The one name you won't find on The Forbes 400 is the most influential real estate developer in the country: Larry Silverstein.

FORBES: Master Builder

However, without this policy Larry Silverstein would not have been able to buy the buildings, and the insurance was not just for terrorism.

BBC: Q&A: The collapse of Tower 7

Ten months ago, New York Governor George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, developer Larry Silverstein, choirs and bagpipers joined for a ceremony at ground zero.

NPR: Critique of Freedom Tower Leads to Redesign

It is turning out to be one part Daniel Libeskind to several parts Larry Silverstein, the real-estate developer who held the lease on the World Trade Center.

NEWYORKER: Shaping The Void

Others such as the Port Authority, which owns the land, and developer Larry Silverstein, who leases the land and owned the Twin Towers, were determined to rebuild.

CNN: The making of a memorial: Reshaping ground zero

That handshake at the announcement ceremony between Mr. Libeskind and Larry Silverstein, the developer who holds the twin tower leases and is being dragged kicking and screaming into enlightenment, was a historic New York first.

WSJ: Daniel Libeskind Envisions Ground Zero

Craig Silverstein was the first hire by founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

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