James H Clark

Silicon Valley mainstay Jim Clark returned to the Forbes World's Billionaires list in 2012. The Netscape co-founder last appeared on the billionaires list in 2008. Clark is a computer scientist who pioneered methods for rendering computer images while he was a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. Clark went on to found Silicon Graphics in 1982, Netscape in 1994 and Healtheon (merged with WebMD). He also invested in Shutterfly; MyCFO.com, a wealth management company (sold to Harris Bank), and Neoteris, a computer security firm that was acquired by Juniper Networks. Clark has a large impressionist art collection and a 300-foot sailing yacht, Athena. Clark was the major financial backer for the Academy Award-winning documentary on Japanese dolphin hunting, "The Cove." He is also the namesake for Stanford's James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, to which he donated $90 million. He donated $30 million to Tulane University, for student scholarships. His daughter Kathy is married to YouTube founder Chad Hurley. His fourth wife Kristy is a former Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated model. She is 36 years younger than he is, and have two children. They live in Florida. PhD Computer Science, University of Utah (1974); Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science in Physics, Louisiana State University