Lee Bass
$2.7B
Born
May 24, 1956
Age
69
Source of Wealth
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
- 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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