Rank #3049
David Humphreys & family
Net worth $1.2B
Residential roofing · United States
- Born
- Nov 01, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Residential roofing
- Residence
- Joplin, Missouri
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- David Humphreys is an heir to the Galena, Kansas-based Tamko roofing fortune.
- His grandfather E. L. Craig started the company in 1944 at the age of 69 in an old streetcar barn in Joplin, Missouri.
- Today, Tamko is the fourth-largest manufacturer of roofing shingles in the United States. The company recorded $1.2 billion in 2023 revenue.
- David took over as president and CEO of Tamko in 1994 after his father's death; he and his wife Debra both serve on Tamko's board of directors.
- The Humphreys family sold a 25% stake in the business to the Carlyle Group, a $447 billion (assets under management) private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum in 2019.
- David and his sister Sarah, and their respective families, split the remaining 75%.
- A libertarian who has given millions to Missouri Republicans, David Humphreys has also been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
- Humphreys' passions include tennis, rare books and history.