Californians on Forbes magazine’s ranking of the 400 richest Americans
.c The Associated Press
A list of Californians who are among the 400 richest Americans, as
compiled by Forbes magazine. The list includes: rank on the overall
list, age, net worth, hometown and source of wealth.
Where more than one name is listed under a number, there is a tie.
California
5. Ellison, Lawrence Joseph, 61, $17 billion, Silicon Valley, Oracle
16. Brin, Sergey, 32, $11 billion, San Francisco, Google
16. Page, Larry E., 32, $11 billion, San Francisco, Google
19. Kerkorian, Kirk, 88, $10 billion, Los Angeles, investments, casinos
25. Redstone, Sumner M., 82, $8.4 billion, Beverly Hills, Viacom
38. Bren, Donald L., 73, $5.7 billion, Newport Beach, real estate
39. Broad, Eli, 72, $5.5 billion, Los Angeles, investments
44. Moore, Gordon Earle, 76, $4.6 billion, Woodside, Intel
45. Geffen, David, 62, $4.5 billion, Malibu, DreamWorks
52. Davis, Barbara and family, 75, $4 billion, Beverly Hills, inheritance,
oil
52. Murdock, David Howard, 82, $4 billion, Los Angeles, investments
52. Schmidt, Eric, 50, $4 billion, Atherton, Google
58. Schwab, Charles R., 68, $3.8 billion, Atherton, discount stock brokerage
59. Johnson, Charles Bartlett, 72, $3.7 billion, San Mateo, Franklin
Resources
61. Lucas, George, 61, $3.5 billion, Marin County, Star Wars
67. Jobs, Steven Paul, 50, $3.3 billion, Palo Alto, Apple Computer, Pixar
70. Hughes, Bradley Wayne, 72, $3.2 billion, Malibu, Public Storage
72. Johnson, Rupert Harris Jr., 64, $3.1 billion, San Mateo, Franklin
Resources
73. Arnall, Roland, 66, $3 billion, Holmby Hills, mortgage banking
73. Filo, David, 39, $3 billion, Mountain View, Yahoo
78. Saban, Haim, 60, $2.8 billion, Beverly Hills, television
83. Spielberg, Steven Allen, 58, $2.7 billion, Pacific Palisades, movies
89. Perenchio, A. Jerrold, 74, $2.6 billion, Bel Air, Univision
93. Roberts, George R., 61, $2.5 billion, San Francisco, leveraged buyouts
93. Yang, Jerry, 36, $2.5 billion, Los Altos, Yahoo
109. Bechtel, Riley P., 53, $2.4 billion, San Francisco, engineering,
construction
109. Bechtel, Stephen Davison Jr., 80, $2.4 billion, San Francisco,
engineering, construction
112. Burkle, Ronald, 52, $2.3 billion, Los Angeles, supermarkets, investments
116. Getty, Gordon Peter, 72, $2.2 billion, San Francisco, inheritance, oil
116. Soon-Shiong, Patrick, 53, $2.2 billion, Los Angeles, generic drugs
125. Mann, Alfred, 79, $2.1 billion, Los Angeles, inventor, entrepreneur
125. Udvar-Hazy, Steven, 59, $2.1 billion, Beverly Hills, International
Lease Finance
133. Brandes, Charles H., 62, $2 billion, San Diego, money management
133. Hearst, William Randolph III, 56, $2 billion, San Francisco, Hearst Corp
133. Milken, Michael Robert, 59, $2 billion, Los Angeles, investments
133. Nicholas, Henry Thompson III, 46, $2 billion, Laguna Hills, Broadcom
133. Sobrato, John Albert, 66, $2 billion, Atherton, real estate
153. Cooke, Phoebe Hearst, 78, $1.9 billion, San Francisco, Hearst Corp
153. Hearst, David Whitmire Jr., 60, $1.9 billion, Los Angeles, Hearst Corp
153. Hearst, George Randolph Jr., 78, $1.9 billion, Los Angeles, Hearst Corp
153. Rady, Ernest S., 68, $1.9 billion, San Diego, banking, insurance
164. Cargill, Margaret Anne, 85, $1.8 billion, La Jolla, inheritance
164. Jackson, Jess Stonestreet, 75, $1.8 billion, Healdsburg, Kendall-Jackson
164. Samueli, Henry, 51, $1.8 billion, Newport Beach, Broadcom
181. Booth, Franklin Otis Jr., 82, $1.7 billion, Los Angeles, Berkshire
Hathaway
181. Gonda, Louis L., 57, $1.7 billion, Beverly Hills, International Lease
Finance
181. Gores, Tom T., 41, $1.7 billion, Beverly Hills, leveraged buyouts
181. Jacobs, Irwin Mark, 71, $1.7 billion, La Jolla, Qualcomm
181. Pritzker, Anthony, 44, $1.7 billion, Los Angeles, hotels, investments
181. Pritzker, Daniel, 46, $1.7 billion, Marin County, hotels, investments
181. Pritzker, John A., 52, $1.7 billion, San Francisco, hotels, investments
198. Hsieh, Ming, 49, $1.6 billion, Los Angeles, Cogent Systems
207. Emmerson, Archie Aldis “Red”, 76, $1.5 billion, Redding, timberland,
lumber mills
207. Whitman, Margaret C., 49, $1.5 billion, Atherton, Ebay
235. Anderson, John Edward, 88, $1.4 billion, Bel Air, investments
235. Dolby, Ray Milton, 72, $1.4 billion, San Francisco, Dolby Laboratories
235. Fisher, Robert J., 52, $1.4 billion, San Francisco, Gap
235. Fisher, William Sydney, 48, $1.4 billion, San Francisco, Gap
235. Munger, Charles T., 81, $1.4 billion, Los Angeles, Berkshire Hathaway
235. Wiskemann, Elizabeth S., $1.4 billion, San Rafael, mutual funds
258. Argyros, George Leon, 68, $1.3 billion, Newport Beach, investments
258. Fisher, John J., 44, $1.3 billion, San Francisco, Gap
258. Michelson, Gary Karlin, 56, $1.3 billion, Los Angeles, medical patents
258. Shriram, Kavitark Ram, 49, $1.3 billion, Mountain View, Google
258. Siebel, Thomas M., 52, $1.3 billion, San Mateo, Siebel Systems
258. Waitt, Theodore W., 42, $1.3 billion, San Diego, Gateway
283. Berg, Carl Edwin, 68, $1.2 billion, Atherton, real estate, venture
capital
283. Casden, Alan I., 59, $1.2 billion, Beverly Hills, real estate
283. Copley, David C., 53, $1.2 billion, La Jolla, newspapers
283. Day, Robert Addison, 61, $1.2 billion, Los Angeles, money management
283. Disney, Roy Edward, 75, $1.2 billion, Los Angeles, Walt Disney
283. Gallo, Ernest, 96, $1.2 billion, Modesto, wine
283. Gonda, Leslie L., 85, $1.2 billion, Beverly Hills, International Lease
Finance
283. Gores, Alec, 52, $1.2 billion, Beverly Hills, leveraged buyouts
283. Joseph, George, 84, $1.2 billion, Los Angeles, insurance
283. Morgridge, John P, 72, $1.2 billion, Portola Valley, Cisco
283. Naify, Robert Allen, 83, $1.2 billion, San Francisco, movie theaters
320. Cook, Scott D., 53, $1.1 billion, Woodside, Intuit
320. Fisher, Kenneth L., 54, $1.1 billion, Woodside, Money management
320. Gross, William H., 61, $1.1 billion, Laguna Beach, bonds
320. Roski, Edward P. Jr., 66, $1.1 billion, Los Angeles, real estate
320. Sandler, Herbert M., 73, $1.1 billion, San Francisco, banking
320. Spanos, Alexander Gus, 82, $1.1 billion, Stockton, real estate
320. Teel, Joyce Raley, 74, $1.1 billion, Sacramento, supermarkets
346. Arrillaga, John, 68, $1 billion, Palo Alto, real estate
346. Blixseth, Timothy, 55, $1 billion, Rancho Mirage, timber, real estate
346. Doerr, L. John, 54, $1 billion, Woodside, venture capital
346. Hilton, William Barron, 77, $1 billion, Los Angeles, hotels, casinos
346. Peery, Richard Taylor, 65, $1 billion, Palo Alto, real estate
346. Rock, Arthur J., 79, $1 billion, San Francisco, venture capital
346. Sandler, Marion O., 74, $1 billion, San Francisco, banking
384. Bowes, William, 79, $900 million, San Francisco, venture capital
384. Glazer, Guilford, 84, $900 million, Beverly Hills, shopping malls
384. Oates, Marvin L. “Buzz”, 82, $900 million, Sacramento, real estate
384. Osher, Bernard A., 78, $900 million, San Francisco, banking, investments
384. Shorenstein, Walter Herbert, 90, $900 million, San Francisco, real
estate
09/22/05 23:18 EDT

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| 13:09:02 | 25-09-2005 | Politics |
ELECTIONS
Today the elections of local governing bodies are organized in 7 communities
of Yerevan. In Kentron and Arabkir the citizens are electing community heads
and aldermen, and in Avan, Ajapnyak, Davtashen, Malatia-Sebastia and
Shengavit – only alderman.
The citizens of the Kentron Community are to make their choice between the
present head of the community Gagik Beglaryan and the member of the People’s
Party Rouzan Khachatryan, and the citizens of Arabkir – between Hovhannes
Shahinyan and member of the United Labor Party David Gyuloumyan.
In the Kentron Community there are 26 candidates for the posts of aldermen,
in Ajapnyak there are 43.
According to the information provided by the Central Electoral Community,
22311 citizens have fulfilled their civic duty. Among them are the RA
President Robert Kocharyan and the Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan.

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Sept 23 2005
SHOT FIRED FROM AZERBAIJANI SIDE IN DIRECTION OF OBSERVATION MISSION
OF CONTACT LINE OF NKR AND AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES
STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE mission held a plan
observation of the contact line of the Armed Forces of Nagorno
Karabakh and Azerbaijan near the settlement of Gharakhanbeyli, Fizulu
region, on September 20.
Just at the beginning of the observation, a shot was fired from the
Azerbaijani side in the direction of the observation mission. The
shot was fixed by the OSCE representatives. The observation was
stopped for security reasons by an instruction of Andrej Kasprczik,
the head of the observation from the Azerbaijani side, the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR Foreing Ministry’s Information
and Analytical Department, Leautenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus
(Hungary), the Office Coordinator of the Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Peter Kea (Great Britain) and Harry
Eronen (Finland) Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Colonel Andrey Korotkov (Russia), a
representative of the OSCE high level planning group were in the
group implementing observation from positions of the NKR Defence
Army.
>From the Karabakh side the observation mission was accompanied by
representatives of the NKR Defence Ministry and the NKR Foreign
Affairs Ministry.

Hürriyetim
25.09.2005
Gul: Turkish people are at peace with their history
Istanbul
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sent a message to the opening session of the
Armenian conference on Saturday:”The Turkish people are at peace with
themselves and with our history,” he added that, ”the approaches of our
government and our people towards our past, including Turkish-Armenian
relations, constitute an indication of our confidence in ourselves and our
future.”
In his message, Gul said, ”the last era of the Ottoman Empire is subject to
discussion and research in academic circles, with increased interest. Nearly
every day new documents from the era emerge and new books, articles and
research papers are published. Yet, it is not possible to say that all data
and documents related to those times have been properly analyzed. With an
aim to help redress this shortcoming, our government is in the process of
taking important steps to enable the Ottoman Archives to serve researchers,
in modern conditions. Our Archives have begun to serve scientists through
documents converted to a digital medium since 2003. Within this context,
many researchers, coming from 75 different countries have completed their
research on the Ottoman Archives. These activities are ongoing.”
”We want not only our own archives but at the same time all other archives
that will shed light on the history of the day to be opened in an organized
fashion, that will serve all researchers. We believe that deeper research
into that era will bring new historical facts to light and serve an
improvement in relations between countries and peoples. Thus, we have
proposed to the Government of Armenia to establish a historical commission
between our two countries, which will research the joint Turkish-American
history and which will make its findings public. We hope to reach a
conclusion on this subject,” indicated Gul.
Gul also said, ”The history of Turkish-Armenian relations is one of
co-existence and common life of almost 1,000 years. During the course of
this period, the Turkish and Armenian peoples have contributed to each
other’s culture, prosperity and security. We should not ignore this reality
when we examine the tragic period when the Ottoman Empire was crumbling and
the Turks and Armenians were deeply suffering, like all other peoples of the
Empire.”
”It is a fact that in some chapters of history, or even today, some
societies cannot tolerate one other’s language, religion, identity or even
very existence. It is an unfortunate reality that such intolerance can turn
into a deep-rooted and destructive ideology, which gets ingrained in the
social subconscious. Some serious and very dangerous trends, from xenophobia
to racism and from anti-Semitism to attitudes against Muslims are present
and are on the rise today, even in societies which represent the highest
level of contemporary civilization,” underlined Gul.
Gul stressed, ”it is a source of pleasure that such a psychology does not
exist between the Turks and Armenians. This also constitutes a major
advantage for the future of relations between the two peoples.”
”Another issue I want to draw your attention to is that, many studies so
far held on the theme of the Conference, particularly outside Turkey, have
been conducted with political motivations, in a manner inconsistent with
scientific ethics and objectivity. Regretfully, humanitarian issues have
been sacrificed to political designs, and double standards have been applied
in determining and presenting human suffering. There were attempts to impose
subjective, non-legal and artificial claims upon Turkey and the Turkish
people, with political motivations. Furthermore, there have been situations
in which some foreign circles could not even tolerate scientific
skepticism,” said Gul.
Gul concluded, ”young generations from all nations must know and draw
lessons from the facts that during the last era of the Ottoman Empire the
imperialist-colonial powers ruthlessly exploited peoples’ ethno-religious
sensitivities for their own gains and that some elements, knowingly or
unknowingly, became instruments to these provocations. I hope that your
Conference will be a contribution to raise awareness on this issue. The
Turkish people is at peace with itself and with its history. The approaches
of our government and our people towards our past, including
Turkish-Armenian relations, constitute an indication of our confidence in
ourselves and our future. I convey my best wishes to all participants and
hope that the Conference will be a success.”

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| 16:01:40 | 25-09-2005 | Politics |
JOURNALISTS HAVE FREE ENTRANCE
Today in several electoral areas, particularly in 9/41 and 9/15, the heads
of the Committees tried to hinder the work of the journalists of «A1+».
In the Kentron community 9/15 area the secretary tried to prove that «A1+»
is not registered and the journalist has not right to take photos or to stay
in the area. They allowed us to enter the area only after calling the
Central Electoral Committee.
And in the area 9/41 the claimed that the journalist certificate is not
enough to take photos. It was allowed again after calling the Central
Electoral Committee.
It is worth reminding that the Central Electoral Committee has announced
that the journalists can enter the electoral areas with their certificates
and highlight the course of elections without any problems.

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| 15:04:48 | 25-09-2005 | Politics |
SEIZURE OF PLACES
Today the NA deputy Grigor Haroutyunyan was not able to fulfill his duty as
confidant of Rouzan Khachatryan. Visiting the Kentron Community electoral
area 934 he found out that there was another confidant there named Rouben
Saroukhanyan.
No one knows who he is and with what certificate he has come, as they
informed from the pre-electoral headquarters of Rouzan Khachatryan that
Rouben Saroukhanyan is not in the lists they have represented. By the way,
the latter refused to leave the area and give his place to the real
confidant.
Alongside with this case, there were many «self-invited confidants» of
Rouzan Khachatryan in different electoral areas. They informed from the
headquarters that their representatives went to the areas early in the
morning and learned that other have already taken their places. They managed
to oust the self-invited confidants from the areas with difficulty.

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| 14:23:24 | 25-09-2005 | Politics |
DO NOT GO TO ANOTHER AREA
At about 12:45 120 citizens had visited the Kentron community electoral area
9/30. The head of the community Sargis Khachaturyan claimed that there have
been no mistakes except four in the electoral rolls, that is 4 people did
not find their names in the rolls, `We sent them to the court, but one of
the did not come back’, Sargis Khachaturyan said.
`Everything is fine, there are no errors’, announced member of the
Committee, representative of the Justice bloc Juleta Ovanesova.
By the way, at that very moment the CoE observer David Lloyd-Williams was in
the electoral area alarmed by information about violations of law there. It
turned out that an elector of another area tried to elect there.
No other violations have been recorded.

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| 14:15:16 | 25-09-2005 | Politics |
COURT MAKES DECISIONS
There may be no elections without the court interference. Today at about
01:00 p.m. 132 citizens had applied to court to restore their suffrage.
The numbers were distributed the following way: Kentron – 2, Arabkir – 11,
Shengavit – 50, Malatia-Sebastia – 3, Ajapnyak – 46, and Davtashen – 20. The
number of the people who did not find their names in the electoral rolls but
did not apply to court is not yet known.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMINFO News Agency
September 24, 2005
ARMENIAN TRADITIONAL PARTIES OF EUROPE URGE ARMENIANS TO GATHER IN
LUXEMBOURG TO PRESSURE TURKEY AND EU
PARIS, SEPTEMBER 24. ARMINFO. THe Armenian traditional parties of
Europe – Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsoutyun,
Ramkavar-Azatakan and Hnchakyan – have urged the Armenian communities
of Europe to gather in Luxembourg to pressure Turkey and the EU
during the Oct 3 talks for Turkey’s admission into the EU.
ARMINFO’s correspondent in Paris reports the parties to have urged
their Europe-based compatriots to demand that the EU and Turkey
recognize the Armenian Genocide and that this be made a primary and
obligatory precondition for Turkey’s admission into the EU. The
Armenians will actively participate in the talks and will be
consolidated and consistent in their demands in the 10-15 years
following Turkey’s admission into the EU.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMINFO News Agency
September 23, 2005
KATRINA HURRICANE CAUSES DAMAGE TO 26 ARMENIAN FAMILIES
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23. ARMINFO. RFE/RL reports Armenian St. Karapet
Church, Louisiana State, as saying that 26 Armenian families suffered
big losses because of Katrina Hurricane. The Armenian families have
already received assistance from the US Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church and privates, St. Karapet Church reports, calling on
the public for further assistance. To note, the Armenian community of
Louisiana State was formed 30 years ago, when Armenians from Syria,
Lebanon, Egypt, Iran and Armenia started settling there. The local
Armenian church launched its activity in the current year.