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Daniel Gilbert

Net worth $23.5B

Rocket Mortgage · United States

Born
Jan 17, 1962
Age
64
Source
Rocket Mortgage
Residence
Franklin, Michigan
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Divorced
Children
5
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Michigan State University; LLB, Wayne State University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Dan Gilbert cofounded what would become Rocket Mortgage, the second-largest mortgage lender in the U.S., in 1985 at 22 years old.
  • Gilbert took the firm public as Rocket Companies in August 2020. Rocket originated $101 billion in mortgages in 2024.
  • He owns the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • He and his companies have committed more than $7 billion to acquiring and restoring more than 100 properties in downtown Detroit and Cleveland.
  • Gilbert also cofounded online sneaker sale platform StockX, which became a unicorn in June 2019.
  • Gilbert started his mortgage lender, then named Rock Financial, with $5,000 earned from selling pizzas in college.
  • Gilbert sold Rock Financial to Intuit for $532 million in 1999. He bought the firm, then renamed Quicken Loans, back 3 years later for $64 million.

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