Page updated April 25, 2012.

Wesley R. Edens

Business executive

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Wesley R. Edens has direct or once-removed relationships with 178 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 93% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 93

Influence: Edens has a Muckety influence index of 98 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 98

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Wesley R. Edens

Gender: Male

Age in 2012: 50

Address: Lives and/or works in New York, NY

Wealth class: Multimillionaire

Areas of interest:

business

broadcast industry

finance

gambling

media

real estate

senior living facilities

Personal social network: Much of Edens's Muckety comes from business connections. His power base is his role as chairman of Brookdale Senior Living, Inc..

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Wesley R. Edens current relationships:

Aircastle Limited - chairman

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. - chairman

Fortress Brookdale Investment Fund LLC - chairman & CEO

Fortress Investment Group - co-chairman

Fortress Investment Trust II - chairman & CEO & trustee

Fortress Pinnacle Investment Fund LLC - chairman & CEO

Fortress Registered Investment Trust - chairman & CEO & trustee

GAGFAH S.A. - director

GateHouse Media - chairman

Mapeley Limited - chairman

Newcastle Investment Corp. - chairman & CEO

Penn National Gaming, Inc. - director

RIC Coinvestment Fund GP LLC - CEO

Wesley R. Edens past relationships:

BlackRock Financial Management Inc. - partner & managing director

Crown Castle International Corp. - director

Global Signal Inc. - CEO

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. - partner & managing director

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Wesley R. Edens with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Wesley R. Edens → Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. →
  H. Rodgin Cohen → American Express Company →
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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Wesley R. Edens's web of second-degree relationships:

Jackie Clegg Dodd

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Wesley R. Edens campaign contributions:

Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - $14,250 on 10/31/2008

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