Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires is out. (Conspicuously absent is billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Hmm.) The highest ranking Texan among them is Michael Dell, clocking in at No. 12 with $17.1 billion. Alice Walton, scionette of the Wal-Mart empire, comes in at No. 20 with $15.7 billion. Everyone’s favorite Mavericks owner comes in at No. 428 with a paltry $1.8 billion. Jump for the full list of 33 Texans. And, of course, kudos all around.
12. Michael Dell, 41, $17.1, Dell20. Alice Walton, 56, $15.7, Wal-Mart
100. Dan Duncan, 73, $6, energy
129. Robert Rowling, 52, $4.8, oil and gas, investments
147. Henry Perot, 75, $4.3, investments
200. Robert Bass, 58, $3.4, oil, investments
278. Harold Simmons, 74, $2.6, investments
292. Ray Hunt, 63, $2.5, oil, real estate
317. Richard Kinder, 62, $2.4, pipelines
317. George Mitchell, 86, $2.4, Mitchell Energy
335. Richard Rainwater, 61, $2.3, investments
350. Charles Butt, 67, $2.2, supermarkets
428. Lee Bass, 49, $1.8, oil, investments
428. Mark Cuban, 48, $1.8, Broadcast.com
428. Fayez Sarofim, 77, $1.8, money management
486. E. Marshall, 67, $1.6, investments (Marshall has asked to be excluded from list, saying it overstates his assets and their value)
512. Gerald Ford, 61, $1.5, banking
512. Tracy Krohn, 51, $1.5, W&T Offshore
512. T. Boone Pickens, 77, $1.5, oil and gas, investments
562. Sid Bass, 63, $1.4, oil, investments
562. Joseph Jamail Jr., 80, $1.4, lawsuits
562. Robert McNair, 69, $1.4, energy, sports
606. Christopher Goldsbury, 63, $1.3, salsa
606. Donald Horton, 56, $1.3, DR Horton
645. Edward Bass, 61, $1.2, oil, investments
645. Billy Joe (Red) McCombs, 78, $1.2, radio, oil, real estate
645. Robert McLane Jr., 69, $1.2, Wal-Mart, logistics
698. Jerral Jones, 63, $1.1, Dallas Cowboys
698. Kenny Troutt, 58, $1.1, Excel Communications
746. Perry Bass, 91, $1, oil, investments
746. Anne Windfohr Marion, 66, $1, inheritance, oil
746. Todd Wagner, 45, $1, Broadcast.com
746. Samuel Wyly, 70, $1, investments