Forbes magazine recently released its World Billionaires list: 1,645 of them spread across the globe, with an aggregate wealth of $6.4 trillion. The United States is home to 492 billionaires, more than any other country in the world—and 8 of them live right here in Westchester (practice your elevator pitch in case you run into any of them around town):
George Soros, Katonah
Net Worth: $23 billion
Industry: Investments
Overall Rank: 26
Daniel Och, Scarsdale
Net Worth: $3.9 billion
Industry: Investments
Overall Rank: 388
David Rockefeller Sr, Sleepy Hollow
Net Worth: $2.9 billion
Industry: Energy
Overall Rank: 580
David Gottesman, Rye
Net Worth: $1.9 billion
Industry: Investments
Overall Rank: 931
Thomas Secunda, Croton-on-Hudson
Net Worth: $1.7 billion
Industry: Media
Overall Rank: 1,046
David Einhorn, Rye
Net Worth: $1.6 billion
Industry: Investments
Overall Rank: 1,092
Michael Steinhardt, Mount Kisco
Net Worth: $1.1 billion
Industry: Finance
Overall Rank: 1,465
Leonard Schleifer, Tarrytown
Net Worth: $1 billion
Industry: Health care
Overall Rank: 1,565
For more information on these billionaires, check out Forbes interactive almanac of the world’s wealthiest citizens:
http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/billionaires/the-world-almanac-of-wealth.html
