Billionaire List Includes Hoosiers
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA national publication's annual list of the world's billionaires again includes four from Indiana. Forbes says Cook Group Inc. Co-Founder Gayle Cook's net worth increased since last March. Herb Simon, Dean White and Jim Irsay all dropped in the ranking. Cook founded Bloomington-based Cook Medical Group with her late-husband Bill. She places 240th in the world with an estimated net worth of $5.8 billion, which is up from $4 billion last year. She ranked higher on this year's list than Oprah Winfrey.
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) Co-Founder Herb Simon fell to 868th in the world. His net worth dipped slightly from $2.2 billion last year to $2.05 billion this year.
Ranked just behind Simon at 869th is Merrillville-based White Lodging Services Corp. Owner Dean White. He has increased his net worth to an estimated $2 billion, up from $1.8 billion in 2012.
Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, saw his net worth increase again. His estimated $1.6 billion is up from $1.4 billion the previous year. He is 1092nd on the list.
Source: Forbes.com