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Juan Abelló
Madrid
Finance and industry
Spanish Old Masters; modern and contemporary art, especially Spanish
Roman Abramovich
London; Moscow
Steel, mining, investments, and professional soccer (Chelsea Football Club)
Modern art
Barbara and Ted Alfond
Weston, Massachusetts; Vail
Fashion (Dexter Shoes)
American art and furniture
Paul Allen
Seattle
Computer software and sports franchises
Impressionism; Old Masters; Pop art; tribal art
Plácido Arango
Madrid and El Escorial, Spain; New York
Retail and restaurants
Old Masters; primitive Spanish painting; modern and contemporary art; Chinese ceramics
Hélène and Bernard Arnault
Paris
Luxury goods (LVMH)
Contemporary art
Hans Rasmus Astrup
Oslo; Perth, Scotland
Shipping
Contemporary art
Monique and Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller
Geneva
International real estate
Tribal art; pre-Columbian art; modern and contemporary art
Cristina and Thomas W. Bechtler
Zurich
Textiles
Contemporary art, especially Minimalism; photography
Leonora and Jimmy Belilty
Caracas; Paris
Industry
Pre-Columbian art; African art; contemporary art; photography
Maria and William Bell Jr.
Los Angeles
Television production
Modern and contemporary art
Debra and Leon Black
New York
Investment banking
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern painting; Chinese sculpture; contemporary art
Neil G. Bluhm
Chicago
Real estate
Contemporary art
Christian Boros
Berlin and Wuppertal, Germany
Communications and new media
Contemporary art, especially German and British
Frances Bowes
San Francisco and Sonoma, California; New York
Investments
Modern and contemporary art
Irma and Norman Braman
Miami; Alpes Maritimes, France
Automobile dealerships
Modern and contemporary art, especially American
Udo Brandhorst
Cologne
Insurance
Contemporary art
Peter M. and Stephanie Seymour Brant
Greenwich, Connecticut
Newsprint paper manufacturing and modeling and acting
Contemporary art
Edythe L. and Eli Broad
Los Angeles
Financial services and housing development
Contemporary art
Donald L. Bryant Jr.
Saint Louis; New York
Insurance
Abstract Expressionism, especially de Kooning; contemporary art
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
Sharon, Connecticut; Aspen; New York
Inheritance (shopping malls) and Commodities trading
Contemporary art
Frieder Burda
Baden-Baden, Germany
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art, especially German Expressionism
Monique and Max Burger
Zumikon, Switzerland
Retail
Post-1980s art
Peggy and Ralph Burnet
Wayzata, Minnesota
Real estate
Contemporary British art, especially YBAs
Joop van Caldenborgh
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Chemical industry (Caldic)
Modern and contemporary art, especially Conceptual; photography; sculpture
Mickey Cartin
New York; Delray Beach, Florida
Electrical and lighting products
Early Netherlandish painting; 20th-century painting; young artists
Robert H., Jereann H., and Holland Chaney
Houston
Venture Capital
Contemporary art
Ella Fontanals Cisneros
Miami
Investments and Real Estate
Contemporary art, especially Latin American; video art; photography
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros
Caracas; New York
Media, entertainment, and telecommunications
Modern and contemporary Latin American, European, and American art; 17th- to 20th-century Latin American landscapes; Amazonian ethnographic objects
Cherryl and Frank Cohen
Manchester, England
Home-improvement stores
Modern British and contemporary art
Eileen and Michael Cohen
New York
Packaging and paper products
Contemporary art, especially video
Steven Cohen
Greenwich, Connecticut
Hedge fund
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Eduardo Costantini
Buenos Aires
Asset management and real estate
20th-century Latin American art
Douglas S. Cramer
New York; Roxbury, Connecticut; Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Television production
Contemporary art, especially 1960s and ’80s American
Michael Crichton
Los Angeles
Writing and film and television production
Modern art
Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz
Key Biscayne, Florida
Beverage distribution
Contemporary art, especially Latin American
Hélène and Michel Alexandre David-Weill
Paris and Cap d’Antibes, France; New York
Banking
17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century French painting
Beth Rudin DeWoody
New York and Southampton, New York; West Palm Beach
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Ulla Dreyfus
Binningen and Gstaad, Switzerland
Inheritance (banking)
Asian art; Old Masters; Symbolism; Surrealism; contemporary art
Barney A. Ebsworth
Bellevue, Washington; Honolulu
Travel service
Modern and contemporary American art
Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson
Chicago; Aspen
plastics Manufacturing (Retired)
Contemporary art
Agnes and Karlheinz Essl
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Retail (bauMax)
Modern and contemporary art, especially Austrian painting
Harald Falckenberg
Hamburg
Law practice and oil
Contemporary German and American art
Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta
Las Vegas
Casinos (Station Casinos) and professional fighting (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
Modern and contemporary art
Daniel Filipacchi
Paris; New York
Publishing
Modern art, especially Surrealism
Anne and Jerome Fisher
Miami
Retail (Nine West)
Modern art
Doris and Donald Fisher
San Francisco
Retail (Gap)
Contemporary art, especially German and American
Aaron I. Fleischman
Washington, D.C.
Law practice
Modern and contemporary art
Maxine and Stuart Frankel
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Real estate
Minimalism; Abstract Expressionism
Glenn R. Fuhrman
New York
Investments
Contemporary art
Soichiro Fukutake
Okayama, Japan
Publishing
Impressionism; contemporary art
Kathleen and Richard S. Fuld Jr.
Greenwich, Connecticut
Investment banking
Works on paper, especially postwar and contemporary
Antoine de Galbert
Paris
Inheritance (supermarkets)
Primitive art; contemporary art
Danielle and David Ganek
Greenwich, Connecticut
Hedge fund
Contemporary art and photography
Garza Sada family
Monterrey, Mexico
Beer, glass, and bottling
Contemporary art; 20th-century Mexican art
David Geffen
Los Angeles
Film and record production
Modern and contemporary art, especially Abstract Expressionism
Ingvild Goetz
Munich
Inheritance
Contemporary art, especially British and Conceptual
Carol and Arthur Goldberg
New York
Investment banking
Contemporary art
Giuliano Gori
Pistoia, Italy
Textile brokerage
Modern and contemporary art, especially Conceptual; sculpture
Geraldine and Noam Gottesman
London
Hedge fund
Contemporary art
Laurence Graff
London
Jewelry
Contemporary art
Esther Grether
Basel, Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics distribution
Modern and contemporary art
Anne and Kenneth C. Griffin
Chicago
Hedge fund
Impressionism; Post-Impressionism
Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
New York; Peninsula, Ohio; Kent, Connecticut
Inheritance
Contemporary art; African art; Chinese art
Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg
New York
Investments
Postwar and contemporary art
Joseph Hackmey
Tel Aviv; London
Insurance
Modern and contemporary art
Christine and Andrew Hall
Westport, Connecticut
Commodities trading
Contemporary art, especially German
Diane and Bruce Halle
Arizona; Colorado; Mexico
Tires (Discount Tire Company)
Latin American art; contemporary sculpture
Princess Marie and Prince Hans-Adam II
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Inheritance
Old Masters
Elizabeth and Richard Hedreen
Seattle
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Ydessa Hendeles
Toronto
Investments
Contemporary art; photography
Annick and Anton Herbert
Ghent, Belgium
Agricultural machinery
Contemporary art, especially Conceptual, Minimalism, and arte povera
Donald Hess
Molinos, Argentina; Bollingen, Switzerland
Wine and mineral-water production (retired)
Contemporary art
Marieluise Hessel
Jackson, Wyoming; New York
Investments
Contemporary art
Ronnie and Samuel Heyman
New York; Palm Beach; Greens Farms, Connecticut
Manufacturing, chemicals, and building materials
Modern and contemporary art, especially Miró, Léger, Gorky, Giacometti, and Dubuffet
Janine and J. Tomilson Hill
New York
Investment banking
Postwar American and European art
Damien Hirst
London and Devon, England; Mexico
Artist
Modern and contemporary art
Marguerite Hoffman
Dallas
Soft-drink bottling
Postwar American and European art; Chinese monochromes
Erika Hoffmann
Berlin
Fashion
Contemporary art
Cindy and Alan Horn
Los Angeles
Entertainment (warner Bros.)
Western art
Susan and Michael Hort
New York
Printing
Contemporary art
Frank Huang
Taipei
Computer hardware (UMAX)
Chinese porcelain; Impressionist and modern painting
Dakis Joannou
Athens
Construction
Contemporary art
Nasser David Khalili
London
Real estate and investments
Islamic art; Swedish textiles; Spanish metalwork
Kim Chang-Il
Cheonan, South Korea
Property development, retail, and transportation
Contemporary art
Jeanne and Michael L. Klein
Houston and Austin; Santa Fe
Oil and gas exploration and production
Postwar and contemporary art
Uli Knecht
Stuttgart, Germany
Fashion design and retail
Contemporary art, especially Pop and German
Alicia Koplowitz
Madrid
Real estate and investments
Old Masters; modern art
Pamela and Richard Kramlich
San Francisco
Venture capital
Contemporary art, especially video and film
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
New York; Vail and Meeker, Colorado; Bal Harbour, Florida
Finance and investments
Old Master drawing and painting; Impressionism; 20th-century art; French furniture
Barbara and Jon Landau
New York
Entertainment
Old Master painting and sculpture; 19th-century French painting; American modernism
Emily Fisher Landau
New York; Santa Fe; Palm Beach
Real estate
Contemporary American art
Joseph Lau
Hong Kong
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art, especially Warhol
Evelyn and Leonard Lauder
New York; Aspen
Cosmetics (Estée Lauder)
Modern art, especially Cubism
Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
New York and Wainscott, New York; Washington, D.C.; Palm Beach; Paris
Cosmetics (Estée Lauder)
Late 19th- and early 20th-century art, especially German and Austrian; decorative art
Barbara Lee
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Investments
Modern and contemporary art by women
Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum
New York and East Hampton, New York; Lincoln, Massachusetts
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary art
Anneliese and Gerhard Lenz
Söll, Austria
Management consulting
Contemporary European art
Elizabeth and Rudolf Leopold
Vienna
Ophthalmology
German and Austrian Expressionism, especially Schiele
Joseph Lewis
Nassau, Bahamas
Real estate and investments
Impressionism; modern art
Filiep and Mimi Libeert
Courtrai, Belgium
Textiles and telecommunications
Modern and contemporary art
Adam Lindemann and Amalia Dayan
New York
Radio stations and natural gas
Contemporary art; tribal art
Andrew Lloyd Webber
London and Berkshire, England; New York
Entertainment
18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century British and American painting, especially Pre-Raphaelite; German Expressionism
Margaret and Daniel S. Loeb
New York and East Hampton, New York; Miami
Hedge fund
Postwar and contemporary art
Eugenio López Alonso
Mexico City; Los Angeles
Beverages (Jumex)
Contemporary art
Ninah and Michael Lynne
New York
Film production (New Line)
Contemporary art
Linda and Harry Macklowe
New York
Real estate
Contemporary art
Susan and John Magnier
County Tipperary, Ireland; Geneva; Marbella, Spain; Barbados
Horse breeding and investments
18th-century British painting; 20th-century Irish art; equestrian art; modern art
Sherry and Joel Mallin
New York and Pound Ridge, New York
Investments
Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture
Jane and Richard Manoogian
Grosse Pointe Farms and Mackinac Island, Michigan
Home-improvement products
19th- and early 20th-century American art
Martin Z. Margulies
Key Biscayne, Florida
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art; photography
Anne and John Marion
Fort Worth; Santa Fe; Palm Springs; White Sulphur Springs, Montana
Inheritance
17th- and 18th-century European art; modern and contemporary art
Donald B. Marron
New York
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary art
David Martinez
London; New York
Investment management (Fintech Advisory)
Modern and contemporary art
Dinos Martinos
Piraeus, Greece
Shipping
Antiquities; modern and contemporary art; icons
Frances G. and James W. McGlothlin
Austin; Naples, Florida; Bristol, Virginia
Financial services, oil and gas, industrial-supply distribution, and golf courses
19th- and early 20th-century American art, especially American Impressionism
Henry S. McNeil
Philadelphia
Investments
Contemporary art, especially Minimalism
Gabrielle and Werner Merzbacher
Zurich
Fur trading and finance
20th-century art, especially Fauvism and German Expressionism
Julie and Edward J. Minskoff
New York
Real estate
Postwar, Pop, and contemporary European art
Peter Moores
London and Wigan, England
Soccer pools and mail-order business
15th- to 20th-century European art; archaic Chinese bronzes; contemporary British art
Victoria and Samuel I. Newhouse Jr.
New York
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art
Philip S. Niarchos
Paris; London; Saint Moritz
Shipping and finance
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Peter Norton
Santa Monica; New York
Computer software
Contemporary art
Maja Oeri and Hans U. Bodenmann
Basel
Inheritance (pharmaceuticals)
Contemporary art
Thomas Olbricht
Essen, Germany
Inheritance (beauty products) and medical Practice
Modern and contemporary art
George Ortiz
Vandoeuvres, Switzerland; Paris
Investments
Antiquities; tribal art; 15th-century Italian art; 18th-century European art
Judy and Michael Ovitz
Los Angeles
Entertainment
Contemporary art; Ming furniture; modern painting; African art
Countess and Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo
Milan; Massagno, Switzerland
Real estate and manufacturing (distilled alcohol)
Contemporary art, especially 1960s and ’70s
Mary and John Pappajohn
Des Moines, Iowa; New York
Venture capital
Modern and contemporary art
Bernardo Paz and Adriana Varejão
Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mining
Contemporary art, especially Brazilian
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Heating Equipment
Postwar and contemporary art
François Pinault
Paris
Luxury goods (PPR) and auctions
(Christie’s)
Contemporary art
Victor Pinchuk
Kiev
Investment Advisory group (EastOne Group)
Contemporary art
Ron Pizzuti
Columbus, Ohio; Windermere, Florida
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Elizabeth and Harvey Plotnick
Chicago
Publishing and investments
Old Master prints; Islamic ceramics; rare books
Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli
Milan
Fashion
Contemporary art
Véronique and Louis-Antoine Prat
Paris
Inheritance (manufacturing)
17th- and 18th-century French drawing
Lisa S. and John A. Pritzker
San Francisco
Hotels and investments
Photography
Emily Pulitzer
Saint Louis
Inheritance (media)
Cubism; Post-Impressionism; Abstract Expressionism
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Dallas
Investments
Contemporary art
Mitchell Rales
Potomac, Maryland; New York
Tool industry
Modern and contemporary art
Steven Rales
Washington, D.C.
Tool industry
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Turin
Industrial manufacturing
Contemporary art
Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Los Angeles
Beverage, fruit, and tree nut companies (Roll International Corporation)
Old Masters
Louise and Leonard Riggio
New York and Bridgehampton, New York
Retail (Barnes & Noble)
Contemporary art
Ellen and Michael Ringier
Zurich
Publishing
Contemporary art; Russian avant-garde art
Sharon and Jay Rockefeller
Charleston, West Virginia; Washington, D.C.
Inheritance
19th- and early 20th-century American art, especially American Impressionism
Inge Rodenstock
Grünewald, Germany
Inheritance
Contemporary German, American, and British art
Deedie and Rusty Rose
Dallas
investments
Contemporary art
Aby J. Rosen
New York and Southampton, New York
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art; contemporary photography
Elie de Rothschild
Paris; London
Banking
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern art
Eric de Rothschild
Paris and Pauillac, France
Banking
Old Masters; modern and contemporary art
Mera and Donald Rubell
Miami Beach; New York
Medical practice (retired) and real estate
Contemporary art
Betty and Isaac Rudman
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; North Miami Beach
Imports and manufacturing (electrical products)
Latin American art; rare coins
Charles Saatchi
London
Advertising
Contemporary art, especially British
Sakip Sabanci
Istanbul
Industrial development
Ottoman calligraphy; Turkish art; modern art
Kathy and Keith Sachs
Rydal, Pennsylvania
Manufacturing (glass bottles)
Contemporary art
Lily Safra
London
Inheritance
19th- and 20th-century art
Sainsbury family
London
Supermarkets
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Ida and Piet Sanders
Schiedam, Netherlands
Law practice (retired)
Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture; African art
Jeannette and Martijn Sanders
Amsterdam
Orchestra management (Concertgebouw)
Post-1980s American and European art
Marieke and Pieter Sanders Jr.
Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Corporate law practice
Dutch art; sculpture; contemporary American and European art
Fayez Sarofim
Houston
Investment counseling
Coptic sculpture; Old Masters; 19th-century art; American Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Louisa Stude Sarofim
Houston; Santa Fe
Investments
Modern and contemporary art and works on paper
Tatsumi Sato
Hiroshima
Manufacturing (radiators)
Contemporary art; primitive art
Denise and Andrew Saul
New York and Katonah, New York
Retail
Modern and contemporary art, especially postwar American; Chinese bronzes
Ute and Rudolf Scharpff
Stuttgart, Germany
Business
Contemporary art, especially American and German
Eric Schmidt
Atherton, California
Internet technology (Google)
Modern and contemporary art
Chara Schreyer
San Francisco
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art and photography
Helen and Charles Schwab
San Francisco and Atherton, California
Investment firm
Modern and contemporary art
Marianne and Alan Schwartz
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Law practice
Old Masters; modern prints
Adam D. Sender
New York
Financial services
Contemporary art
Mary and Jon Shirley
Bellevue, Washington; Vail
Computer software (retired)
Modern and contemporary art
Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Real estate
Fluxus and Conceptual art
Peter Simon
London
Retail (Monsoon)
Contemporary art
Carlos Slim Helú
Mexico City
Telecommunications, finance, and retail
Old Masters; pre-Columbian and colonial Mexican art; modern art, especially Rodin
Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
New York
Real estate
Contemporary art
Blema and Arnold Steinberg
Montreal; New York
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary art
Jeffrey Steiner
London
Aeronautics
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Judy and Michael H. Steinhardt
New York and Mount Kisco, New York
Investment firm
Classical antiquities; modern art, especially drawing
Gayle and Paul Stoffel
Dallas; Palm Springs; Aspen
Investments
Contemporary art
Norah and Norman Stone
San Francisco and Napa Valley
law practice, psychology, and private investments
Contemporary art
Beth Swofford
New York; Los Angeles
Entertainment
Contemporary art
Dana and Jim Tananbaum
Palo Alto, California
Venture capital
Contemporary art, especially Conceptual and Minimalism
Lisa and Steve Tananbaum
Rye, New York; West Palm Beach
Asset management
Postwar and contemporary art
Toby and Joey Tanenbaum
Toronto; Longboat Key, Florida
Real estate and hydroelectric power
19th-century European art; Cycladic and Neolithic art
Benedikt Taschen
Cologne
Publishing
Contemporary art, especially American and German
Sheikh Saud bin Mohammad bin Ali al-Thani
Doha, Qatar; London
Oil and investments
Antiquities; Old Masters; rare books; photography; Islamic art
David Thomson
Toronto
Inheritance (media)
Old Masters; modern and contemporary art
Ruth and William True
Seattle
Oil and real estate
Contemporary art
Guy and Myriam Ullens
Verbier, Switzerland; Ohain, Belgium
Industry, including refined sugar
Contemporary Chinese art
Dean Valentine
Beverly Hills
Media entrepreneurship
Contemporary art
José Luis Várez Fisa
Madrid
Industry
Antiquities; Old Masters; modern and contemporary Spanish art
Alice Walton
Fort Worth
Inheritance (Wal-Mart)
American art
Alain Wertheimer
Paris; New York
Luxury goods (Chanel)
Modern art
Abigail and Leslie H. Wexner
Columbus, Ohio; Aspen; London
Retail (limited brands)
Modern and contemporary art; British sporting pictures
Reba and Dave Williams
New York; Greenwich, Connecticut
Investment management
American prints
Reinhold Würth
Niedernhall, Germany
Manufacturing
Modern and contemporary art
Elaine and Stephen A. Wynn
Incline Village, Nevada; New York
Gambling resorts
French Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Anita and Poju Zabludowicz
London
Technology and real estate
Contemporary art