Rank #2729
Brad Kelley
Net worth $1.4B
Tobacco · United States
- Born
- Dec 23, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Tobacco
- Residence
- Franklin, Tennessee
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Diploma, High School; Drop Out, Western Kentucky University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Brad Kelley, a Kentucky native and a farmer's son, built a fortune from discount cigarettes.
- He built Commonwealth Brands, maker of USA Gold and Malibu cigarettes, and sold it for $1 billion in 2001.
- Kelley has since used that cash to become one of the largest landowners in the U.S., with over 500,000 acres from Hawaii to Florida.
- Kelley owns historic stud farm Calumet in Kentucky, which had three starters in the 2017 Kentucky Derby.
- In 2020, Kelley sold travel guide Lonely Planet, which he had bought seven years earlier from the BBC for $75 million.
- His horse English Channel has sired offspring that have nabbed over $57 million in prize money.
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