Rank #2627
George Christ & family
Net worth $1.5B
Technology · United States
- Born
- Jan 01, 1955
- Age
- 71
- Source
- Technology
- Residence
- Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- George Christ cofounded software company Altair Engineering with fellow billionaire James Scapa in 1985.
- Christ retired before Altair went public in 2017 but remained the company's second largest individual shareholder until it was acquired by German tech giant Siemens in 2025.
- Siemens paid nearly $10 billion in cash for Altair and Christ walked away with $1 billion before taxes.