ANTONY RESSLER

$2.8

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: * SOURCE: FINANCE AGE: 57 RESIDENCE: LOS ANGELES PHILANTHROPY SCORE: The Atlanta Hawks are coming off a losing season, but majority owner Ressler is still winning. Shares of his Los Angeles-based Ares Management are up nearly 40% over the past year on the heels of its conversion from a limited partnership to a corporation, a move that a number of private equity firms have done to ramp up liquidity. A Columbia University grad who got his career start as a lawyer at Cravath, Swaine and Moore, Ressler cofounded Ares in 1997. His brother-in-law is Leon Black (No. 63). His wife is TV actress Jami Gertz.