Co-Chief Executive, World Oil Corp. and affiliated entities

Roth’s father, Bernard Roth, founded World Oil in 1938 with the opening of a gas station in South Los Angeles. With his brother Robert Roth, Steven Roth owns World Oil Corp. and its 16 affiliated and six nonaffiliated entities, including World Oil Recycling, World Oil Refining (a producer of asphalt products) and World Oil Environmental Services. Roth manages World Oil’s extensive real estate assets throughout California. He was a founding partner of Creative Artists Agency. He also produced several motion pictures, including “Scrooged,” “Mobsters,” Gladiator” and “Last Action Hero.” Roth served on the board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

YEARS ON THE LA500: 8