The Richest in Real Estate Top 100
The Basics
Location: New York City | Net Worth: $9.70 B
Location: New York City | Net Worth: $9.70 B
![Stephen Schwarzman](https://cdn.bisnow.net/fit?height=1000&type=jpeg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcdn.bisnow.net%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2016%2F02%2Fstephen-schwarzman.jpg&width=1000&sign=R_WXSxY8mfxh0u-jl3toqAl3zAj2Nrm7t5aJYW34_Xo)
Meanwhile the man who started it all has dropped more than $100M on personal real estate, like his Park Avenue apartment, a Jamaican villa, and estates in the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and St. Tropez. He's also given $100M each to a Rhodes Scholar-type program in China and to the New York Public Library, and pledged a record $150M to fund a new student commons at his alma mater Yale.