Forbes just came out with its Richest People in America list, and we combed through it, looking for Maryland names. If you’re looking for someone local to envy/resent/marry (choose your own reaction to extreme wealth!), here are some local options:
Age: 41
Lives in: Lutherville, MD
$$ from: sweat-wicking (Under Armour)
Just how rich?: $1.7 billion
How he spends it: horses
Age: 81
Lives in: Potomac, MD
$$ from: hotels (inherited)
Just how rich?: $1.9 billion
How he spends it: Republicans
Age: 74
Lives in: Potomac, MD
$$ from: hotels (inherited)
Just how rich?: $2 billion
How he spends it: On English castles
Age: 53
Lives in: Millersville, MD
$$ from: football (go Ravens!!)
Just how rich?: $2.1 billion
How he spends it: yachts
Age: 81
Lives in: Chevy Chase, MD
$$ from: real estate (inherited)
Just how rich?: $2.2 billion
How he spends it: “quietly”
Age: 64
Lives in: Bethesda, MD
$$ from: private equity (Carlyle Group)
Just how rich?: $2.6 billion
How he spends it: the Magna Carta
Age: 57
Lives in: Potomac, MD
$$ from: Danahar (manufacturing)
Just how rich?: $3.5 billion
How he spends it: On a rad-sounding contemporary art museum
Age: 87
Lives in: Chevy Chase, MD
$$ from: building shopping malls in the DC suburbs
Just how rich?: $4 billion
How he spends it: on a so-so baseball team
