In November 2011 there are 412 US $ Based Billionaires in the
Forbes compiles and publishes of a rich list of the top 400.
FORBES 2011 BILLIONAIRE USA TOP 400 RICH LIST
SOURCE :
www.forbes.com/forbes-400/
Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source
1 Bill Gates
Bill Gates
$59 B 55 Medina, Washington Microsoft
2 Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
$39 B 81 Omaha, Nebraska Berkshire Hathaway
3 Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
$33 B 67 Woodside, California Oracle
4 Charles Koch
Charles Koch
$25 B 75 Wichita, Kansas diversified
4 David Koch
David Koch
$25 B 71 New York, New York diversified
6 Christy Walton
Christy Walton
$24.5 B 56 Jackson, Wyoming Wal-Mart
7 George Soros
George Soros
$22 B 81 Katonah, New York hedge funds
8 Sheldon Adelson
Sheldon Adelson
$21.5 B 78 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos
9 Jim Walton
Jim Walton
$21.1 B 63 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart
10 Alice Walton
Alice Walton
$20.9 B 61 Fort Worth, Texas Wal-Mart
11 S. Robson Walton
S. Robson Walton
$20.5 B 67 Bentonville, Arkansas Wal-Mart
12 Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
$19.5 B 69 New York, New York Bloomberg LP
13 Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
$19.1 B 47 Seattle, Washington Amazon.com
14 Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
$17.5 B 27 Palo Alto, California Facebook
15 Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin
$16.7 B 38 Los Altos, California Google
15 Larry Page
Larry Page
$16.7 B 38 Palo Alto, California Google
17 John Paulson
John Paulson
$15.5 B 55 New York, New York hedge funds
18 Michael Dell
Michael Dell
$15 B 46 Austin, Texas Dell
19 Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer
$13.9 B 55 Hunts Point, Washington Microsoft
20 Forrest Mars
Forrest Mars
$13.8 B 80 Big Horn, Wyoming candy
20 Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars
$13.8 B 71 The Plains, Virginia candy
20 John Mars
John Mars
$13.8 B 75 Jackson, Wyoming candy, pet food
23 Paul Allen
Paul Allen
$13.2 B 58 Mercer Island, Washington Microsoft, investments
24 Phil Knight
Phil Knight
$13.1 B 73 Hillsboro, Oregon Nike
25 Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn
$13 B 75 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
26 Donald Bren
Donald Bren
$12 B 79 Newport Beach, California real estate
26 Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers
$12 B 91 Atlanta, Georgia media
26 Ronald Perelman
Ronald Perelman
$12 B 68 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
29 Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson
$11.7 B 49 Milton, Massachusetts Fidelity
30 James Simons
James Simons
$10.6 B 73 East Setauket, New York hedge funds
31 George Kaiser
George Kaiser
$10 B 69 Tulsa, Oklahoma oil & gas, banking
32 Len Blavatnik
Len Blavatnik
$9.5 B 54 London, N/A diversified
33 Harold Simmons
Harold Simmons
$9.3 B 80 Dallas, Texas investments
34 Jack Taylor
Jack Taylor
$9 B 89 St. Louis, Missouri Enterprise Rent-A-Car
35 Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen
$8.3 B 55 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds
36 Harold Hamm
Harold Hamm
$7.5 B 65 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma oil & natural gas
37 Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
$7.4 B 80 New York, New York News Corp
38 James Goodnight
James Goodnight
$7.1 B 68 Cary, North Carolina SAS Institute
39 Philip Anschutz
Philip Anschutz
$7 B 71 Denver, Colorado investments
39 Andrew Beal
Andrew Beal
$7 B 58 Dallas, Texas banks, real estate
39 Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
$7 B 56 Palo Alto, California Apple, Pixar
39 Patrick Soon-Shiong
Patrick Soon-Shiong
$7 B 59 Los Angeles, California generic drugs
43 Samuel Newhouse
Samuel Newhouse
$6.6 B 83 New York, New York Conde Nast
44 Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio
$6.5 B 62 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds
44 Edward Johnson
Edward Johnson
$6.5 B 81 Boston, Massachusetts Fidelity
46 Charles Ergen
Charles Ergen
$6.4 B 58 Denver, Colorado EchoStar
46 Richard Kinder
Richard Kinder
$6.4 B 66 Houston, Texas pipelines
48 Eli Broad
Eli Broad
$6.3 B 78 Los Angeles, California investments
48 Leonard Lauder
Leonard Lauder
$6.3 B 78 New York, New York Estee Lauder
50 Pierre Omidyar
Pierre Omidyar
$6.2 B 44 Honolulu, Hawaii Ebay
50 Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt
$6.2 B 56 Atherton, California Google
52 Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren
$6.1 B 71 New York, New York Ralph Lauren
53 Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy
$6 B 63 Atlanta, Georgia media
53 Blair Parry-Okeden
Blair Parry-Okeden
$6 B 60 Scone, N/A media
55 Donald Newhouse
Donald Newhouse
$5.9 B 81 Somerset County, New Jersey Conde Nast
55 Ira Rennert
Ira Rennert
$5.9 B 77 Sagaponack, New York investments
57 Charles Butt
Charles Butt
$5.7 B 73 San Antonio, Texas supermarkets
58 David Geffen
David Geffen
$5.5 B 68 Malibu, California movies, music
59 Jeffrey Hildebrand
Jeffrey Hildebrand
$5.3 B 52 Houston, Texas Oil
60 Richard DeVos
Richard DeVos
$5 B 85 Holland, Michigan Amway
60 Richard LeFrak
Richard LeFrak
$5 B 66 New York, New York real estate
60 Frederik G.H. Meijer
Frederik G.H. Meijer
$5 B 91 Grand Rapids, Michigan supermarkets
60 Thomas Peterffy
Thomas Peterffy
$5 B 67 Greenwich, Connecticut discount brokerage
60 David Tepper
David Tepper
$5 B 54 Livingston, New Jersey hedge funds
60 Dennis Washington
Dennis Washington
$5 B 77 Missoula, Montana construction, mining
66 Robert Rowling
Robert Rowling
$4.7 B 57 Dallas, Texas investments
66 Stephen Schwarzman
Stephen Schwarzman
$4.7 B 64 New York, New York investments
66 Sam Zell
Sam Zell
$4.7 B 69 Chicago, Illinois real estate, private equity
69 Rupert Johnson
Rupert Johnson
$4.5 B 70 Burlingame, California Franklin Resources
69 John Malone
John Malone
$4.5 B 70 Elizabeth, Colorado cable television
69 John Menard
John Menard
$4.5 B 71 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Retail
72 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
$4.4 B 78 Hillsborough, California financial services
73 Ray Lee Hunt
Ray Lee Hunt
$4.3 B 68 Dallas, Texas oil, real estate
73 Bruce Kovner
Bruce Kovner
$4.3 B 66 New York, New York hedge funds
75 Micky Arison
Micky Arison
$4.2 B 62 Bal Harbour, Florida Carnival Cruises
75 Leonard Stern
Leonard Stern
$4.2 B 73 New York, New York real estate
75 Daniel Ziff
Daniel Ziff
$4.2 B 39 New York, New York investments
75 Dirk Ziff
Dirk Ziff
$4.2 B 47 North Palm Beach, Florida investments
75 Robert Ziff
Robert Ziff
$4.2 B 45 New York, New York investments
80 Sumner Redstone
Sumner Redstone
$4.1 B 88 Beverly Hills, California Viacom
81 John Paul DeJoria
John Paul DeJoria
$4 B 67 Austin, Texas hair products, tequila
81 David Green
David Green
$4 B 69 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Hobby Lobby
81 William Koch
William Koch
$4 B 71 Palm Beach, Florida oil, investments
81 Roger Wang
Roger Wang
$4 B 62 Nanjing, Jiangsu retail
85 Leslie Wexner
Leslie Wexner
$3.8 B 74 New Albany, Ohio retail
86 Henry Kravis
Henry Kravis
$3.7 B 67 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
86 Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore
$3.7 B 82 Woodside, California Intel
88 Robert Bass
Robert Bass
$3.6 B 63 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments
88 Jin Sook & Do Won Chang
Jin Sook & Do Won Chang
$3.6 B 56 Beverly Hills, California retail
88 Trevor Rees-Jones
Trevor Rees-Jones
$3.6 B 60 Dallas, Texas Oil & Gas
91 John Arnold
John Arnold
$3.5 B 37 Houston, Texas hedge funds
91 Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz
$3.5 B 27 San Francisco, California Facebook
91 Henry Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot
$3.5 B 81 Dallas, Texas computer services, real estate
91 John Sall
John Sall
$3.5 B 63 Cary, North Carolina SAS Institute
91 Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab
$3.5 B 74 Atherton, California discount brokerage
96 Dannine Avara
Dannine Avara
$3.4 B 47 Houston, Texas pipelines
96 Gayle Cook
Gayle Cook
$3.4 B 77 Bloomington, Indiana medical devices
96 Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
$3.4 B 28 Houston, Texas Pipelines
96 Milane Frantz
Milane Frantz
$3.4 B 42 Houston, Texas Pipelines
96 Bruce Halle
Bruce Halle
$3.4 B 81 Paradise Valley, Arizona Discount Tire
Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source
96 George Roberts
George Roberts
$3.4 B 68 Atherton, California leveraged buyouts
96 Randa Williams
Randa Williams
$3.4 B 50 Houston, Texas Pipelines
103 Ann Walton Kroenke
Ann Walton Kroenke
$3.3 B 62 Columbia, Missouri Wal-Mart
103 Ronald Lauder
Ronald Lauder
$3.3 B 67 New York, New York Estee Lauder
103 Ted Lerner
Ted Lerner
$3.3 B 85 Chevy Chase, Maryland real estate
103 Patrick McGovern
Patrick McGovern
$3.3 B 74 Hollis, New Hampshire media
107 Leon Black
Leon Black
$3.2 B 60 New York, New York private equity
107 Ron Burkle
Ron Burkle
$3.2 B 58 London, N/A supermarkets, investments
107 Paul Tudor Jones
Paul Tudor Jones
$3.2 B 56 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds
107 Stanley Kroenke
Stanley Kroenke
$3.2 B 64 Columbia, Missouri sports, real estate
107 George Lucas
George Lucas
$3.2 B 67 San Anselmo, California Star Wars
107 John A. Sobrato
John A. Sobrato
$3.2 B 72 Atherton, California real estate
107 Steven Udvar-Hazy
Steven Udvar-Hazy
$3.2 B 65 Beverly Hills, California aircraft leasing
114 Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
$3.1 B 74 Monte Carlo, N/A Johnson & Johnson
114 Terrence Pegula
Terrence Pegula
$3.1 B 60 Boca Raton, Florida natural gas
114 Stephen Ross
Stephen Ross
$3.1 B 71 New York, New York real estate
117 Riley Bechtel
Riley Bechtel
$3 B 59 San Francisco, California engineering, construction
117 Stephen Bechtel
Stephen Bechtel
$3 B 86 San Francisco, California engineering, construction
117 Barbara Carlson Gage
Barbara Carlson Gage
$3 B 69 Long Lake, Minnesota hotels, restaurants
117 Martha Ingram
Martha Ingram
$3 B 76 Nashville, Tennessee book distribution, transportation
117 James Jannard
James Jannard
$3 B 62 San Juan Islands, Washington sunglasses
117 Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian
$3 B 94 Beverly Hills, California casinos, investments
117 Edward Lampert
Edward Lampert
$3 B 48 Greenwich, Connecticut investments
117 Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
$3 B 72 Long Lake, Minnesota hotels, restaurants
117 Mitchell Rales
Mitchell Rales
$3 B 55 Potomac, Maryland manufacturing
117 Lynn Schusterman
Lynn Schusterman
$3 B 72 Tulsa, Oklahoma oil & gas, investments
117 Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
$3 B 64 Pacific Palisades, California movies
128 Haim Saban
Haim Saban
$2.9 B 66 Beverly Hills, California television
128 Donald Trump
Donald Trump
$2.9 B 65 New York, New York television, real estate
130 Robert Friedland
Robert Friedland
$2.8 B 61 Singapore, N/A mining
130 Thomas Frist
Thomas Frist
$2.8 B 73 Nashville, Tennessee health care
130 Victor Fung
Victor Fung
$2.8 B 65 Hong Kong, N/A Retail
130 Rodney Lewis
Rodney Lewis
$2.8 B 57 San Antonio, Texas natural gas
130 Warren Stephens
Warren Stephens
$2.8 B 54 Little Rock, Arkansas investment banking
130 David Sun
David Sun
$2.8 B 59 Irvine, California information technology
130 Joan Tisch
Joan Tisch
$2.8 B 85 New York, New York diversified
130 John Tu
John Tu
$2.8 B 70 Rolling Hills, California information technology
130 Steve Wynn
Steve Wynn
$2.8 B 69 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, hotels
139 William Conway
William Conway
$2.7 B 62 McLean, Virginia leveraged buyouts
139 Daniel D'Aniello
Daniel D'Aniello
$2.7 B 65 Vienna, Virginia leveraged buyouts
139 Malcolm Glazer
Malcolm Glazer
$2.7 B 83 Palm Beach, Florida sports teams, real estate
139 Timothy Headington
Timothy Headington
$2.7 B 61 Dallas, Texas oil & gas, investments
139 Nancy Walton Laurie
Nancy Walton Laurie
$2.7 B 60 Henderson, Nevada Wal-Mart
139 James Leprino
James Leprino
$2.7 B 73 Indian Hills, Colorado cheese
139 David Murdock
David Murdock
$2.7 B 88 Los Angeles, California Dole, real estate
139 Steven Rales
Steven Rales
$2.7 B 60 Washington, District of Columbia manufacturing
139 David Rubenstein
David Rubenstein
$2.7 B 62 Bethesda, Maryland leveraged buyouts
139 Jeffrey Skoll
Jeffrey Skoll
$2.7 B 46 Los Altos, California Ebay
139 Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
$2.7 B 57 Chicago, Illinois Television
150 Charles Dolan
Charles Dolan
$2.6 B 84 Oyster Bay, New York cable television
150 Archie Aldis Emmerson
Archie Aldis Emmerson
$2.6 B 82 Redding, California timberland, lumber mills
150 Robert Holding
Robert Holding
$2.6 B 84 Sun Valley, Idaho oil, resorts
150 Pauline MacMillan Keinath
Pauline MacMillan Keinath
$2.6 B 77 St. Louis, Missouri Cargill Inc.
150 Cargill MacMillan
Cargill MacMillan
$2.6 B 84 Indian Wells, California Cargill Inc.
150 Whitney MacMillan
Whitney MacMillan
$2.6 B 82 Minneapolis, Minnesota Cargill Inc.
150 Daniel Och
Daniel Och
$2.6 B 50 New York, New York hedge funds
150 Igor Olenicoff
Igor Olenicoff
$2.6 B 69 Lighthouse Point, Florida real estate
150 Marion MacMillan Pictet
Marion MacMillan Pictet
$2.6 B - Hamilton, N/A Cargill Inc.
159 Stanley Druckenmiller
Stanley Druckenmiller
$2.5 B 58 New York, New York hedge funds
159 Tom Gores
Tom Gores
$2.5 B 47 Beverly Hills, California private equity
159 Anthony Pritzker
Anthony Pritzker
$2.5 B 50 Los Angeles, California hotels, investments
159 Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker
Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker
$2.5 B 46 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
159 David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller
$2.5 B 96 Sleepy Hollow, New York Standard Oil, banking
159 Donald Schneider
Donald Schneider
$2.5 B 75 Green Bay, Wisconsin trucking
159 Alfred Taubman
Alfred Taubman
$2.5 B 87 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan real estate
166 Ray Dolby
Ray Dolby
$2.4 B 78 San Francisco, California Dolby Laboratories
166 Randal Kirk
Randal Kirk
$2.4 B 57 Belspring, Virginia pharmaceuticals
166 Julian Robertson
Julian Robertson
$2.4 B 79 New York, New York hedge funds
166 Phillip Ruffin
Phillip Ruffin
$2.4 B 76 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, real estate
166 Ty Warner
Ty Warner
$2.4 B 67 Oak Brook, Illinois Beanie Babies
171 Nicolas Berggruen
Nicolas Berggruen
$2.3 B 50 Beverly Hills, California investments
171 Christopher Cline
Christopher Cline
$2.3 B 53 North Palm Beach, Florida coal
171 Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
$2.3 B 53 Dallas, Texas online media
171 John Doerr
John Doerr
$2.3 B 60 Woodside, California venture capital
171 Ken Griffin
Ken Griffin
$2.3 B 42 Chicago, Illinois hedge funds
171 Tamara Gustavson
Tamara Gustavson
$2.3 B 49 Malibu, California self storage
171 Amos Hostetter
Amos Hostetter
$2.3 B 74 Boston, Massachusetts cable television
171 H. Wayne Huizenga
H. Wayne Huizenga
$2.3 B 73 Fort Lauderdale, Florida investments
171 H. Fisk Johnson
H. Fisk Johnson
$2.3 B 53 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons
171 Imogene Powers Johnson
Imogene Powers Johnson
$2.3 B 81 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons
171 S. Curtis Johnson
S. Curtis Johnson
$2.3 B 56 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson & Sons
171 Helen Johnson-Leipold
Helen Johnson-Leipold
$2.3 B 54 Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson
171 Winnie Johnson-Marquart
Winnie Johnson-Marquart
$2.3 B 52 Virginia Beach, Virginia SC Johnson & Sons
171 Peter Kellogg
Peter Kellogg
$2.3 B 69 Short Hills, New Jersey investments
171 A. Jerrold Perenchio
A. Jerrold Perenchio
$2.3 B 80 Bel Air, California television
171 Richard Rainwater
Richard Rainwater
$2.3 B 67 Fort Worth, Texas real estate, energy, insurance
171 Ronda Stryker
Ronda Stryker
$2.3 B 57 Portage, Michigan medical technology
188 Peter Buck
Peter Buck
$2.2 B 80 Danbury, Connecticut Subway Restaurants
188 Jack Dangermond
Jack Dangermond
$2.2 B 66 Redlands, California mapping software
188 Fred DeLuca
Fred DeLuca
$2.2 B 63 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Subway Restaurants
188 Philip Falcone
Philip Falcone
$2.2 B 49 New York, New York hedge funds
188 Bill Gross
Bill Gross
$2.2 B 67 Laguna Beach, California investments
188 William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
$2.2 B 62 San Francisco, California Hearst Corp
188 Diane Hendricks
Diane Hendricks
$2.2 B 64 Afton, Wisconsin roofing
188 Henry Hillman
Henry Hillman
$2.2 B 92 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania investments
188 Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
$2.2 B 61 Coatesville, Pennsylvania Campbell Soup
188 George Mitchell
George Mitchell
$2.2 B 92 The Woodlands, Texas oil & gas
188 William Wrigley
William Wrigley
$2.2 B 47 Lake Forest, Illinois chewing gum
188 Mortimer Zuckerman
Mortimer Zuckerman
$2.2 B 74 New York, New York real estate, media
200 Lee Bass
Lee Bass
$2.1 B 55 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments
Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source
200 Sid Bass
Sid Bass
$2.1 B 68 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments
200 Israel Englander
Israel Englander
$2.1 B 63 New York, New York hedge funds
200 Phillip Frost
Phillip Frost
$2.1 B 74 Miami Beach, Florida pharmaceuticals
200 Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
$2.1 B 56 Palm Beach, Florida real estate, investments
200 George Lindemann
George Lindemann
$2.1 B 75 Palm Beach, Florida investments
200 Michael Milken
Michael Milken
$2.1 B 65 Los Angeles, California investments
200 Sean Parker
Sean Parker
$2.1 B 31 New York, New York Facebook
200 Robert Rich
Robert Rich
$2.1 B 70 Islamorada, Florida frozen foods
200 Edward Roski
Edward Roski
$2.1 B 72 Los Angeles, California real estate
200 Wilbur Ross
Wilbur Ross
$2.1 B 73 Palm Beach, Florida investments
200 David Shaw
David Shaw
$2.1 B 60 New York, New York hedge funds
212 Neil Bluhm
Neil Bluhm
$2 B 73 Chicago, Illinois real estate
212 John Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis
$2 B 63 New York, New York oil, real estate, supermarkets
212 Edward DeBartolo
Edward DeBartolo
$2 B 64 Tampa, Florida shopping centers
212 Doris Fisher
Doris Fisher
$2 B 80 San Francisco, California Gap
212 Gordon Getty
Gordon Getty
$2 B 77 San Francisco, California Getty Oil
212 Michael & Marian Ilitch
Michael & Marian Ilitch
$2 B 82 Bingham Farms, Michigan pizza
212 Mark Pincus
Mark Pincus
$2 B 45 San Francisco, California online gaming
212 Stewart and Lynda Resnick
Stewart and Lynda Resnick
$2 B - Beverly Hills, California agriculture, water
212 J. Christopher Reyes
J. Christopher Reyes
$2 B 57 Lake Forest, Illinois food distribution
212 Jude Reyes
Jude Reyes
$2 B 56 Kenilworth, Illinois food distribution
212 Eduardo Saverin
Eduardo Saverin
$2 B 29 Singapore, N/A Facebook
212 Richard Schulze
Richard Schulze
$2 B 70 Edina, Minnesota Best Buy
212 Ted Turner
Ted Turner
$2 B 72 Atlanta, Georgia cable television
212 Romesh T. Wadhwani
Romesh T. Wadhwani
$2 B 64 Palo Alto, California Software
212 Kelcy Warren
Kelcy Warren
$2 B 55 Dallas, Texas Pipelines
227 Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff
$1.9 B 46 San Francisco, California business software
227 David Bonderman
David Bonderman
$1.9 B 68 Fort Worth, Texas leveraged buyouts
227 Phoebe Hearst Cooke
Phoebe Hearst Cooke
$1.9 B 84 San Francisco, California Hearst Corp
227 James Coulter
James Coulter
$1.9 B 51 San Francisco, California leveraged buyouts
227 Alec Gores
Alec Gores
$1.9 B 58 Beverly Hills, California private equity
227 Austin Hearst
Austin Hearst
$1.9 B 59 New York, New York Hearst Corp
227 David Hearst
David Hearst
$1.9 B 66 Los Angeles, California Hearst Corp
227 George Hearst
George Hearst
$1.9 B 84 Paso Robles, California Hearst Corp
227 Stanley Hubbard
Stanley Hubbard
$1.9 B 78 St. Paul, Minnesota DirecTV
227 Jeremy Jacobs
Jeremy Jacobs
$1.9 B 71 East Aurora, New York sports concessions
227 Michael Jaharis
Michael Jaharis
$1.9 B 83 New York, New York pharmaceuticals
227 Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
$1.9 B 68 Dallas, Texas Dallas Cowboys
227 Richard Peery
Richard Peery
$1.9 B 72 Palo Alto, California real estate
227 John Pritzker
John Pritzker
$1.9 B 58 San Francisco, California hotels, investments
227 Sheldon Solow
Sheldon Solow
$1.9 B 83 New York, New York real estate
242 John Arrillaga
John Arrillaga
$1.8 B 74 Portola Valley, California real estate
242 Alfred James Clark
Alfred James Clark
$1.8 B 83 Vero Beach, Florida construction
242 Leon G. Cooperman
Leon G. Cooperman
$1.8 B 68 Short Hills, New Jersey hedge funds
242 Jim Davis
Jim Davis
$1.8 B 68 Newton, Massachusetts New Balance
242 Bennett Dorrance
Bennett Dorrance
$1.8 B 65 Paradise Valley, Arizona Campbell Soup
242 Ted Forstmann
Ted Forstmann
$1.8 B 71 New York, New York sports management
242 Bradley Hughes
Bradley Hughes
$1.8 B 78 Lexington, Kentucky self storage
242 Min Kao
Min Kao
$1.8 B 62 Leawood, Kansas navigation equipment
242 Thomas Kaplan
Thomas Kaplan
$1.8 B 49 New York, New York Investments
242 Herbert Kohler
Herbert Kohler
$1.8 B 72 Kohler, Wisconsin plumbing fixtures
242 Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus
$1.8 B 82 Atlanta, Georgia Home Depot
242 Clayton Mathile
Clayton Mathile
$1.8 B 70 Brookville, Ohio pet food
242 Thomas Pritzker
Thomas Pritzker
$1.8 B 61 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
242 Leandro Rizzuto
Leandro Rizzuto
$1.8 B 73 Sheridan, Wyoming consumer products
242 Thomas Siebel
Thomas Siebel
$1.8 B 58 Woodside, California business software
242 Jerry Speyer
Jerry Speyer
$1.8 B 71 New York, New York real estate
242 Glen Taylor
Glen Taylor
$1.8 B 70 Mankato, Minnesota printing
242 Dean White
Dean White
$1.8 B 88 Crown Point, Indiana billboards, hotels
260 George Argyros
George Argyros
$1.75 B 74 Newport Beach, California real estate, investments
260 Drayton McLane
Drayton McLane
$1.75 B 75 Temple, Texas Wal-Mart, logistics
260 Walter Scott
Walter Scott
$1.75 B 80 Omaha, Nebraska construction, telecom
263 S. Daniel Abraham
S. Daniel Abraham
$1.7 B 87 Palm Beach, Florida Slim-Fast
263 Ken Fisher
Ken Fisher
$1.7 B 60 Woodside, California Money management
263 Brad Kelley
Brad Kelley
$1.7 B 54 Franklin, Tennessee tobacco
263 Robert Kraft
Robert Kraft
$1.7 B 70 Brookline, Massachusetts New England Patriots
263 Isaac Perlmutter
Isaac Perlmutter
$1.7 B 68 Palm Beach, Florida Marvel
263 Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker
$1.7 B 52 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
263 Henry Samueli
Henry Samueli
$1.7 B 57 Newport Beach, California semiconductors
263 Frederick Smith
Frederick Smith
$1.7 B 67 Memphis, Tennessee FedEx
263 Albert Ueltschi
Albert Ueltschi
$1.7 B 94 Vero Beach, Florida FlightSafety
263 Elaine Wynn
Elaine Wynn
$1.7 B 68 Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels
273 Norman Braman
Norman Braman
$1.6 B 79 Miami, Florida art, car dealerships
273 Barry Diller
Barry Diller
$1.6 B 69 New York, New York IAC/InterActiveCorp
273 Glenn Dubin
Glenn Dubin
$1.6 B 54 New York, New York hedge funds
273 Gerald J. Ford
Gerald J. Ford
$1.6 B 67 Dallas, Texas banking
273 Thomas Friedkin
Thomas Friedkin
$1.6 B 76 Houston, Texas Toyota distribution
273 Noam Gottesman
Noam Gottesman
$1.6 B 50 New York, New York hedge funds
273 Bruce Karsh
Bruce Karsh
$1.6 B 56 Los Angeles, California money management
273 Joseph Mansueto
Joseph Mansueto
$1.6 B 55 Chicago, Illinois investment research
273 Howard Marks
Howard Marks
$1.6 B 65 Los Angeles, California money management
273 Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
$1.6 B 62 Hunts Point, Washington telecom
273 Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz
$1.6 B 57 San Francisco, California venture capital
273 Daniel Pritzker
Daniel Pritzker
$1.6 B 52 Marin County, California hotels, investments
273 James Pritzker
James Pritzker
$1.6 B 60 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
273 Jean (Gigi) Pritzker
Jean (Gigi) Pritzker
$1.6 B 49 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
273 Karen Pritzker
Karen Pritzker
$1.6 B 53 Branford, Connecticut hotels, investments
273 Linda Pritzker
Linda Pritzker
$1.6 B 57 St. Ignatius, Montana hotels, investments
273 Kavitark Ram Shriram
Kavitark Ram Shriram
$1.6 B 54 Menlo Park, California Venture capital, Google
273 Herbert Simon
Herbert Simon
$1.6 B 76 Indianapolis, Indiana real estate
273 Clemmie Spangler
Clemmie Spangler
$1.6 B 79 Charlotte, North Carolina investments
273 Anita Zucker
Anita Zucker
$1.6 B 59 Charleston, South Carolina chemicals
293 Ron Baron
Ron Baron
$1.5 B 68 New York, New York money managment
293 Edward Bass
Edward Bass
$1.5 B 66 Fort Worth, Texas oil, investments
293 John Fisher
John Fisher
$1.5 B 50 San Francisco, California Gap
293 Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert
$1.5 B 49 Franklin, Michigan Quicken Loans
293 Michael Heisley
Michael Heisley
$1.5 B 74 Jupiter Island, Florida manufacturing
293 Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman
$1.5 B 44 Palo Alto, California LinkedIn
293 Joe Jamail
Joe Jamail
$1.5 B 85 Houston, Texas lawsuits
293 Eric Lefkofsky
Eric Lefkofsky
$1.5 B 42 Glencoe, Illinois Groupon
Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source
293 Stephen Mandel
Stephen Mandel
$1.5 B 55 Greenwich, Connecticut hedge funds
293 Robert McNair
Robert McNair
$1.5 B 74 Houston, Texas energy, sports
293 Manuel Moroun
Manuel Moroun
$1.5 B 84 Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan Transportation
293 Jonathan Nelson
Jonathan Nelson
$1.5 B 55 Providence, Rhode Island Leveraged buyouts
293 Bob Parsons
Bob Parsons
$1.5 B 60 Scottsdale, Arizona web hosting
293 Michael Price
Michael Price
$1.5 B 59 Far Hills, New Jersey investments
293 Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling
$1.5 B 75 Beverly Hills, California Real Estate
293 Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
$1.5 B 43 San Francisco, California Paypal, Facebook
309 Joshua Harris
Joshua Harris
$1.45 B 46 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
309 T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens
$1.45 B 83 Dallas, Texas oil & gas, investments
309 Marc Rowan
Marc Rowan
$1.45 B 49 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
312 Herbert Allen
Herbert Allen
$1.4 B 71 New York, New York investment banking
312 Louis Bacon
Louis Bacon
$1.4 B 53 Long Island, New York hedge funds
312 Ray Davis
Ray Davis
$1.4 B 69 Dallas, Texas pipelines
312 Tom Golisano
Tom Golisano
$1.4 B 69 Naples, Florida Paychex
312 David Gottesman
David Gottesman
$1.4 B 85 Rye, New York investments
312 Johnelle Hunt
Johnelle Hunt
$1.4 B 79 Fayetteville, Arkansas trucking
312 James Irsay
James Irsay
$1.4 B 52 Carmel, Indiana Indianapolis Colts
312 Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee
$1.4 B 67 New York, New York leveraged buyouts
312 Gary Magness
Gary Magness
$1.4 B 57 Magness, Colorado cable, investments
312 Richard Marriott
Richard Marriott
$1.4 B 72 Potomac, Maryland hotels
312 Billy Joe McCombs
Billy Joe McCombs
$1.4 B 83 San Antonio, Texas radio, oil, real estate
312 Gary Michelson
Gary Michelson
$1.4 B 62 Los Angeles, California medical patents
312 Henry Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot
$1.4 B 52 Dallas, Texas computer services, real estate
312 Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler
Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler
$1.4 B 47 London, N/A oil & gas, investments
312 Wilma Tisch
Wilma Tisch
$1.4 B 84 New York, New York diversified
312 Dan Wilks
Dan Wilks
$1.4 B 55 Cisco, Texas natural gas
312 Farris Wilks
Farris Wilks
$1.4 B 59 Cisco, Texas natural gas
329 Bharat Desai
Bharat Desai
$1.35 B 58 Fisher Island, Florida outsourcing
329 Christopher Goldsbury
Christopher Goldsbury
$1.35 B 68 San Antonio, Texas salsa
331 Stephen Bisciotti
Stephen Bisciotti
$1.3 B 51 Millersville, Maryland outsourcing, football
331 Arthur Blank
Arthur Blank
$1.3 B 68 Atlanta, Georgia Home Depot
331 Charles Brandes
Charles Brandes
$1.3 B 68 San Diego, California money management
331 Austen Cargill
Austen Cargill
$1.3 B 60 Livingston, Montana Cargill Inc.
331 James Cargill
James Cargill
$1.3 B 62 Birchwood, Wisconsin Cargill Inc.
331 Steve Case
Steve Case
$1.3 B 53 McLean, Virginia AOL
331 Leon Charney
Leon Charney
$1.3 B 70 New York, New York Real estate
331 Richard Chilton Jr
Richard Chilton Jr
$1.3 B 53 Darien, Connecticut hedge funds
331 Scott Cook
Scott Cook
$1.3 B 59 Woodside, California Intuit
331 Joseph Craft
Joseph Craft
$1.3 B 60 Tulsa, Oklahoma coal
331 David Duffield
David Duffield
$1.3 B 71 Blackhawk, California PeopleSoft
331 Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla
$1.3 B 56 Portola Valley, California venture capital
331 Kenneth Langone
Kenneth Langone
$1.3 B 76 Sands Point, New York investments
331 Marc Lasry
Marc Lasry
$1.3 B 50 New York, New York hedge funds
331 Marianne Liebmann
Marianne Liebmann
$1.3 B 58 Bozeman, Montana Cargill, Inc.
331 Bill Marriott
Bill Marriott
$1.3 B 79 Potomac, Maryland hotels
331 Henry Nicholas
Henry Nicholas
$1.3 B 51 Newport Coast, California semiconductors
331 Stewart Rahr
Stewart Rahr
$1.3 B 65 New York, New York drug distribution
331 Richard Scaife
Richard Scaife
$1.3 B 79 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania investments
331 Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
$1.3 B 58 Seattle, Washington Starbucks
331 Thomas Steyer
Thomas Steyer
$1.3 B 54 San Francisco, California hedge funds
331 Robert Stiller
Robert Stiller
$1.3 B 68 Palm Beach, Florida coffee
331 Pat Stryker
Pat Stryker
$1.3 B 55 Fort Collins, Colorado medical technology
331 Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
$1.3 B 55 Atherton, California Ebay
355 Edmund Ansin
Edmund Ansin
$1.25 B 75 Miami Beach, Florida television
355 Frank Fertitta
Frank Fertitta
$1.25 B 49 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, Ultimate Fighting Championship
355 Alan Gerry
Alan Gerry
$1.25 B 81 Liberty, New York cable television
355 Henry Swieca
Henry Swieca
$1.25 B 54 New York, New York hedge funds
359 Alan Casden
Alan Casden
$1.2 B 65 Beverly Hills, California real estate
359 William Connor
William Connor
$1.2 B 61 Hong Kong, N/A logistics
359 James Dinan
James Dinan
$1.2 B 52 New York, New York hedge funds
359 Lorenzo Fertitta
Lorenzo Fertitta
$1.2 B 42 Las Vegas, Nevada casinos, Ultimate Fighting Championship
359 Sidney Kimmel
Sidney Kimmel
$1.2 B 83 New York, New York retail
359 William Macaulay
William Macaulay
$1.2 B 66 Greenwich, Connecticut energy investments
359 Aubrey McClendon
Aubrey McClendon
$1.2 B 52 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma natural gas
359 C. Dean Metropoulos
C. Dean Metropoulos
$1.2 B 65 Greenwich, Connecticut investments
359 Nelson Peltz
Nelson Peltz
$1.2 B 69 Bedford, New York investments
359 Nicholas Pritzker
Nicholas Pritzker
$1.2 B 67 Chicago, Illinois hotels, investments
359 Kenny Troutt
Kenny Troutt
$1.2 B 63 Dallas, Texas Excel Communications
359 Todd Wagner
Todd Wagner
$1.2 B 51 Dallas, Texas online media
359 Charlotte Colket Weber
Charlotte Colket Weber
$1.2 B 68 Ocala, Florida Campbell Soup
372 Irwin Jacobs
Irwin Jacobs
$1.15 B 77 La Jolla, California Qualcomm
372 Alexander Rovt
Alexander Rovt
$1.15 B 59 New York, New York fertilizer
372 Peter Sperling
Peter Sperling
$1.15 B 51 Phoenix, Arizona education
375 Kenneth Adams
Kenneth Adams
$1.1 B 88 Houston, Texas Oil
375 Thomas Barrack
Thomas Barrack
$1.1 B 64 Los Angeles, California Colony Capital
375 Tom Benson
Tom Benson
$1.1 B 84 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Saints
375 Jim Breyer
Jim Breyer
$1.1 B 50 Woodside, California Venture Capital
375 Gary Burrell
Gary Burrell
$1.1 B 74 Spring Hill, Kansas navigation equipment
375 S. Truett Cathy
S. Truett Cathy
$1.1 B 90 Hampton, Georgia Chick-fil-A
375 David Filo
David Filo
$1.1 B 45 Palo Alto, California Yahoo
375 William Ford
William Ford
$1.1 B 86 Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan Ford Motor Co
375 John Henry
John Henry
$1.1 B 62 Boca Raton, Florida sports
375 George Joseph
George Joseph
$1.1 B 90 Los Angeles, California insurance
375 Jim Justice
Jim Justice
$1.1 B 60 Lewisburg, West Virginia coal
375 Alexander Knaster
Alexander Knaster
$1.1 B 52 London, N/A oil, telecom, banking
375 Michael Krasny
Michael Krasny
$1.1 B 58 Highland Park, Illinois retail
375 James Leininger
James Leininger
$1.1 B 66 San Antonio, Texas medical devices
375 Jeffrey Lurie
Jeffrey Lurie
$1.1 B 60 Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles
375 William Moncrief
William Moncrief
$1.1 B 91 Fort Worth, Texas oil
375 Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan
$1.1 B 74 Winnetka, Illinois insurance
375 Bernard Saul
Bernard Saul
$1.1 B 79 Chevy Chase, Maryland banking, real estate
375 Alexander Spanos
Alexander Spanos
$1.1 B 87 Stockton, California real estate
375 Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens
$1.1 B 51 Atherton, California venture capital
375 Jon Stryker
Jon Stryker
$1.1 B 53 Kalamazoo, Michigan medical technology
375 Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang
$1.1 B 42 Los Altos Hills, California Yahoo
397 Darwin Deason
Darwin Deason
$1.05 B 71 Dallas, Texas Xerox
397 Peter Lewis
Peter Lewis
$1.05 B 77 Coconut Grove, Florida Progressive Corp
397 Steven Roth
Steven Roth
$1.05 B 69 New York, New York real estate
397 Dan Snyder
Dan Snyder
$1.05 B 46 Potomac, Maryland Washington Redskins
SOURCE :
www.forbes.com/forbes-400/
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