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Wealthiest Persons
Los Angeles County, 2022

Doheny Mansion, Mount St. Mary's University, Los Angeles

The Doheny Mansion, once home to one of Los Angeles' wealthiest families. Now part of the campus of Mount St. Mary's University. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


According to the Forbes 400 list of America's wealthiest persons, California is home to 80 persons/families who, in 2022, each had a personal net worth of at least $2.7 billion. Of these, 30 are residents of Los Angeles County, the highest concentration in any of the state's counties. The combined 2022 wealth of these Los Angeles County billionaires was $151 billion, about 22 percent of the combined wealth of all California billionaires in Forbes' list.

In our list below, the Almanac included an additional three Los Angeles County billionaires who did not make the 2022 Fortune 400 net worth cutoff.


Billionaire, Steven Udvar-Hazy, a former Beverly Hills resident who made his wealth in aircraft leasing, moved to Texas since the 2021 Forbes 400 List.



Ranked by Net Worth. Net worth figures are for September 2, 2022.

Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Marijke Mars $9.3 58 Los Angeles Mars Inc. Heir 69 12
Eric Smidt $9.0 62 Beverly Hills Harbor Freight Tools 73 13
David Geffen $7.7 79 Beverly Hills Motion Pictures, Music 93 17
Don Hankey $7.2 79 Malibu Auto Loans 112 19
Edythe Broad & Family $6.9 86 Los Angeles Homebuilding, Insurance 119 21
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
John Tu $6.5 81 Rolling Hills Computer Hardware 138 23
Edward Roski, Jr. $6.4 83 Los Angeles Real Estate 143 24
Tom Gores $6.1 58 Beverly Hills Private Equity 153 25
Michael Milken $6.0 76 Los Angeles Investments 155 26
Anthony Ressler $5.8 60 Los Angeles Finance 158 27
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Patrick Soon-Shiong $5.7 70 Los Angeles Pharmaceuticals 160 28
Rick Caruso $5.3 63 Los Angeles Real Estate 184* 32*
Lynda Resnick $5.3 79 Beverly Hills Agriculture 184* 32*
Stewart Resnick $5.3 85 Beverly Hills Agriculture 184* 32*
Jeff Skoll $4.4 57 Los Angeles eBay 241 36
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Behdad Eghbali $4.3 46 Los Angeles Private Equity 244* 37*
Jose E. Feliciano $4.3 49 Marina del Rey Private Equity 244* 37*
Lynsi Snyder $4.2 40 Glendora In-N-Out Burger 252* 38*
Peter Thiel $4.2 54 Los Angeles Facebook, Palantir 252* 38*
Donald Sterling $4.1 88 Beverly Hills Real Estate 261 39
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Travis Kalanick $4.0 46 Los Angeles Uber 271* 40*
Steven Spielberg $4.0 75 Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles) Motion Picures 271* 40*
Jean (Gigi) Pritzker $3.8 60 Los Angeles Hotel Heir, Investments 296 42
Anthony Pritzker $3.7 61 Los Angeles Hotels, Investments 303 43
Nicolas Berggruen $3.1 61 Beverly Hills Real Estate, Investments 351* 48*
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Meg Whitman $3.1 66 Los Angeles eBay 351* 48*
Haim Saban $2.9 77 Beverly Hills TV Network, Investments 369 49
Sean Parker $2.8 42 Los Angeles Facebook 380* 50*
Evan Spiegel $2.8 32 Los Angeles Snapchat 380* 50*
Bobby Murphy $2.7 34 Venice (Los Angeles) Snapchat 388 51
Name Net Worth
($ Billion)
Age Residence Source of Wealth National Rank California Rank
Alec Gores $2.5 69 Beverly Hills Private Equity ---** ---**
Bruce Karsh $2.3 66 Los Angeles Private Equity ---** ---**
Jeffrey Gundlach $2.2 63 Los Angeles Investments ---** ---**

* Tied in Ranking
** Did not make the 2022 Forbes 400 list. The Almanac, however, lists billionaires here with a net worth of $2.2 billion or more.

Source: Forbes Magazine