Twelve members of the Business Journalโs annual OCโs Wealthiest list made this yearโs Forbes ranking of the worldโs billionaires.
The Business Journal list, which was published in August, had 45 entries, with a minimum net worth of $250 million. The Forbes list has 2,043 names.
The overlapโwith some variation in wealth estimatesโincludes:
- Donald Bren, Irvine Company chairman, with between $15.2 billion and $16.8 billion
- David Sun and John Tu of Kingston Technology Corp., with between $4 billion and $5.3 billion
- Igor Olenicoff, who made his fortune in real estate, with between $3.7 billion and $4 billion
- Henry Samueli, co-founder of chipmaker Broadcom Corp., with between $3.6 billion and $4 billion
- Henry Nicholas III, Broadcom co-founder, with $3 billion to $3.2 billion
- James Jannard, founder of Red Hat Digital Camera Co. and sunglasses maker Oakley Inc., with $3.2 billion to $4 billion
- Bill Gross, co-founder and former chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. in Newport Beach, with $2.5 billion to $2.6 billion
- Rodney Sacks and Hilton Schlosberg, top executives at Monster Beverage Corp., with between $1.4 billion and $2.5 billion
- Arturo Moreno, owner of the Los Angeles Angels, with $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion
- George Argyros, a real estate developer and investor, with $2.2 billion to $2.35 billion
The Forbes list missed seven OC billionaires, whose wealth we estimated at between $1 billion and $1.6 billion:
- Paul Merage, chairman of MIG Management Services LLC
- Vinny Smith, Toba Capital founder and tech entrepreneur
- Anne Catherine Getty Earhart and Caroline Getty, sisters, heiresses and philanthropists with OC ties
- Lynsi Snyder, Owner of In-N-Out Burger Inc.
- Gen. William Lyon, chairman emeritus of William Lyon Homes
- William Wang, co-founder and chief executive of consumer electronics maker Vizio Inc.
This yearโs OCโs Wealthiest list is scheduled for July 31.
