Rank #1711
Jim Crane
Net worth $2.5B
Logistics, baseball · United States
- Born
- Jan 17, 1954
- Age
- 72
- Source
- Logistics, baseball
- Residence
- Houston, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Central Missouri State University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Jim Crane led an investment group that paid $615 million in 2011 for MLB's Houston Astros and a minority stake in a regional sports network.
- The value of the team has quadrupled since Crane's acquisition. Crane owns an estimated 40% stake.
- Crane pocketed more than $300 million when he sold his freight logistics firm Eagle Global Logistics to Apollo Global Management in 2007.
- Crane launched another logistics business, Crane Worldwide, in 2008; annual revenue is more than $900 million.
- Crane owns the Floridian National Golf Club, whose members include former presidents Barack Obama and George Bush.