Herbert Allen Jr & family
$1.9B
Born
Mar 05, 1940
Age
85
Source of Wealth
Investment banking
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
4
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Williams College
- Herbert "Herb" A. Allen controls boutique investment bank Allen & Co., which focuses on tech companies.
- Allen & Co. has had a hand in several large tech IPOs of the last decade, including Twitter, Groupon and LinkedIn.
- The firm was founded as an investment partnership in 1922 by Allen's uncle Charles.
- Allen was reportedly named president of the firm's nascent underwriting business in 1966 at the age of 26.
- In the summer of 1982 Allen & Co. sold Columbia Pictures to the Coca-Cola Company.
- Allen is the largest individual holder of Coca-Cola stock, though his 12 million shares account for less than 1% of the company's stock.
- Allen hosts some of America's most important people at his firm's annual conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Past attendees include Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
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