Rank #125
Diane Hendricks
Net worth $21.7B
Building supplies · United States
- Born
- Mar 02, 1947
- Age
- 79
- Source
- Building supplies
- Residence
- Afton, Wisconsin
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 7
- Education
- Diploma, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Diane Hendricks owns and chairs ABC Supply, one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding and windows in the U.S.
- Hendricks cofounded the business with her late husband, Ken, in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1982. She has chaired it since his death in 2007.
- She led ABC to make the two biggest acquisitions in its history, buying rival Bradco in 2010 and building materials distributor L&W Supply in 2016.
- The company has over 900 branch locations and had $20.7 billion in 2024 revenues.
- Hendricks sold custom homes for a builder before meeting Ken, a roofer.
- She has spent millions on local economic development, rebuilding entire blocks in Beloit and bringing in several new businesses to the state.
- A Wisconsin native, Hendricks grew up as one of nine sisters on a dairy farm.