More billionaires than ever in Palm Beach, Florida says Forbes

The total net worth of Palm Beach billionaires is now $444.5 billion.

Palm Beach saw an increase in billionaires residing in the area, with a record 57 of the world's wealthiest people now having residential ties to the island, according to Palm Beach Daily News analysis of Forbes data. The total net worth of Palm Beach billionaires is $444.5 billion.

* Julia Koch, $59 billion

* Kenneth C. Griffin, $35 billion

* Stephen Schwarzman, $27.8 billion

* Gina Rinehart, $27 billion

* Thomas Peterffy, $25.3 billion

* Abigail Johnson, $21.6 billion

* Leonard Lauder, $21 billion

* David Tepper, $18.5 billion

* Dan Gilbert, $18 billion

* Stephen Ross, $11.6 billion

* Robert Kraft, $10.6 billion

* Charles Schwab, $9.2 billion

* Chase Coleman III, $8.5 billion

* Robert F. Smith, $8 billion

* Henry Kravis, $7.5 billion

* Paul Tudor Jones II, $7.5 billion

* Jeff Greene, $7.2 billion

* Ronda Stryker, $6.9 billion

* Neil Bluhm, $6 billion

* Katharine Rayner, $5.5 billion

* Margaretta Taylor, $5.5 billion

* Charles B. Johnson, $5.1 billion

* Ron Baron, $5 billion

* Jane Lauder, $5 billion

* Ronald Lauder, $4.6 billion

* Jeffrey Lurie, $4.4 billion

* Herbert Wertheim, $4.3 billion

* Isaac Perlmutter, $4 billion

* Charles Cohen, $3.7 billion

* Bradley Jacobs, $3.7 billion

* Scott Shleifer, $3.5 billion

* William Lauder, $3.4 billion

* John Middleton, $3.4 billion

* Steve Wynn, $3.2 billion

* Aerin Lauder, $3.1 billion

* John Paulson, $3 billion

* Glenn Dubin, $2.7 billion

* C. Dean Metropolous, $2.6 billion

* S. Daniel Abraham, $2.5 billion

* Charles Bronfman, $2.5 billion

* Donald Trump, $2.5 billion

* Tom Ford, $2.2 billion

* Jane Goldman, $2.1 billion

* James G. Dinan, $1.9 billion

* Dwight C. Schar, $1.9 billion

* Mario Gabelli, $1.7 billion

* Paul Saville, $1.7 billion

* Jonathan Tisch, $1.7 billion

* William Koch, $1.6 billion

* Nelson Peltz, $1.5 billion

* Duke Reyes, $1.5 billion

* J. Christopher Flowers, $1.4 billion

* Mitchell Jacobson, $1.3 billion

* Gary Lauder, $1.3 billion

* Gerald Schwartz, $1.2 billion

* Paul Fireman, $1.1 billion

* Jimmy Buffett, $1 billion

Will Palm Beach Island soon be the new Indian Creek?

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