Rank #629
Martha Ingram & family
Net worth $6.5B
Book distribution, transportation · United States
- Born
- Aug 20, 1935
- Age
- 90
- Source
- Book distribution, transportation
- Residence
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Widowed
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Vassar College
Net worth over time
Biography
- Martha Ingram and her family own book distribution and marine firm Ingram Industries.
- Ingram took over the business after her husband Bronson Ingram died in 1995.
- She spun off the computer distribution business into publicly-traded Ingram Micro in 1996; it was acquired by Chinese company HNA in 2016.
- Martha stepped down as chairman in 2008. Her sons Orrin and John took over as CEO and chairman, respectively.
- Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.
- One of Martha's sons, David, runs Ingram Entertainment, an independent company that distributes DVDs and videogames.
- Martha Ingram was the first female chairman of Vanderbilt University's board of trustees; it is her late husband's alma mater.