Rank #1059
Charles Zegar
Net worth $4.1B
Bloomberg LP · United States
- Born
- Feb 29, 1948
- Age
- 78
- Source
- Bloomberg LP
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Long Island University; Master of Science, New York University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Charles Zegar is one of four billionaire cofounders of financial information and media giant Bloomberg LP.
- Zegar, who got a computer science degree at NYU, built the first software for Bloomberg LP's terminals.
- The son of a subway conductor, he was widowed as a young man and remarried in 2001.
- He and his current wife, Merryl Snow Zegar, donate to Jewish causes and inner-city education via their Zegar Family Foundation.
- Zegar is a signatory of the Giving Pledge, a promise to donate at least half of his wealth to charitable causes.