Rank #1825
John Fish
Net worth $2.3B
Construction · United States
- Born
- Mar 09, 1960
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Construction
- Residence
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Fish is the CEO and sole owner of the $6 billion (2023 revenues) Suffolk Construction, New England's largest general contractor.
- Founded in 1982 by Fish's father, a construction entrepreneur, Suffolk began as a side project to hire non-unionized laborers outside Boston.
- Fish expanded Suffolk's U.S. footprint through the 1990s and 2000s, building high-rises, hotels and healthcare facilities.
- Since 2019 Suffolk he has invested over $50 million across more than 50 construction tech startups, including robotics and AI ventures.
- Today Suffolk has 2,600 employees. It has built over 150 million square feet of commercial real estate in the U.S. over the last 20 years.