Rank #689
Robert Hale Jr
Net worth $6.0B
Telecom · United States
- Born
- Jul 08, 1966
- Age
- 59
- Source
- Telecom
- Residence
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Connecticut College
Net worth over time
Biography
- Robert Hale is the founder and CEO of wholesale telecommunications provider Granite Telecommunications.
- Hale founded Granite in 2002, less than six months after his previous company, Network Plus, filed for bankruptcy.
- The company provides voice, data and other communications services to businesses and governmental agencies in the U.S. and Canada.
- Granite generated over $1.7 billion in sales in 2024; the company says more than two thirds of the largest 100 U.S. companies are clients.
- Hale has personally donated over $400 million toward cancer research, educational institutions and other charitable causes.
- Hale owns a minority stake in the Boston Celtics.
- When Hale's not traveling for business, he partakes in 6:30 a.m. group workouts with Granite employees at the company gym in Quincy, MA.