Top 200 Collectors 2011

Juan Abelló
Madrid
Finance and Industry
Spanish Old Masters; modern and contemporary art, especially Spanish

Roman Abramovich
Moscow
Steel, mining, investments, and professional soccer (Chelsea Football Club)
Modern and contemporary art

Barbara and Ted Alfond
Weston, Massachusetts; Vail, Colorado
Fashion (retired)
American art and furniture

Paul Allen
Seattle
Computer software and sports franchises
Impressionism; Old Masters; modern and contemporary art; tribal art

Plácido Arango
Valdemorillo (Madrid), Spain
Retail
Spanish Old Masters; modern and contemporary art

Hélène and Bernard Arnault
Paris
Luxury goods (LVMH)
Contemporary art

Laura and John Arnold
Houston
Hedge fund
Impressionism; postwar and contemporary art

Hans Rasmus Astrup
Oslo
Shipping-related activities
Contemporary art

Maria Baibakova and Oleg Baybakov
Moscow
Inheritance and mining industries
Contemporary art

Cristina and Thomas W. Bechtler-Lanfranconi
Zurich
Investments and real estate
Contemporary art; photography

Maria and William Bell Jr.
Los Angeles
Television production
Modern and contemporary art

Debra and Leon Black
New York
Investment banking
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern painting; Chinese sculpture; contemporary art

Neil G. Bluhm
Chicago
Real estate
Contemporary art

Christian Boros
Berlin and Wuppertal, Germany
Communications and new media
Contemporary art

Frances Bowes
San Francisco and Sonoma, California; New York
Investments
Contemporary art

Irma and Norman Braman
Miami Beach
Automobile dealerships
Modern and contemporary art, especially American

Udo Brandhorst
Cologne, Germany
Insurance
Contemporary art

Peter M. Brant
Greenwich, Connecticut
Newsprint manufacturing
Contemporary art; design; furniture

Edythe L. and Eli Broad
Los Angeles
Financial services and housing development (retired)
Contemporary art

Cees and Inge de Bruin-Heijn
Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Investments
Contemporary art

Donald L. Bryant Jr.
New York; Saint Louis
Executive and employee benefits
American masters of the second half of the 20th century; Abstract Expressionism, especially de Kooning; contemporary art

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
Connecticut; Colorado; New York
Inheritance (shopping malls) and commodities trading
Contemporary art

Frieder Burda
Baden-Baden, Germany
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art, especially German Expressionism

Monique and Max Burger
Hong Kong
Investments
Post-1990s art

Peggy and Ralph Burnet
Wayzata, Minnesota
Real estate
Contemporary British art (YBAs); emerging artists

Joop van Caldenborgh
Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Chemical industry (Caldic)
Modern and contemporary art, especially Conceptual; photography; sculpture

Mickey Cartin
New York; Delray Beach, Florida
Investments
Late medieval and Early Renaissance painting; 20th-century painting; emerging artists; illuminated manuscripts

Ella Fontanals Cisneros
Miami; Madrid; Gstaad, Switzerland
Investments, real estate, and telecommunications
Contemporary art, video, and photography, with an emphasis on architecture; historical geometric abstraction from Latin America

Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros
Caracas, Venezuela; Dominican Republic; New York
Media, entertainment, and telecommunications
Modern and contemporary Latin American, European, and North American art; colonial and Federalist furniture; decorative art from the Ibero-American world; Amazonian ethnographic objects

Alexandra and Steven A. Cohen
Greenwich, Connecticut
Hedge fund
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Cherryl and Frank Cohen
Manchester, England
Home-improvement stores
Contemporary art; modern British art

Eileen and Michael Cohen
New York
Packaging and paper products
Contemporary art, especially video

Marijke and Willem Cordia
New York; Switzerland
Shipping, oil and gas, industry
20th-century and contemporary painting, drawings, and sculpture

Eduardo F. Costantini
Buenos Aires
Asset management and real estate
Contemporary art

Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz
Key Biscayne, Florida
Coca-Cola bottling in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Contemporary art

Dimitris Daskalopoulos
Athens
Financial services and investment company (Damma Holdings SA)
Contemporary art, especially large-scale installations; sculpture, drawings, collage, film, and video

Hélène and Michel Alexandre David-Weill
Paris and Cap d’Antibes, France; New York
Banking
17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century French painting

Philippe Decelle
Brussels
Construction
Plastic design, especially Pop furniture made between 1960 and 1973

Beth Rudin DeWoody
New York and Southampton, New York; West Palm Beach, Florida
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art

Ulla Dreyfus-Best
Binningen and Gstaad, Switzerland
Inheritance
Old Master painting and drawings; Symbolism; Surrealism; contemporary art

Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson
Chicago; Aspen, Colorado
Plastics manufacturing (retired)
Contemporary art

Agnes and Karlheinz Essl
Vienna and Klosterneuburg, Austria
Retail (bauMax)
Contemporary art, especially Austrian painting

Harald Falckenberg
Hamburg, Germany
Law practice and oil equipment
Contemporary German and American art

Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta
Las Vegas
Casinos (Station Casinos) and professional fighting (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
Modern and contemporary art

Daniel Filipacchi
Paris; New York
Publishing
Modern art, especially Surrealism

Aaron I. Fleischman
Washington, D.C.
Law practice
Modern and contemporary art

Maxine and Stuart Frankel
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Real estate
Minimalism; abstract art; ceramics; new-media art

Anna and Josef Froehlich
Stuttgart, Germany
Automobile industry
Contemporary art, especially German and American

Amanda and Glenn R. Fuhrman
New York
Investments (MSD Capital)
Contemporary art

Soichiro Fukutake
Okayama, Japan
Publishing
Impressionism; contemporary art

Antoine de Galbert
Paris
Inheritance
Primitive art; contemporary art

Danielle and David Ganek
New York
Hedge fund
Contemporary art and photography

Garza Sada family
Monterrey, Mexico
Beer, glass, and bottling
Contemporary art; 20th-century Mexican art

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis
Regensburg, Germany
Inheritance and investments
Contemporary art

Ingvild Goetz
Munich
Inheritance (mail-order company)
Contemporary art

Carol and Arthur Goldberg
New York
Investment banking (retired)
Contemporary art

Giuliano Gori
Pistoia, Italy
Textile brokerage
Modern and contemporary art; site-specific art

Noam Gottesman
New York
Hedge fund
Postwar and contemporary art

Laurence Graff
Gstaad, Switzerland
Jewelry
Modern and contemporary art

Esther Grether
Basel, Switzerland
Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics distribution
Modern and contemporary art

Anne and Kenneth C. Griffin
Chicago
Hedge fund
Impressionism; Post-Impressionism

Agnes Gund
New York; Peninsula, Ohio; Kent, Connecticut
Inheritance
Modern and contemporary art

Francesca von Habsburg
Vienna
Inheritance
Contemporary art

Christine and Andrew Hall
Westport, Connecticut
Commodities trading
Contemporary art, especially German

Diane and Bruce Halle
Arizona; Colorado
Tires (Discount Tire Company)
Latin American art; contemporary sculpture

Princess Marie and Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Inheritance
Old Masters

Elizabeth and Richard Hedreen
Seattle
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art

Ydessa Hendeles
Toronto
Investments
Contemporary art; photography

Annick and Anton Herbert
Ghent, Belgium
Textile machinery
Contemporary art, especially Conceptual, Minimalism, arte povera, and 1980s

Donald Hess
Bolligen-Bern, Switzerland
Vineyards and properties
Contemporary art

Marieluise Hessel
Jackson, Wyoming
Investments
Contemporary art

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill
New York
Investment banking
Postwar American and European art; Renaissance bronzes

Damien Hirst
London and Devon, England; Mexico
Art practice
Modern and contemporary art

Marguerite Hoffman
Dallas
Soft-drink bottling
Postwar American and European art; Chinese monochromes

Erika Hoffmann
Berlin
Fashion
Contemporary art

Susan and Michael Hort
New York; New Jersey
Printing
Contemporary art

Frank Huang
Taipei, Taiwan
Computer hardware
Chinese porcelain; Impressionist and modern painting

Dakis Joannou
Athens
Construction
Contemporary art

Edward C. Johnson III
Boston
Financial services (Fidelity Investments)
19th- and 20th-century painting and furniture

Ingrid and Hugo Jung
Aachen, Germany
Medical practice
Postwar and contemporary art

Nasser David Khalili
London
Real estate and investments
Islamic art; Japanese art of the Meiji period; Swedish textiles; Spanish metalwork; enamels

Kim Chang-Il
Cheonan, South Korea
Property development, retail, and transportation
Contemporary art

Jeanne and Michael L. Klein
Austin, Texas; Santa Fe
Oil and gas exploration and production
Postwar and contemporary art

Uli Knecht
Stuttgart, Germany
Fashion design and retail
Contemporary art, especially Pop and German

Alicia Koplowitz
Madrid
Real estate and investments
Old Masters; modern art

Pamela and Richard Kramlich
San Francisco
Venture capital
Contemporary art, especially video and film

Jill and Peter Kraus
New York and Dutchess County, New York
Investment management (Alliance Bernstein)
Contemporary art

Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
New York; Vail, Colorado
Finance and investments
Modern and contemporary art; French furniture

Catherine and Pierre Lagrange
London
Hedge fund
Postwar and contemporary art

Barbara and Jon Landau
New York
Entertainment
Renaissance painting and sculpture; 19th-century French and English painting

Emily Fisher Landau
New York; Palm Beach, Florida
Real estate
Contemporary American art

Joseph Lau
Hong Kong
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art, especially Warhol

Evelyn and Leonard Lauder
New York; Aspen, Colorado
Cosmetics (Estee Lauder)
Modern art, especially Cubism

Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
New York and Wainscott, New York; Washington, D.C.; Palm Beach, Florida; Paris
Cosmetics (Estee Lauder)
Late-19th- and early-20th-century art, especially German and Austrian; decorative art; medieval art; arms and armor

Barbara Lee
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Investments
Contemporary art by women

Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum
New York and East Hampton, New York; Lincoln, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, Florida
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary art; photography

Elisabeth and Rudolf Leopold
Vienna
Ophthalmology (retired)
German and Austrian Expressionism, especially Schiele; Art Nouveau, mainly Austrian

Joseph Lewis
Nassau, the Bahamas
Real estate and investments
Impressionism; modern art

Mimi and Filiep Libeert
Kortrijk, Belgium
Textiles
Modern and contemporary art

Adam Lindemann and Amalia Dayan
New York
Private investments
Contemporary art; African art; 20th-century design

Andrew Lloyd Webber
London and Berkshire, England; New York
Entertainment
18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century British and American painting, especially Pre-Raphaelite; German Expressionism

Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel S. Loeb
New York and East Hampton, New York
Hedge fund
Postwar and contemporary art; feminist art

Eugenio López Alonso
Mexico City; Los Angeles
Beverages (Jumex)
Contemporary art

Paula and Peter H. Lunder
Florida
Fashion
American Impressionism; modernism; 19th-century and Western art

Ninah and Michael Lynne
New York
Film production (unique features)
Contemporary art

Linda and Harry Macklowe
New York
Real estate
Contemporary art

Susan and John Magnier
County Tipperary, Ireland; Geneva; Marbella, Spain; Barbados
Horse breeding and investments
18th-century British painting; 20th-century Irish art; equestrian art; modern art

Nancy and Robert Magoon
Aspen, Colorado
Medical practice and real estate
Contemporary art

Sherry and Joel Mallin
New York and Pound Ridge, New York
Investments
Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture

Martin Z. Margulies
Key Biscayne, Florida
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art; photography

Anne and John Marion
Fort Worth; Santa Fe; Palm Springs, California; Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Oil (Burnett Oil Company) and ranches (Burnett Ranches)
17th- and 18th-century European art; modern and contemporary art; Taos art

Donald B. Marron
New York
Private equity
Modern and contemporary art

David Martinez
London; New York
Investment management (Fintech Advisory)
Modern and contemporary art

Dinos Martinos
Piraeus, Greece
Shipping
Antiquities; modern and contemporary art; icons

Susan and Larry Marx
Aspen, Colorado; Marina del Rey, California
Investments and real estate (retired)
Postwar and contemporary art, especially Abstract Expressionism and works on paper

Frances G. and James W. McGlothlin
Austin, Texas; Naples, Florida; Bristol, Virginia
Financial services, oil and gas, industrial-supply distribution, and golf courses
19th- and early-20th-century American art, especially American Impressionism

Henry S. McNeil
Philadelphia
Investments
Contemporary art, especially Minimalism

Gabrielle and Werner Merzbacher
Zurich
Fur trading and finance
20th-century art, especially Fauvism and German Expressionism

John S. Middleton
Philadelphia
Manufacturing
19th- and 20th-century American art

Julie and Edward J. Minskoff
New York
Real estate
Postwar, Pop, and contemporary American and European art

Hubert Neumann
New York
Investments
Contemporary art, especially young artists

Victoria and Samuel I. Newhouse Jr.
New York
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art

Philip S. Niarchos
Paris; London; Saint Moritz, Switzerland
Shipping and finance
Old Masters; Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Peter Norton
Santa Monica, California; New York
Computer software
Contemporary art

Maja Oeri and Hans U. Bodenmann
Basel, Switzerland
Inheritance (pharmaceuticals)
Contemporary art

Thomas Olbricht
Essen, Germany
Inheritance (beauty products), medical practice, and investments
Modern and contemporary art; Wunderkammer objects

Ovitz family
Los Angeles
Entertainment, finance, and investments
Contemporary art; Ming furniture; modern painting; African art

Mary and John Pappajohn
Des Moines, Iowa; New York
Venture capital
Modern and contemporary art

Bernardo Paz
Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mining
Contemporary art

Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Dental and gardening equipment
Postwar and contemporary art

Amy and John Phelan
New York; Aspen, Colorado
Investments (MSD Capital)
Contemporary art

François Pinault
Paris
Luxury goods (PPR) and auctions (Christie’s)
Contemporary art

Victor Pinchuk
Kiev, Ukraine
Investment Advisory group (EastOne Group)
Contemporary art

Ron Pizzuti
Orlando, Florida; New York; Columbus, Ohio
Real estate development (the Pizzuti companies)
Modern and contemporary art and design

Elizabeth and Harvey Plotnick
Chicago
Publishing and investments
Old Master prints; Islamic ceramics

Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli
Milan
Fashion
Contemporary art

Véronique and Louis-Antoine Prat
Paris
Inheritance (manufacturing)
17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century French drawings

Lisa S. and John A. Pritzker
San Francisco
Hotels and investments
Photography

Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert
Chicago
Real estate, hotels (Hyatt), and financial information
Contemporary art

Emily Rauh Pulitzer
Saint Louis
Inheritance (media)
Cubism; Post-Impressionism; Abstract Expressionism

Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Dallas
Investments
Contemporary art

Emily and Mitchell Rales
Potomac, Maryland; New York
Tool industry
Modern and contemporary art

Steven Rales
Washington, D.C.
Tool industry
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Turin, Italy
Industrial manufacturing
Contemporary art

Louise and Leonard Riggio
New York and Bridgehampton, New York
Retail (Barnes & Noble)
Modern and contemporary art

Ellen and Michael Ringier
Zurich
Publishing
Contemporary art; Russian avant-garde art

Inge Rodenstock
Grünewald, Germany
Inheritance
Contemporary German, American, and British art

Deedie and Rusty Rose
Dallas
Investments
Contemporary American, South American, and German art

Aby J. Rosen
New York and Southampton, New York
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art; contemporary photography

Eric de Rothschild
Paris and Pauillac, France
Banking
Old Masters; modern and contemporary art

Mera and Donald Rubell
Miami; New York; Washington
Medical practice (retired), education, real estate, and hotels; own public contemporary-art foundation
Contemporary art

Betty and Isaac Rudman
Dominican Republic
Imports and manufacturing (home appliances)
Latin American art; numismatics; pre-Columbian art

Charles Saatchi
London
Advertising
Contemporary art, especially British

Lily Safra
London
Inheritance
19th- and 20th-century art

Sainsbury family
London
Supermarkets
Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Ida and Piet Sanders
Schiedam, the Netherlands
Law practice (retired)
Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture; African art

Jeannette and Martijn Sanders
Aerdenhout, the Netherlands
Orchestra management (Concertgebouw)
Post-1980s American and European art

Marieke and Pieter Sanders Jr.
Aerdenhout, the Netherlands
Corporate law practice
Dutch art; sculpture; contemporary American and European art

Fayez Sarofim
Houston
Investment counseling
Coptic art; 19th-century American art; Old Masters

Louisa Stude Sarofim
Houston; Santa Fe
Investments
Modern and contemporary art and works on paper

Tatsumi Sato
Hiroshima, Japan
Manufacturing (radiators)
Contemporary art; primitive art; antique textiles

Denise and Andrew M. Saul
New York and Katonah, New York
Retail and investments
Modern and contemporary art, especially postwar American; Chinese bronzes

Ute and Rudolf Scharpff
Stuttgart, Germany
Management
Contemporary art, especially American and German

Chara Schreyer
San Francisco
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art and photography

Helen and Charles Schwab
San Francisco and Atherton, California
Investment firm
Modern and contemporary art

Marianne and Alan Schwartz
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Law practice
Old Masters; modern prints

Lenore and Adam Sender
New York
Financial services
Contemporary art

Mary and Jon Shirley
Medina, Washington; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Computer software (retired)
Modern and contemporary art

Uli Sigg
Mauensee, Switzerland
Media (Ringier Group)
Contemporary art, especially Chinese

Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Real estate
Fluxus and Conceptual art

Peter Simon
London
Retail (Monsoon)
Contemporary art

Carlos Slim Helú
Mexico City
Telecommunications, finance, and retail
Old Masters; pre-Columbian and colonial Mexican art; modern art, especially Rodin

Eric Smidt
Los Angeles
Tools
New York School; contemporary art

Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
New York
Real estate
Contemporary art

Blema and Arnold Steinberg
Montreal; New York
Education (chancellor of McGill University)
Modern and contemporary art

Judy and Michael H. Steinhardt
New York and Mount Kisco, New York
Investment firm
Classical antiquities; modern art, especially drawings; Judaica; Peruvian feathered textiles

Gayle and Paul Stoffel
Dallas; Palm Springs, California; Aspen, Colorado
Investments
Contemporary art

Norah and Norman Stone
San Francisco and Napa Valley, California
Psychology, law practice, and private investments
Contemporary art

Iris and Matthew Strauss
Rancho Sante Fe, California
Private real estate investments (M.C. Strauss Company)
Second-generation postwar and contemporary art

Lisa and Steve Tananbaum
Westchester, New York; Palm Beach, Florida
Asset management
Postwar and contemporary art

Toby and Joey Tanenbaum
Toronto; Sarasota, Florida
Real estate and hydroelectric power
African art; naive art

Benedikt Taschen
Cologne, Germany
Publishing
Contemporary art, especially American and German

Sheikh Saud bin Mohammad bin Ali al-Thani
Doha, Qatar; London
Real estate and investments
Antiquities; Old Masters; Islamic art; contemporary art; natural history; minerals; architecture

David Thomson
Toronto
Media
Old Masters; modern and contemporary art

Robbi and Bruce E. Toll
Rydal, Pennsylvania
Luxury homes (Toll Brothers Inc.)
Elizabethan and Jacobean painting; Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; 20th-century sculpture

Ruth and William True
Seattle
Real estate and investments
Contemporary art

Myriam and Guy Ullens
Verbier, Switzerland; Ohain, Belgium
Industry, including refined sugar
Contemporary Chinese art

Dean Valentine
Beverly Hills, California
Media entrepreneurship
Contemporary art

Walter Vanhaerents
Brussels
Real estate and construction
Contemporary art

José Luis Várez Fisa
Madrid
Industry
Antiquities; Old Masters; modern and contemporary Spanish art

Barbara and John Vogelstein
New York
Private equity
Modern and contemporary art

Alice Walton
Fort Worth
Inheritance (Wal-Mart)
American art

Susan Weber
New York
Investments
American art

Alain Wertheimer
Paris; New York
Luxury goods (Chanel)
Modern art

Abigail and Leslie H. Wexner
Columbus, Ohio
Retail (limited brands)
Modern and contemporary art; British sporting pictures

Reba and Dave Williams
New York; Greenwich, Connecticut
Investment management
American prints

Reinhold Würth
Niedernhall, Germany
Manufacturing
Medieval, postwar, and contemporary art

Stephen A. Wynn Incline Village, Nevada; New York
Gambling resorts
French Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Tadashi Yanai
Yamaguchi City, Japan
Fashion retailing (Uniqlo)
Modern and contemporary art

Anita and Poju Zabludowicz
London
Technology and real estate
Contemporary art