Those high-profile ventures are nothing new to Mr. Torricelli, whose quick wit, sharp elbows and tireless metabolism made him one of Washington's most successful fund-raisers.

Failure in a high-profile diplomatic venture could undercut his argument that his foreign policy experience makes him uniquely qualified among all the current candidates for the White House.

Unlike an older generation of wealthy New Zealanders, Fay, a self-made man worth upward of $250 million, has spent his money on high-profile ventures.

And it is of note nationally at a time investors are showing increasing interest in companies involved in education, but the record of high-profile, for-profit ventures into education has been mixed.

A recent high-profile venture was the launch of the AED 97.7 billion (US$26.6 billion) King Abdullah Economic City, the single largest private sector investment in Saudi Arabia .

An understanding of the underlying cause(s) and mechanism of the disease Kremer and his friends decided to focus their attention on these missing pieces by following the example set by high-profile ventures such as the X-Prize.

But since the plunge in technology stocks n last April and the resulting flameout of several high-profile dot-com ventures, corporations have begun reassembling what were once considered old-economy assets with new- economy properties.

Niklas Zennström (born 16 February 1966) is a Swedish entrepreneur best known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa.

The YUST is a high-profile and ambitious venture in the spirit of Korean unification.

While Howard was involved in real estate and other high-profile ventures, Seymour's son, Philip, the chief executive of Emigrant Savings Bank, was more low-key.