Rank #824
Isaac Perlmutter
Net worth $5.2B
Marvel comics · United States
- Born
- Dec 01, 1942
- Age
- 83
- Source
- Marvel comics
- Residence
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- High School Graduate, High School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter beat out fellow billionaire Carl Icahn for control of bankrupt comic book firm Marvel in 1998.
- He revived the company's stock by producing action-hero movies like 'Spiderman,' 'Daredevil,' 'Hulk' and 'Iron Man.'
- In 2009, he sold a majority of Marvel to Disney for $4 billion in cash and stock; he served as chairman until Disney laid him off in 2023.
- Perlmutter immigrated to the U.S. from Israel with just $250 in 1967 and sold toys on the streets of Brooklyn, where he was introduced to Marvel.
- He and his wife have donated over $50 million to cancer research at NYU Langone Medical Center.
- Perlmutter is a veteran of the Six-Day War in 1967 between Israel and neighboring states Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
- The reclusive billionaire is rarely spotted in public and reportedly went to the 2008 premiere of the movie 'Iron Man' disguised in glasses and a mustache.