Eren Ozmen is a Turkish American self-made billionaire entrepreneur, owner and executive chairwoman of Sierra Nevada Corporation, a privately held aerospace and defense technology company. After earning an MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno, she joined SNC in 1988 and acquired it with her husband, Fatih Özmen, in 1994, expanding the 20-person firm into a global national-security leader and helping launch Sierra Space in 2021.

Thai Lee is a Korean American billionaire businesswoman, co-owner, president, and CEO of SHI International, one of the largest privately held technology solutions providers in the United States. Since taking leadership in 1989, she has expanded SHI from a $1 million software reseller into a $16 billion global company. She holds degrees from Amherst College and Harvard Business School and serves in education and healthcare governance.

Margaret “Meg” Whitman is an American billionaire business executive and former U.S. ambassador to Kenya. She led eBay through its rise as a global e-commerce platform, later served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Quibi, and is now an independent director of CoreWeave. A Princeton and Harvard Business School graduate, she was also the Republican nominee for governor of California in 2010.

Penny Pritzker is an American billionaire businesswoman, investor, philanthropist, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. A member of the family behind Hyatt Hotels, she is founder and chairman of PSP Partners and its investment affiliates, a Microsoft director, and Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation. She also served as U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery and co-founded the Pritzker Traubert Foundation.

Karen Pritzker is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and documentary producer from the family behind Hyatt Hotels and the Marmon Group. A Northwestern University graduate, she co-founded LaunchCapital and KPJR Films, manages investments through the Pritzker/Vlock family office, and chairs medical-device group Colson Associates. As president of the Seedlings Foundation, she supports children’s health, education, and medical research.

Hutham Olayan is a New York-based billionaire investor and senior member of the Saudi Olayan family, which controls The Olayan Group, founded by her father Suliman Olayan in 1947. As Chair of the Shareholders Board, she helps steward one of the Middle East’s most influential private business dynasties, with interests spanning public equities, private equity, debt, real estate, and long-term global family capital.

Valerie Mars, a fourth-generation member of the Mars family, is an heir to the private candy, pet care, and food fortune behind brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Pedigree, Whiskas, and Royal Canin. Unlike lower-profile family heirs, she has held senior roles inside Mars Inc., including leadership positions in corporate development and governance, giving her profile both ownership and operating depth within one of America’s largest family-controlled companies.

Dee Haslam, CEO of Haslam Sports Group, is a co-owner of the Cleveland Browns, Columbus Crew, and Milwaukee Bucks, giving her one of the broadest sports ownership profiles in the U.S. Before sports, she built her career in television production as founder and executive producer of RIVR Media. She is also tied to the Haslam family’s Pilot business legacy and remains active in philanthropy, education, healthcare, and community organizations in Ohio and Tennessee.

Pat Stryker, granddaughter of Stryker Corporation founder Homer Stryker, inherited part of the family medical-device fortune and became one of Colorado’s most prominent billionaire philanthropists. She founded the Bohemian Foundation in 2001, focusing on music, arts, community programs, and civic causes, while keeping a relatively low public profile. Her influence is tied less to operating the family company than to philanthropy, political giving, and long-term community investment.

Anastasia Soare, founder and CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills, built a beauty empire by turning eyebrow shaping into a global cosmetics category. Born in Romania, she moved to Los Angeles in 1989 with limited English, worked as an aesthetician, and opened her Beverly Hills salon before launching her product line in 2000. Known as the “Eyebrow Queen,” she built the brand around her Golden Ratio brow method and expanded it into one of the most recognizable names in prestige beauty.

Larry Van Tuyl, former chairman and CEO of Van Tuyl Group, built one of America’s largest privately held auto dealership networks before selling the company to Berkshire Hathaway in 2015. The deal created Berkshire Hathaway Automotive and cemented Van Tuyl’s reputation as one of the most successful figures in U.S. car retail. Known for disciplined expansion and a low public profile, he later remained active through private investments and real estate.

Jack Cogen, a CoreWeave director and early investor, became one of the billionaires created by the company’s rise as a major AI cloud infrastructure provider. Before CoreWeave, he founded and led Natsource Asset Management, an advisory and investment firm focused on environmental markets and energy products. His profile links energy-market investing, early conviction in GPU cloud infrastructure, and CoreWeave’s rapid ascent in the AI boom.

James Pallotta, founder and chairman of Raptor Group, built his fortune in hedge funds and private investing before extending his reach into sports and venture-backed technology. After a high-profile run at Tudor Investment Corporation, he launched Raptor in 2009 and turned it into a family office–backed investment firm with bets across technology, media, consumer, and sports. He later became widely known as the former chairman and owner of AS Roma, giving him a rare profile that spans Wall Street, venture investing, and global sports ownership.

David MacNeil, founder and CEO of WeatherTech, built a garage-born automotive accessories business into one of America’s most recognizable aftermarket brands. Since launching the company in 1989, he has turned WeatherTech into a manufacturing-driven powerhouse known for premium floor liners and a strong made-in-America identity, while retaining full ownership of the business. MacNeil stands out as a self-made industrial entrepreneur who transformed a simple product category into a billion-dollar brand.

Robert Steers, cofounder and executive chairman of Cohen & Steers, helped build one of the first investment firms dedicated to listed real estate securities and turn it into a major force in real assets and income investing. He launched the firm with Martin Cohen in 1986, helped take it public in 2004, and spent decades shaping its expansion from a REIT-focused specialist into a broader asset manager with a global footprint. Known for long-term conviction and deep expertise in real estate securities, Steers remains one of the defining figures in modern real-assets investing.

Scott Watterson, cofounder and longtime chairman of iFIT, helped build the company from its 1977 origins as Weslo into a global force in connected fitness. Over more than four decades, he steered the evolution of the business—formerly known as ICON Health & Fitness—into a major player spanning exercise equipment, digital training, and subscription fitness technology. Known for long-term control and product-driven growth, Watterson remains one of the defining entrepreneurs behind the modern home fitness industry.

David Halbert, founder, chairman, and CEO of Caris Life Sciences, built the company into a major force in precision medicine by focusing on molecular profiling and personalized cancer care. A longtime entrepreneur with experience across energy, finance, and healthcare, he turned Caris into one of the most closely watched diagnostics companies in biotech, culminating in its 2025 IPO and his rise into the billionaire ranks. Known for long-term control and conviction-driven growth, Halbert has become a prominent figure in the push to make cancer treatment more data-driven and individualized.

Charles Liang, founder, president, CEO, and chairman of Supermicro, built the company into one of the biggest winners of the AI infrastructure boom by supplying the high-performance servers and data center systems powering cloud, enterprise, and artificial intelligence workloads. Since founding the business in 1993, he has turned Supermicro from a Silicon Valley hardware specialist into a global force in server architecture, storage, and energy-efficient computing, making him one of the most prominent executives riding the explosive demand for AI infrastructure.

Robert Pender, cofounder and executive co-chairman of Venture Global, helped build one of the fastest-rising liquefied natural gas exporters in the United States. Alongside Michael Sabel, he turned the company into a major force in LNG infrastructure and global energy supply, positioning Venture Global among the most closely watched players in the sector. Known for a lower public profile and long-term ownership, Pender has emerged as one of the standout fortunes created by the modern U.S. LNG boom.

Michael Teel, owner and chairman of The Raley’s Companies, represents the third generation of family control behind one of the West Coast’s largest supermarket groups. Grandson of founder Tom Raley, he helped guide the Sacramento-based business from a regional grocery chain into a multi-banner food retail company with billions in annual revenue, while keeping family ownership at the center of its identity. Known for a low-profile style and long-term stewardship, Teel remains one of the most prominent figures in independent American grocery.