Forbes magazine's annual roster of richest Americans has OC real estate mogul Donald Bren in the top spot for Southern California, at $12.2 billion. He's followed by Eli Broad, at $5.8 billion, Patrick Soon-Shiong, $5.6 billion, and David Geffen, $5.1 billion. Topping the list of Californians is Oracle's Larry Ellison, at a whopping $27 billion. Here's the Socal rundown (number indicates ranking on the full list):
21 Donald Bren
$12 B 78 Newport Beach, CA real estate
44 Eli Broad
$5.8 B 77 Los Angeles, CA Investments
46 Patrick Soon-Shiong
$5.6 B 58 Los Angeles, CA generic drugs
54 David Geffen
$5.1 B 67 Malibu, CA movies, music
90 Haim Saban
$3.4 B 65 Beverly Hills, CA television
110 Steven Spielberg
$3 B 63 Pacific Palisades, CA movies
119 Kirk Kerkorian
$2.9 B 93 Los Angeles, CA investments, casinos
124 Sumner Redstone
$2.8 B 87 Beverly Hills, CA Viacom
130 Steven Udvar-Hazy
$2.7 B 64 Beverly Hills, CA International Lease Finance
130 David Murdock
$2.7 B 87 Los Angeles, CA Dole, real estate
136 David Sun
$2.6 B 58 Orange County, CA computer memory
136 John Tu
$2.6 B 68 Los Angeles, CA computer memory
144 William Hilton
$2.5 B 82 Los Angeles, CA hotels, casinos