Portrait of Antonio Gracias

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Antonio Gracias

Net worth $4.3B

Investments · United States

Born
Nov 06, 1970
Age
55
Source
Investments
Residence
Chicago, Illinois
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Divorced
Children
3
Education
Master, Georgetown School of Foreign Service; JD, University of Chicago Law School

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Antonio Gracias is the founder and CEO of Chicago-based growth equity firm Valor Equity Partners, which has $16 billion in gross assets.
  • In 1995, Gracias was in law school at the University of Chicago when he founded Valor's predecessor, MG Capital.
  • A major Musk loyalist, Gracias met Musk through a mutual friend around 2000; Valor became one of Tesla's first institutional investors in 2005.
  • Much of Gracias? wealth comes from his shares of Tesla, where he served as a director from 2007 to 2021.
  • He's known for operationally-involved investing, even sleeping on Tesla's factory floor to work through manufacturing and supply chain issues.
  • Gracias? first investment was $300 worth of Apple stock that his mother helped him buy when he was in middle school; He still holds it today.
  • Gracias and Musk have gone on family vacations and ski trips together.

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