Immigrants on the Forbes 400
The Forbes 400 is a list published by Forbes magazine of the richest 400 Americans. It was first published in 1982. It is ranked by net worth and is published annually in September and 2010 marks the 29th issue. In the Forbes 400, there are 35 individuals who are immigrants. Here is a comprehensive list of these immigrants, including their nationality, net worth, age, organization, title and source of wealth (arranged by net worth).
| Name |
Nationality |
Net Worth |
Age |
Organization |
Title |
Source |
| Sergey Brin |
Russia |
$19.8 B |
37 |
Google |
Co-Founder |
Google; Self-made |
| George Soros |
Hungary |
$14.5 B |
80 |
Quantum Fund |
Founder |
Hedge funds; Self-made |
| Leonard Blavatnik |
Russia |
$10.1 B |
53 |
Access Industries |
Founder; Chairman; President |
Access Industries; Self-made |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Australia |
$7.6 B |
80 |
News Corp. |
CEO |
News Corp; Self-made |
| Pierre Omidyar |
France |
$6.7 B |
43 |
Ebay |
Founder; Chairman |
Ebay; Self-made |
| Micky Arison |
Israel |
$5.9 B |
61 |
Carnival Corporation |
CEO |
Carnival Cruises; Inherited and growing |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong |
South Africa |
$5.2 B |
59 |
Abraxis BioScience |
Founder; Chairman and CEO |
Generic drugs; Self-made |
| Roger Wang |
China |
$4.2 B |
62 |
The Golden Eagle International Group |
Chairman; CEO |
Retail; Self-made |
| Victor Fung |
China |
$3.55 B |
65 |
Li & Fung Group |
Chairman |
Retail; Self-made |
| Robert Friedland |
Canada |
$3.4 B |
60 |
Ivanhoe Mines, Inc. |
Executive Chairman; CEO |
Mining; Self-made |
| Haim Saban |
Egypt |
$3.4 B |
66 |
Media Proprietor |
Media Proprietor |
Television; Self-made |
| Barbara Piasecka Johnson |
Poland |
$2.9 B |
74 |
Johnson & Johnson |
None |
Johnson & Johnson; Inherited |
| Steven Ferencz Udvar-Házy |
Hungary |
$2.8 B |
65 |
Air Lease Corp. |
CEO |
International Lease Finance; Self-made |
| Edgar Miles Bronfman |
Canada |
$2.6 B |
81 |
Inherited |
None |
Seagram's liquor; Inherited and growing |
| John Catsimatidis |
row 16, column 2 |
$2.6 B |
69 |
Kingston Technology |
President; Co-Founder |
Computer memory; Self-made
|
| David Sun |
Taiwan |
$2.6 B |
59 |
Kingston Techonology |
Co- Founder |
Computer memory; Self-made |
| John Tu |
Taiwan |
$2.6 B |
69 |
Kingston Technology |
President; Co-Founder |
Computer memory; Self-made |
| Igor Olenicoff |
Russia |
$2.5 B |
68 |
Olen Properties |
Founder |
Real estate; Self-made |
| Nicolas Berggruen |
France |
$2.2 B |
49 |
Berggruen Holdings |
Founder; President |
Investments; Inherited and growing |
| Bharat Desai |
Kenya |
$2.2 B |
58 |
Syntel |
CEO; Chairman |
Syntel; Self-made |
| Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman |
Canada |
$2.1 B |
73 |
Boston Properties |
Co-Founder |
Real estate; Media; Self-made |
| Min Kao |
Taiwan |
$1.7 B |
62 |
Garmin Corporation |
Co-Founder |
Navigation equipment; Self-made |
| Alexander Rovt |
Ukraine |
$1.7 B |
58 |
IBE Trade Corp |
President |
Fertilizer; Self-made |
| James Kim |
Korea |
$1.6 B |
75 |
Amkor Electronics |
Executive chairman |
Microchips; Inherited and growing |
| Eduardo Saverin |
Brazil |
$1.6 B |
29 |
Facebook |
Co-founder |
Facebook, Self-made |
| Evgeny Markovich Shvidler |
Russia |
$1.6 B |
47 |
Millhouse, LLC |
Chairman |
Millhouse LLC, self-made |
| Kavitark Ram Shriram |
India |
$1.6 B |
54 |
Google |
Co-Founder |
Venture capital; Google; Self-made |
| Peter Andreas Thiel |
Germany |
$1.5 B |
43 |
Paypal |
Co-Founder; Former CEO |
Paypal; Facebook; Self-made |
| Vinod Khosla |
India |
$1.4 B |
56 |
Khosla Ventures |
Founder |
Sun Microsystems; Venture capital; Self-made |
| Thomas Peterffy |
Hungary |
$1.4 B |
66 |
Interactive Brokers Group |
Founder; CEO |
Interactive Brokers Group; Self-made |
| Romesh T. Wadhwani |
India |
$1.4 B |
63 |
Symphony Technology Group |
Founder; Chairman |
Software; Self-made |
| Alexander Knaster |
Russia |
$1.3 B |
52 |
Pamplona Capital Management |
Director |
Oil; Telecom; Banking; Self-made |
| Michael Moritz |
Wales |
$1.3 B |
56 |
Sequoia Capital |
Partner |
Venture capital; Self-made |
| Jerry Yang |
Taiwan |
$1.3 B |
42 |
Yahoo |
Co-founder; Former CEO |
Yahoo; Self-made |
| C. Dean Metropoulos |
Greece |
$1.2 B |
64 |
C. Dean Metropoulos & Co |
Executive Chairman |
Investments; Self-made |
Data was obtained from Forbes.com.
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