California Billionaires 2013

There are more California billionaires than ever, and there are more billionaires in California than anywhere else.

In fact, one of every nine billionaires in the world is a Californian, officially making the Golden State the Billionaire Capitol of the World.

Recognizing an apparent public fascination with magnates, barons, tycoons, moguls or wealthy business leaders, Californiality has compiled a list of 100 billionaires from California below.

This blog does not speculate on the net worth of billionaires in California, which changes monthly.  It is impossible for any third party to know what a billionaire's net worth is at any given time.

No individual photos, cities of residence nor "rich list" rankings appear here at the personal request of the California billionaires who addressed privacy concerns in advance with the publisher of this blog.

Then what's the purpose of a list of California billionaires?  To show how possible it is to become a wealthy tycoon, baron, magnate or mogul in the Golden State.

California is definitely the place to make it happen.

The following long list of billionaires in California is arranged alphabetically by county of residence, then by surname.

California Billionaires List 2013

Contra Costa County Billionaires

• Dave Duffield - 71 - Software tycoon - Philanthropist - Animal advocate.

Los Angeles County Billionaires

• Bassam Alghanim - 61 - Kuwaiti heir, UC Berkeley alumnus.
  
• Tom Barrack - 65 - Private equity tycoon - USC and USD alumnus.
• Eli Broad - 79 - Investor - Philanthropist - Arts benefactor.
• Ron Burkle - 60 - Investor - Political fundraiser - Sports franchise owner.
• Alan Casden - 67 - Real estate magnate - USC alumnus - Philanthropist.
• Do Won Chang - 57 - Retail industry CEO - Christian philanthropist.
• Jin Sook Chang - 49 - Fashion merchandiser - Christian philanthropist.
• Andrew Cherng - 65 - Panda Express, Hibachi-San restaurants.
• Peggy Tsiang-Cherng - 65 - Panda Express, Hibachi-San restaurants.
• David Geffen - 69 - Entertainment mogul - Arts/healthcare funder.
• Alec Gores - 59 - Private equity magnate - Philanthropist.
• Tom Gores - 48 - Private equity magnate - Investor - Philanthropist.
• Tamara Gustavson - 50 - Self-storage/real estate CEO - Philanthropist.
• Steven Udvar Hazy - 66 - Aircraft tycoon - UCLA alumnus - Patron.
• David Hearst - 67- Publishing heir - Media executive.
• Barron Hilton - 85 - Hotel heir - Philanthropist - Foundation executive.
• Paris Hilton - 32 - Entrepreneur - Retail magnate.
• Janet Jackson - 47 - Entertainer - Businesswoman.
• George Joseph - 91 - Insurance business magnate.
• Bruce Karsh - 57 - Global investment tycoon - Philanthropist.
• Kirk Kerkorian - 95 - Casino/resort magnate - Venture capitalist.
• Howard Marks - 67 - Global investment management mogul - Author.
• Gary Michelson - 64 - Inventor - Patents tycoon - Philanthropist.
• Michael Milken - 66 - Financier - Philanthropist - Public policy advocate.
• Charles Munger - 89 - Berkshire Hathaway lieutenant.
• David Murdock - 89 - Corporate CEO - Real estate mogul - Philanthropist.
• Elon Musk - 41 - Tesla Motors, SpaceX executive.
• Jerry Perenchio - 82 - Entertainment/Media mogul - Political benefactor.
• Anthony Pritzker - 51 - Hotel heir - MBA - Investor.
• Sumner Redstone - 89 - Media magnate - Philanthropist.
• Stewart Resnick - 74 - Business CEO - Investor - Philanthropist.
• Lynda Resnick - 68 - Agriculture/retail magnate - Author - Philanthropist.
• Edward Roski II - 74 - Real Estate magnate - Philanthropist - USC alumnus.
• Haim Saban - 68 - Entertainment mogul - Public policy advocate.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger - 65 - Entrepreneur - Investor - Politician - Actor - Philanthropist.
• Patrick Soon Shiong - 60 - Pharmaceuticals mogul - UCLA alumnus.
• Steven Spielberg - 66 - Entertainment mogul - CSULB alumnus.
• Donald Sterling - 79 - Real Estate tycoon - Sports franchise owner.
• John Tu - 71 - Technology entrepreneur - Musician - Philanthropist.

Marin County Billionaires

• George Lucas - 68 - Entertainment mogul - USC alumnus - Philanthropist.
• Daniel Pritzker - 53 - Hotel heir - Musician - Investor - Philanthropist.

Orange County Billionaires

• George Argyros - 75 - Real estate investor - Former U.S. ambassador - Former U.S. Trade advisor - Philanthropist - Chapman University alumnus.
• Donald Bren - 80 - Real estate developer - Philanthropist - Educationist.
• Bill Gross - 68 - Finance investor - UCLA alumnus - Philanthropist.
• Henry Nicholas III - 53 - Investor - Philanthropist - Education advocate - Victims' rights activist - Arts patron - UCLA alumnus.
• Henry Samueli - 58 - Technology tycoon - Sports franchise owner - Philanthropist - UCLA alumnus.
• David Sun - 61 - Information technology tycoon.

San Bernardino County Billionaires

• Jack Dangermond - 67 - Software tycoon - Scientist - Cal Poly alumnus.

San Diego County Billionaires

• Charles Brandes - 70 - Equity fund investor - San Diego State alumnus.
• Irwin Jacobs - 79 - Technology tycoon - Engineer - Professor.
• Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer - 51 - Cargill heiress.

San Francisco County Billionaires

• Riley Bechtel - 60 - Engineering CEO - UC Davis and Stanford alumnus.
• Stephen Bechtel - 87 - Engineering magnate - Stanford alumnus.
• Marc Benioff - 48 - Software tycoon - Philanthropist - USC alumnus.
• James Coulter - 53 - Leveraged buyouts financier - Stanford alumnus.
• Ray Dolby - 80 - Inventor - San Jose State and Stanford alumnus.
• Jack Dorsey - 36 - Web developer - Founder of Twitter and Square. 
• Doris Fisher - 80 - Retail tycoon - Entrepreneur - Modern art collector.
• John Fisher - 51 - Retail heir - Stanford alumnus - Sports owner.
• Robert Fisher - 58 - Retail heir - Stanford alumnus.
• William Fisher - 55 - Retail heir - Investor - Stanford Alumnus.
• Gordon Getty - 78 - Investor - SFCM alumnus/musician - Philanthropist
• William Randolph Hearst III - 63 - Media executive - Philanthropist
• Michael Moritz - 58 - Venture capitalist - Author - Philanthropist.
• Dustin Moskovitz - 28 - Internet tycoon - Technology CEO - Investor.
• John Pritzker - 59 - Hotelier - Investor - Menlo College alumnus.
• Thomas Steyer - 55 - Asset manager - Stanford alumnus - Philanthropist.
• Peter Thiel - 45 - Entrepreneur - Investor - Stanford alumnus - Producer.

San Joaquin County Billionaires

• Alexander Spanos - 89 - Real estate mogul - UOP alumnus - Sportsman.

San Mateo County Billionaires

• John Arrillaga - 75 - Real estate mogul - Stanford alumnus - Patron.
• Carl Berg - 75 - Real estate mogul - Science and technology investor.
• Jim Breyer - 51 - Venture capitalist - Tech investor - Stanford alumnus.
• Scott Cook - 60 - Software entrepreneur - Political patron - USC alumnus.
• Helen Diller - 83 - Philanthropist - Hebraic activist.
• Sanford Diller - 84 - Real Estate developer - Philanthropist - Hebraic activist.
• John Doerr - 61 - Venture capitalist - Investor - Presidential advisor.
• Larry Ellison - 68 -  Software mogul - Philanthropist - Racing financier.
• Ken Fisher - 62 - Money manager - Writer - Humboldt State alumnus.
• Charles Johnson - 79 - Financial services chairman.
• Rupert Johnson II - 71 - Financial services executive.
• Vinod Khosla - 58 - Venture capitalist - Stanford alumnus - Patron.
• Gordon Moore - 84 - Tech mogul - Berkeley & Caltech alumnus - Patron.
• John Morgridge - 79 - Cisco chairman emeritus - Stanford Alumnus. 
• George Roberts - 69 - Financier - Claremont-McKenna and UC Hastings alumnus.
• Eric Schmidt - 57 - Tech executive - Environmentalist - Political activist
• Charles Schwab - 75 - Brokerage icon - Patron - Stanford alumnus.
• Kavitark Ram Shriram - 55 - Venture capitalist - Internet tycoon.
• Thomas Siebel - 60 - Software executive - Investor - Philanthropist.
• John A. Sobrato - 73 - Real estate developer - Santa Clara U alumnus.
• Mark Stevens - 52 - Venture capitalist - USC alumnus - Philanthropist.
• Meg Whitman - 56 - Technology executive - Politician - Philanthropist.

Santa Barbara County Billionaires

• Wendy McCaw - 61 - Publisher - Animal rights activist - Stanford alumnus.
• Oprah Winfrey - 58 - Publisher - Philanthropist - Media mogul - Author.

Santa Clara County Billionaires

• Sergey Brin - 39 - Internet entrepreneur - Investor - Stanford alumnus.
• David Cheriton - 61 - Tech investor, Stanford professor.
• David Filo - 46 - Internet entrepreneur - Patron - Stanford alumnus.
• Reid Hoffman - 45 - Internet entrepreneur - Investor - Stanford alumnus.
• Yuri Milner - 51 - Technology investor - Philanthropist.
• Laurene Powell Jobs - 49 -  Entrepreneur - Activist - Stanford alumnus.
• Larry Page - 39 - Internet entrepreneur - Investor - Stanford alumnus.
• Richard Peery - 73 - Real estate mogul - Patron - Stanford alumnus.
• Robert Pera - 34 - Ubiquiti Networks executive, UC San Diego alumnus.
• Jeffrey Skoll - 48 - Internet tycoon - Film Producer - Stanford alumnus.
• Andreas Von Bechtolsheim - 57 - Google, Sun, Cisco, Arista executive.
• Romesh Wadhwani - 65 - Software investor - Engineer.
• Jerry Yang - 44 - Internet mogul - Philanthropist - Stanford alumnus.
• Mark Zuckerberg - 28 - Internet entrepreneur - Software developer.

Shasta County Billionaires

• Archie Aldis Emmerson - 83 - Biggest private landowner in California - Timber and lumber magnate.

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There are more billionaires in California than what this list represents.  Recent heirs and minors are not displayed here.

Together, the billionaires of California have a combined total fortune of $1 trillion.

California Billionaires 2013