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Juan Abelló
Madrid
Finance and industry
Spanish Old Masters; modern and contemporary art, especially Spanish
Ricardo Akagawa
São Paulo
Travel agency
Latin American contemporary art
Paul Allen
Seattle
Computer software and sports franchises
Impressionism; Old Masters; Pop art; tribal art
Nancy and Philip Anschutz
Denver
Oil, railroads, telecommunications (Qwest), sports franchises
19th- and 20th-century American art, especially Western
Plácido Arango
Madrid and El Escorial, Spain; New York
Retail and restaurants
Old Masters; primitive Spanish painting; modern and contemporary art; Chinese ceramics
Hans Rasmus Astrup
Oslo; Perth, Scotland
Shipping
Modern and contemporary art
Marinieres and Sergio Autrey
Mexico City
Pharmaceutical- and consumer-goods distribution
Contemporary Mexican art; Old Masters; 19th-century European art
Monique and Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller
Geneva
International real-estate development
Tribal art; pre-Columbian art; modern and contemporary art
Cristina and Thomas W. Bechtler
Zurich
Textiles
Contemporary art, especially Minimalism
Jose Manuel Berardo
Sintra, Portugal
Investments, media
Postwar and contemporary art
Marchesa Marida and Marchese Annibale Berlingieri
Rome
Real estate and investments
Modern and contemporary art, especially Minimalism
Liliane Bettencourt
Paris
Inheritance (cosmetics)
Modern art
Debbie and Leon Black
New York
Investment banking
Old Masters; Impressionist and modern painting; Chinese sculpture; contemporary art
Herbert Black
Montreal
Metals trading
Modern art
Scott Black
Boston
Money management
Impressionism; modern masters, especially Braque, de Chirico, Léger, Magritte, Tanguy
Nelson Blitz, Jr.
New York
Industrial air-conditioning
Prints and works on paper, especially Munch, Johns, and Picasso; German Expressionism; Viennese furniture
Marion and Henry W. Bloch
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Income-tax advisory service (retired)
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Frances and John Bowes
San Francisco and Sonoma, California; New York
Toys and outdoor recreation products
Modern and contemporary art; emerging artists
David Bowie
London; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York; Beverly Hills; Dublin
Entertainment
Modern art, especially German Expressionism; contemporary art, especially British
Irma and Norman Braman
Miami; Alpes Maritîmes, France
Automobile dealerships
Modern and contemporary art, especially American
Anette and Udo Brandhorst
Cologne
Insurance
Contemporary art
Edythe L. and Eli Broad
Los Angeles
Financial services and housing development
Modern and contemporary art
Sultan of Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Oil and hotels
Old Masters; Impressionism; Islamic art
Barbara and Donald L. Bryant, Jr.
St. Louis
Insurance
Abstract Expressionism, especially de Kooning; contemporary art
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
New York
Inheritance (shopping malls); Business
Contemporary art
Mary Livingston Griggs Burke
New York
Lumber
Japanese art
Constance Caplan
Baltimore
Real estate
Contemporary art
Gilberto Chateaubriand
Rio de Janeiro
Publishing
Modern art; Brazilian art; photography
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros
Caracas
Media, entertainment, and telecommunications
Latin American, European, and American modern and contemporary art; Latin American landscape from the 17th to 20th centuries; Amazonian ethnographic objects
James Clark
Woodside, California
Computer software
Impressionist and modern art
Karen Cohen
New York
Real estate
19th-century art, especially Delacroix
Steven Cohen
Greenwich, Connecticut
Hedge funds
Impressionist and modern art
Paolo Consolandi
Milan
Law
Modern and contemporary art
Douglas S. Cramer
New York; Roxbury, Connecticut; Martha’s Vineyard
Television production
Contemporary art, especially 1960s and ‘80s American
Dimitri Daskalopoulos
Athens
Dairy products
Modern and contemporary art
Hélène and Michel Alexandre David-Weill
Paris and Cap d’Antibes, France; New York
Banking
17th- to 19th-century French painting
Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz
Key Biscayne, Florida
Beverage distribution
Contemporary art, especially Latin American
Valerie and Charles Diker
New York
Investments
Native American art; modern and contemporary art
Ulla and Richard Dreyfus
Binningen and Gstaad, Switzerland
Banking
Old Masters; Symbolism and Surrealism; Asian art; contemporary art
Denyse and Philippe Durand-Ruel
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Inheritance (art)
Modern and contemporary art
Pamela and Barney A. Ebsworth
St. Louis; Bellevue, Washington
Travel service
American modern and contemporary art
Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis
Chicago; Aspen
Manufacturing (plastics)
Modern and contemporary art
Anne and Joel S. Ehrenkranz
New York
Law and investments
Contemporary art
Georges Embiricos
Jouxtens and Gstaad, Switzerland
Shipping
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Prodromos Emfietzoglou
Athens
Construction
19th-century art; contemporary art, especially Greek
Harald Falckenberg
Hamburg
Law and oil business
Contemporary German and American art
Daniel Filipacchi
Paris; New York
Publishing
Modern art, especially Surrealism
Sandra and Gerald Fineberg
Boston
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Doris and Donald Fisher
San Francisco
Retail clothing (The Gap)
Contemporary art, especially German and American
Aaron I. Fleischman
Washington, D.C.
Law
Modern and contemporary art
Friedrich Christian Flick
Hergiswil and Gstaad, Switzerland; London
Inheritance (industrial)
Old Masters; European sculpture; modern and contemporary art
Maxine and Stuart Frankel
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Real Estate
Modern and contemporary art, especially Latin American; ceramics and sculpture
Anna and Joseph Froehlich
Stuttgart
Manufacturing (automobile parts)
Contemporary art, especially German and American
Soichiro Fukutake
Okayama, Japan
Publishing
Impressionism and contemporary art
Danielle and David Ganek
Greenwich, Connecticut
Money management
Contemporary art and photography
Garza Sada family
Monterrey, Mexico
Beer, glass, bottling
Contemporary art; 20th-century Mexican art
Melinda and Bill Gates
Seattle
Computer software (Microsoft)
19th-century American art, especially American Impressionism; rare books
David Geffen
Los Angeles
Film and record production
Modern and contemporary art, especially American modernism
Marsha and Jay Glazer
Mercer Island, Washington
Investments
Modern and contemporary art
Ingvild Goetz
Munich
Inheritance
Contemporary art, especially British and conceptual art
Carol and Arthur Goldberg
New York
Investment banking
Contemporary art
Isabel Goldsmith
London; Mexico City; Beverly Hills
Inheritance (finance and minerals)
19th-century paintings, especially Victorian and Symbolist; contemporary photography
Giuliano Gori
Pistoia, Italy
Textile brokerage
Modern and contemporary art, especially conceptual
Lawrence Graff
London
Jewelry
Modern and contemporary art
Esther Grether
Bottmingen, Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics distribution
Modern and contemporary art
Hans Grothe
Bremen, Germany
Real-estate development
Contemporary art, especially German
Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
New York; Peninsula, Ohio; Kent, Connecticut
Inheritance
Contemporary art; African art; Chinese art
Mimi and Peter Haas
San Francisco and Woodside, California; Martha’s Vineyard
Inheritance (Levi Strauss)
Contemporary art, especially Marden, Polke, Ryman, Twombly
Jean Hamon
Bullion, France
Engineering and construction
Contemporary art
Elizabeth and Richard Hedreen
Seattle
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Ydessa Hendeles
Toronto
Inheritance (real estate)
Contemporary art; photography
Donald Hess
Napa, California; Bolligen, Switzerland
Wine and mineral-water production (retired)
Contemporary art
Marieluise Hessel
Jackson, Wyoming; New York
Investments
International contemporary art, especially since 1960
Ronnie and Samuel Heyman
New York; Palm Beach; Green 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
Marguerite and Robert Hoffman
Dallas
Soft-drink bottling
Postwar American and European art; Chinese monochromes
Susan and Michael Hort
New York
Printing business
Contemporary art
Elsa and Theo Hotz
Meilen, Switzerland
Architecture practice
Contemporary art
Frank Huang
Taipei
Computer business (peripherals manufacturer; Umax)
Chinese porcelain; Impressionist and modern paintings
Carl Icahn
New York and East Hampton, New York; Las Vegas
Investments
Old Masters; Impressionism
Audrey Irmas
Los Angeles
Inheritance
Contemporary art; photography
Dakis Joannou
Athens
Construction
Contemporary art
Elton John
Old Windsor and London, England; Atlanta
Entertainment
Contemporary art, especially photography
Bebe and R. Crosby Kemper, Jr.
Kansas City, Missouri
Banking
Old Masters; modern and contemporary art, especially American
Nasser David Khalili
London
Real estate, investments
Islamic art; Swedish textiles; Spanish metalwork
Graham Kirkham
South Yorkshire, England
Furniture manufacturing
19th- and early-20th-century British and French painting
Jeanne and Michael L. Klein
Houston
Oil and gas exploration and production
Contemporary art
Uli Knecht
Stuttgart
Fashion design and retail
Contemporary art, especially Pop and German art
Robert P. Kogod
Washington, D.C.
Real-estate development
Modern and contemporary art, especially American
Alicia Koplowitz
Madrid
Real estate and investments
Old Masters; modern art
Sarah-Ann and Werner Kramarsky
New York
Investments and inheritance
Modern and contemporary drawings, especially American
Pamela and Richard Kramlich
San Francisco
Venture capital
Contemporary art, especially video and film
Jill and Peter Kraus
New York
Finance
Contemporary art
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
New York; Vail and Meeker, Colorado; Bal Harbour, Florida
Finance and investments
Old Master drawings and paintings; Impressionism; early-20th-century art; French furniture
Barbara and Jon Landau
Rye, New York
Entertainment
Old Masters; 19th-century French painting; American modernist painting
Emily Fisher Landau
New York; Santa Fe; Palm Beach
Real estate
Contemporary American art
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)
Old Masters; 19th- and 20th-century art, especially German
Gerhard Lenz
Söll, Austria
Management consulting
Contemporary European art
Elizabeth and Rudolf Leopold
Vienna
Ophthalmology
German and Austrian Expressionist art, especially Schiele
Joseph Lewis
Nassau, The Bahamas
Real estate and investments
Impressionism and modern art
Peter Lewis
Cleveland
Insurance (Progressive)
Contemporary art, especially American conceptualism
Andrew Lloyd Webber
London and Berkshire, England; New York
Entertainment
18th- to 20th-century painting, especially the Pre-Raphaelites
Vicki and Kent Logan
Vail, Colorado
Investment banking
Contemporary art
Eugenio López
Mexico City; Los Angeles
Beverages (Jumex)
Contemporary art
Peter and Paula Lunder
Waterville, Maine
Manufacturing
19th- and early-20th-century American art
Michael Lynne
New York
Film production (New Line)
Contemporary art
Sherry and Joel Mallin
New York and Pound Ridge, New York
Investments
Modern and contemporary art, particularly sculpture
Susan and Lewis Manilow
Chicago
Investments and real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Ida and Achille Maramotti
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Clothing industry (Max Mara)
Renaissance art; modern and contemporary art
Martin Z. Margulies
Key Biscayne, Florida
Real-estate development
Modern art and photography
Anne and John Marion
Fort Worth; Santa Fe; Palm Springs; and Montana
Inheritance
17th- and 18th-century European art; modern and contemporary art
Catie and Donald B. Marron
New York and Southampton, New York
Investment banking
19th-century European art; modern and contemporary art
Dinos Martinos
Piraeus, Greece
Shipping
Antiquities; modern and contemporary art; icons
Jan and Frederick Mayer
Denver and Englewood, Colorado
Oil
Colonial Latin American art
Gabi and Werner Merzbacher
Zurich
Fur trading and finance
German Expressionism and 20th-century art, especially Fauvism
Jane and Robert Meyerhoff
Phoenix, Maryland; New York
Inheritance (real estate)
19th-century art; modern art, especially postwar American abstraction
Robert Miller
New York; Hong Kong; London; Gstaad; Paris
Duty-free outlets
Old Masters; 19th-century painting; American abstraction
Peter Moores
London and Wigan, England
Soccer pools and mail-order business
15th- to 20th-century European art; Chinese archaic bronzes; contemporary British art
Raymond D. Nasher
Dallas; New York
Real-estate development
Modern sculpture; contemporary art; Oceanic art; pre-Columbian art
Victoria and Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr.
New York
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art
Philip S. Niarchos
Paris; London; St. Moritz
Shipping and finance
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Jacqueline and Philippe Nordmann
Geneva; Paris
Department stores
Primitive art; Egyptian art; modern art
Peter Norton
Santa Monica; New York
Computer software
Contemporary art
Maja Oeri and Hans U. Bodenmann
Basel
Inheritance (pharmaceuticals)
Contemporary art
Arendt Oetker
Cologne
Industry (food products), real estate, and inheritance
Contemporary art
Sami Ofer
London; Monte Carlo; Tel Aviv; New York
Shipping and real estate
Impressionism; contemporary art
George Ortiz
Vandoeuvres, Switzerland; Paris
Investments
Antiquities; tribal art; 15th-century Italian art; 18th-century European art
Michael Ovitz
Los Angeles
Entertainment
Contemporary art; Ming furniture; modern paintings
Count and Countess Giuseppe Panza di Biumo
Milan; Massagno, Switzerland
Real-estate development and manufacturing (distilled alcohol)
Contemporary art, especially from the 1960s and ’70s
Mary and John Pappajohn
Des Moines; New York
Finance (venture capital)
Modern and contemporary art
Bernardo Paz
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Mining
Contemporary art, especially Brazilian
Ronald O. Perelman
New York
Finance (venture capital)
Contemporary art
Marie-Thérèse and Alain-Dominique Perrin
Rueil-Malmaison and Caillac, France; London
Luxury goods (Cartier)
Contemporary art, especially Minimalism; photography
François Pinault
Paris
Department stores and investments (Christie’s)
Contemporary art
Ron Pizzuti
Columbus, Ohio; Windmere, Florida
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Véronique and Louis-Antoine Prat
Paris
Inheritance (manufacturing)
17th- and 18th-century French drawings
Etsuko and Joe D. Price
Los Angeles
Pipeline development
Edo-period Japanese art
Emily Pulitzer
St. Louis
Inheritance (media)
Cubism; Post-Impressionism; Abstract Expressionism
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Dallas
Investments
Contemporary art
Carol and Stewart Rahr
Queens, New York
Pharmaceuticals and beauty-product distribution (Kinray)
Impressionist and modern art
Mitchell Rales
Potomac, Maryland; New York
Tool industry
Modern and contemporary art
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Turin, Italy
Industrial manufacturing (Sandretto)
Contemporary art
Louise and Leonard Riggio
New York
Retail bookstores (Barnes & Noble)
Contemporary art
Ellen and Michael Ringier
Zurich
Publishing
Contemporary art
Lee Ann Roberts
Atherton, California
Investment banking
19th-century and modern painting; contemporary art, especially postwar American
David Rockefeller
New York and Tarrytown, New York
Banking
19th-century American art; Impressionism; modern art; porcelain
Sharon and Jay Rockefeller
Charleston, West Virginia; Washington, D.C.
Inheritance
19th-century American art; American Impressionism
Inge Rodenstock
Grünewald, Germany
Inheritance
Contemporary German, American, and British art
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; 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
Business (bottle labels)
Contemporary art
Wafic Said
London; Monaco; Marbella, Spain; Paris
Finance
Old Masters; British sporting art; Impressionism
Sainsbury family
London
Supermarkets
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Ida and Pieter Sanders
Schiedam, Netherlands
Law practice (retired)
Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture; African art
Jeannette and Martijn Sanders
Amsterdam
Orchestra management (Concertgebouw)
Contemporary art, especially American
Marieke and Pieter Sanders, Jr.
Aerdenhout, the Netherlands
Corporate law
Dutch art; sculpture; American and European contemporary art
Fayez Sarofim
Houston
Investment counseling
Coptic sculpture; Old Masters; 19th-century art; American Impressionism; modern and contemporary art
Denise and Andrew Saul
New York and Katonah, New York
Retail clothing
Modern and contemporary art, especially postwar American; Chinese bronzes
John Schaeffer
Sydney, Australia
Service industry (catering, cleaning)
19th-century art, especially Symbolism and Pre-Raphaelite paintings
Ute and Rudolf Scharpff
Stuttgart
Business
Contemporary art, especially American and German
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
B. Z. and Michael Schwartz
New York; Washington, Connecticut
Investment and finance Contemporary art
Marianne and Alan Schwartz
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Law practice
Old Masters; modern prints
Anna Marie and Robert Shapiro
New York
Investment management
Contemporary art, especially American
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-related materials; Conceptual art
Carlos Slim Helú
Mexico City
Telecommunications, finance, and retail
Old Masters; pre-Columbian art; colonial Mexican art; modern art, especially Rodin
Robert Smith
Arlington, Virginia; London; Villefranche sur Mer, France
Real-estate development
Renaissance bronzes; 17th-century Dutch and 18th-century Venetian paintings
Katherine G. Farley and Jerry I. Speyer
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 Steinhardt
New York and Mount Kisco, New York
Investment firm
Classical antiquities; pre-Columbian art; textiles; contemporary art
Margaret and Terry Stent
Atlanta
Investments
19th- and 20th-century American art, especially Hudson River School, Ashcan School, and American realism
Eleonore and Michael Stoffel
Cologne
Law and medical practice
Contemporary art, especially German
Donna and Howard S. Stone
Chicago
Baking industry (retired)
Contemporary art
Tsuneo and Eiichiro Sudo
Tokyo
Manufacturing (building materials)
Impressionism; Nihonga
Beth Swofford
Los Angeles
Entertainment
Contemporary art
Toby and Joey Tanenbaum
Toronto; Longboat Key, Florida
Real-estate development and hydroelectric power
19th-century European art; Cycladic and Neolithic art
Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee
New York; East Hampton, New York; Lincoln, Massachusetts
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary art; Egyptian art
Sheikh Saud al-Thani
Doha, Qatar; London
Sultan of Qatar
Antiquities; Old Masters; rare books; photography; Islamic art
David Thomson
Toronto
Inheritance (media)
Constable; Italian Futurism; contemporary art
Kenneth Thomson
Toronto; London
Media, oil, travel, and retail
Medieval and Renaissance art; Old Masters
Ruth and William True
Seattle
Oil and real estate
Contemporary art
Dean Valentine
Beverly Hills
Television production
Contemporary art
Joop van Caldenborgh
Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Chemical industry (Caldic)
Modern and contemporary art, especially conceptual; photography
José Luis Várez Fisa
Madrid
Industry
Antiquities; Old Masters; modern and contemporary Spanish art
Jack Warner
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Manufacturing (fire products, paperboard, and packaging)
19th-century American and European art; Impressionism
John Weber
Ocala, Florida
Inheritance (Campbell’s Soup)
19th-century European drawings; Impressionism; modern art; Asian art
Alain Wertheimer
Paris; New York
Luxury goods (Chanel)
Modern art
Abigail and Leslie Herbert Wexner
Columbus, Ohio; Aspen; London
Retail clothing
Modern and contemporary art; British sporting pictures
Shelby White
New York
Investments
Antiquities
Reba and Dave H. Williams
New York; Greenwich, Connecticut
Investments (Alliance Capital)
American prints
Reinhold Würth
Niedernhall, Germany
Manufacturing
Modern and contemporary art
Stephen A. Wynn
Incline Village, Nevada
Gambling resorts
French Impressionism; modern and contemporary art