Eli Broad, who made his fortune building tract housing and selling insurance, is a Los Angeles
multibillionaire who has given a fortune to charterize the city and the state.
Standing on a stage set up on a high school football field, Rutan and Paul Allen, the
multibillionaire Microsoft co-founder
who has sunk some $ 25 million into SpaceShipOne, struggled with the kitchen - table - size ceremonial check as some 600 local space fanatics cheered lustily.