Richard Peery

Son of a Bank of America executive converted California farmland into valuable Silicon Valley office space during the 1960s with lifelong partner John Arrillaga. Sold offices to tenants Google and Cisco, created cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Sold half of their portfolio in 2005; the next year made $1.1 billion selling more than 5 million square feet of office space and research facilities. Devout Mormon.