Area Residents Make Forbes' World's Billionaires List

Some famous Dallasites, including quite a few Park Cities and Preston Hollow residents, made Forbes‘ latest listing of the world’s wealthiest people.

“There has never been a better time to be a billionaire. Thanks to AI’s explosion, sizzling markets and favorable fiscal policies, a record 3,428 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs made this year’s World’s Billionaires list, 400 more than in 2025. They are richer than ever, worth a record $20.1 trillion, up $4 trillion from last year,” Forbes’ story notes.

In the Park Cities and Preston Hollow, “keeping up with the Joneses” has a different significance when one of your fellow residents is Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Here are the Dallasites who made the list and how they stack up:

Koch Inc. stakeholder Elaine Marshall and family came in at 71 on the list with an estimated net worth of $30.9 billion.
Oil and gas tycoon Lyndal Stephens Greth and family ranked 77 with a net worth of $30 billion.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and family ranked 128 with a net worth of $20.3 billion.
Fisher Investments founder Ken Fisher came in at 226 with a net worth of $13.2 billion.
Banker Andrew Beal ranked 238 with a net worth of $12.6 billion.
Businessman Robert Rowling, who owns the Omni Hotels chain, came in at 402 with a net worth of $8.8 billion.
Kelcy Warren, cofounder of Energy Transfer, ranked at 477 with a net worth of $7.8 billion.
Oil and real estate magnate Ray L. Hunt came in at 623 with a net worth of $6.6 billion.
Real estate titan H. Ross Perot Jr. came in at 645 with a net worth of $6.5 billion.
Chief Oil & Gas founder Trevor Rees-Jones ranked 694 with a net worth of $6 billion.
Cost Plus Drugs co-founder and Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban tied for 694 with a net worth of $6 billion.
Margot Birmingham Perot, widow of Electronic Data Systems founder H. Ross Perot Sr., came in at 720 with a net worth of $5.8 billion.
Carl Thoma, co-founder of private equity firm Thoma Bravo, ranked 730 with a net worth of $5.7 billion.
Ray Davis, who founded Energy Transfer with Warren, came in at 1,108 with a net worth of $3.9 billion.
Ben Lamm, who co-founded biotechnology and genetic engineering firm Colossal, ranked 1,108 with a net worth of $3.9 billion.
Stephen Butt and family, members of the family behind renowned Texas grocery store H-E-B, came in at 1,325 with a net worth of $3.2 billion.
Fernando De Leon of Leon Capital Group ranked 1,376 with a net worth of $3.1 billion.
Banker Gerald Ford tied for 1,376 with a net worth of $3.1 billion.
Carolina Hurricanes owner and Drive Financial founder Thomas Dundon ranked 1,834 with a net worth of $2.3 billion.
Todd Wagner, who sold Broadcast.com with his business partner Mark Cuban in 1999 and went on to start digital fundraising platform Charity Network, tied for 1,834 with a net worth of $2.3 billion.
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt and family came in at 2,052 with a net worth of $2 billion.
Sharron Hunt and family, who are among the owners of the Kansas City Chiefs, along with Sharron’s brother, Clark, tied for 2,052 with a net worth of $2 billion.
Toby Neugebauer and family, who cofounded data center real estate investment trust Fermi America, also tied for 2,052 with a net worth of $2 billion.
Daniel Hunt and family, who are also among the owners of the Chiefs, tied for 2,052 with a net worth of $2 billion.
Excel Communications founder Kenny Troutt came in at 2,386 with a net worth of $1.7 billion.
A. Jayson Adair, of Dallas-based online vehicle auction company Copart, ranked 2,481 with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
RealPage founder Stephen Winn came in at 2,600 with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Oil tycoon Timothy Headington ranked 3,017 with a net worth of $1.2 billion.