64 New Yorkers Make ‘Forbes’ 400

Ever wonder how Scrooge McDuck was able to
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9. David Koch: $17 billion (oil, commodities)
18. Carl Icahn: $14.5 billion (leveraged buyouts)
25. Michael Bloomberg: $11.5 billion (Bloomberg LP)
28. Ronald Perelman: $10 billion (Revlon)
33. Rupert Murdoch: $8.8 billion (News Corp.)
37. Samuel Newhouse Jr.: $8.5 billion (Advance Publications)
40. Stephen Schwarzman: $7.8 billion (Blackstone)
45. Leonard Blavatnik: $7.2 billion (Access industries)
57. Henry Kravis: $5.5 billion (leveraged buyouts)
64. Ralph Lauren: $4.7 billion (all things Wasp)
68. Paul Milstein and family: $4.5 billion (Emigrant, real estate)
68. Stephen Ross: $4.5 billion (never trust a man with two first names)
78. Joan Tisch: $4.2 billion (Loews widow)
79. Leonard Stern: $4.1 billion (real estate)
82. Leon Black: $4 billion (leveraged buyouts. You don't know what those are, do you?)
91. Stanley Druckenmiler: $3.5 billion (hedge funds)
91. Bruce Kovner: $3.5 billion (hedge funds)
91. Ira Rennert: $3.5 billion (investments)
91. Daniel Ziff: $3.5 billion (inheritance. The dude is 35!)
91. Dirk Ziff: $3.5 billion (inheritance. He's slightly older, but you'd still do him.)
91. Robert Ziff: $3.5 billion (inheritance. At this point it's just unfair.)
Our favorite addition to the list, of course, is George Steinbrenner, all the way down at No. 380! At $1.3 billion, this is his first year on the list. Welcome, George — don't think this means we'll go soft on you in the postseason!
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