Portrait of Bill Cummings

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Bill Cummings

Net worth $1.0B

Commercial real estate · United States

Born
Mar 11, 1937
Age
89
Source
Commercial real estate
Residence
Winchester, Massachusetts
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Tufts University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Bill Cummings founded commercial real estate developer Cummings Properties in 1970 in Woburn, Massachusetts.
  • The company manages 11 million square feet of office buildings in the suburbs of Boston; Bill has donated many of the buildings to the charitable Cummings Foundation.
  • He still owns office complexes in the Boston suburbs, including the Cummings Center in Beverly and TradeCenter 128 in Woburn.
  • Bill and his wife Joyce joined the Giving Pledge in 2011; the couple are generous donors to groups in the Boston area and in Rwanda.
  • In 2004, the couple's foundation agreed to operate Tuft University's Veterinary School, contributing $80 million over two decades.