Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert's Quicken Loans successfully rode out the mortgage mess of 2008 and 2009, and then wrote $30 billion in new mortgages in 2010 while adding dozens of tech start-ups to the "family." He's now scooping up Detroit real estate at bargain prices to create a tech hub in Motown. In Ohio, where he owns the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, he's also building a potentially lucrative casino empire. Bachelor of Arts / Science, Michigan State University; LLB, Wayne State University