SKI MOGUL GEORGE GILLETT: KING OF THE HILL

AFTER AN EPIC WIPEOUT, SKI MOGUL GEORGE GILLETT TACKLES THE SLOPES AGAIN

I had 10 days to get out of my house," George Gillett is explaining about his downhill run into bankruptcy. "I had to buy back my clothes. I had to buy back my dogs." Don't waste any sympathy on Gillett--he certainly doesn't expect any. Because Gillett is king of the hill again. Actually, 11 of them. His Booth Creek Ski Holdings Inc. has acquired 11 ski resorts in just over a year, the latest being Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. He's part of a trend in which four big companies--Vail Resorts, American Skiing, Intrawest and Booth Creek--are rapidly buying up ski...

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