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Plenty of Pennsylvania natives, business owners and philanthropists have once again received a spot among Forbes Magazine’s list of the richest people on the planet.
There are now roughly 2,781 billionaires on the planet, Forbes reports, combining for a total value of $14.2 trillion — up $2 trillion from just last year. Roughly two-thirds of the nearly 3,000 billionaires are worth more than they were just a year ago.
A record 813 of these billionaires are from the U.S., and at least a few of them can call the Keystone State home in one way or another. Music superstar Taylor Swift joined the ranks after not appearing on 2023’s list.
Here’s a brief look at each Pennsylvania-related billionaire and their business profiles.
1. Jeff Yass
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 64 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $27.6 billion
Age: 65
Residence: Haverford, Pa.
Yass is the co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, which Forbes calls “one of Wall Street’s largest and most successful trading firms.” He began trading on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in the early 1980s and was once a professional gambler. Forbes says Susquehanna uses poker tournaments to train its traders and sharpen decision-making skills.
Susquehanna’s most valuable holding comes through ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok.
2. Michael Rubin
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 173 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $11.5 billion
Age: 51
Residence: Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Rubin is the founder and CEO of Fanatics, an online sports merchandising retailer. He studied at Villanova University just outside of Philadelphia and supplanted his wealth when he sold GSI Commerce, his own e-commerce company, to eBay in 2011 for roughly $2.4 billion.
3. Victoria Mars
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 242 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $9.6 billion
Age: 67
Residence: Philadelphia
Mars and her three sisters are heirs to the family company, Mars Inc. Today, the company’s products include Ben’s Original rice, pet food brands like Pedigree and Whiskas and candy staples like M&Ms and Skittles.
Mars’ great-grandfather, Frank Mars, founded the candy company in 1911. She and her sisters inherited 8% stakes in the company when their father died in 2016.
4. Thomas Hagen
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 344 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $7.6 billion
Age: 88
Residence: Erie, Pa.
Hagen is the chairperson of insurance company Erie Indemnity. He has worked with the company for more than 50 years and served as its CEO from 1990 to 1993.
5. Arthur Dantchik
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 391 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $7 billion
Age: 66
Residence: Gladwyne, Pa.
Dantchik joins Yass, his former SUNY Binghamton roommate, as one of the co-founders of Susquehanna International Group. According to Forbes, Dantchik oversaw the company’s efforts in China to become one of the first firms to back the founder of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company.
6. Jeffrey Lurie and family
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 686 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $4.6 billion
Age: 72
Residence: Wynnewood, Pa.
Lurie is best known as the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles. According to Forbes, he took out a loan to purchase the team for $185 million in 1994 and has helped the franchise rise to a worth of around $5.6 billion. Under his watch, the Eagles won their first Super Bowl championship in February 2018.
He also works as an executive at the General Cinema Corp., a film company founded by his grandfather. He won two Academy Awards for producing the documentaries “Inside Job” and “Inocente.”
7. Maggie Hardy
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 775 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $4.1 billion
Age: 58
Residence: Belle Vernon, Pa.
Hardy is the owner and CEO of 84 Lumber, a privately owned building materials supplier. She took control of the business in 1992 after her father founded the company in 1956 in Eighty Four, Pa. Hardy also owns the luxurious Nemacolin resort near Pittsburgh.
Tie-8. Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 871 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $3.7 billion
Age: 74
Residence: Coatesville, Pa.
Dorrance Malone’s grandfather, John T. Dorrance, invented condensed soup in the late 1890s. Today, she is the largest shareholder of the Campbell Soup Co.
Tie-8. John Middleton
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 871 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $3.7 billion
Age: 69
Residence: Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Middleton’s wealth traces back to his family’s tobacco business, which he sold in 2007 for $2.9 billion. John Middleton Co.’s most popular cigar brand is Black & Mild.
Middleton owns a large stake in the Philadelphia Phillies and took control of the MLB club in 2016 following a vote from the league’s owners. Under his watch, the team reached the World Series in 2022, but lost to the Houston Astros in six games.
9. Bennett Dorrance
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,062 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $3.1 billion
Age: 78
Residence: Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Brother of Mary Alice, Bennett owns a roughly 15% stake in Campbell Soup, Forbes reports. Bennett retired from the company’s board in 2022, but remains a licensed pilot and a founding partner of DMB Associates, a real estate development firm with properties in Arizona, Utah, California and Hawaii.
10. Thomas Tull
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,104 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $3 billion
Age: 53
Residence: Pittsburgh
Tull is the founder of Legendary Entertainment, a film production company that produced blockbuster hits like the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman trilogy, “Jurassic World,” “Interstellar,” both of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” films and more. Tull stepped down as Legendary’s CEO in 2016 after selling it for up to $3.5 billion in 2015. He now works as an investor and holds a minority stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers.
11. Edward Stack
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,238 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $2.7 billion
Age: 69
Residence: Swickley, Pa.
Stack is the executive chairman and largest individual shareholder of Dick’s Sporting Goods. His father, Dick Stack, founded the chain in 1948. Ed worked as the company’s CEO for nearly 40 years before stepping down in 2021, Forbes says.
12. Brian Roberts
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,623 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $2 billion
Age: 64
Residence: Philadelphia
Roberts is the CEO and chairman of Comcast. His father, Ralph, founded the company. Roberts became president in 1990 and later took hold of sole voting power over roughly one third of the company’s stock.
13. Jared Isaacman
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,694 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.9 billion
Age: 41
Residence: Easton, Pa.
Isaacman is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processing firm based in Allentown, Pa. According to Forbes, he started the firm at 16 years old. Today, Shift4 Payments is estimated to handle payments for roughly a third of the restaurants and hotels in the U.S.
Tie-14. Richard Hayne
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,851 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.7 billion
Age: 76
Residence: Philadelphia
Hayne is the president, CEO and chairman of Urban Outfitters. He took the company public in 1993 and became its CEO in 2012. Urban Outfitters holds more than 200 locations across the U.S. and pulls in roughly $5 billion in revenue, Forbes estimates.
Tie-14. Alan Miller and family
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,851 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.7 billion
Age: 86
Residence: Lower Merion, Pa.
Miller founded Universal Health Services, a chain of hospitals and other health providers. According to Forbes, the company operates more than 400 facilities across the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Miller stepped down as CEO in 2021 and handed control over to his son, Marc.
15. Alfred West Jr.
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 1,945 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.6 billion
Age: 81
Residence: Paoli, Pa.
West oversees Simulted Environments Inc., a financial services firm he founded in 1968. He retired as CEO in 2022 and now serves as executive chairman.
16. David Paul
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 2,152 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.4 billion
Age: 57
Residence: Audubon, Pa.
Paul is the founder and executive chairman of Globus Medical, a spine implant manufacturer. According to Forbes, he worked as an engineer for Synthes, a medical device giant, before starting his own company. He stepped down as CEO in 2017.
17. Taylor Swift
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 2,545 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.1 billion
Age: 34
Residence: Nashville, Tenn.
Swift is a West Reading, Pa.-born singer-songwriter best known for producing hit albums like “Fearless,” “1989” and “Midnights,” the latter of which in February produced her record-breaking fourth Album of the Year honor through the Grammy Awards. Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” releases April 19 before she resumes her global concert tour, “The Eras Tour.” She grew up in Pennsylvania in the Wyomissing area before her family moved to the Nashville suburbs before her music career took off.
18. Richard Yuengling Jr. and family
Forbes billionaires list ranking: No. 2,692 in the world in 2024
Estimated net worth: $1.1 billion
Age: 81
Residence: Pottsville, Pa.
Yuengling is the fifth-generation owner of D.G. Yuengling & Son, now one of the largest beer makers in the U.S. He bought out his father in 1985 and helped the company increase its output and develop new products. Yuengling Lager is estimated to account for roughly 85% of the company’s sales, Forbes says.
