HERBERT WERTHEIM

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BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: ) SOURCE: INVESTMENTS AGE: 80 RESIDENCE: CORAL GABLES, FL PHILANTHROPY SCORE: Before becoming a Florida optometrist, Wertheim made beeswax candles as a young NASA engineer at Cape Canaveral. He made his first million dollars in 1975 after founding Brain Power Inc., a manufacturer of eyeglass tints. For six decades he has invested the profits from Brain Power into the stock market. He is the largest individual shareholder in the aerospace firm Heico. Wertheim and his wife Nicole’s foundation has given $50 million to the University of Florida.