9George Argyros – Net worth: $2.2 billion
Next on our top list is George Argyros, whose full name is George Leon Argyros.
Born in 1937, he is a second-generation American citizen and his grandparent emigrated from Greece.
The billionaire is the former United States Ambassador to Spain (2001-2004) and was the owner of Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners from 1981 to 1989.
A successful real estate investor, George Argyros is the CEO and Chairman of the board of trustees of California Institute of Technology and a board-member for the Center to Strategic and International Studies, located in Washington D.C.
Formerly the largest shareholder in Kansas software developer DST Systems, he has been Chairman and CEO of Arnel & Affiliates since 1968, a company which owns more than 2 million square feet of commercial real estate and 5.500 apartments in Southern California.
Since 1987, the billionaire has been a partner in private investment company Westar Capilar and he is a director of First American Financial Corp and Pacific Mercantile Bancorp.
Currently, George Argyros has an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion.
