An article the next year in the New York ''Times'' by Cleveland Amory mentioned that after publication of the list, one hitherto anonymous oil man, Tulsa's James A. Chapman, was particularly indignant. "I don't like my name in print at all, but when I do, I like it accurate. Why I could buy and sell that Paul Getty."
Arthur Vining Davis, who was then 91 and had the ambition to become a billionaire, contacted the Fortune editor directly. "Young man, if I had $20 and owed $18, would you estimate that I was worth $20 or $2?"
Some of the links may be to the source of the inheritance or to information on the family rather than the specific individual.
- Mrs , Gulf Oil Company , Alcoa .
- Arthur Vining Davis , Miami, Florida ; Alcoa , Florida real estate.,
- H. L. Hunt , Dallas, Texas ; independent oil operator.
- Paul Mellon , Upperville, Virginia ; inherited wealth.
- Richard King Mellon , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; inherited wealth: Alcoa, Gulf Oil, Mellon Bank, etc.
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- Mrs. Alan M. Scaife , the former Sarah Mellon , Pittsburgh. Inherited wealth.
- Mrs. Frederick Guest , the former Amy Phipps , Palm Beach, Florida . Inherited wealth.
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- Joseph P. Kennedy , Boston, Massachusetts -New York; real estate.
- Daniel K. Ludwig , New York; National Bulk Carriers .
- Sid Richardson , Fort Worth, Texas ; independent Oil operator.
- Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. , New York; General Motors Corporation .
- James Abercrombie , Houston, Texas ; independent oil operator.
- Vincent Astor , New York; inherited wealth: real estate.
- Stephen Bechtel , San Francisco; construction, Bechtel Corporation .
- William Blakley , Dallas; Braniff Airways , real estate.
- Jacob Blaustein , Baltimore, Maryland ; American Oil Company .
- Lammot Du Pont Copeland , Wilmington; E. I Du Pont De Nemours & Co. .
- Clarence Dillon , New York; Dillon, Read & Co.
- Doris Duke , New York. New Jersey. Inherited wealth: tobacco
- Mrs. , E. I Du Pont De Nemours & Co. .
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- Arthur A. Houghton Jr. , New York; Corning Glass.
- Roy Arthur Hunt , Pittsburgh; Alcoa.
- William Keck , Los Angeles; Superior Oil.
- Charles F. Kettering , Dayton, Ohio ; General Motors Corporation.
- Mrs. Jean Mauzé , the former Abby Rockefeller, New York. Inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust
- Mrs. Chauncey McCormick , the former Marion Deering , Chicago, Illinois . Inherited wealth
- William L. McKnight , St. Paul, Minnesota ; Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
- John Mecom , Houston; independent oil operator.
- Clint Murchison , Dallas; independent oil operator.
- Mrs. Charles Payson , the former Joan Whitney, New York. Inherited wealth.
- John L. Pratt , Fredericksburg, Virginia ; General Motors Corporation.
- David Rockefeller , New I York; Chase Manhattan Bank and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
- John D, Rockefeller 3d , New York. inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
- , Reaction Motors , International Nickel and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
- Nelson Rockefeller , New York; Rockefeller Center,-, Inc. , International Basic Economy Corporation and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
- Winthrop Rockefeller , Arkansas ; ranching, Ibec Housing and inherited wealth: Standard Oil Trust.
- R. E. Smith , Houston; independent oil operator.
- John Hay Whitney , New York, Ambassador to Britain; venture capital and inherited wealth.
- Michael Late Benedum , Pittsburgh-West Virginia; Benedum-Trees Oil Company , Hiawatha Oil And Gas , etc.
- Donaldson Brown , Port Deposit, Maryland ., E. I Du Pont De Nemours & Co. .
- George R. Brown , Houston; Brown & Root, Inc.
- Herman Brown , Houston; Brown & Root, Inc.
- John Nicholas Brown , Newport, Rhode Island ; inherited wealth: real estate..
- Godfrey L. Cabot , Boston; Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. , etc.
- James A. Chapman , Tulsa, Oklahoma ; inherited oil wealth.
- Leo Corrigan , Dallas; real estate.
- Mrs. Horace Dodge, Jr. ,, Palm Beach-Detroit. Inherited wealth: automobiles.
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- Benson Ford , Detroit; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
- Henry Ford 2d , Detroit; inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
- William C. Ford , Detroit, inherited wealth: Ford Motor Company.
- Erle P. Halliburton , Duncan, Oklahoma ; Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company (died in Los Angeles Oct. 13, 1957).
- Averell Harriman , Albany, New York; Governor of New York. Inherited wealth: Investment banking.
- Henry J. Kaiser , Oakland, California ; Kaiser Industries , etc.
- John W., Kieckhefer , Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Prescott, Arizona ; Kieckhefer Container, Eddy Paper (absorbed by Weyerhaeuser ).
- Robert Kleberg Jr. , King Ranch, Texas .; inherited wealth: cattle, oil, land.
- John E. Mabee , Tulsa; independent oil operator.
- John D. MacArthur , Chicago; Bankers Life And Casualty Company .
- A. H. Meadows ; Dallas; General American Oil.
- Charles S. Mott , Flint, Michigan ; General Motors Corporation.
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- Spencer T. Olin , Alton, Ill.; inherited wealth: Olin Mathieson Chemical.
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- Joseph Pew , Philadelphia; inherited wealth: Sun Oil.
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- James Sottile Jr. , Miami; Pan American Bank.
- George W. Strake , Houston; inherited wealth: independent oil operator.
- Louis Wolfson , Miami Beach, Florida ; Merritt-Chapman & Scott , New York Shipbuilding , etc.
- Robert Woodruff , Atlanta, Georgia ; The Coca-Cola Company .
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