Visionary businessman Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, major patron of the arts and the man who brought The Miami Heat to South Florida, died in Israel on Friday of heart failure. He ...

Amount donated in 2010: $39-million Beneficiary: National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Donor’s background: Mrs. Arison, an author and film producer, is the widow of Ted Arison, the founder ...

When the team was founded in 1988, Ted Arison, Billy Cunningham and Lewis Schaffel spent roughly $32.5 million in expansion fees to bring the team to Miami. ...

Arison, who is worth an estimated $9 billion, is also the chairman and former CEO of Carnival Corporation, which was founded by his father Ted Arison in 1972. 8.

In 1988, Ted Arison and two of his partners—ex-basketball star Billy Cunningham and sports agent Lewis Schaffel—paid a little over $30 million in expansion fees to bring the Heat to Miami.

Growing up largely in Miami, Arison was close to Lin and her late grandfather Ted Arison, the Israeli-American founder of Carnival Cruises (which is now chaired by Ted’s son Micky, who also owns ...

In 1972, Micky Arison joined Carnival Cruise Line, founded by his father, Ted Arison. Arison began his career in sales and customer reservations at Carnival before being named president and CEO in ...