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187. THOMAS PRITZKER 195. NEIL BLUHM less glorious jobs elsewhere.” Fish- ity stake in $10.5 billion (est.
er Investments, the money man- sales) cleaning products com-
$4 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: $ $3.9 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: ) agement firm he founded in 1979, pany SC Johnson, founded in
SOURCE: HOTELS, INVESTMENTS SOURCE: REAL ESTATE ended 2018 at $94 billion in as- 1886 by their great-great-grand-
AGE: 69 RESIDENCE: CHICAGO AGE: 81 RESIDENCE: CHICAGO sets, down slightly from 2017. father, Samuel Curtis. H. Fisk is
PHILANTHROPY SCORE: PHILANTHROPY SCORE: chairman and CEO of the com-
Pritzker is the only one of Hyatt Sports betting is now legal in Penn- 195. TOM GOLISANO pany, which in August threat-
Hotels founder Jay Pritzker’s sylvania, which is good news for ened to sue Oklahoma attorney
five children still involved with Bluhm’s Rush Street Gaming, $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: ( general Mike Hunter for using
the original family business, which houses casinos in Philadel- SOURCE: PAYROLL SERVICES the company’s slogan (“a fami-
AGE: 77 RESIDENCE: NAPLES, FL ly company”) in statements and
serving as executive chairman phia and Pittsburgh. The real es-
160 filings related to the state’s opi-
since 2004. Last October Hyatt tate billionaire has built a diver- PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
oid lawsuit against Johnson &
bought the boutique hotel com- sified portfolio that includes a The founder of Paychex, who
pany Two Roads Hospitality nine-digit art collection, private eq- made a fortune in payroll process- Johnson. The attorney gener-
T al’s office said it would not do
S from Tom’s brother John (No. uity investments and small stakes ing, is publishing his first book,
I it again.
L 333) for $405 million. He is in two Chicago sports teams, the Built, Not Born, early next year. He

E also on the board of his family’s Bulls and the White Sox. The poor retired as CEO of Paychex in 2004
H Pritzker Foundation, which an- grandson of Lithuanian immi- but has been in the news due 195. JOE MANSUETO
T
nounced a $100 million pledge grants, Bluhm sold women’s shoes to his battle with geese. Golisa-
in May for a new school of mo- three days a week in high school, no fought with the town of South $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: *
lecular engineering at Tom’s earning roughly 75 cents an hour. Bristol, New York, where he has a SOURCE: INVESTMENT RESEARCH
AGE: 63 RESIDENCE: CHICAGO
alma mater, the University of lake house, over the birds, arguing
Chicago. 195. KEN FISHER that the town should either shoo PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
them away or lower his proper- Mansueto bought Chicago’s
187. JON STRYKER $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: * ty tax bill. After losing the fight in iconic Wrigley building and
SOURCE: MONEY MANAGEMENT May 2018, he took matters into his the 297-unit Belden-Strat-
$4 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: ! AGE: 68 RESIDENCE: CAMAS, WA own hands and installed a noise ford apartment building in
SOURCE: MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PHILANTHROPY SCORE: machine that mimics birds of prey. 2018, spending $360 million
AGE: 61 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY on Windy City real estate. The
In the summer of 1964, a 13-year-
PHILANTHROPY SCORE: old Fisher earned $1.20 an hour 195. THOMAS HAGEN Morningstar founder stepped
Heir to a fortune derived from sawing down oak trees, picking down as CEO in 2016 but is
medical equipment company fruit, weeding and fertilizing in $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: @ still executive chairman of the
Stryker, he has donated $585 his native San Mateo County, Cal- SOURCE: INSURANCE publicly traded research firm,
AGE: 83 RESIDENCE: ERIE, PA known for its mutual fund re-
million throughout his lifetime. ifornia. “For me then it was glo-
rious,” he recalls. “After that I did PHILANTHROPY SCORE: search and star ratings. Man-
Hagen is chairman of his late fa- sueto’s first job: washing dishes
in the kitchen at a hospital. He
ther-in-law’s company, insurer
• B E G I N N I N G S • later sold soda from his college
Erie Indemnity, where he’s worked
for more than 50 years. dorm and Christmas trees from
a rented lot.
195. H. FISK JOHNSON
195. RUSS WEINER
$3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: #
SOURCE: CLEANING PRODUCTS $3.9 BILLION T SELF-MADE SCORE: *
AGE: 61 RESIDENCE: RACINE, WI SOURCE: ENERGY DRINKS
AGE: 49 RESIDENCE: DELRAY BEACH,
PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
FL
195. S. CURTIS JOHNSON PHILANTHROPY SCORE: N.A.
The Rockstar energy drinks
$3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: ! founder started a yard service
SOURCE: CLEANING PRODUCTS company in his Northern Cal-
AGE: 64 RESIDENCE: RACINE, WI ifornia neighborhood at age 8
PHILANTHROPY SCORE: and worked the drive-thru at
Wendy’s at 15. Weiner got his
195. HELEN JOHNSON- start in the drinks market while
195. JEFF GREENE LEIPOLD working for Skyy Vodka founder
(and his mentor) Maurice Kan-
$3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: ) $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: # bar. When Kanbar rejected his
SOURCE: REAL ESTATE, INVESTMENTS idea for an energy drink, Weiner
SOURCE: CLEANING PRODUCTS
AGE: 64 RESIDENCE: PALM BEACH, FL used a $50,000 mortgage on his
AGE: 62 RESIDENCE: RACINE, WI
PHILANTHROPY SCORE: Sausalito, California, condo to
PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
Greene has spent hundreds of millions in recent years buying up and launch Rockstar in 2001. He got
developing real estate in Palm Beach County and also in Lower Man- 195. WINIFRED JOHNSON- rich selling his energy drinks in
hattan, where he’s building a high-end residential tower to be com- 16-ounce cans at cheaper pric-
pleted in 2020. He also owns over 2,400 apartments in Los Ange- MARQUART es and says he made his first
les. Greene has been finding ways to make money since he was a kid. $3.9 BILLION S SELF-MADE SCORE: @ million-dollar profit the year
At age 7 he shoveled walks and driveways. At 11 he had an 86-house he started his business. Still
SOURCE: CLEANING PRODUCTS
paper route for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in Massachusetts. AGE: 60 RESIDENCE: VIRGINIA his near $700 million (est. 2018
Greene is pictured above in Worcester in 1976 on a break from BEACH, VA sales) company remains a dis-
traveling around the country as a circus promoter, a job he held tant competitor to Monster and
PHILANTHROPY SCORE:
for almost three years after college. Red Bull.
The four siblings own a major-

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