Walton, who danced a hula on Wall Street last year when profit goals were met, replaced Gordon Getty, the front-runner for the past two years. Getty dropped to 15th. Media holdings were up this year, making billionaires of John Kluge and S. Agriculture and oil were down. Seven Texas oilmen who appeared last year were dropped from the list. So were four Rockefellers and 53 others. There are 14 billionaires. Only built their fortunes without significant inheritances.
Fourteen are immigrants and 78 are women. At least eight did not finish high school. Forty-one of the men and 38 of the women are unmarried.
And have been divorced. Philip Hampson Knight used to sell sneakers. He still does, in a way. Margaret Hunt Hill of Dallas, who inherited money from her father, H. A second of H. Samuel I. Newhouse Jr. Sam Moore Walton, 67, Bentonville, Ark. Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. John Werner Kluge, 71, Charlottesville, Va.
Annenberg, Walter Hubert, 77, Wynnewood, Pa. Taubman, A. Alfred, 60, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Cook, Jane Bancroft, 72, Cohassett, Mass. Norris, Diana Strawbridge, 44, Coatesville, Pa. Paulucci, Luigino Francesco, 67, Sanford, Fla. Sharp, Hugh Rodney Jr.
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