Portrait of George Kaiser

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George Kaiser

Net worth $16.0B

Oil & gas, banking · United States

Born
Jul 29, 1942
Age
83
Source
Oil & gas, banking
Residence
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • George Kaiser took over his family's Kaiser-Francis Oil Company in the 1960s.
  • Kaiser bought the Bank of Oklahoma in 1991 for $60 million; he owns about 59% of the publicly-traded bank.
  • He also owns 76% of publicly traded LNG firm Excelerate Energy as well as stakes in publicly traded fintech firm Alkami and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • In the late 1930s, Kaiser's parents fled Nazi Germany and settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1940. He was the first American citizen in his family.
  • Kaiser has paid out more than $2 billion from his George Kaiser Family Foundation, which focuses on early childhood education and economic development.
  • In 2018, Kaiser opened The Gathering Place, a 66-acre park in Tulsa that's the largest public park in the country built with private funds.

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