THE JEWS OF THE 1999 FORBES 400 "RICHEST LIST"
This information was researched by Jewish business author Steven Silbiger and
is reproduced in his The Phenonomen of
the Jews, Longstreet Press, 2000, p. 88-92. The list below excludes 15 people
Silbiger discovered who did not want to be identified as Jews.[p. 88] As 2.5%
of the American population, Silbiger notes that 23% of the full list of 400
people on the Forbes "Rich List" are Jewish, as are 36% of
the top 50.
Dell, Michael: Dell Computer
Ellison, Larry: Oracle Corp. (computer software)
Redstone, Sumner: Viacom/CBS
Pritzker, Robert: Marmon Group, Hyatt Hotels
Pritzker, Thomas: Marmon Group, Hyatt Hotels
Arison, Mickey: Carnival Cruise Lines
Newhouse, Si: Advance Publications/Conde Nast magazines
Newhouse, Donald: Advance Publications/Conde Nast magazines
Bronfman, Edgar Sr: Seagram Co., Time-Warner, MCA, Universal Studios
Icahn, Carl: Investments, takeovers
Fisher, Donald: The Gap
Fisher, Doris: The Gap
Lauder, Leonard: Estee Lauder, CEO
Lerner, Alfred: MBNA Financial (credit cards)
Annenberg, Walter: TV Guide; Triangle Publications
Broad, Eli: Sun America (insurance); real estate
Lauder, Ronald: Estee Lauder; inheritance
Soros, George: Quantum Fund, investments, trading
Perelman, Ronald: Investments, Revlon
Greenberg, Maurice: American Intl. Group (insurance), Sun America
Davis, Marvin: real estate, oil
Bren, Donald: California real estate
Winnick, Gary: Global Crossing (telecommunications); Drexel Burnham Lambert,
trading with Michael Milken
Sturm, Donald: Peter Kiewit Sons (investments)
Crown, Lester: Material Service Corp., General Dynamics (weapons)
Blaustein family: Amoco
Geffen, David: Geffen Records; Dreamworks
Marcus, Bernard: Home Depot
Wexner, Leslie: The Limited
Bloomberg, Michael: Bloomberg news service
Stern, Leonard: Hartz Mountain (pet supplies); real estate
Lenfest, "Gerry": Lenfest Communications (cable)
Tisch, Preston: Loews Corp, CBS
Fisher, John: The Gap
Davidson, William: Guardian Industries (glass manufacture)
Tisch, Laurence: Loews Corp., CBS
Fisher, Robert: The Gap
LeFrak, Samuel: New York real estate
Spielberg, Steven: Abin Entertainment; Dreamworks
Haas, Peter Sr: Levi Strauss, inheritance
Helmsely, Leona: New York real estate
Zell, Sam: real estate, investments
Lauren, Ralph: Ralph Lauren fashion
Alfond family: Dexter shoes (Harold Alfond)
Gonda, Louis: International Lease Finance (aircraft leases)
Blank, Arthur: Home Depot
Goldman, Richard: Levi Strauss
Gonda, Leslie: International Lease Finance, real estate
Haas, John: Levi Strauss
Jacobs, Irwin: Qualcomm (telecommunications)
Fisher family: New York real estate (Zachary, Lawrence, Martin and Richard)
Durst family: New York real estate (Seymour, Roy and David)
Ziff, Dirk: Ziff Davis Publishing
Ziff, Robert: Ziff Davis Publishing
Ziff, Daniel: Ziff Davis Publishing Properties; US News & World Report
Fisher, William: The Gap
Weill, Sanford: Citigroup (Travelers Group)
Kimmel, Sidney: Jones Apparel Grou, NIne West shoe sstores
Levine, William: Outdoor Systems (billboard advertising)
Drexler, Millard: The Gap, CEO
Lewis, Peter: Progressive Corp. (auto insurance)
Rich, Marc: fugitive in Switzerland; commodities trader, wanted for fraud
and tax evasion
Fisher, Max: Marathon Oil
Berg, Carl: Silicon Valley real estate and investments
Diller, Barry: USA Networks (TV Stations, HSN, Ticketmaster)
Green Pincus: fugitive in Switzerland, commodities trader, wanted for
fraud and tax evasion
Kovner, Bruce: investments, Caxton Corp.
Kravis, Henry: Kravis, Kohlberg, Roberts (leveraged buyouts)
Peltz, Nelson: Triac Beverage (Snapple), leveraged buyouts
Abramson, Leonard: Aetna U.S. Healthcare
Lee, Thomas: leveraged buyouts
Honickman, Harold: Pepsi bottler
Kohlberg, Jerome: Kravis, Kohlberg, Roberts (leveraged buyouts)
Taubman, Alfred: shopping centers; Sothebys
Shorenstein, Walter: San Francisco real estate
Solow, Sheldon: New York city real estate
Haas, Peter: Levi-Strauss
Adelson, Sheldon: COMDEX expositions (computer shows), casinos
Milken, Michael: Drexel Burnham Lambert (trading)
Roberts, Brian: Comcast Communications
Geballe, Frances: Levi-Strauss
Haas, Josephine: Levi-Strauss
Katzenberg, Jeffrey: Dreamworks, Disney employment settlement
Haas, Evelyn: Levi Strauss
Eisner, Michael: Disney CEO
Chernick, Aubrey: Candle Corp. (software)
Glazer, Guilford: real estate, shopping centers
Haas, Robert: Levi Strauss
Levy, Leon: Odyssey Partners (leveraged buyouts)
Feld, Kenneth: Ringling Brothers Circus, Barnum & Bailey circus,
Disney on Ice
Levine, Stuart: Cabletron Systems
Silverman, Henry: Cendant, Avis, Ramada Inns, HoJo
Subotnick, Stuart: Metromedia
Dropped from the Forbes List in 1999, on the list in 1998:
Pritzker, Jay: Marmon Group, Hyatt Hotels
Fribourg, Michel: Continental Grain
Mandel family: Premier Industries (electronics and auto parts), Morton
Mandel
Heyman, Samuel: GAF, investments
Hess, Leon: Amerada Hess, died in 1999
Milken, Lowell: Drexel Burnham Lambert, trading (Michael Milken's brother)
Roberts, Ralph: Comcast, QVC
Simon, Melvin: real estate, shopping malls
Illitch, Michael: Little Caesar's Pizza
Ansin, Edmund: TV stations
Werner, Tom: Carsey-Werner Co. (TV sitcom producer)
Koshland, Daniel Jr: Levi Strauss
Litwin, Daniel: New York real estate
Nash, Jack: Odyssey Partners (leveraged buyouts)
Haas, Margaret: Levi Strauss
Morris, William: J. & W. Seligman (money management)
Sommer, Viola: real estate, inheritance
Wasserman, Lew: MCA (music, movies)
Rennert, Ira: Renco Group (lead, coal, steel), investments
Dropped from Forbes List in 1998, on the list in 1997:
Wynn, Stephen: Mirage Casino
Fireman, Paul: Reebok
Schwartz, Theodore: APAC Teleseries
Milstein, Monroe: Burlington Coat Factory
Dropped from the Forbes List in 1997, on list in 1996:
Friedman, Phyllis: Levi Strauss
Gosman, Abraham: Mediplex Rehabilitation Centers
Weis, Robert: Weis Markets
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