If you can’t live here, you still can play here.
Orange County is a second (or even third or fourth) home for many rich folks. They come here for the weather, beaches, shopping and other comfy trappings.
Our wealthiest package wouldn’t be complete without a little name-dropping of some notable people with homes here, mostly for leisure, or those who come for extended stays at the county’s nicest hotels.
Here’s a shortlist:
– Warren Buffett
– Richie Sambora
– Arte Moreno
– Nicolas Cage
– Roy Disney
– Russell Goldsmith, chief executive, City National Bank
– Pierre Omidyar, founder, chairman, eBay Inc.
– David Merage, cofounder, Chef America Inc.
– Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, chief executive, International Lease Finance Corp.
– Jack Kemp, former U.S. representative, Housing and Urban Development secretary
– Lodwrick Cook, former Atlantic Richfield Co. chairman; cofounder, former director, Global Crossing Ltd.
– Steven Mihaylo, founder, Inter-Tel Inc.
– Joel Laub, chief executive, Astoria Homes LLC
– Edward J. Herbst, chief executive, Herbst Gaming Inc.
– Gary Primm, former chairman, chief executive of Primadonna Resorts Inc.
– Frank Pritt, founder, former chief executive, Attachmate Corp.
– Paxson Offield, president, Santa Catalina Island Co.
– Benson Ford Jr., great-grandson of Henry Ford
– Jim Easton, chairman, chief executive, Easto-Sports Inc.
– Scott Blum, founder, Buy.com, ThinkTank LLC
– Steve Johnson, funding partner, chief executive, Sage Hill Partners; cofounder, Johnson-Grace Co.
