Barbara Banke & family
$2.5B
Born
Aug 01, 1953
Age
72
Source of Wealth
Wine
Residence
Geyserville, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Widowed
Children
3
Education
JD, UC Hastings; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, Los Angeles
- Starting in the mid 1980s, Barbara Banke built Jackson Family Wines alongside her late husband, Jess Jackson (d. 2011), into a multinational enterprise.
- In addition to its signature Kendall-Jackson wines from Sonoma, the group owns La Crema and nearly 40 other wineries in California, Oregon, Chile, Italy and beyond.
- Banke is chairman and proprietor of the group, which she owns with her and Jess's blended family of five children.
- She helps lead the family's Stonestreet Farms racing stables, with horses on farms in Kentucky and Florida.
- Banke, a former land use lawyer, met Jess Jackson when they were law partners at the same firm.
- In early 2024, Kendall-Jackson inked a deal to become the official wine of the National Basketball Association.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|