Portrait of Christopher Goldsbury

Rank #2163

Christopher Goldsbury

Net worth $2.0B

Salsa · United States

Born
Jan 01, 1943
Age
83
Source
Salsa
Residence
San Antonio, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Trinity University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Christopher "Kit" Goldsbury's fortune comes from selling salsa maker Pace Foods to Campbell Soup for $1.1 billion in 1994.
  • Goldsbury worked on the assembly line at Pace in 1969, two years after marrying founder David Pace's daughter Linda. He became president in 1977.
  • After Goldsbury and Linda separated in 1987, Goldsbury purchased her half for $95 million, a fraction of what he sold it for seven years later.
  • The San Antonio billionaire is backing the revitalization of the downtown Pearl neighborhood through his private equity firm Silver Ventures.