums.
Welcome to hell, young Ms. Brooks. Your father is on stage with Steven Tyler in front of all your friends in a metal-studded pink suede suit, and Kenny G. in on deck. But hey, count your blessings--you could be in Iraq in a faulty bulletproof vest.
Kenny G., 50 Cent, Ciara, Aerosmith, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks...Truly a soundtrack of the damned.
God help us all.
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According to the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy, David H. Brooks, CEO of Bulletproof vest maker DHB Industries, earned 70 million in 2004. On top of that, he sold 186 million in company stock last year.
War profiteering has been kind to Mr. Brooks. Although 23,000 of his supposedly bulletproof vests have been recalled by the army and marines, his compensation is still more than 13,000% of what it was before Sept. 11th.
What would you do with an extra 250 million floating around?
If you're Mr. Brooks, you throw the mother of all Bat Mitzvahs for your teenage daughter...
The New York Daily News estimates that the bat mitzvah Brooks threw for his daughter over the weekend cost an estimated $10 million. Virtually every musician that you might guess would appeal to a 50-something Long Island CEO was flown in by private jet: Aerosmith, Tom Petty, the Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, who performed with Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Kenny G. As a likely concession to his daughter's tastes, Brooks also booked 50 Cent, DJ AM (Nicole Richie's fiancée) and rap diva Ciara.
According to Daily News gossip columnist Lloyd Grove, Brooks was so pumped for Aerosmith that he changed his wardrobe for their performance from a “black-leather, metal-studded suit -- accessorized with biker-chic necklace chains and diamonds from Chrome Hearts jewelers -- into a hot-pink suede version of the same lovely outfit.” The CEO then reportedly mounted the stage, clowned with Steven Tyler and insisted that his teenage nephew be permitted to sit in on drums.
Welcome to hell, young Ms. Brooks. Your father is on stage with Steven Tyler in front of all your friends in a metal-studded pink suede suit, and Kenny G. in on deck. But hey, count your blessings--you could be in Iraq in a faulty bulletproof vest.
Kenny G., 50 Cent, Ciara, Aerosmith, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks...Truly a soundtrack of the damned.
God help us all.
Source:
Music, Bat Mitzvah
Fashion
Gossip
