Welcome to the Rainmakers podcast. This show is going to be an exploration on the world’s best investors from past and present to see how exactly they made their returns. In this episode we will go over how Donald Bren became the richest real estate investor in the United States from one single deal. We will be going deep on who Bren was, how he invested in the deal, and what made the deal work so well.

Links:

James Cameron Interview: https://youtu.be/qTVGXcmk0xg?si=qiosQNavbV--HXPP

Founder’s Podcast #311: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/311-james-cameron/id1141877104?i=1000620838661

Donald Bren ULI Interview: https://youtu.be/XTLz2v88zWs?si=Gl-t_6zH9xckAbf3

Deane Homes Garden Kitchen: https://www.facebook.com/preserveorangecounty/photos/a.1109996192417998/3156041687813428/?type=3

Forbes Riches Real Estate Billionaires in 2023: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2023/10/04/the-richest-real-estate-billionaires-in-america-2023/?sh=516e6a2a63af

Rancho Mission Viejo Periodical: https://www.cityofrsm.org/DocumentCenter/View/507/Rancho-Mission-Viejo-History-PDF

Sources:

**Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan by Michael Stockstill and H. Pike Oliver**

**The Irvine Ranch: A Time for People: A 50-Year Overview of the Development of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, California (with a New Epilogue) by Martin A. Bower**

Threshold Resistance by A. Alfred Taubman

James Toepfer Oral History by Mission Viejo Oral History Project

John T. Martin Oral History by Mission Viejo Oral History Project

Tony Moiso Oral History by The Living Stories Collective

*Bren family builder is latest housing casualty* by John Gittelsohn

*Key Figures in the Dispute : DONALD L. BREN : Close-up: Developer appears to be uncomfortable in his role as one of the richest men in the country.* by Michael Flagg

*A Family’s Fortune* by Sam Enriquez

*AMERICA'S RICHEST LAND BARON Donald Bren's stunning property covers 100 square miles of California. He's worth $2 billion now, and his ''build and hold'' strategy promises to keep his wealth climbing.* by Gary Hector **

*BUSINESS PEOPLE; Investor in Irvine Sees Long-Term Opportunity* by Daniel F. Cuff

*Donald Bren’s Legacy* by Scott Kraft

*BREN: Orange County’s Reclusive Billionaire : Is Donald Bren America’s Richest?* by Michael Cieply and Michael Flagg

*Mother of Irvine Co. chairman* by LA Times Archives 2008

*Forster & O’Neill and Their Great Ranch* by Don Tryon

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