It offers well appointed, spacious and versatile accommodation with a number of fine features. If her Instagram account is any indication, she can probably out-arm wrestle several players. $17,453,910 $21,011,080 Robert B. Rowling (born 1953)[2] is an American billionaire businessman, and the Founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. We believe in the power of relationships to deliver tangible business results. $28,122,780 Along with his wife, Nona, who died in 2014, the couple amassed the largest and most comprehensive collection of Texas art, and they donated generously to the Dallas Museum of Art. But that fence? The massive, wooded, 8-acre site owned by a family trust is reportedly being divided into separate lots for sale and redevelopment. This Dallas-based holding company, which owns the Omni Hotels chain, is owned and led by Robert Rowling, who, with his wife, Terry, donated $2.3 million to three super PACs and the NRCC and NRSC. $61,203,170, The Joneses Robert Rowling is the founder of TRT Holdings, which owns Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. Word is that this year not only will he predict plays before they occur—a neat bit of in-game insight that quickly became his trademark—but he will also do a shot of Tito’s each time he’s wrong, just to, quote, “rub Aikman’s face in it.”. $12,791,820 So ol’ Billy Don’s done OK for himself. $10,537,750 So let the lawsuits begin, kids. Valero (oil and gas): $3.7 million. According to the Collin Central Appraisal District, the most expensive residential property on its tax rolls is only $6,389,006. We’d pay $20 to see those five posts. He recently bought the 33-story 2100 Ross Avenue tower in downtown so that his new investment firm could have an office. Inside there are two kitchens, 13 fireplaces, and a natatorium. $32,485,760 Ontario-born Robert founded and ran Pavestone Co., one of the country’s largest makers of, well, pavestones, until 2012, when he sold the company for a sweet load of clams. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University and a Masters of Arts in Counseling. $10,009,250 He’s got a tennis court. The trial lawyer and widow of Fred Baron put her Robert A.M. Stern-designed house, which sits on 9 acres, on the market in 2015 for $33.5 million. True fact. (Its original owner was a member of the family that founded the Ball Corporation.) That move was totally unrelated to his generous gift to George H.W. AUSTIN, Texas — The McCombs School of Business is celebrating the opening of its new 497,500-square-foot graduate business facility, Robert B. Rowling Hall, today at The University of Texas at Austin. Robert B. Rowling Jr., M.A., LPC Clinical Interventionist and Case Manager . You wouldn’t think a man who owns an 11,594-sf Highland Park home would need much, especially if he’s the son of Caroline Hunt—daughter of H.L. Bush’s library in College Station. The former chairman of hedge fund HBK owns the historic Beck estate designed by Philip Johnson, and he put it on the market in 2014. Make of that what you will. The son of Mary Kay Ash married way out of his league. When Tracy Morgan’s spacey celebrity character on 30 Rock was asked, “You must know Arsenio?” he replied, “Hall or Billingham?” Which prompted a follow-up: “You know someone named Arsenio Billingham?” To which he answered, flatly, “No.” Does that have something to do with Trammell Crow’s daughter, Lucy, and her husband, Henry, who, in 1978 co-founded the real estate developer Billingsley Co., which built downtown’s One Arts Plaza? $40,872,660 Then you retired and unretired, then you got into real estate development and named a development after yourself at Richland Chambers Lake. This wasn’t: Berry, who, before retirement, spent 25 years as a director at Home Depot, and his wife, Jeanne, a daughter of the late Sen. John Tower, gave $1 million to SMU’s Tower Scholars Program in 2014. In April 2016, Meade wrote for Chief Executive magazine, “The 21st-century consumer expects a multi-dimensional, bi-directional relationship with her brands.” His house is worth almost $12 million. The founder of Carson Private Capital and his wife live on a 4.3-acre Park Lane estate that does not have a basement. The TransAtlantic Petroleum CEO, who also owns a 350,000-acre ranch in West Texas, said on a conference call with investors earlier this year: “The company was unable to source debt capital to drill the wells needed to satisfy several of our necessary future lease development requirements. Abbott's strike force to reopen Texas", "Rowling Family Pledges Gift of $25 Million for New Graduate Building at McCombs School of Business", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Rowling&oldid=997792812, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 January 2021, at 07:22. Back out. But then, in 2015, a bigger bighorn sheep was killed in a highway collision in Alberta. Solid stone, baby. Perales, founder and CEO of Sun Holdings, a company that runs 750 franchise restaurants around the country, rebuilt pretty much everything except the tennis court and garage at the former residence of Scott Ginsburg, the founder of Boardwalk Auto Group. $15,090,000 $13,745,730 Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Robert Rowling, ... Open House. The widow of investor Stan Finney was named in 2016 as one of The Crystal Charity Ball’s Ten Best Dressed Women of Dallas. In August 2010, Rowling made the winning bid to acquire the bankrupt Amelia Island PlantationR… [11] He commented to Fox News, explaining that his donation to American Crossroads had nothing to do with social policies that could spark crossfire. Five years later, TRT Holdings sold Corpus Christi National Bank to NationsBank for $131 million. $18,400,000 His father Robert’s old house, which overlooks White Rock Lake and is filled with more tile than you can possibly imagine, is on the market for $7 million. $12,302,840 $15,500,000 $13,283,270 $10,700,000 $11,124,010 And everyone knows Canadians are far better than the average American. $20,185,280 From the Triangle Business Journal: “The estate boasts a swimming pool, outdoor tennis court, indoor tennis court facility, a baseball infield, a dance studio, an automated batting cage, a putting green, a go-cart track, a stocked lake, a gym, an indoor and outdoor slide from the second to the first floor and much more.” He financed the construction of the Trinity Forest Golf Club. JK Rowling published all seven of her Harry Potter novels - as well as spinoffs - with British publishing house Bloomsbury. Any. The president of Progressive Incorporated, the aerostructure division of the Canadian firm Héroux-Devtek, until recently held the world record for largest bighorn sheep ever killed (the hunt for which took two weeks and cost him $200,000 for the tag fee alone). Probably even some Rolling Rock. An FBI spokeswoman at the time would only say that agents were “conducting law enforcement activity.” Corporate speak for toga party. $26,967,340 But Troutt is allergic to horsehair. You can view many billionaires houses here on our Billionaires Homes website. The president and director of Energy Transfer Partners beats his buddy Kelcy Warren by assembling four contiguous lots that make up 20 acres on Strait Lane, south of H. Ross Perot’s spread. It has recruited several high-dollar donors, including energy executive Harold Hamm and Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym executive Robert Rowling. Ashley’s has four. The founder of real estate firm The Amend Group owns H.L. OPEN HOUSE 5/2 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. $9,484,600 Nos. $9,780,040 $12,719,540 $55,105,110 His Dallas house is bigger, with 20,649 square feet. Randy Best is CEO of Academic Partnerships, which specializes in e-learning solutions. $11,120,340 Perhaps because the Wilburns bought an adjacent 4-acre property and tore down the house there. His compound encompasses two properties, one of which is an acre appraised at $1,778,700. $10,180,000 After making his cheddar in subprime auto loans, Dundon built a wild house. $11,313,220 [1][14] They met when they were both studying for bachelor's degrees in business at the University of Texas at Austin. $13,538,700 The billionaire and namesake of SMU’s business school secured a 1993 presidential pardon for his son on a bank fraud conviction. The joint is now for sale, offered at $24.5 million. Gaston House is a nationally recognized transitional living facility for men in Dallas,Texas, which is now part of the Origins continuum of care. After all that, would you need five wet bars in your house? It has only seven fireplaces, but it does have a sauna. Vinay’s oncology practice (he also founded CURE magazine) has bought his family a plot that’s 3 acres bigger than where their museum is allegedly going. [12], In April 2020, Governor Greg Abbott named Rowling to the Strike Force to Open Texas – a group "tasked with finding safe and effective ways to slowly reopen the state" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry and Robert Rowling and Kathleen Gibson. Rowling Hall will house the Texas McCombs MBA … If you paid the full $14.9 million asking price, put down 20 percent, and financed the rest on a 4.35 percent, 30-year fixed loan, your monthly payments would be $85,862—but that includes property taxes. Forbes says the oil and gas master is worth $4.8 billion. The catering guru was taught cooking by a great uncle who was once the chef to Pope Pius XII, who led the Vatican through WWII. $11,806,940 It features an outdoor and indoor pool, gym, billiard room, and conservatory. JK Rowling Causal Vacancy, a book for her adult readers in 2012 and under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith wrote crime fiction called The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013) and The Silkworm (2014) Sponsored link. He’s got 16 acres on Strait Lane, but the O.G. The Omni chain has 60 locations and 21,000 rooms nationwide with big new hotels in Dallas, Atlanta and Boston. No. So if you fall in one of the nine full baths at their 20,854-sf house, and if you suffer a severe facial laceration, Diane can fix you up. In spring 2013, UT Austin announced a $25 million pledge from Dallas businessman Robert Rowling, BBA ’76, his wife Terry Hennersdorf Rowling, BBA ’76, and their family to fund the construction of a 458,000 square foot graduate business building — Robert B. Rowling Hall! Naturally, there’s a porte-cochere, too. Jerry Jones’ daughter is Dallas Cowboys executive VP and chief brand officer. $26,308,060 13, 20, 81, 93 In 2016, he and his wife listed this home for $11.5 million—most of that payable as a signing bonus, which of course just destroys the Miramar Avenue salary cap. The founder of Boardwalk Auto Group lives in an 18,841-sf house on Beverly Drive that has a really sweet pool. Hashtag puns. His name and the word “mafia” together produce interesting Google results. You can see renderings of each on various Pinterest pages under the search term “fun PTA ideas.”. Brian Pratt is CEO of Primoris Services Corporation, an infrastructure company most likely named after a comic book super-villain. Billionaire Andy Beal bought Tom Hicks’ place and then flipped it to Moayedi, the developer who owns The Statler hotel and has caulk problems. The founder of Excel Communications has decided that horse racing is more fun than telecommunications. He got his J.D. Hill was the eldest grandson of H.L. Let’s say you founded a Duncanville company in 1969 called Quality Cabinets and grew it from three employees to 2,800 workers, bringing in $150 million in revenue. Push", "Gold's Gym Franchises Revolt Against Billionaire Owner For Funding Rove Group", "Gold's Gym Faces Backlash After CEO Gives to GOP Group", "This Isn't Working Out: Gold's Gym Franchises Split with Parent Co. Over CEO's American Crossroads Donation", "These are the experts, leaders working with Gov. Run, don’t walk. of Dallas billionaires lives in a relatively modest 8,200-sf house whose desirability DCAD thinks is only “average.” Watch out for the armed guards. $12,215,290 $17,108,080 It hopes to one day play host to the U.S. Open but must first find a way to destroy its arch nemesis, Trinity Forest. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Rowlingâ s … The author lived in … The real estate investor has a website, genephillips.org, that is fun to visit. Justin Leonard After some time at Hicks Muse, Rainwater, and Natural Gas Partners, he started his own private equity outfit, Pearl Energy Investments. $10,764,550 Nos. Whatever time they’ve saved going in and out, though, wasn’t used coming up with names for their five kids: Dax, Dallas, Demi, Dylan, and Dash. (He made his bread as the founder, in 1964, of a Texas-based Conoco distributorship that he built into one of the largest fuel wholesalers in the country.) Home Location: Dallas, TX (USA) His driveway. And it’s next door to H. Ross Perot. He is the name partner at Garza & Harris, which in February played host to a surprise party thrown by FBI and IRS agents, who playfully “raided” the offices of the tax planning attorney known for his “aggressive” tax shelters. You’ll recall that in 1992, H. Ross Perot quit the presidential race because he thought Republican rogues planned to sabotage one of his daughter’s weddings. RVW has also been a longtime political power player in Santa Barbara County, the area in which he grew up. Together the couple runs a little place called NorthPark Center. $16,215,220 Yeah, but—it was the University of Toronto and the Canadian Army, respectively. $16,084,880 The software executive (Lacerte Software, ExponentHR) was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010 and has had two bone marrow transplants. Business Insider reported in January that assets at his investment firm, Carlson Capital, had dropped by nearly $1 billion in the previous five months. Phil Romano $12,061,490 According to his company website, Primoris “build[s] great projects because we have built a great company—and insist on great performance.” For this home, he built on a great lot purchased from great NFL quarterback Troy Aikman—a great deal, btw—upon which he built this great house for himself and his great wife, whom he calls GreatBarbs. [7][8][9] According to an article published in Forbes, four San Francisco Gold's Gym franchises split off from the brand after Rowling made a $2 million donation to Karl Rove's American Crossroads PAC, sparking protest from gay rights advocates. $9,437,530 They bought their house from the Spangenbergs. $10,808,700 His wife, Kelli, is an interior decorator with her sister Kirsten. Richard Cheatham Mark Cuban’s Drug Company Wants to Disrupt Big Pharma, The Best Real Estate Agents in Dallas 2017 Celebration, Why Businesses Are Flocking to Dallas-Fort Worth. But his 16,000-sf house has 11 fireplaces and three covered outdoor living areas. Bill Cornog, the global head of KKR Capstone, a division of the investment management firm KKR, bought this house in June 2016, just one year before its architect, Frank Welch, who has been called “the standard bearer of Texas regional modern architecture,” died. "I've never heard one discussion of a social issue. $12,800,000 Younger brother has the bigger home. Copyright © 2021, D Magazine Partners, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Barker was the first of many indicted in what federal investigators have alleged was a complex scam that fleeced $5 million from BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, UnitedHealthcare, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Jeffrey Heller was most well-known professionally as a longtime EDS executive, but most well-known in the skies as a U.S. Marine Corps jet pilot from 1960 to 1966. Because it’s big. Marcus extensively renovated in the late 1990s using money derived from a cable television company called Marcus Cable (owned by Nancy’s former husband, Jeff Marcus). Their charitable giving has led to the Nasher Prize and the SOLUNA International Music & Arts Festival. The exterior walls on the 4-year-old, 11,324-sf Highland Park house he shares with wife Penny are stone veneer. Except they are both plastic surgeons and not personal injury lawyers. But the house is cherry. $60,500,830, The Perots JK Rowling’s own life story is an inspiring one, she rose from someone living on state allowance to a multimillionaire in five years. Stephen Jones' House. $13,500,000 Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton is a portmanteau of his wife’s childhood name. from SMU’s Dedman School of Law, which also seems about right. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. $11,456,930 $11,551,850 Diane and Rodney took a page from the Branson playbook. Or those facts might be unrelated. himself—and the brother (and co-worker) of Stephen Sands, who oversees luxe accommodator Rosewood Corp. Connor, and now owned by one of his descendants, Judy Austin Neuhoff, and her husband, Thomas Neuhoff (whose family has run eponymous companies specializing in both meatpacking and oil and gas), is on the market. $10,275,490 They work in sports. $9,893,530 $15,133,590 This is all about fiscal sanity." Geologic presence. Probably why Gussoni’s food seems to be on the right side of history. According to the DMN: “The more than 19,000-sf faux French château … has its own private lake, two swimming pools, separate 1,796-sf servants quarters and two cabanas each over 1,000 square feet.”. The past was stupid. Aberdour House is a magnificent, Grade A listed country house set in beautiful grounds. We like to imagine him grilling a steak on his patio and waving to her. The largest of his three properties is appraised at $9.8 million. $11,289,200 The estate has more than 20 acres, and Moayedi plans to chop them up into little pieces. Pin. The chairman and CEO of trucking concern Stevens Transport built a 16,426-sf house in 2014. $14,500,000 He was born in the United States, in … Rowling frequently sat here and scribbled notes while penning Harry Potter, sitting in the back room overlooking Edinburgh Castle. The Hunts The trial lawyer and widow of Fred Baron put her Robert A.M. Stern-designed house, which sits on 9 acres, on the market in 2015 for $33.5 million. The property near Ursuline Academy of Dallas sat unoccupied for years after a 2003 fire destroyed the main home. [3] TRT Holdings would later purchase Omni Hotels for $500 million and Gold's Gym for $180 million. $28,750,660 Upper Kirby. Rowling Hall will house the McCombs School of Business graduate programs, including the Texas MBA program. His wife is Nasiba Adilova, who has 108,000 Instagram followers and operates upscale kids’ clothier The Tot. In June his Justify won the Triple Crown, becoming only the 13th horse to do so. Homes - Celebrity - Business Links: en.wikipedia.org, sres.dallasnews.com By: tlp333. Until recently, Ashley Nadeau was listed as owning this newish home with husband Michael Nadeau, the founder of Viverae, a workplace wellness technology company. Governor Rick Perry and Texas state senators had sought to go back on compensation agreements with the staff. He owns about 25 percent of Topgolf. $12,844,560 But the guy deserves it. No complaints about locking in the last spot on the list. That lot is on the tax rolls for $6,354,090. Her husband does wine or something. $13,285,580 His Energy Transfer Partners operates 70,000 miles of pipeline. So began a series of events that would lead to the unmasking of Robert Galbraith as JK Rowling, The Cuckoo’s Calling’s rise from 4,709th position in the … Tang is a dentist and partner in MB2 Dental Solutions, the dental management company that in January 2017 agreed to pay $8.45 million to the United States and the Texas Medicaid program to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act. Erich Spangenberg Once upon a time in America, you had to go buy your music at retail spots like Sound Warehouse where you could sample new releases at “no risk” Listening Centers. $10,476,350 Kick the day off with breakfast at The Elephant House. His 17,038-sf house sits on a little more than an acre, which might have something to do with the fact that his Canadian-born father started out with a dry-cleaning business. The former president of Southwest Risk lives next door to H. Ross Perot. Both are average-looking, middle-aged white dudes, yet both married objectively beautiful women. $40,965,550 On Tom Nolan’s long résumé in the real estate investment industry, the most notable entry is his stint as chief operating officer at The Howard Hughes Corporation. $49,799,420 Along with her sister Heather Hill Washburne, she owns Highland Park Village. It’s on the market. Forbes puts the banker’s worth at $2.9 billion, and DCAD says he’s got a 20,000-sf spa on his 6-acre estate.