Micky Arison
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Micky Arison (born 1949) is an American businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.
Forbes magazine places Arison's wealth at $6.1 billion, making him the 94th wealthiest person in the world as of 2006. He is the son of the late Ted Arison, Carnival Corporation's founder, and his sister is Shari Arison.
Arison resides primarily in Miami, Florida, but he also has homes in New York and Israel. He also owns the Miami Heat organization.
He attended, but did not graduate from, the University of Miami.
In 2006, at the Miami Heat Championship Parade, he embarrassingly accidentally said, "Stay white" when he meant to quote Miami's slogan for that year, "Stay white hot." Coincidentally, that was only one of two embarrassing moments at the parade, the other one being a congresswoman calling Dwyane Wade "Wade Jones".
