Rank #74
Robert Pera
Net worth $31.7B
Wireless networking · United States
- Born
- Mar 10, 1978
- Age
- 48
- Source
- Wireless networking
- Residence
- San Jose, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, San Diego; Master of Science, University of California, San Diego
Net worth over time
Biography
- Robert Pera is the founder and CEO of wireless equipment maker Ubiquiti Networks.
- Ubiquiti, which had revenue of $2.6 billion in fiscal 2025, sells wireless broadband systems with a focus on emerging markets.
- Pera owns 93% of the publicly traded firm.
- Pera started his career at Apple in 2003, and within 10 months on the job, founded Ubiquiti. He left Apple to work at Ubiquiti full time in 2005.
- Pera bought the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in 2012, making him the youngest controlling owner in the league at the time.
- Pera missed a year of high school because of a rare heart-valve infection.
- He holds degrees in electrical engineering and Japanese from UC San Diego.