Leslie Wexner

Art collection: $700 million

Ohio State law school dropout started women's sportswear store in 1963 with a $5,000 loan from his aunt. Took Limited Brands public six years later. Established the Wexner Foundation in 1984 and the Wexner Center for the Arts, a contemporary gallery and "research laboratory for the arts," in 1989. Personal collection includes pieces by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas and Willem de Kooning.