Co-Founder, PIMCO
WHY: Member of founding team along with Bill Podlich and Bill Gross, known as “three-legged stool” with Gross focused on trading, while the other two ran business strategy and clients. Retired in 2009, and formed MZ Partners investment firm.
RECENT: Bond giant had more than $1.8 trillion assets as of June, with over 2.7K employees and 17 global offices.
NOTABLE: Backs Hoag Hospital, South Coast Repertory.