Meet Maryland’s Billionaires

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:

Kevin Plank

Age: 41

Lives in: Lutherville, MD

$$ from: sweat-wicking (Under Armour)

Just how rich?: $1.7 billion

How he spends it: horses

Bill Marriott, Jr.

Age: 81

Lives in: Potomac, MD

$$ from: hotels (inherited)

Just how rich?: $1.9 billion

How he spends it: Republicans

 

Richard Marriott

Age: 74

Lives in: Potomac, MD

$$ from: hotels (inherited)

Just how rich?: $2 billion

How he spends it: On English castles

 

Stephen Bisciotti

Age: 53

Lives in: Millersville, MD

$$ from: football (go Ravens!!)

Just how rich?: $2.1 billion

How he spends it: yachts

 

Bernard Saul II

Age: 81

Lives in: Chevy Chase, MD

$$ from: real estate (inherited)

Just how rich?: $2.2 billion

How he spends it: “quietly”

 

David Rubenstein

Age: 64

Lives in: Bethesda, MD

$$ from: private equity (Carlyle Group)

Just how rich?: $2.6 billion

How he spends it: the Magna Carta

 

Mitchell Rales

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

 

Ted Lerner

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