John Donald MacArthur was an American insurance magnate, real estate investor and philanthropist who established the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, benefactor in the MacArthur Fellowships.
Richard Howard Hilton is an American businessman. He is the chairman and co-founder of Hilton & Hyland, a real estate brokerage firm based in Beverly Hills, California, that specializes in homes and estates in Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Hollywood Hills, as well as estates from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant Jr. was an American attorney and entrepreneur. He was the second son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Petter Anker Stordalen Bjorvand is a Norwegian businessman. With an estimated net worth of US$1 billion as of 2023, he is the owner of the Strawberry Group, a conglomerate of ten companies in hotels, shopping centers, real estate, finance, and art. Through Strawberry Hospitality Group, he owns Nordic Choice Hotels, consisting of over 200 hotels and 17,000 employees.
Wenche Synnøve Myhre, known internationally as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages.
Lawrence Arthur Wien was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and real estate investor. Wien pioneered the concept of real estate syndicates.
Lewis N. Wolff is an American real estate developer. Wolff had been co-chairman of the Board of Sunstone Investors, Inc. from October 2004 to April 2014. Wolff owned sports franchises. He was most well known for his ownership of the Oakland Athletics and as the co-owner of the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. However, in November 2016, Wolff sold his share in the Oakland Athletics to John J. Fisher, and currently serves as the team's Chairman Emeritus. Wolff is credited with the redevelopment and revitalization of downtown San Jose, California where he was the largest developer of offices, hotels, and parking for many years.
Arthur Paul Becker is an American investor and real estate developer. He is best known as the former CEO of NaviSite and Zinio. Becker was married to Vera Wang for 23 years and was an advisor on growing her business into a global brand. He graduated from Bennington College in 1972 and earned his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Christen Sveaas is a Norwegian businessman, investor, art collector and donor. He is the founder and sole owner of Kistefos AS, vice chairman of the board of the Kistefos Museum and chairman of the board of Anders Sveaas Allmennyttige Fond.
Peter Nicolai Myhre is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
Ainārs Šlesers is a Latvian business oligarch and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, as well as Deputy Mayor of Riga. Currently he is a member of the Latvian Parliament with his political party, Latvia First, holding 9 seats in the parliament.
Torbjørn Mork was a Norwegian physician and civil servant.
Barry Stuart Sternlicht is an American billionaire and the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, an investment fund with over $100 billion in assets under management. He is also chairman of Starwood Property Trust. He is the founder of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and served as its Chairman and CEO from 1995 to 2005. As of May 2023, his net worth was estimated at $4.6 billion.
Alfred Næss was a Norwegian playwright and songwriter for revue stages in Oslo, in particular for Chat Noir and the ABC theatre. He wrote material for artists like Wenche Myhre and Dizzie Tunes and contributed to television comedies.
Nydalens Compagnie was a company in Nydalen, Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1845 as a textile manufacturer, and from 1963 to 1998 it was a real estate company.
Arthur George Cohen was an American businessman and real estate developer in New York City.
Peter L. Malkin is an American real estate investor and chairman emeritus of Empire State Realty Trust and Malkin Holdings.
Anders Erik Gillis Eljas is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.
Robert Alan Alter is an American hotelier and real estate investor. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., and the current president of Seaview Investors, LLC, a real estate investment management company that operates hotels in Southern California and Colorado.
Ivar Tollefsen is a Norwegian businessman, the founder of Tollefsen Enterprises and Fredensborg AS.
