Top 200 Collectors (and their interests) 2015

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2015 Top 200 Collectors
Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons

New York
Real estate
Contemporary art
Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova

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

São Paulo
Travel and real estate investments
18th-century Brazilian Baroque furniture and imaginaries, Caucasian Rugs, International contemporary art
Paul Allen

Seattle
Computer software and sports franchises
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art, Old Masters
María Asunción Aramburuzabala

Mexico City
Beverages and investments
Modern and contemporary art
Hélène and Bernard Arnault

Paris
Luxury goods (LVMH)
Contemporary art
Laura and John Arnold

Houston
Hedge Fund
Modern, postwar, and contemporary art
Hans Rasmus Astrup

Glasgow, Oslo
Shipping- and finance-related activities
Contemporary art
Candace Carmel Barasch

New York
Real estate
Contemporary art
Maria Arena and William Bell Jr.

Los Angeles
Television production
Modern and contemporary art
Ernesto Bertarelli

Gstaad, Switzerland
Biotech and investments
Modern and contemporary art
Debra and Leon Black

New York
Investment banking
Chinese sculpture, Contemporary art, Impressionism, modern painting, Old Masters, works on paper
Len Blavatnik

London, New York
Investments (media, industrials, and real estate)
Modern and contemporary art
Neil G. Bluhm

Chicago
Real estate
Postwar and contemporary art
Karen and Christian Boros

Berlin
Advertising, communication, and publishing
Contemporary art
Irma and Norman Braman

Miami Beach
Automobile dealerships
Modern and contemporary art
Udo Brandhorst

Munich
Insurance
Postwar and contemporary art
Peter M. Brant

Greenwich, Connecticut
Newsprint manufacturing
Contemporary art, design, furniture
Edythe L. and Eli Broad

Los Angeles
Philanthropy (The Broad Foundation)
Contemporary art
James Keith (JK) Brown and Eric Diefenbach

New York, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Investments and law
Contemporary art
Bettina and Donald L. Bryant Jr.

Saint Helena, California, St. Louis, Missouri
Winemaking (Bryant Family Vineyard) and insurance
American Masters of the 20th Century, German and Austrian Masters of the early 20th Century, Old Masters
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy

Colorado, Connecticut, New York
Inheritance (shopping malls) and commodities trading
Contemporary art
Joop van Caldenborgh

Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Chemical industry (Caldic)
Modern and contemporary art, including sculpture, photography, artists' books, video, and installations
Edouard Carmignac

Paris
Asset Management
Contemporary art
Trudy and Paul Cejas

Miami Beach
Investments (PLC Investments)
Postwar and contemporary art, especially Zero
Pierre Chen

Taipei
High-tech industry
Modern and contemporary art
Adrian Cheng

Hong Kong
Retail and real estate (K11 and New World Development)
Contemporary Chinese and global art
Halit Cingillioglu

Monaco
Banking
Impressionism, Modern, postwar, and contemporary art
Kemal Has Cingillioglu

London
Banking
Contemporary art
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros

Gstaad, Switzerland, Madrid
Investments, real estate, and telecommunications
Contemporary art, video, and photography, with an emphasis on architecture and historical geometric abstraction from Latin America
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros

Caracas, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, New York
Media, entertainment, telecommunications, consumer products, and travel resorts
19th-century traveler artists to Latin America, Amazonian ethnographic objects, colonial art and objects from Latin America, Modern and contemporary Latin American art
Alexandra and Steven A. Cohen

Greenwich, Connecticut
Investments
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art
Cherryl and Frank Cohen

Cheshire, England
Home-improvement stores
Contemporary art, modern British art
Isabel and Agustín Coppel

Mexico City
Retail
International 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)
Contemporary art, especially large-scale installations, sculpture, drawings, collage, film, and video
Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian

London, Venezuela
Investments
Latin American art, Modern and contemporary art
Beth Rudin DeWoody

Los Angeles, New York, West Palm Beach, Florida
Philanthropy and real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Leonardo DiCaprio

Los Angeles
Actor
comics, Contemporary art, fossils, rare books
Glenn Dubin

New York
Asset Management
Modern and contemporary art
George Economou

Athens
Investments and shipping (DryShips)
Modern, postwar, and contemporary art
Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson

Aspen, Colorado, Chicago
Plastics manufacturing (retired)
Postwar and contemporary art
Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth

Helsinki
Construction and Investments
Contemporary Scandinavian, European, and American art
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg

Union, New Jersey
Retail (Bed Bath & Beyond)
Contemporary art
Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg

New York
Retail (Bed Bath & Beyond)
Contemporary art
Lawrence J. Ellison

Woodside, California
Software
ancient to early 20th-century Japanese art, Late 19th- and early 20th-century European art
Caryl and Israel Englander

New York
Hedge Fund
contemporary photography, Modern, postwar, and contemporary art
Susan and Leonard Feinstein

Long Island, New York
Retail (Bed Bath & Beyond)
Modern and contemporary art
Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta

Las Vegas
Casinos (Station Casinos) and professional fighting (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
Modern and contemporary art
Marilyn and Larry Fields

Chicago
Commodities
Contemporary art
Amanda and Glenn R. Fuhrman

New York
Investments (MSD Capital)
Contemporary art
Antoine de Galbert

Paris
Inheritance
Contemporary art, Primitive art
Christy and Bill Gautreaux

Kansas City, Kansas or Kansas City, Missouri
Energy (Crestwood Midstream Partners)
Contemporary art
Yassmin and Sasan Ghandehari

London
Investments (real estate and industrials)
Impressionism, Postwar and contemporary art
Ingvild Goetz

Munich
Inheritance (mail-order retail)
Contemporary art
Noam Gottesman

New York
Hedge Fund
Postwar and contemporary art
Laurence Graff

Gstaad, Switzerland
Jewelry
Modern and contemporary art
Kenneth C. Griffin

Chicago
Hedge Fund
Post-Impressionism
Florence and Daniel Guerlain

Paris
Inheritance (perfume)
Contemporary art, especially drawing and sculpture
Agnes Gund

Kent, Connecticut, New York, Peninsula, Ohio
Inheritance
Modern and contemporary art
Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg

New York
Investments
Postwar and contemporary art
Francesca von Habsburg

Vienna
Philanthropy (founder and chairwoman, TBA21)
Contemporary art
Christine and Andrew Hall

Palm Beach, Florida
Financial management
Contemporary art
Diane and Bruce Halle

Arizona
Tires (discount tire company)
contemporary sculpture, Latin American art
Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein

Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Inheritance
Old Masters
Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

New York
Investment banking
Postwar and contemporary art, Renaissance bronzes
Marguerite Hoffman

Dallas
Private investments
Chinese monochromes, illuminated medieval manuscripts, Postwar American and European art
Maja Hoffmann

Zurich
Inheritance (pharmaceuticals)
Contemporary art
Hong Ra-hee and Lee Kun-hee

Seoul
Electronics (Samsung)
modern and contemporary international art, Traditional and modern Korean art
Susan and Michael Hort

New Jersey, New York
Printing
Contemporary art
Alan Howard

London
Hedge Fund
Impressionism, modern art
Frank Huang

Taipei
Computer hardware
Chinese porcelain, Impressionist and modern painting
Dakis Joannou

Athens
Construction
Contemporary art
Edward ““Ned”” Johnson III

Boston
Finance (Fidelity Investments)
19th- and 20th-century American painting, furniture, and decorative arts, Asian art and ceramics
Viatcheslav Kantor

London, Moscow
Fertilizer (Acron Group), president of the European Jewish Congress
contemporary Russian art, Russian and Jewish art of the 20th century
Nasser David Khalili

London
Real estate and investments
Aramaic documents, enamels of the world, Hajj and the arts of pilgrimage, Islamic art, Japanese art of the Meiji period, Japanese kimonos, Spanish damascened metalworks, Swedish textiles
Alison and Peter W. Klein

Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
Real estate (Peter Klein Real Estate)
Aboriginal art, Contemporary painting and photography
Jeanne and Michael L. Klein

Austin, Texas, Santa Fe
Oil and gas exploration and production
Postwar and contemporary art
Jill and Peter Kraus

Dutchess County, New York, New York
Investment management
Contemporary art
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis

New York
Finance and investments
French furniture, Modern and contemporary art
Ananda Krishnan

Kuala Lumpur
Finance and investments
modern art
Grazyna Kulczyk

Poznan, Poland
entrepreneur (Stary Browar Commerce, Art and Business Centre), Investments
Postwar and contemporary Polish and international art
Pierre Lagrange

London
Hedge Fund
Postwar and contemporary art
Barbara and Jon Landau

New York
Entertainment
19th-century French and English painting, Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture
Steven Latner and Michael Latner

Toronto
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Joseph Lau

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

Hong Kong
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art
Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

Palm Beach, Florida, Paris, Wainscott, New York, Washington, D.C.
Cosmetics (Estee Lauder Companies)
20th-century decorative arts, Antiquities, Archaeology, arms and armor, Austrian and German Expressionism, Contemporary art, medieval art, modern masters, Old Masters, postwar German and Italian art
Leonard A. Lauder

New York
Cosmetics (Estee Lauder Companies)
Cubism
Barbara Lee

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Investments
Contemporary art by women
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky

Glencoe, Illinois
Venture investments
Contemporary art
Barbara and Aaron Levine

Washington, D.C.
Law practice
Conceptual art
Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel S. Loeb

New York
Hedge Fund
feminist art, Postwar and contemporary art
Eugenio López Alonso

Los Angeles, Mexico City
Beverages (Jumex)
Contemporary art
Jho Low

Hong Kong
Finance and investments
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art
Maramotti Family

Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fashion
Art informel, arte povera, Contemporary art, Neo-Expressionism, New Geometry, transavanguardia
Maurice Marciano

Beverly Hills, California
Retail (Guess)
Contemporary art
Martin Z. Margulies

Miami
Real-estate development
Modern and contemporary 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
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
Dimitri Mavrommatis

Paris
Investment banking and asset management
Modern and postwar art
Raymond J. McGuire

New York
Finance
African American and African art
John S. Middleton

Philadelphia
Manufacturing
19th- and 20th-century American art
Leonid Mikhelson

Moscow
Gas (Novatek)
Impressionism, modern art, Old Masters
Nina and Frank Moore

New York
Neurosurgery
Art of the last 20 years
Catriona and Simon Mordant

Italy, New York, Sydney, Australia
Investments
Global contemporary art
Victoria and Samuel I. Newhouse Jr.

New York
Publishing
Modern and contemporary art
Philip S. Niarchos

Saint Moritz, Switzerland
Shipping and finance
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art, Old Masters
Genny and Selmo Nissenbaum

Rio de Janeiro
Investments and real estate
Minimalist art
Takeo Obayashi

Tokyo
Construction contracting, engineering, and design
Contemporary art
Daniel Och

Scarsdale, New York
Hedge Fund
Modern and contemporary art
Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann

Basel, Switzerland
Inheritance (pharmaceuticals)
Contemporary art
Thomas Olbricht

Berlin
Doctor of medicine
Contemporary art, stamps, Wunderkammer objects
Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo

Naples, Florida
Investment fund
Dutch and Flemish Old Master painting
Michael Ovitz

Los Angeles
Technology, finance, and investments
African art, Ming furniture, Modern and contemporary art
Bernardo Paz

Brumadinho, Brazil
Mining
Contemporary art
Andrea and José Olympio Pereira

São Paulo
Investment banking
Modern and contemporary Brazilian art
Marsha and Jeffrey Perelman

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Manufacturing
Postwar and contemporary art
Ronald O. Perelman

New York
Finance
Modern and contemporary art
Lisa and Richard Perry

New York
Fashion and investments
Color Field, Minimalist art, Pop art
Amy and John Phelan

Aspen, Colorado, New York
Investments (MSD Capital)
Contemporary art
François Pinault

Paris
Luxury goods (Kering) and auctions (Christie's)
Contemporary art
Victor Pinchuk

Kiev, Ukraine
Investment Advisory group (EastOne Group)
Contemporary art
Sabine and Hasso Plattner

Heidelberg, Germany
Software (SAP AG Software Company)
East German art, Impressionism
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 and John Pritzker

San Francisco
Hotels and investments
Modern and contemporary art, photography
Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert

Chicago
Real estate, hotels (Hyatt), and financial information
Contemporary art
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
entrepreneur, Inheritance
Modern and contemporary Arab art
Qiao Zhibing

Shanghai
Entertainment industry
International contemporary art
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky

Dallas
Investments
Postwar and contemporary American and European art, postwar Japanese and Korean art
Emily and Mitchell Rales

New York, Potomac, Maryland
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
Bob Rennie

Vancouver, British Columbia
Real estate
Contemporary art
Louise and Leonard Riggio

Bridgehampton, New York, Palm Beach, Florida
Retail (Barnes & Noble)
Modern and contemporary art
Ellen and Michael Ringier

Zurich
Publishing
Contemporary art, Russian avant-garde art
Linnea Conrad Roberts and George Roberts

Atherton, California
Finance (KKR)
Contemporary art
Aby J. Rosen

Southampton, New York
Real estate
contemporary photography, Modern and contemporary art
Hilary and Wilbur L. Ross Jr.

Palm Beach, Florida
Author, Private equity (distressed companies)
modern and contemporary art, especially Chinese and Vietnamese, Surrealism
Eric de Rothschild

Paris, Pauillac, France
Banking
Modern and contemporary art, Old Masters
Rubell Family

Miami
Real estate and hotels
Contemporary art
Betty and Isaac Rudman

Dominican Republic
Imports and manufacturing (home appliances)
Latin American art, numismatics, Pre-Columbian art
Dmitry Rybolovlev

Moscow
Fertilizer
19th- and 20th-century painting
Charles Saatchi

London
Advertising
International contemporary art
Joseph Safra

Geneva, New York, São Paulo
Banking
Impressionism, Old Masters
Lily Safra

Geneva
Inheritance
19th- and 20th-century art
Sainsbury Family

London
Supermarkets
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art, world art
Elham and Tony Salamé

Beirut, Milan
Fashion retailing (Aishti)
Contemporary art
Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Conglomerate interests (Golden Harvest Group) and philanthropy (Samdani Art Foundation)
antique silver, design, Modern and contemporary South Asian and international art
Marieke and Pieter Sanders

Haarlem, the Netherlands
Corporate-law practice
contemporary American and European art, Dutch art, sculpture
Vicki and Roger Sant

New York, Washington, D.C.
Energy
New York: contemporary art, Washington D.C.: late 19th-century art focused on Nabi
Fayez Sarofim

Houston
Investment counseling
19th-century American art, Coptic art, Modern and contemporary art, Old Masters
Louisa Stude Sarofim

Houston, Santa Fe
Investments
Modern and contemporary art, works on paper
Tatsumi Sato

Hiroshima, Japan
Manufacturing (radiators)
antique textiles, Contemporary art, Primitive art
Christiane Schaufler-Münch and Peter Schaufler

Sindelfingen, Germany
Industry (refrigeration compressors)
Postwar and contemporary art
Chara Schreyer

Los Angeles, San Francisco
Real estate
Modern and contemporary art, photography, and sculpture
Helen and Charles Schwab

Atherton, California, San Francisco
Investment firm
Modern and contemporary art
Marianne and Alan Schwartz

Birmingham, Michigan
Law practice
19th-century and early 20th-century European and American prints, Old Masters
Uli Sigg

Mauensee, Switzerland
Media
Contemporary art, especially Chinese
Peter Simon

London
Retail (Monsoon)
Contemporary art
Elizabeth and Frederick Singer

Great Falls, Virginia
Internet education
Modern and contemporary art
Carlos Slim Helú

Mexico City
Telecommunications, finance, and retail
modern art, especially Rodin, Old Masters, pre-Columbian and colonial Mexican art
Eric Smidt

Los Angeles
Tool industry
Contemporary art, New York School
Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley

New York
Real estate
Contemporary art
Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch

São Paulo
Textiles (Vicunha Textil)
Modern and contemporary art, especially Brazilian
Judy and Michael H. Steinhardt

Mount Kisco, New York
Investment firm
Classical antiquities, Judaica, modern art, especially drawings, Peruvian feathered textiles
Gayle and Paul Stoffel

Aspen, Colorado, Dallas, Palm Springs, California
Investments
Contemporary art
Norah and Norman Stone

California, Napa Valley, California, San Francisco
Psychology, law (retired), and private investments
Contemporary art
Julia Stoschek

Düsseldorf, Germany
Industry (automotive supplier)
Contemporary art, especially time-based media
Iris and Matthew Strauss

Rancho Santa Fe, California
Private real-estate investments (M.C. Strauss Company)
Contemporary art
Sylvia and Ulrich Ströher

Darmstadt, Germany
Real estate, financial assets, and private equity
contemporary German painting, German abstract postwar art
Suh Kyung-Bae

Seoul
Cosmetics (AmorePacific)
contemporary Korean and international art, Traditional Korean art
Brett and Daniel S. Sundheim

New York
Hedge fund (Viking Global Investors)
Contemporary art
Lisa and Steve Tananbaum

West Palm Beach, Florida, Westchester, New York
Asset Management
Postwar and contemporary art
Lauren and Benedikt Taschen

Berlin, Los Angeles
Publishing
Contemporary art, especially American, German, and British
Budi Tek

Jakarta, Indonesia, Shanghai
Philanthropy (Yuz Foundation and Yuz Museum)
International contemporary art, especially Chinese and Western
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani

Doha, Qatar, London, New York
Inheritance and investments (Qatar Investment Authority)
Postwar and contemporary art
Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Doha, Qatar
Inheritance
Modern and contemporary art
David Thomson

Toronto
Media
Modern and contemporary art, Old Masters
Jane and Robert Toll

Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Luxury homes (Toll Brothers)
American art, French Impressionism
Robbi and Bruce E. Toll

Rydal, Pennsylvania
Luxury homes (Toll Brothers)
20th-century sculpture, American art, Elizabethan and Jacobean painting, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
Myriam and Guy Ullens

Verbier, Switzerland
Private equity and food industry
Contemporary Chinese art
Dean Valentine

Beverly Hills, California
Media entrepreneur
Contemporary art
Walter Vanhaerents

Brussels
Real estate and construction
Contemporary art
Alice Walton

Fort Worth
Inheritance (Wal-Mart)
American art, Contemporary art
Wang Jianlin

Beijing
Real estate
Impressionism, Modern and contemporary art
Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian

Shanghai
Investments
Chinese art, scrolls, and porcelain, Contemporary Chinese art
Wang Zhongjun

Beijing
Film production (Huayi Brothers Media)
modern art
Jutta and Siegfried Weishaupt

Laupheim, Germany
Industry (fuel technology)
Postwar and contemporary art, especially Abstract Expressionism, Zero, and Pop
Alain Wertheimer

New York
Fashion
Asian art, Modern and contemporary art
Abigail and Leslie H. Wexner

Columbus, Ohio
Retail (L brands)
contemporary American art, Modern European art
Reinhold Würth

Niedernhall, Germany, Salzburg, Austria
Industry (hardware)
medieval art, Postwar and contemporary art
Elaine Wynn

Las Vegas
Hotels and casinos
Modern and contemporary art
Stephen A. Wynn

Las Vegas
Casino resorts
Modern and contemporary art
Tadashi Yanai

Tokyo
Fashion retailing (Uniqlo)
Modern and contemporary art
Yang Bin

Beijing
Automobile dealerships
Modern and contemporary Chinese art
Anita and Poju Zabludowicz

London
Technology and real estate
Contemporary art
Jochen Zeitz

Cape Town
Investments
Contemporary African art
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