OTHER CENTIMILLIONAIRES
Our listing of OC’s 20 wealthiest people captures the richest of the rich here. But it only scratches the surface. In our research, we came across other wealthy Orange County residents or people who’ve made fortunes here. Here’s a list of those believed to be worth around $100 million or more, though an exact number is hard to pin down.
Arnold Beckman
Founder, Beckman Instruments, now Fullerton-based Beckman Coulter Inc.;
Irvine-based Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has given $350 million to research
Scott Blum
Founder, Enfrastructure Inc., Buy.com Inc., ThinkTank LLC, all of Aliso Viejo
R.J. Brandes
Co-owner, Oaks Blenheim Exhibitions Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park; chief executive, Blenheim EquiSports Inc.
ALLEN CHAO
Chairman, chief executive, president, Corona-based Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (lives in Anaheim Hills)
John Crean
Founder, retired chairman, Riverside-based Fleetwood Enterprises Inc.; owns Village Crean in Santa Ana Heights; developer of Crean Acres, Hemet; philanthropist
PETER COOPER
Founding partner, Irvine-based Cooper & LeVasseur LLC; chairman, Seattle-based Jones Soda Co.
Walter Cruttenden
Chairman, chief executive, Newport Beach-based Cruttenden Partners LLC; chairman, majority owner, Industry-based Strouds Acquisition Corp.
JAMES DOWNEY
Founder, chief executive, majority owner, Huntington Beach-based C & D; Aerospace
DAVID DOYLE
President, cofounder, Irvine-based Quest Software Corp.
Paul Folino
Chairman, chief executive, Costa Mesa-based Emulex Corp.; philanthropist
Jim GlidEwell
Chief executive, president, Newport Beach-based Glidewell Laboratories
Michael Harrah
President, Santa Ana-based Caribou Industries
Doy Henley
Philanthropist, GOP activist; former owner of Aeromil Engineering Co., now part of Santa Ana-based Compass Aerospace Corp. (still owns Aeromil building)
Gavin Herbert
Founder, Allergan Inc.; owns Corona del Mar nursery Rogers Gardens; owns part of La Casa Pacifica, former Nixon summer compound in San Clemente
Fletcher Jones Jr.
Chief executive, president, Fletcher Jones Management Group
Dean Koontz
Best-selling suspense novelist
Gilbert LeVasseur Jr.
Founding partner, Irvine-based Cooper & LeVasseur LLC
CHARLES MARTIN
Founder, former managing partner, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital;
partner emeritus, Costa Mesa-based
Westar Capital LLC
Robert Martini
Chairman, Valley Forge, Pa.-based AmerisourceBergen Corp.
James Mellor
Director, AmerisourceBergen Corp., General Dynamics Corp.
James Muzzy
Cofounder, managing director, Newport Beach-based Pacific Investment Management Co.
Augustine “Augie” Nieto
Founder, chairman, Life Fitness, now part of Brunswick Corp., adviser, North Castle Partners LLC
Patrick Paddon
Chief executive, president, Santa Ana-based California First National Bancorp, formerly Amplicon Inc.
Milan Panic
Director, founder, former chief executive, Costa Mesa-based ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.; founder Milan P Enterprises LLC, Costa Mesa
WILLIAM PODLICH
Cofounder, Newport Beach-based Pacific Investment Management Co.; philanthropist, Democratic activist
Frank Pritt
Chairman, chief executive, Bellevue, Wash.-based Attachmate Corp. (lives in Newport Beach)
Ernest Rady
Chairman, chief executive, Irvine-based Westcorp
Paul Reddam
Founder, former chief executive, DiTech Funding Corp.; owns real estate brokerage Relantis of Irvine; owns race horse Swept Overboard
Henry Segerstrom
Managing partner, minority owner, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons
ESTHER Snyder
President, primary owner, Irvine-based In-N-Out Burgers
Ron Simon
Chief executive, Newport Beach-based RSI Holding Corp., owner of RSI Home Products, marble countertop maker General Marble
Peter Ueberroth
Managing director, Newport Beach-based The Contrarian Group; chairman, Spokane, Wash.-based Ambassadors International Inc.; co-chairman, Pebble Beach Co.
James Williams
Former chief executive and part owner, Irvine-based Golden State Foods
Corp.
