10. Sheldon Solow
Net Worth: $4.4 billion
Forbes 400 position: 128
Sheldon Solow is a son of a bricklayer from Brooklyn. A New York University dropout, Solow’s biggest success was the construction of the Solow Building on Fifth Avenue in the 1970s, still regarded as one of the most desirable office spaces in the city. Among the tenants are KKR, Apollo Global Management, and Chanel. Sheldon Solow is renowned for his love of art and his collection of modern and Renaissance paintings and sculptures.
