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                                                           sor to Simon Property Group in   259. DON HANKEY
                                                           1960. Melvin’s son David is CEO.
                                                           Herb also owns the Indiana Pacers,   $3.1 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: &
                                                           worth nearly $1.2 billion.  SOURCE: AUTO LOANS
                                                                                     AGE: 75 RESIDENCE: MALIBU, CA
                                                                                     PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
                                                           251. PAUL SINGER          As a teen, Hankey worked as a lot
                                                           $3.2 BILLION S SELF-MADE: *  boy, washing and polishing cars,
                                                           SOURCE: HEDGE FUNDS       and then as a salesman at his fa-
                                                           AGE: 74 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY
                                                                                     ther’s Los Angeles Ford dealership.
                                                           PHILANTHROPY SCORE:       In 1972 he took over the dealer-
                                                           The high-profile dealmaker’s El-  ship and began extending car loans
                                                           liott Management took over be-  to people with poor credit. Hankey
                                                           leaguered soccer club AC Milan   Group has grown into a $1.1 bil-
                                                           in July. Singer famously spent 15   lion (sales) Los Angeles-based auto
                                                           years warring with the government   services empire.
                                                           of Argentina over bond payments,
                                                           which resulted in a $2.4 billion
                                                           payout to his firm in 2016. He is a   259. JOHNELLE HUNT
                                                           frequent contributor to Jewish and   $3.1 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: &
                                                           pro-Israel causes, including Hillel   SOURCE: TRUCKING
                                                           International and BBYO.   AGE: 86
           251. JON STRYKER                                                          RESIDENCE: FAYETTEVILLE, AR
                                                                                     PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
           $3.2 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: !               259. RILEY BECHTEL
           SOURCE: MEDICAL EQUIPMENT                                                 Johnelle met her husband, Johnnie
           AGE: 60 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY                $3.1 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: $  (d. 2006), when she was a junior in
                                                           SOURCE: ENGINEERING,      high school. The couple cofounded
           PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
                                                           CONSTRUCTION              $7.2 billion (2017 sales) J.B. Hunt
           The philanthropist committed $20 million for scholarships at his alma ma-  AGE: 66 RESIDENCE: SAN FRANCISCO
           ter Kalamazoo College in June, a small piece of the $550 million he has   Transport Services in 1969. She re-
                                                           PHILANTHROPY SCORE: N.A.  tired from the board in 2008 but
           given away in his lifetime. His Arcus Foundation supports gay rights issues
           and the protection of great apes. In December 2016, he and his sister Pat   still holds a nearly 17% stake.
           gave $5 million each to fund the nation’s memorial to the victims of racial   259. STEPHEN
           terror lynchings. He inherited a stake in medical equipment firm Stryker   BECHTEL JR.  259. DANIEL LOEB
           Corp., founded by his grandfather.
                                                           $3.1 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: $  $3.1 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: &
                                                           SOURCE: ENGINEERING,      SOURCE: HEDGE FUNDS
                                                           CONSTRUCTION              AGE: 56 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY
          251. JEAN (GIGI)         sets under management in the past   AGE: 93 RESIDENCE: SAN FRANCISCO   PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
                                   decade.
          PRITZKER                                         PHILANTHROPY SCORE:       An activist hedge fund manager
                                                           Stephen and son Riley each own an   known for shaking up corporations,
          $3.2 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: #  251. MARK SHOEN  estimated 20% of construction and   Loeb has targeted such companies
          SOURCE: HOTELS, INVESTMENTS
          AGE: 56 RESIDENCE: CHICAGO  $3.2 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: %  engineering firm Bechtel. Since   as Yahoo and Dow Chemical over
                                   SOURCE: U-HAUL          2016, Riley’s son Brendan has run   the years. Most recently, he has set
          PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
                                   AGE: 67 RESIDENCE: PHOENIX  the $25.9 billion (sales) compa-  his sights on Campbell Soup, which
          Cofounder and CEO of MWM   PHILANTHROPY SCORE: N.A.    ny, which is known for large-scale   he has called a “mess,” and is push-
          (formerly Madison Wells Media),                  projects like the Hoover Dam. Ste-  ing the company to replace board
          which has a film and TV produc-  Shoen is the largest individu-  phen’s S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation,   members and sell itself. He founded
          tion arm as well as a virtual and   al shareholder of U-Haul’s parent,   has given over $450 million since   his Third Point hedge fund in 1995.
          augmented reality division, she has   Amerco, with a 21% stake. His par-  2012 to environmental and educa-  Unlike many of his activist peers,
          produced films and TV shows such   ents founded the truck- and trailer-  tional causes, including $25 million   Loeb has been posting solid hedge
          as the Oscar-nominated Hell or   rental company in 1945. As part of   to beautify the Presidio, a  national   fund returns in recent years.
          High Water and the Emmy-nom-  a family feud, Shoen and his broth-  park near San Francisco’s Golden
          inated Genius. She is president of   er Joe (No. 302) took control of U-  Gate Bridge.
          the family’s Pritzker Foundation,   Haul in 1986; Mark was president       259. MARY ALICE
          which has $413 million in assets.   for 16 years.                          DORRANCE MALONE
                                                           259. JOHN
          251. MARC ROWAN          251. HERB SIMON         CATSIMATIDIS              $3.1 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: @
                                                                                     SOURCE: CAMPBELL SOUP
                                   $3.2 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: (  $3.1 BILLION WX SELF-MADE SCORE: (  AGE: 68
          $3.2 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: *                                          RESIDENCE: COATESVILLE, PA
          SOURCE: PRIVATE EQUITY   SOURCE: REAL ESTATE     SOURCE: OIL, REAL ESTATE
          AGE: 56 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY  AGE: 84 RESIDENCE: INDIANAPOLIS  AGE: 70 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY  PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
                                   PHILANTHROPY SCORE:        PHILANTHROPY SCORE:    Malone and brother Bennett Dor-
          PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
          His Apollo Global made a name   At a time when many malls in   Catsimatidis continues to make   rance (No. 316), board mem-
          for itself in high-yield bonds but   the U.S. are struggling, his Simon   his mark in Brooklyn real estate,   bers at Campbell Soup, are facing
          is now making big bets in health-  Property Group, which owns 220   with a newly completed apartment   a proxy battle launched in Septem-
          care: Notable 2018 deals include   shopping malls and retail strips in   complex in Fort Greene to add to   ber by activist investor Daniel Loeb
          acquiring hospital operator Life-  the U.S., Europe and Asia, is more   3 others there. Next up: a 425-unit   (No. 259). In August the firm said
          Point Health for $5.6 billion. Apol-  than holding its own. It notched   apartment development near the   it would sell its fresh food and in-
          lo, which he cofounded in 1990   a record profit of nearly $2 billion   beach in Coney Island. Altogeth-  ternational businesses; its shares
          with Leon Black (No. 76) and Josh-  last year and increased dividends   er he owns nearly 80 buildings, a   have been in decline for 2 years. Her
          ua Harris (No. 207), manages $269   10%. Simon and his brother Mel-  Pennsylvania oil refinery and the   grandfather invented the formula for   TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGES
          billion and has quintupled its as-  vin (d. 2009) founded the precur-  Gristedes supermarket chain.  Campbell’s condensed soup.
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