There are now 946 billionaires in the world and among them are Jewish people from the USA, Brazil, Spain, United Kingdom and
Israel, for instance:
- Richest Jew is casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. The 73-year-old who owns The Venetian in Las Vegas is
number 6 worth $26.5bn
- Coming in at number 11 is Oracle boss Larry Ellison with a worth of $21.5bn.
- Chelsea Football Club owner and Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovitch, has a worth of $18.7bn.
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin, aged 33 is one of the youngest billionaires with a worth of $16.6bn.
- Michael Dell, founder of the computer giant that bears his name is at number 30 on the Forbes list with a worth of $15.8bn.
- At 31 is Microsoft chief executive Steven Ballmer with a worth of $15bn.
- Russian, metals tycoon Oleg Deripaska has a worth of $13.3bn.
- Sumner Redstone, who famously sacked Tom Cruise from his Paramount film studio has a worth of $8bn.
- British retail tycoon Sir Philip Green owner of BHs and Top Shop has a worth along with his wife Christina of $7bn.
- Financial services owner Joseph Safra from Brazil is worth $6bn while his brother Moise is worth $2.9bn.
- Esther Koplowitz from Spain is worth $5.6bn while her sister Alicia is worth $5bn.
- Fashion tycoon Ralph Lauren has a worth of $5bn, the same as South African precious gems magnate Nicky Oppenheimer and his family.
- New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg who founded the financial news organisation that bears his name is worth $5.5bn.
- Music and entertainment mogul David Geffen comes in with a worth of $4.7bn.
- UK Property owners David & Simon Reuben are worth $4.5bn.
- Israel's Stef Wertheimer & family has a worth of $4.4bn,
- Israel's Shari Arison $4.3bn,
- Israel's Lev Leviev $4.1bn,
- Israel's Yitzhak Tshuva $4bn,
- Israel's Sammy Ofer & family $3.9bn
- Israel's Arnon Milchan $3bn.
- Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is worth $3bn.
- Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman is worth $1.3bn
- Media tycoon and owner of OK! magazine Richard Desmond is worth $1.3bn.
List of some Jews in Business
Australia
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John Gandel, bilionaire owner of Northgan Gandel Group
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Peter Ivany, Australian Media Mogul, earned his
fortune running hyots cinemas world wide
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Frank Lowy, billionaire owner of
Westfield Holdings and
Westfield America
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Richard Pratt, billionaire owner of
Visy Industries
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Harry Triguboff, billionaire owner of
Meriton Apartments
Belgium
Canada
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Israel "Izzy" Asper broadcasting magnate
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David Azrieli, Polish-born Canadian-Israeli
multi-millionaire
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Peter Bentley, Chairman of Canadian timber giant
Canfor Corp. (won restitution
case from Swiss bank regarding seizure of father's
business in Germany)
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Samuel Bronfman, Ukrainian-born Canadian founder of
Seagrams Distilleries
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Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian original owner of Seagrams Distilleries
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Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Canadian-U.S. owner of Vivendi Universal
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Charles Bronfman, billionaire part of Bronfman Family
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Garth Drabinsky theatrical producer and entrepreneur
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Daryl Katz, billionaire founder of Katz Group of Cos. Pharmacy chain
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Mike Klein, Canadian-born investment magnate
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Paul Reichmann, Canadian real estate magnate
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Barry Sherman, billionaire founder of Apotex
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Alexander Shnaider, billionaire co-founder of Midland Group
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Jeffrey Skoll, billionaire co-founder of EBay
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Moses Znaimer, Tajikistan-born broadcasting magnate
China
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
Mexico
Russia
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Roman Abramovich,Russian billionaire Sibneft
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Boris Berezovsky, Russian-British former billionaire
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Mikhail Brudno, Russian-Israeli former billionaire Yukos
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Vladimir Dubov, Russian-Isreali former billionaire Yukos
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Mikhail Fridman, Russian billionaire, TNK-BP
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Vladimir Gusinsky, Russian-Israeli former billionaire
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German Khan, Russian billionaire, executive director
of TNK-BP
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian billionaire Yukos
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Leonid Nevzlin, Russian-Israeli former billionaire Yukos
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Victor Vekselberg, Russian billionaire, TNK-BP
Spain
South Africa
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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Jack Cohen, British businessman, founder of Tesco supermarkets
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Joseph Duveen, British art dealer
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Brian Epstein, promoter of The Beatles
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Donald Gordon, billionaire founder of Liberty Life
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Philip Green British billionaire businessman who
owns some of the United Kingdom's largest retailers
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Stanley Kalms founder of Dixons group
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Naser Khalili billionaire art dealer and collector
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Allen Klein, business manager of the Rolling Stones
and the Beatles
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Robert Maxwell, British communications magnate
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Moses Haim Montefiore, Italian-born English financier,
philanthropist and Zionist
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Paul Julius Reuter, German-born British media owner
(originally Israel Beer Josaphat)
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild, British financier and
philanthropist
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Eduard Shifrin, Ukrainian-born Russian British
billionaire co-founder of Midland Group
United States
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Leonore Annenberg, billionaire owner of TV Guide and Triangle Publications
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Philip Anschutz, founder and chairman of Qwest Communications International, and acquired United Artists Theaters, and Regal Cinemas
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Edmund Ansin, billionaire owner of TV Stations
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Ted Arison, U.S.-Israeli billionaire, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines.
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Micky Arison Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation & PLC.
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Sheldon Adelson, is a 71 year-old billionaire property
developer in Las Vegas.
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Steve Ballmer, U.S. CEO of Microsoft
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Carl Berg, billionaire real estate and investments
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Arthur Blank, billionaire co-founder and co-owner of Home Depot
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Leonard Blavatnik, billionaire sharehoder in TNT-BP Sual and Access/Renova
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Jeff Bleustein, Chairman and former Chief Executive
Officer of Harley-Davidson
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Michael Bloomberg, Billionaire, U.S. politician,
founder of Bloomberg News
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Neil Bluhm, billionaire owner of JMG Realty
- Sergey Brin Russian-born U.S. co-founder of
Google
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Samuel Bronfman founder of
Seagram
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Edgar Bronfman, billionaire
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Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Warner Music Group
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Emanuel H. Bronner, soapmaker
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Sid Bernstein, promoter, "The Man That Brought The
Beatles to America"
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Chess brothers, Polish-born U.S. record company
executive
- Eli Broad is a billionaire who lives in Los Angeles
California.
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Harvey Chaplin, billionaire owner of
Southern Wine & Spirits of America
- Lyor Cohen, billionaire chairman of
Warner Music
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Steven Cohen, billionaire founder of
SAC Capital Management hudge fund
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Lester Crown, billionaire main shareholder in
General Dynamics
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Joshua Lionel Cowen, U.S. toy inventor and
manufacturer (Lionel trains)
- Mark Cuban, U.S. billionaire owner of
Dallas Mavericks, founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo!).
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William Davidson, billionaire owner of
Gurdian Industries
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Barbara Davis, billionaire energy tycoon
- Clive Davis, U.S. founder of Arista Records
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Michael Dell, U.S. founder of
Dell Inc.
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Barry Diller, billionaire owner of
Usa Networks Ticketmaster
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Stanley Druckenmiller, billionaire,
his billion dollar bet against the British pound in 1992 made 30% returns for George Soros
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Larry Ellison, U.S. CEO of
Oracle Corporation
- Max Factor, Polish-American cosmetics industrialist
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Paul Fireman, billionaire founder of
Reebok aerobic shoes
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Donald Fisher founder of
The Gap
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Robert, William, John Fisher, 3 billionaires main
shareholders of The Gap
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Sydney Frank, billionaire liquor
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David Geffen, U.S. record executive
- Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of
Real Networks, makers of Real Player
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Guiford Glazer, real estate shopping centers
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Malcolm Glazer, billionaire owner of
First Allied Corporation shareholder of Manchester United
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Leslie & Louis Gonda, billionaires shareholders in
AIG
insuarance and real estate
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Alex & Tom Gores, 2 billionaires leveraged buyout
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David Gottesman, billionaire founder of
First Manhattan
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Pincus Green, billionaire commodities trader
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Maurice Greenberg, billionaire main shareholder and ex
chairman of AIG
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Alan Greenspan, U.S. economist,
former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
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Maurice R. Greenberg, billionaire, CEO of
AIG
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Andrew Grove, Hungarian-born U.S. co-founder of
Intel
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Leona Helmsley, real estate
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Henry Hillman, billionaire owner of
Pittsburg Coke & Chemicals
- Carl Icahn, billionaire who Took over
TWA
and controlled it until 1933, also owner of Lowestfares.com
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Irwin Jacobs, billionaire co-founder and main
shareholder of Qualcomm
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Jeremy Jacobs, billionaire owner of
Delaware North sport concessions
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Taribaldi Jaleelowitz, Star Fund Manager,
9'B.S.D Corp
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George Kaiser, billionaire owner of
Kaiser-Fransis Oil
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Jeffrey Katzenberg, former billionaire co-founder and
co-owner of DreamWorks SKG films production
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Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. leveraged buyout co-founder and
co-owner of KKR
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Bruce Kovner, billionaire, started
Caxton Hedge Fund and is American Enterprise Institute Vice Chairman
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Michael Krasny, billionaire founder and owner of
CDW Computer
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Henry Kravis, billionaire, American financier
co-founder and co-owner of KKR
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Edward Lampert, billionaire, founder of
EPS Investments
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Leonard Lauder, billionaire co-owner of
Estee Lauder cosmetics
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Ronald Lauder, billionaire co-owner of
Estee Lauder cosmetics
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Ralph Lauren, billionaire founder and chairman of
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp fashion
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Thomas Lee, billionaire leveraged buyout
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Samuel J. LeFrak & family, billionaire, major
developer in downtown Manhattan
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Gerry Lenfest owner of
Lenfest Communications cable TV
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Norma, Randolph and Nancy Lerner, 3 billionaires main
shareholders of MBNA Financial
- Morris Levy, U.S. music industry executive
- Peter Lewis, billionaire owner of
Progressive Corp car insuarance
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Alfred Mann, billionaire owner of
Mankind Corporation
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Bernard Marcus, billionaire co-founder and co-owner of
Home Depot
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Michael Milken, billionaire leveraged buyout
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Roy Neuberger, U.S. art dealer of
Neuberger & Berman
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Samuel Newhouse, Jr., Billionaire who owns 26
Newspapers such as Parade Magazine, Conde Nast, Vogue etc.
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Donald Newhouse, billionaire, is one of the owners of
Condé Nast Publications.
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Bernard Osher, bilionaire co-owner of
Golden West Financial
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William S. Paley, U.S. billionaire who built
CBS
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Nelson Peltz, billionaire
Triarc Companies leveraged buyout
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Ronald O. Perelman, billionaire, chairman of the board
of Revlon Inc. and Products Corp.
- Ron Popeil, U.S. inventor
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Michael Price, billionaire founder of
MFP Investments
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Abram & Jack Pritzker founders of
Marmon Group
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Pritzker Family, 11 billionaires owners of
Hyatt hotels and Marmon Group
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Stewart Rahr, billionaire president and CEO of
Kinray Corp
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Sumner Redstone, U.S. CEO of
Viacom
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Charles Revson, Revlon cosmetics
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Mark Rich, billionaire commodities trader
- Robert Rich, billionaire shareholder of
Rich Products Corp
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George Roberts, billionaire leveraged buyout
co-founder and co-owner of KKR
- Arthur Rock, billionaire venture capitalist
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William Rosenberg, U.S. founder of
Dunkin Donuts
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Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American cosmetics
industrialist
- Haim Saban, billionaire, television producer
(Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and media mogul
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Henry Samueli, billioaire co-founder and owner of
Broadcom
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Marion & Herbert Sandler, 2 billionaires co-owners of
Golden West Financial
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David Sarnoff, General Manager of
RCA
corporation
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Howard Schultz, entrepreneur, joined
Starbucks founders in 1982 and bought it in 1987
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Jonathan_I._Schwartz, COO of
Sun Microsystems
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Robert Shapiro, former CEO of
Monsanto
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Evgeny Shvidler, billionaire shareholder of
Sibneft oil production
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Herbert Siegel, billionaire CEO of
CrisCraft Industries
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Zev Siegal cofounder of
Starbucks
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Melvin Simon, billionaire owner of
Sinon Property real estate shopping malls
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Sheldon Solow, billionaire real estate
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George Soros, Hungarian-born U.S. billionaire,
investor, philanthropist
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Steven Spielberg, billionaire co-founder and co owner
of DreamWorld SKG films production
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Leonard Stern, Billionaire, Manhattan real estate
mogul who owns the Soho Grand, and Tribeca Grand Hotel in Manhattan
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Alfred Taubman, billionaire
Sotheby's action and shopping centers
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Laurence Tisch, U.S. billionaire, owned
CBS
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Preston Robert Tisch, U.S. billionaire, owned several
companies with his brother including CBS
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Paul Warburg, U.S. banker,
Federal Reserve founder and board member
- Sandy Weill, U.S. billionaire,
former chairman of Citigroup
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Leslie Wexner, billionaire main shareholder of
The Limited
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Stephen Wynn, billionaire casinos
- Ed Zander, CEO of
Motorola
- Samuel Zell, billionaire chairman of
Equity Residential Properties Trust
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Daniel, Dirk and Robert Ziff, billionaires owners of
Ziff Davis
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Mortimer Zuckerman, billionaire owner of
New York Daily News and US News and World Report