Rank #2535
Sidney Kimmel
Net worth $1.6B
Retail · United States
- Born
- Jan 16, 1928
- Age
- 98
- Source
- Retail
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Drop Out, Temple University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Sidney Kimmel founded apparel company Jones Group more than four decades ago; it owned brands including Stuart Weitzman and Nine West.
- In 2014, he sold the company for $2.2 billion to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
- His production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment was responsible for movies including ?The Place Beyond The Pines? and ?Crazy Rich Asians,? before he sold a majority stake in 2022 to London-based investment firm Centricus.
- Kimmel has donated more than $200 million to Thomas Jefferson University over the past two decades, much of which has gone to cancer research.