Billionaire Des Moines venture capitalist John Pappajohn was amusingly quoted as saying “Pappa’s in the house” when he dedicated the Pappajohn Business Building at the University of Iowa. Born in Greece and married with one daughter, Mr Pappajohn has donated over $100 million to charity and has served as a director of more than 40 companies. At 16, he began his career running his family’s grocery store in Mason City, Iowa following the death of his father and in the time since built a multi-million dollar fortune. John and Mary Pappajohn regularly feature on lists of the world’s top modern and contemporary art collectors and are now most often spotted sharing their wealth at charity benefits.

The Roll Call - TYCOONS

1

Sarah Winchester (née Pardee, 1839 – 1922)

2

Hetty Green (AKA Henrietta Green, ‘The Witch of Wall Street,’ née Henrietta Robinson, 1834 – 1916)

3

Denise Coates

4

Trevor Hemmings CVO

5

Herb Chambers (born Herbert G. Chambers)

6

Leslie Wexner (AKA “Les” Wexner)

7

Nicolas Berggruen (AKA “The Homeless Billionaire”)

8

Sir Martin Sorrell (AKA “The Third Brother”)

9

John Pappajohn

10

Sir John Ritblat FRICS, FSVA

11

Rich Ricci

12

Richard Desmond (nicknamed “Mr Badger”)

13

Howard Raymond

14

Richard Caring

15

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

16

Urs Schwarzenbach

17

Wafic Saïd

18

James Sherwood

19

Crispin Odey

20

Vincent Tchenguiz

21

Leona Helmsley (1920 – 2007)

22

Gina Rinehart

23

Alan Miller

24

Owen Oyston

25

Robert Maxwell (1923 – 1991)

26

Sidney Frank (1919 – 2006)

27

Nick & Christian Candy

28

Rupert Murdoch