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Survey reveals wealthy links

The list has two millionaires who claim Bermuda as their main home.Marion Macmillan Pictet, 64, heiress to $975 million from the massive agricultural products firm Cargill Inc. owns Bermuda's Perot Island.

shows strong Bermudian connections.

The list has two millionaires who claim Bermuda as their main home.

Marion Macmillan Pictet, 64, heiress to $975 million from the massive agricultural products firm Cargill Inc. owns Bermuda's Perot Island.

And Ernest Stempel, 80, -- a top executive with Bermuda-based American International Group and who has an estimated fortune of $700 million -- lives in Fairylands.

The firm's president, New York-based Maurice Greenberg, 71, is worth $1.4 billion.

And Ross Perot, 66, -- who is worth $3.3 billion despite his heavy spending in two US Presidential campaigns -- lists his main residence in Dallas, Texas, but is a regular visitor to his home on Tucker's Town.

Edward (Ned) Johnson III, a backer of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute and founder of Fidelity Investments, also owns a home in Bermuda.

Mr. Johnson, 66, whose main residence is listed as Boston, Massachussets, is worth $1.3 billion.

Other Bermuda links include the Marriott brothers, who own and operate the Island's Castle Harbour resort.

Richard, 57, has a personal fortune of $620 million, while brother John, 64, is worth $565 million.

The owner of Bermuda-based Central European Television, Ronald Lauder, 52, of the Estee Lauder empire is listed as being worth $2.1 billion.

John Kluge, 82, Metromedia Co. magnate, of Charlottesville, Virginia, is worth $7.2 billion. His yacht, the Virginian is a regular sight off St. George's and Hamilton.

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