Managing Partner, Picoco
WHY: Techie-turned-investor, with expertise in micro-electro mechanical systems. Founded IntelliSence in 1991, sold a decade later for about $750M.
RECENT: Corona del Mar resident owns city’s famed Portabello home bought for more than $30M. Bought, refurbished city’s The Port movie theater. Fortune estimated at $740M.
NOTABLE: Sizeable gifts to alma maters Portland State University and MIT, each have building named after him.
