Rank #1486
Lee Bass
Net worth $2.9B
Oil, investments · United States
- Born
- May 24, 1956
- Age
- 70
- Source
- Oil, investments
- Residence
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yale University
Net worth over time
Biography
- In 1959 Lee Bass and his three brothers inherited $2.8 million each from oil tycoon uncle Sid Richardson.
- The brothers parlayed their inheritance into multi-billion-dollar fortunes with the help of bets on oil that paid off big.
- In early 2017 the four Bass brothers sold their oil company to ExxonMobil for $5.6 billion in stock.
- Bass owns El Coyote and La Paloma ranches in Texas' Rio Grande Plains, where he raises longhorn cattle.
- Avid conservationists, the Basses have funded efforts to reintroduce the Aplomado falcon in Texas.
- Bass and his brothers inherited St. Jo island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. A barrier island 28 miles long, it was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.
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