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Happy Birthday

cityfile · 09/21/09 06:29AM

Bill Murray turns 59 today. Director Ethan Coen is turning 52. Stephen King is 62. Luke Wilson is turning 38. Jane Rosenthal, the film producer and co-creator of the Tribeca Film Festival, turns 53. Movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 64. Nicole Richie is turning 28. Natural History Museum president Ellen Futter turns 60. Book publisher Geoff Kloske is 40. J. Darius Bikoff, the man who introduced the world to VitaminWater, is turning 48. Cheryl Hines is 44. Country star Faith Hill is turning 42. Ricki Lake is 41. Actress Maggie Grace is turning 26. Actor Rob Morrow turns 47. And Dave Coulier, the comedian best known for playing Joey on Full House, is 50 today.

J. Darius Bikoff

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Bikoff is the founder and CEO of Energy Brands Inc., the parent company of Glaceau, which distributes "enhanced water" products like Smartwater, Fruitwater, and Vitaminwater. He's also very rich man: In May 2007, Coke purchased the Queens-based company for more than $4 billion.