Net Worth: $2.4 billion

Son of Montreal tobacco and candy wholesaler studied at Harvard, then Wharton M.B.A. Cofounded Boston Properties with Edward Linde 1970, took public 1997. Shares up 400% since offering. Today portfolio includes 135 commercial buildings: offices, hotels, retail. Sold 5 Times Square office tower for $1.3 billion last November. Also invested in media: owns U.S. News & World Report, New York’s Daily News. “I’ve been a news junkie since I was 13 years old.” Unrest: university presidents demanding changes to U.S. News’ famed college rankings. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan opened a new research center funded with $100 million endowment from Zuckerman in February. Frequent panelist on Sunday morning chatfest The McLaughlin Group.