Richard Hilton

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Richard Howard Hilton (born August 17, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is an American heir of the Hilton Hotel chain, and a real estate broker and developer specializing in exclusive, high-end property.

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He is the sixth of eight children born to Barron Hilton (who was born to hotel hilton founder, Conrad Hilton) and Marilyn Hawley. He is of German and British descent on his mother's side and of German and Norwegian on his father's side. His brothers and sisters are William Barron Hilton, Jr. (born 1948); Hawley Anne Hilton (born 1949); Stephen Michael Hilton (born 1950); David Alan Hilton (born 1952); Sharon Constance Hilton (born 1953); Daniel Kevin Hilton (born 1962); and Ronald Jeffrey Hilton (born 1963). The fortune of their father, Barron Hilton, is currently valued at just over $21.5 billion, and Rick and his siblings are poised to inherit around $125 million each.

He and Kathy Richards were married in 1978. They have four children: TV personality Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981); Nicholai Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983); Barron Nicholas Hilton (born November 7, 1989); and Conrad Hughes Hilton (born March 3, 1994).

In 2005, Rick, Kathy, and their two sons moved into a 1930s Bel-Air mansion purchased for $10 million. The family also maintains a $6.3 million home in The Hamptons on Long Island, New York.