37 FL Billionaires Make Forbes Richest List For 2020

Sarasota FL

11 September, 2020

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FLORIDA — Forbes estimates that Thomas Peterffy, the founder and CEO of Interactive Brokers, is worth $16.8 billion, making him the richest Florida resident and among the 50 richest people in America. He ranks 26th overall on the list. Peterffy, of Palm Beach, founded the specialized trading platform in 1993. He came to the United States in 1965 at age 21, the poor descendant of Hungarian aristocrats who lost nearly everything to the Soviets, Forbes said. In addition to his digital trading platform, Peterffy owns more than 500,000 acres of timberland, mostly in Florida. Forbes released its 2020 Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans Tuesday, and 37 Florida billionaires made the cut. Amazon's Jeff Bezos leads the list with a net worth of $179 billion. Microsoft's Bill Gates is second at $111 billion and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is third at $85 billion. President Donald Trump landed at No. 339 following a $600 million loss in net worth, Forbes said. He's still worth an estimated $2.5 billion. The rest of the Florida residents on the list, with their ranking, net worth and income source, are listed below: No. 41 David Tepper, $13 billion, hedge fundsNo. 66 Shahid Khan, $7.8 billion, auto partsNo. 91 Reinhold Schmieding, $6.7 billion, medical devicesNo. 108 Paul Tudor Jones II, $5.8 billion, hedge fundsNo. 110 Micky Arison, $5.6 billion, Carnival CruisesNo. 119 J. Christopher Reyes, $5.4 billion, food distributionTied at No. 119 Jude Reyes, $5.4 billion, food distributionNo. 129 Terrence Pegula, $5.1 billion, natural gasNo. 132 Dirk Ziff, $5 billion, investmentsNo. 154 Ronald Wanek, $4.6 billion, furnitureNo. 161 Isaac Perlmutter, $4.5 billion, Marvel comicsNo. 170 Charles B. Johnson, $4.3 billion, money managementNo. 170 Igor Olenicoff, $4.3 billion, real estateTied at No. 170 Richard Schulze, $4.3 billion, Best BuyNo. 186 Sami Mnaymneh, $4 billion, private equityNo. 197 Jeff Greene, $3.9 billion, real estate, investmentsNo. 209 Robert Rich Jr., $3.8 billion, frozen foodsNo. 213 Russ Weiner, $3.7 billion, energy drinksNo. 238 Tom Golisano, $3.4 billion, payroll servicesNo. 260 Daniel Och,$3.2 billion, hedge fundsNo. 260 Barry Sternlicht, $3.2 billion, private equityNo. 268 Herbert Wertheim, $3.1 billion, investmentsNo. 268 William Wrigley Jr., $3.1 billion, chewing gumNo. 299 William Berkley, $2.8 billion, insuranceTied at No. 299 Norman Braman, $2.8 billion, art, car dealershipsTied at No. 299 Nick Caporella, $2.8 billion, beveragesTied at No. 299 John Henry, $2.8 billion, sportsTied at No. 299 Todd Wanek, $2.8 billion, furnitureNo. 339 Leon G. Cooperman, $2.5 billion, hedge fundsNo. 339 Phillip Frost, $2.5 billion, pharmaceuticalsNo. 339 C. Dean Metropoulos, $2.5 billion, investmentsNo. 353 James Clark, $2.4 billion, Netscape, investmentsNo. 359 Todd Christopher, $2.3 billion, hair care productsNo. 359 Rakesh Gangwal, $2.3 billion, airlineNo. 378 Robert Duggan, $2.2 billion, pharmaceuticalsNo. 391 William Stone, $2.1 billion, software To view the full list, visit forbes.com.