Italian-American Billionaires

October 23, 2010

As far as I can tell, 16 out of the 400 billionaires on Forbes' 2010 list of the richest people in America are Italian or have Italian ancestry. That puts them at 4% of the total, which is not too far from the 5.6% of Americans who report Italian ancestry. Here they are in order of wealth (click each name for a bio):


Rank Photo Name Net
Worth
Age Home Source of
Wealth
#55 Ray Dalio $5 B 61 CT hedge funds
#66 John Paul DeJoria $4.2 B 66 TX hair products,
tequila
#95 John Sobrato & family $3.3 B 71 CA real estate
#124 Philip Falcone $2.8 B 47 NY hedge funds
#136 James Leprino $2.6 B 72 CO cheese
#164 A. Jerrold Perenchio $2.2 B 79 CA Univision
#182 Daniel D'Aniello $2 B 64 VA leveraged
buyouts
#221 Fred DeLuca $1.8 B 63 FL Subway
#252 Leandro Rizzuto $1.6 B 72 WY Conair
#269 Edward DeBartolo $1.5 B 63 FL shopping
centers
#308 Stephen Bisciotti $1.3 B 50 MD outsourcing,
football
#332 Joseph Mansueto $1.2 B 54 IL Morningstar
#332 Tom Golisano $1.2 B 68 FL Paychex
#365 Frank Fertitta $1.1 B 48 NV casinos, UFC
#365 Kenneth Langone $1.1 B 75 NY investments
#385 Lorenzo Fertitta $1 B 41 NV casinos, UFC