49. Charles Wang

Wang came in at #18 last year, but since then has abandoned direct management of Computer Associates and suffered from a rift with longtime partner Sanjay Kumar. The failure to acquire the Nets, which would have almost guaranteed a new arena in Nassau, was a major disappointment, and some thought he should have been removed from the list completely just because his wife was escorted off the CA premises. But Wang remains an Asian-American multimillionaire with enormous influence.