Sales: $345 billion. Played clarinet as child, became fascinated by reed vibrations. Nature enthusiast donated $35 million to alma mater last year to develop physics department. Son of Texas wildcatter Perry Bass (d. 2006). Penned 2 books on fishing. Cigar aficionado bought majority stake in pro football's Baltimore Ravens 2004. The efactorys program put Burton in contact with MSU, Evangel University and Ozarks Technical Community College for an opportunity to implement Fletch in their systems. 2111 S. Eastgate Avenue, Springfield, MO 65809 | Initially focused on building, financing low-income housing; moved into riskier luxury buildings in New York. Now looking for oil in harsh waters of maritime Canada. Today there are 28,198 Subway shops in 86 countries; much of company's success can be attributed to infamous Jared commercials claiming formerly obese airline worker lost 245 pounds eating only Subway sandwiches. Early goal: put "a computer on every desk and in every home." Became chief of firm's money management operation 17 years later. Last October Campbell agreed to sell healthier foods to schools; now offers low-calorie, low-sodium soups. Started Penske Corp. 1969; distributor for GM's Detroit Diesel. Shoe baron ran track for U. of Oregon, teamed up with coach to start sneaker company 1964. Cofounded SAS Institute 1976, now believed to be largest privately held software maker in the world; massive databases, customer analysis, business intelligence. Studied petroleum engineering at U. of Texas. Acquired Sun Life Insurance (later renamed SunAmerica) in 1971. "Why restrict the best and the brightest people from coming into your country?" "Otherwise you get into these small companies that eat up all your time and don't go anywhere.". Turned 90 in September, attributes longevity to 5-mile walks. Son of barbara cox Anthony, longtime Forbes 400 member, who died in May. Marriott Sr. (d. 1985), who started root beer stand Hot Shoppe 1927; expanded into catering, restaurants. Plans to spin off DirecTV with public offering of Liberty Entertainment. Food-court pioneer opened first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta 1967. Robert Jr. studied at Williams College, M.B.A. from U. of Rochester. Marine in Vietnam, then worked as crop-dusting pilot. Paid fine for exceeding campaign contribution limits in 2001; continues to fight IRS claim he used an illegal tax shelter. Now oversees private equity firm Vatera Capital; focused on life sciences investments. Child of Samuel Curtis Johnson (d. 2004), great-grandson of salesman who founded floor wax company 1886. . Wireless, Zazzle.com. Fights childhood poverty through George Kaiser Family Foundation; pledged $60 million to redevelop a blighted community alongside a 42-mile stretch of Arkansas River. Mom, Helen, passed away April; matriarch's fortune to pass to charity over next few years. exec Ronald Garriques to lead company's global expansion, cut 10% of company's workforce, struck deals to sell desktop computers in Threw himself a 60th birthday party at New York's Park Avenue Armory in February. Inherited 60% of privately held company when dad died 2006. Bought Snapple for $135 million in 1992, sold 2 years later for $1.7 billion to Quaker Oats. Is dating in America dead or is there hope? Took over 1971. . Chairs Orbis International: nonprofit group fights blindness in developing countries, uses DC-10 plane as mobile ophthalmological teaching and surgery lab. Earned M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Was at Netscape when he met Brin and Page (see) in 1999. Grew with federal highway contracts. ) 1996. Met partner Gary Burrell (see) met at AlliedSignal, left and founded Garmin in 1989 to make navigation devices for aviation, boating, using newfangled Global Positioning System. Guitar junkie funded 2-year legal battle by Jimi Hendrix kin to recover rights to his music; won. Cofounded Kaufman & Broad with $25,000 borrowed from his in-laws; became one of nation's largest affordable home builders, focusing on homes for parents of baby boomers. Fletch: an app created for universities to take roll with ease. Rebuilt Tana, sold to Unocal 1999. "Bill" and brother Richard (see) parted ways in 1993 amid bondholder protest; Richard controls hotel ownership operation Chess-playing Harvard grad got start as dealmaker for Goldman Sachs; named partner 1988. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Public 1983; sold to American International Group 7 years later for stock. Studied finance at Long Island U., went to work in commodities division of Merrill Lynch 1972. , private investors hold 32%), perhaps give away fortune. Studied engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, took programming job in U.S. at He was raised in Pasadena. Later managed NYC's Drake, Belmont Plaza, Regency. No problem: reported 8th consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth in April; shares flat so far this year despite $2.3 billion stock buyback and $1.2 billion special dividend in August. Cofounded Columbia Hospital Corp. 1987, merged with Tom Frist's (see) Hospital Corporation of America 1994. Sold $600 million in stock this year; reduced stake by 15%. Rising oil prices squeezed profits; forced to give up 49% of firm to settle debts with creditors. Also owns pro hockey's Detroit Red Wings. Leonore: Stanford grad, U.S. Chief of Protocol under Reagan. Maryland native's father died young; raised by football-fanatic mother. Also owns apartment communities from Denver to Danbury, Conn. Campbell soup accountant took general manager post at 5-employee pet food firm Iams 1970. Black-clad digi-god suddenly a Dark Angel falling to earth. Oklahoma company now 4th-largest natural gas producer in U.S. Diversified: venture capital, hedge funds, commodities trading. Instaquadrupling outpaces early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison (see both). Born in Budapest, family survived Nazi occupation of Hungary. Victor earned engineering degrees from MIT; Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. New Balance Arch Co. founded in 1906 to correct orthopedic foot problems. Gateway, peak $30 billion market cap year-end 1999, sold to Acer for $710 million in August. Wife, Anne Dias, worked for investing legend Julian Robertson (see); runs Aragon Global hedge fund. "Ned" joined firm as an analyst 1957, president 15 years later. Victor now chairman. Bought Chevy dealership. Donates money to hometown of Beloit, Wis. in effort to help improve city's economic infrastructure, bring in new jobs. Company incrementally acquired by French bank Socit Gnrale. Today ABC Supply largest supplier of roofing and siding materials to professional contractors in the U.S. with 404 stores. 1 spot in PC market to Parents developed oil and gas business. Later studied Islamic law in Cairo; speaks several languages. Founder of New York City's Cedar Lake Ensemble ballet troupe. Flew surplus Air Force planes across Atlantic after war before building charter flights company Trans International Airlines; sold for $104 million profit 1966. Nation's most beloved investor is $6 billion richer this year despite handing over $2.1 billion in Rumored to be shopping company to rivals. Created firm in 1981 to sell financial data, analytic tools to Wall Street. Zealous chief navigates Microsoft's midlife crisis. Republican sits on U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology. Locked out new investors 2000; much of Quantum Endowment Fund's $13 billion in assets are his. They invited him over for ping-pong in a garage (of course, it's tech), and he bought everyone dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant. Boston Scientific Lehman Brothers Also dolls: recently released Ty Girlz can be registered online to allow kids to shop, take vacations virtually. Left to study chemical engineering at Auburn U. Focused on new developments near area's Dulles airport and Tysons II. , Sold video-compression unit Sorenson Communications to private equity firm GTCR for a 9-figure sum in 2005. Later built Continental Cablevision into nation's largest privately held cable concern. Sales exceed $20 billion; company booked $25 billion in new contracts last year. Cablevision Still owns 4.8 million shares worth $180 million. Son of Norwegian immigrants grew up poor in Oregon. Thoughts on the rp: 23:117. Cashed out before all of them tumbled in bubble-burst. Bought pro baseball's Texas Rangers from group including George W. Bush 1998. Estimated sales: $90 billion. in 2001 for $3.5 billion. Public 1996; sold 3 years later to Hughes/DirecTV for $1.3 billion. I am grateful I did. . Later became an executive at ABC (1960s), Paramount (1970s), thenfor Rupert Murdochcreated Fox Broadcasting Co. (1985), a then unheard-of 4th major network. Still actively trades. Grandchild of Homer Stryker (d. 1980), surgeon who invented mobile hospital bed, founded medical supply company Stryker Corp. , agreed to buy power firm Founded Renaissance Technologies 1982. Owns vineyards in New Zealand. Father, Sam (d. 1971), founded Distillers Corp. 1924, after emigrating from Russia to Montreal. Alice: raises horses, founded American art museum in Bentonville. Restated earnings, cutting 2006 profits $2.2 billion, to $3.7 billion, for 7 years of shenanigans. Purchased oil refiner's stock for $7.5 million. , launched natural gas processing hub and pipeline in Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. (All in the Family), formed Embassy Communications; sold programming interests to Coca-Cola for $485 million 1985. Company relocated to $700 million, 46-story "green" tower last year. Shares up 25% in past 12 months. Bought small stake in Arkansas aviation firm. Served in Navy during WWII. Edgar Sr. took over U.S. operations, brother Charles ran business in Canada. Wharton grad left father's buyout business in his 30s; bought $1.9 million stake in jewelry distributor Cohen-Hatfield 1978. Raised by grandmother: "Do the best you can every day." ", With partner Sergey Brin (see), Google Guy cracks the top 10 of the Forbes 400; both were worth a mere $4 billion in 2004. with Lowry Mays 1972. Tinkered with idea of selling stake in company to outside investors this spring; put on hold after markets turned downward this summer. Today own, operate Bright House Cable (2.2 million subscribers); also pieces of the Discovery Channel, Learning Channel. Hank forced into retirement by his handpicked board in 2005 following an investigation by then N.Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer; most of the charges dropped earlier this summer. With venture capital and family money launched Federal Express 1973. Owns pro baseball's Washington Nationals; runs franchise with son and 2 sons-in-law, spending millions to develop team's farm system. You may opt-out by, Nancy R. Schiff/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Rob: company's first lawyer; now chairman. , . Founded Blue Star hedge fund of funds in 1999. Sold parts to Business took off as deregulating airline industry lined up for low-risk leases. ; believed to have sold entire stake last November. Lifelong Republican, campaign finance co-chair for Senator John McCain's faltering campaign for President. Best Selling Author. Last year franchisees launched class suit against DeLuca alleging he uses marketing budget to drive up total sales at expense of franchisee profits. Hires Ph.D.s over M.B.A.s. 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