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Amos Hostetter, Jr.

Boston may be the Hub of the Universe, but it is hardly the epicenter of the Super Rich with only one resident making the just published Forbes 400 list of America’s wealthiest individuals.

Beacon Hill’s Amos Hostetter, Jr. ranks 382 nd with a net worth of $3.9 billion.

He was a cable television pioneer who sold his company, Continental Cablevision, in 1996 for $11 billion.

Hofstetter’s Barr Foundation is one of the city’s largest supporters of the arts, education and climate change initiatives.

As recently as 2021, Boston had five members of this exclusive club including Fidelity founder Edward Johnson who passed away in 2022, Wayfair founders Steve Conine and Niraj Shah, and Moderna’s Noubar Afeyan whose companies’ stock have declined significantly.

Non-Boston residents are Abigail Johnson ($35.8 billion), Edward Johnson IV ($14.2 billion), Robert Kraft ($13.8 billion), Elizabeth Johnson ($12.3 billion), Robert Hale ($6 billion), Jim Davis ($5.2 billion), Phillip Ragon ($4.2 billion), Alan Trefler ($4.2 billion), Amos Hostetter, Jr. ($3.9 billion).

Red Sox owner John Henry is a resident of Florida and has a net worth $5.7 billion.

The total assets of the state’s super rich is $98.8 billion putting their aggregate wealth between Alice Walton of Texas ($106 billion) who ranks 15 th and Julia Koch of New York ($81.2 billion).