Name
Donald Bren
Donald Bren
Newport Beach, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Washington
United States
Irvine Company
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real estate, Self Made
$16,400,000,000
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#68 Billionaires 2019
#30 Forbes 400 2018
Donald Bren is the country's richest real-estate developer.His Irvine Co. owns over 115 million square feet of real estate, mostly in Southern California.His empire includes 500 office buildings, 40-plus shopping centers and nearly 60,000 apartments.Bren attended the University of Washington on a skiing scholarship and spent 3 years in the Marines.
Bren owns a 97% stake in Manhattan's MetLife Building, which wasn't public knowledge until 2015.The son of a real estate investor, Bren worked as a carpenter's helper on his father's buildings.
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