CHAIRMAN, CEO, ARNEL & AFFILIATES
WHY: Real estate executive, investor whose Costa Mesa firm, founded in 1968, has some 5,500 apartments in Orange County. Formed venture firm Westar Capital in 1987.
RECENT: Celebrated 20 years of Chapman University’s business school carrying the name The Argyros School of Business and Economics at October 2019 event that brought in former President George W. Bush and hundreds of other supporters, generating an estimated $15M in donations, believed to be the biggest one-day fundraising event in OC’s history.
NOTABLE: Estimated worth of $2.6B.
