Portrait of Dan Snyder

Rank #905

Dan Snyder

Net worth $4.7B

Washington Commanders · United States

Born
Nov 23, 1964
Age
61
Source
Washington Commanders
Residence
Potomac, Maryland
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Drop Out, University of Maryland

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Dan Snyder initially made his fortune with a marketing business, Snyder Communications, that he started as a college dropout.
  • After taking the company public in 1996, Snyder sold it to French firm Havas for $2.1 billion in stock in 2000.
  • In 1999, he bought the NFL's Washington Commanders for $750 million, borrowing $350 million to do so. He sold the franchise for $6.05 billion in 2023.
  • After years of controversy over the Native American origins of the team's former name, the Redskins, Snyder renamed the team the Commanders in 2022.
  • In 2019, Snyder made waves with his new $192 million yacht Lady S, which has an IMAX theater.
  • Snyder cleaned and mopped the floors at the cafeteria inside the National Institute for Health as a high school student.
  • In 1996, Snyder was the youngest public-company CEO on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Snyder dropped out of college to start a business chartering planes to fly college kids to sporting events. By 20 he was a millionaire.