Rank #3008
Nicholas Woodman
Net worth $1.2B
GoPro · United States
- Born
- Jun 24, 1975
- Age
- 50
- Source
- GoPro
- Residence
- Big Sky, Montana
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, San Diego
Net worth over time
Biography
- Nick Woodman, a surfer and outdoors enthusiast, founded wearable video-camera company GoPro in 2002 and took it public in 2014.
- Shares of GoPro soared following its initial public offering but fell dramatically starting in 2015, knocking Woodman off Forbes? billionaires list in 2016.
- Woodman, who still serves as CEO of GoPro, has sold more than $540 million worth of his shares since taking the company public.
- Compounded investment returns on the cash from selling shares paved the way for Woodman's return to the billionaire ranks in 2024.
- Woodman owns a 180-foot yacht, Driftwood, which he took delivery of in 2017.
- Woodman and his wife Jill donated nearly $500 million worth of GoPro shares in October 2014 to a charitable entity at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- In 2019, the Woodmans donated a reported $4 million to a new $20 million community center in Big Sky, Montana, where they live.
Financial assets
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