JERRY SPEYER

$4 BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: * SOURCE: REAL ESTATE AGE: 79 RESIDENCE: NEW YORK CITY

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Tishman Speyer—which Speyer started in 1978 and is now run by his son Rob—is known for redeveloping iconic places like Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building and Yankee Stadium. The company has properties and offices around the world. It entered Europe in 1988 when it started work on the MesseTurm (Fair Tower) in Frankfurt, Germany, the model of which is pictured, with Speyer behind it to the right. It also owns properties in Brazil, China and India.