David I. Saperstein
When Ford withdrew its support of Saperstein and he lost his dealership, he founded Metro Networks in 1978. the company grew to serve over 1,500 radio stations in the U.S.Saperstein began his career selling used cars in Baltimore, but quickly found there was a niche for radio programming to include traffic reports.In 1992, Saperstein's daughter married Shane Coppola in Baltimore, Maryland in a wedding that was described as "the social event of the season in the nation's capital."During the 1990s, Saperstein built a 12-bedroom, 15-bathroom Versailles-style estate called Fleur de Lys with his then-wife, Suzanne, sprawled across several acres on Carolwood Drive in Holmby Hills.The compound, which according to W Magazine is inspired by France's 17th-century Vaux-le-Vicomte, occupies about 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2) and is called Fleur de Lys ("Lily Flower" in French).[12] By 2014, the 126-acre property had become a self-contained village with housing for staff, a commercial laundry, water wells, diesel generators, a gasoline pump and a large solar panel field.