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OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY OF INFLUENCE
BARRY ARBUCKLE
President, Chief Executive
MemorialCare Health System
Fountain Valley
Born in Kansas City, Mo.
Age: 55
Lives in Laguna Beach
WHY: Head of Fountain Valley-based health system with five hospitals in OC, Long Beach. Track record of aggressively approaching shifting business environment resulting from federal healthcare reform.
HOW: With MemorialCare since 1989; jobs included CEO positions at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center. System chief executive since 2002.
RECENT: Continues to grow number of outpatient centers, with over 200 locations from OC to South Bay of Los Angeles, including opening several centers in OC last year. Completed joint venture with RadNet Inc. adding 24 existing outpatient imaging centers and making MemorialCare largest imaging network in Southern California with 34 outpatient locations. Growing pediatric care: its Miller Children & Women's Hospital Long Beach formed a strategic affiliation with UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital last year.
PERSONAL: Bachelor's degree, Southwest Missouri State University; master's, Arizona State University; doctorate, University of North Carolina. Wife, Gina, four children.
- Sherry Hsieh
GEORGE L. ARGYROS
Chairman, Chief Executive
Arnel & Affiliates
Costa Mesa
Founding Partner
Westar Capital LLC
Costa Mesa
Born in Detroit
Age: 81
JULIA ARGYROS
Age: 77
Born in Adrian, Mich.
The couple lives in Newport Beach (Harbor Island)
WHY: Real estate mogul and wife among OC's top philanthropists.
HOW: George Argyros started selling land to oil companies for service stations in 1962. Bid on state land as freeways were built in OC. Went on to buy land for restaurants, stores. Founded Arnel & Affiliates in 1968. It owns, manages 5,500 apartments in OC, over 2 million square feet of commercial space. Formed venture firm Westar Capital in 1987 with the late Chuck Martin. Net worth estimated at nearly $2 billion.
RECENT: Prominent family name has gotten more prominent after donations to several public venues. Latest addition to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, Julianne and George Argyros Plaza, opened in fall. Public town square at center includes stage, guest amenities. Designed to draw more daytime crowds to center and encourage visitors to arrive earlier for performances. Gave $13.5 million to help fund project. Already donated $5 million to center's South Coast Repertory, where theater's Julianne Argyros...