Rank #1256
Susan Alfond
Net worth $3.4B
Shoes · United States
- Born
- Jul 19, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Shoes
- Residence
- Scarborough, Maine
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Susan Alfond and her three siblings inherited a fortune created by their father, who started Dexter Shoe Company.
- Her father, Harold Alfond, bought an old mill in Maine in 1958 and turned it into a shoemaker that sold millions of boots and casual shoes.
- In 1993 Harold sold the company to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for $420 million of stock; the shares are worth billions of dollars now.
- Susan's youngest sibling, Peter, died in 2017 at age 65 from malaria, which he contracted during a trip to Africa.
Financial assets
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