Rank #260
Riley Bechtel & family
Net worth $12.0B
Engineering, construction · United States
- Born
- Mar 25, 1952
- Age
- 74
- Source
- Engineering, construction
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, Stanford University; Master of Business Administration, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Calif Davis
Net worth over time
Biography
- Riley Bechtel ran Bechtel, his family's construction and engineering firm, from 1990 to 2014.
- He stepped down as CEO in 2014 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
- His son Brendan is the current chairman and CEO and the fifth generation to run the company.
- Together, Riley, his siblings and their children hold an estimated 40% stake in Bechtel.
- Bechtel is the company behind projects such as the Hoover Dam and San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.
- Riley Bechtel joined Bechtel in 1981 as a contract coordinator.