Rank #412
John Morris
Net worth $8.6B
Sporting goods retail · United States
- Born
- Mar 19, 1948
- Age
- 78
- Source
- Sporting goods retail
- Residence
- Springfield, Missouri
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Drury University
Net worth over time
Biography
- John Morris is founder and CEO of $8.1 billion (sales) outdoor gear retailer Bass Pro Shops.
- Morris started the company in 1972 by selling fish tackle from the back of his father's liquor store in Springfield, Missouri.
- In 2017, he bought rival Cabela's for $5 billion, nearly doubling the size of Bass Pro Shops.
- His Bass Pro Group also owns White River Marine Group, a leading manufacturer of fishing and recreational boats.
- A noted conservationist, Morris spent $300 million to build a 350,000 square-foot museum and aquarium in Missouri that opened in 2017.
- At 22 years old, Morris competed in the first national B.A.S.S. fishing tournament and came in 21st place.
- His Big Cedar Lodge, a mountain resort in the Ozarks, hosts more than one million guests a year.