Rank #2078
Bill Gross
Net worth $2.0B
Investments · United States
- Born
- Apr 13, 1944
- Age
- 82
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- Laguna Beach, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, Anderson School of Management; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Duke University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bill Gross cofounded PIMCO, an investment management firm, in 1971 and became known as a superstar bond fund manager.
- He decamped in 2014, and joined Janus Henderson to manage a global macro bond fund; he retired in 2019.
- Gross sued PIMCO for wrongful dismissal in 2015. The case was settled in March 2017 for $81 million, which went to the Sue and Bill Gross Foundation.
- In 2016, Gross' wife of 31 years, Sue, filed for divorce. She eventually walked away with over $1 billion.
- Gross is a 1966 graduate in psychology from Duke University. He has donated millions to his alma mater for financial aid.
- Named after him, the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the Smithsonian National Postal is the world's largest gallery dedicated to philately.
- Gross, who has Asperger's Syndrome, was prompted to seek diagnosis after reading Michael Lewis's "The Big Short," which features a protagonist with the condition.