$2.4 billion
down 4%
The cable television entrepreneur told the Business Journal he spent the last year making a “major accommodation” to stateside life after his stint as U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 2022 to 2024. Nathanson, 80, founded Falcon Cable TV in Northern California and sold it to Charter Communications in 1999 for $3.7 billion. He later founded Mapleton Investments. Its real estate division, Mapleton Properties, has become Nathanson’s main investment vehicle with a portfolio of 25 properties in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Glendale, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Portland. Son Adam Nathanson runs the real estate operations, while son David Nathanson runs Mapleton’s sports division. After returning from Norway, Nathanson joined an advisory board and bought a stake in Shield AI, a military drone maker in San Diego. Weakening real estate and art markets this year edged his net worth marginally down. Politics: Last year Nathanson joined Future Forward, the largest Democratic-leaning super PAC, which spent more than $509 million in the 2024 election. That’s including about $450 million in ad buys after Kamala Harris secured the nomination for president. Sports: The Nathanson family owns stakes in several professional sports teams, including the NHL’s Seattle Kraken, MLS Seattle Sounders FC, AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds and NWSL Angel City FC in Los Angeles. Family: Nathanson’s wife, Jane Nathanson, founded the Nathanson Family Resilience Center at UCLA Medical and is a trustee for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
