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Cowboy Billionaire
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on building his fortune and a $1 billion stadium.
#23 Ronald Perelman
$10,000 million
Son of a buyout artist attended Wharton, bought $1.9 million stake in jewelry distributor Cohen-Hatfield 1978. Flipped to Sam Walton 7 years later. Repurposed licorice maker MacAndrews & Forbes; used as holding company to pursue buyouts. Bought Revlon 1985. With Gerald Ford, sold Golden State Bancorp to Citigroup 2002. Owns stakes in camera company Panavision, lottery outfit Scientific Games, Humvee maker AM General. Now in the restaurant business; recently opened Monkey Bar in Manhattan with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Blue Parrot in East Hampton with Renée Zellweger.
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