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Northwestern Alum Makes Forbes Billionaires List

Patrick Ryan is founder of insurance broker Aon Corporation and 20 percent owner of the Chicago Bears.

 

Northwestern University alumni Patrick Ryan, founder of insurance broker Aon and 20 percent owner of the Chicago Bears, has a net worth of $1.25 billion and was recently ranked 373 in Forbes’ list of billionaires in American, and ranked 1161 among the world, Forbes reported. 

The 2013 Forbes Billionaires list says resurgent asset prices are the driving force behind the rising wealth of the 1,426 billionaires who have an aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion, Carlos Slim tops the list again followed by Bill Gates and Amancio Ortega of Spanish retailer Zara, Forbes reported.

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