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7 Arizonans make Forbes 400 list of America’s wealthiest

Seven Arizona billionaires scored spots on the recent Forbes 400 list with Discount Tire founder Bruce Halle topping the bunch. Major League Baseball's Arte Moreno

Baseball's Arte Moreno of Phoenix is among the wealthiest Arizonans, according to Forbes. (AP Photo...

Baseball's Arte Moreno of Phoenix is among the wealthiest Arizonans, according to Forbes. (AP Photo)

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PHOENIX – Seven Arizona billionaires scored spots on the recently released Forbes 400. The list contained America’s richest individuals with net worths ranging from $76 billion to $1.7 billion.

Bruce Halle, Arizona’s richest resident and founder of Discount Tire, has a reported $6.1 billion net worth – landing him in the No. 76 spot. The 85-year-old’s company serves over 40 million customers with over 900 stores, according to Discount Tire’s website. 

Following Halle on the Arizona list at No. 119 spot was Mark Shoen, worth a reported $4.6 billion. The 63-year-old is U-Haul’s largest individual shareholder.

The next Arizonan was John Kapoor, chairman and majority owner of Akorn and Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics. Kapoor came in at No. 194 with a reported $2.6 billion.

John Kapoor (Screenshot)

John Kapoor (Screenshot)

Herbert Louis, SC Johnson company heir, has $2.8 billion, landing at No. 246 spot in the country.

Also making the list were Campbell Soup’s Bennett Dorrance of Paradise Valley at No. 256, Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons of Scottsdale at No. 327 and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim owner Arte Moreno of Phoenix at No. 375.

Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons. (Screenshot)

Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons. (Screenshot)

The wealthiest American was Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has a reported $75.7 billion net worth.

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