AMOS HOSTETTER JR.

$3.6

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: & SOURCE: CABLE TELEVISION AGE: 82 RESIDENCE: BOSTON PHILANTHROPY SCORE: With $1,500 and an M.B.A. from Harvard, Hostetter started a cable company in two small towns in Ohio, promising better reception. In 1996, he sold his Continental Cablevision to US West for $11 billion.