Wealthiest Angelenos: 17, Marion Anderson

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Net Worth: $3.9 billion, up 15 percent

LAST YEAR: $3.4 billion

RESIDENCE: Bel Air

SOURCE OF WEALTH: Beer distribution, real estate

THE MONEY: Business magnate John Anderson Sr., who built fortune distributing Budweiser and buying real estate, died in 2011, leaving his fortune to wife, Marion, and family. No reason to suspect core holdings have changed substantially.

THE BUZZ: Marion Anderson made $100 million donation to UCLA’s Anderson School of Management – the largest ever gift to the business school, which is named after her late husband, who earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UCLA in 1940. Century City’s Topa Equities, family’s holding company, includes insurance firms, real estate businesses, and auto dealerships among roughly 30 entities, though its beer distribution efforts are most well-known. Brands sold by Topa include Heineken and Guinness. Son William Anderson served as president of Topa before founding First Beverage Group, investment bank and private equity firm focused on beverage industry. Topa continues to distribute beer through Ace Beverage subsidiary in Los Angeles; owns and manages office, retail, and multifamily properties.

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