Rank #2951
J. Wayne Weaver
Net worth $1.3B
Shoes · United States
- Born
- Sep 01, 1935
- Age
- 90
- Source
- Shoes
- Residence
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, University of Florida
Net worth over time
Biography
- Wayne Weaver is the chairman of shoe retailer Shoe Carnival.
- Weaver and his wife Delores are the largest individual shareholders of Shoe Carnival, with a nearly one-third stake combined.
- He was the first owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and owned a majority of the team for 18 years.
- He sold his stake in the Jaguars to billionaire Shahid Khan in 2011 in a deal that valued the franchise at $770 million.
- Weaver started his career as a shoe salesman and eventually became CEO of retailer Nine West in 1978.
- Weaver grew up in public housing and did odd jobs like digging ditches and delivering mail. He never attended college.
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