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NAME WORTH($BIL) PAGE #
PEROT, ROSS, JR. $2.3 203 ROWLING, ROBERT $5.8 151 SMIDT, ERIC $3 192 VANDERSLOOT, FRANK $4.2 159
PETERFFY, THOMAS $20.2 134 RUBENSTEIN, DAVID $2.9 193 SMITH, FRED $5.4 153 VIOLA, VINCENT $2.4 203
POWELL JOBS, LAURENE $20.5 134 RUBIN, MICHAEL $3 192 SMITH, ROBERT $4.4 159 VULTAGGIO, DON $3.1 192
PRITZKER, ANTHONY $3.3 172 RUFFIN, PHIL $2.7 196 SNYDER, DAN $2.2 206 WADHWANI, ROMESH T. $3 192
PRITZKER, DANIEL $2.4 202 RYAN, PATRICK $2.9 193 SNYDER, LYNSI $3 192 WALENTAS, DAVID $2.4 203
PRITZKER, J.B. $3.2 172 SABAN, HAIM $2.9 193 SOBRATO, JOHN A. $6.6 142 WALTER, MARK $3.5 171
PRITZKER, JEAN (GIGI) $3.2 174 SALL, JOHN $4.4 159 SOLOW, SHELDON $5.2 153 WALTON, ALICE $44.9 132
PRITZKER, JOHN $2.5 200 SAMUELI, HENRY $3.9 168 SOON-SHIONG, PATRICK $7.3 140 WALTON, CHRISTY $7.2 140
PRITZKER, KAREN $5.1 153 SANDS, RICHARD $3.1 192 SOROS, GEORGE $8.3 139 WALTON, JIM $45.2 132
PRITZKER, PENNY $2.7 196 SANDS, ROBERT $3.1 192 SPANOS, ALEXANDER $2.4 202 WALTON, LUKAS $15.3 136
PRITZKER, THOMAS $4.2 159 SANFORD, T. DENNY $2.6 197 SPEYER, JERRY $4 168 WALTON, S. ROBSON $44.9 132
RAGON, PHILLIP T. $2.1 207 SANTO DOMINGO, ALEJANDRO $3.9 169 SPIEGEL, EVAN $2.3 203 WANEK, RONALD $2.1 207
RAHR, STEWART $2.3 203 SANTO DOMINGO, ANDRES $3.9 169 SPIELBERG, STEVEN $3.7 170 WARNER, TY $2.6 197
RALES, MITCHELL $3.7 170 SAUL, BERNARD $3.8 169 STEPHENS, WARREN $2.7 197 WARREN, KELCY $4.9 156
RALES, STEVEN $6.2 151 SCHMIDT, ERIC $14.4 136 STERLING, DONALD $3.6 170 WASHINGTON, DENNIS $6.2 142
RAYNER, KATHARINE $6.2 151 SCHMIEDING, REINHOLD $5.9 151 STERN, LEONARD $4.8 156 WEINER, RUSS $4.5 158
REDSTONE, SUMNER $4.8 156 SCHULTZ, HOWARD $2.9 193 STEVENS, MARK $2.7 197 WEXNER, LES $4.7 156
REES-JONES, TREVOR $5.3 153 SCHULZE, RICHARD $4.4 159 STEWARD, DAVID $3.4 172 WHITMAN, MEG $3.3 172
RENNERT, IRA $3.8 169 SCHUSTERMAN, LYNN $3.3 172 STINE, HARRY $3.9 168 WILLIAMS, RANDA $6.2 142
RESNICK, STEWART & LYNDA $5.6 152 SCHWAB, CHARLES $9.3 139 STITZER, LUCY $2.1 206 WINFREY, OPRAH $2.8 194
RESSLER, ANTONY $2.1 207 SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN $13.8 136 STRYKER, JON $3.2 174 WRIGLEY, WILLIAM $2.9 194
REYES, J. CHRISTOPHER $4.9 156 SCOTT, WALTER $4.5 158 STRYKER, PAT $2.3 204 WYNN, ELAINE $2.2 206
REYES, JUDE $4.9 156 SECUNDA, THOMAS $2.7 196 STRYKER, RONDA $5.6 152 WYNN, STEVE $3 193
RICH, ROBERT $4.9 156 SHAH, NIRAJ $2.2 204 SUN, DAVID $5.4 153 YANG, JERRY $2.5 202
RICKETTS, J. JOE $2.3 203 SHAW, DAVID $6.3 142 SUTTON, JEFF $4.3 159 YARBROUGH, JON $2.2 206
RINEY, RODGER $3.5 171 SHOEN, E. JOE $2.7 196 TANNER, KATHERINE $2.1 206 YORK, DENISE $2.5 202
ROBBINS, LARRY $2.3 204 SHOEN, MARK $3.2 174 TAYLOR, GLEN $2.9 194 YOUNG, WILLIAM $2.3 204
ROBERTS, GEORGE $5.7 152 SHRIRAM, KAVITARK RAM $2.2 206 TAYLOR, MARGARETTA $6.2 151 ZALIK, DAVID $2.5 202
ROBERTSON, JULIAN $4.3 159 SIEBEL, THOMAS $2.9 194 TEPPER, DAVID $11.6 136 ZELL, SAM $5.6 152
ROLLINS, GARY $4.5 158 SIEGEL, DAVID $5.5 152 THIEL, PETER $2.5 200 ZIFF, DANIEL $4.8 158
ROLLINS, RANDALL $4.4 159 SIMON, HERB $3.2 174 TREFLER, ALAN $2.5 202 ZIFF, DIRK $4.8 158
ROSKI, EDWARD $5.6 152 SIMONS, JAMES $20 134 TRUMP, DONALD $3.1 192 ZIFF, ROBERT $4.8 158
ROSS, STEPHEN $7.6 140 SIMONYI, CHARLES $2.9 194 TU, JOHN $5.4 153 ZUCKER, ANITA $2.6 200
ROTHSCHILD, JEFF $2.6 197 SINGER, PAUL $3.2 174 TURNER, TED $2.2 207 ZUCKERBERG, MARK $61 130
ROWAN, MARC $3.2 174 SKOLL, JEFF $4.6 158 UDVAR-HAZY, STEVEN $4 168 ZUCKERMAN, MORTIMER $2.9 194

HOW WE FOLLOW THE MONEY

This is year 36 of our flagship Forbes 400 list. One thing that has remained typically applied a 10% discount, and a bigger discount when financial
constant: It’s always a challenge to assemble. This year we started with a information was less transparent.
list of nearly 700 candidates for inclusion and got to work. We purposely excluded dispersed family fortunes. We included
When possible, we met with Forbes 400 members and candidates married couples who built fortunes and businesses together only if their
in person or spoke with them by phone. We also interviewed their combined fortunes were enough for each person to cross the $2.1 billion
employees, handlers, rivals, peers and attorneys. Uncovering their fortunes net worth hurdle this year. In that instance, we’ve listed both names. We
required us to pore over thousands of SEC documents, court records, did include wealth belonging to a member’s immediate relatives if the
probate records and news articles. We accounted for all types of assets: creation of that wealth could be traced to a living founder of the fortune.
stakes in public and private companies, real estate, art, yachts, planes, In such cases you’ll see “& family” after a list member’s name.
ranches, vineyards, jewelry, car collections and more. We factored in debt The Forbes 400 is a list of American citizens who own assets in
and took into account charitable giving, in part by reviewing 990 filings the U.S. Our estimates are a snapshot of each member’s wealth as of
made to the IRS. Of course, we don’t pretend to know what is listed on September 7; we used closing stock prices and currency exchange rates
every billionaire’s private balance sheet, although some candidates did from that day.
provide documentation to that effect. Some of The Forbes 400 will get richer or poorer within weeks or even
Some billionaires who own private companies were happy to share days of publication. We track those changes online in our Real Time rankings
their financial figures, but others were less forthcoming. To value these at www.forbes.com/forbes-400. That’s also where you can find more
businesses, we coupled revenue or profit estimates with prevailing price- information on list members, including their philanthropy and self-made
to-revenue or price-to-earnings ratios for similar public companies and scores, additional photos and coverage of these influential billionaires.

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