08-04-2025
Did your favorite South Florida billionaire make Forbes world's richest list?
The Forbes annual list of more than 3,000 global billionaires includes 50 people from South Florida.
Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties each can boast bragging rights of having the most billionaires — 23 apiece — while Broward notches four on the 2025 list released in April.
The edge?
Give it to Miami-Dade for featuring two in the Top 40 of highest net worth, with Indian Creek's Jeff Bezos — Amazon founder, Miami Palmetto Senior High Class of 1982 and Miami Herald Silver Knight winner for science — ranking at No. 3. He is just behind Tesla/Space X's Elon Musk and Meta's Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at No. 1 and 2, respectively.
Ken Griffin, the Daytona Beach-born financier behind Citadel who moved his headquarters from Chicago to Miami in 2022 , ranked No. 35.
The highest-ranked Palm Beach County billionaire among the world's Top 40 was Interactive Brokers' asset trading platform's Thomas Peterffy at No. 27.
Among Broward's four to make the list, philanthropist Elisabeth DeLuca, widow of Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, and her family rank No. 344.
Newcomers include Ukraine-born Leonid Radvinsky, owner of OnlyFans, who, at 42, is South Florida's youngest billionaire in South Florida, according to the South Florida Business Journal.
The collective net worth of the 50 South Floridians was $580.4 billion – nearly 20% more than 2024's list of local billionaires ($487.9 billion), the outlet reported.
South Florida list
Miami-Dade
▪ No. 3 Jeff Bezos: $215 billion, 61, Indian Creek Village,
▪ No. 35 Ken Griffin: $42.3 billion, 56, Miami, Citadel, a hedge fund, securities brokerage.
▪ No. 274 Josh Harris: $9.9 billion, 60, Miami Beach, Apollo Global Management, private equity.
▪ No. 280: Orlando Bravo: $9.8 billion, 54, Miami Beach, Thoma Bravo, private equity.
▪ No. 343: Micky Arison: $8.7 billion, 75, Bal Harbour, chairman Carnival Corporation cruise line and Miami Heat owner.
▪ No. 540 Sami Mnaymneh: $6.4 billion, 63, Miami Beach, H.I.G. Capital, private equity.
▪ No. 597 Rakesh Gangwal: $5.9 billion, 71, Miami, InterGlobe Aviation.
▪ No. 673 William Berkley: $5.3 billion, 78, Miami's Coconut Grove, W. R. Berkley, insurance.
▪ No. 734 Peter Cancro: $4.9 billion, 67, Miami, Jersey Mike's Subs.
▪ No. 767 Herbert Wertheim: $4.7 billion, 85, Coral Gables, Brain Power Inc., an optical lens and sunglasses manufacturer.
▪ No. 789 Carl Icahn: $4.6 billion, 89, Indian Creek Village, Icahn Enterprises, holding company.
▪ No. 929 Daniel Och: $3.9 billion, 64, Miami Beach, Willoughby Capital, growth equity family office.
▪ No. 948 Leonid Radvinsky: $3.8 billion, 42, Miami, OnlyFans content subscription-based platform.
▪ No. 1,045 Norman Braman: $3.5 billion, 92, Miami, Braman Motorcars.
▪ No. 1,305. Barry Sternlicht: $2.8 billion, 64, Miami, Starwood Capital Group, private equity.
▪ No. 1,533. Scot French: $2.3 billion, 54, Bal Harbour, HPS Investment Partners, private equity.
▪ No. 1,573. Leonard Abess: $2.3 billion, 76, Miami, City National Bank of Florida.
▪ No. 1,688: Jorge Mas: $2.1 billion, 62, Miami, MasTec, construction.
▪ No. 1,763: Marcelo Claure: $2 billion, 54, Miami Beach, Claure Group, private equity and venture capital.
▪ No. 1,850 Itzhak Ezratti and family: $1.9 billion, 72, Indian Creek Village, GL Homes.
▪ No. 2,019 Jorge Pérez: $1.7 billion, 75, Miami, Related Group.
▪ No. 2,019 Albert Nahmad: $1.7 billion, 84, Coral Gables, Watsco air conditioning parts company.
▪ No. 2,933 Jeffrey Soffer: $1 billion, 57, Aventura, Fontainebleau Development and Turnberry Associates.
Broward
▪ No. 344 Elisabeth DeLuca and family: $8.6 billion, 77, Pompano Beach, Subway.
▪ No. 364 Igor Olenicoff: $8.3 billion, 82, Lighthouse Point, Olen Properties.
▪ No. 767 Rajiv Jain: $4.7 billion, 57, Fort Lauderdale, GQG Partners, hedge fund.
▪ No. 948 Nick Caporella: $3.8 billion, 89, Plantation, National Beverage.
Palm Beach
▪ No. 27 Thomas Peterffy: $57.3 billion, 80, Palm Beach, Interactive Brokers.
▪ No. 95. David Tepper: $21.3 billion, 67, Palm Beach, Appaloosa Management and owner of NFL's Carolina Panthers.
▪ No. 111 Stephen Ross: $18.4 billion, 84, Palm Beach, Related Ross and Miami Dolphins owner.
▪ No. 199 (tie). J. Christopher Reyes: $12 billion, 71, Jupiter, Reyes Holdings, food distribution.
▪ No. 199. (tie). Jude Reyes: $12 billion, 69, Palm Beach, Reyes Holdings.
▪ No. 380 Paul Tudor Jones, II.: $8.1 billion, 70, Palm Beach, Tudor Investment Corp.
▪ No. 390 Jeff Greene: $7.9 billion, 70, Palm Beach, Florida Sunshine Investments, real estate.
▪ No. 418 Terrence Pegula: $7.6 billion, 74, Boca Raton, East Resources natural gas company and owner of NFL's Buffalo Sabres.
▪ No. 498 Dirk Ziff: $6.2 billion, 61, North Palm Beach, Ziff Capital Partners.
▪ No. 581. James Clark: $6 billion, 81, Palm Beach, Netscape, technology.
▪ No. 639 John Henry: $5.5 billion, 75, Boca Raton, Boston Globe and Fenway Sports Group.
▪ No. 688 Russ Weiner: $5.2 billion, 54, Delray Beach, Rockstar energy drinks.
▪ No. 700 President Donald J. Trump: $5.1 billion, 78, ownerships include Mar-a-Lago, Trump Organization, Trump Media & Technology Group.
▪ No. 734 Isaac Perlmutter: $4.9 billion, 82, Palm Beach, Marvel Entertainment.
▪ No. 751 Charles B. Johnson: $4.8 billion, 92, Palm Beach, Franklin Templeton Investments.
▪ No. 979 Steve Wynn: $3.7 billion, 83, Palm Beach, Wynn Resorts.
▪ No. 1,045 Robert Johnson: $3.5 billion, 77, Palm Beach, Johnson & Johnson, NFL's New York Jets.
▪ No. 1,045 Michael Jordan: $3.5 billion, 62, Jupiter, NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
▪ No. 1,072 C. Dean Metropoulos: $3.4 billion, 78, Palm Beach, Metropoulos & Co. private equity.
▪ No. 1,072 William Wrigley Jr.: $3.4 billion, 61, North Palm Beach, Wrigley Management, Inc.
▪ No. 1,219 Robert Sands: $3 billion, 66, Delray Beach, Constellation Brands (alcohol)
▪ No. 1,850 Terry Taylor: $1.9 billion, 74, Palm Beach, Automotive Management Services car dealers.
▪ No. 1,968 Christopher Ruddy: $1.8 billion, 60, West Palm Beach, Newsmax Media.
